▪︎All for you▪︎ - Diego x Reader || DISCONTINUED

▪︎ 11. Nodus Tollens ▪︎

Welcome to another season of "who will be the first to read this chapter?" The contestants are the shoe person, cat name person, hoestar and the whore.

When I see your usernames, just know that that's what my brain thinks.

ANYWAYS IMPORTANT NOTE BELOW:

I don't remember if I wrote it in a chapter, my message board or both. but as some may know I spent at least an hour figuring out which chapters continued which stages and such. I figured out most of it, but not all. I really struggled with stage 5 finish line/stage 6 start. This chapter contains that, so I'd just like to say that if I'm wrong about the time of that specific stage switch, I'm sorry.

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Nodus Tollens
n. the realization that the plot of your life doesn't make sense to you anymore-that although you thought you were following the arc of the story, you keep finding yourself immersed in passages you don't understand, that don't even seem to belong in the same genre-which requires you to go back and reread the chapters you had originally skimmed to get to the good parts, only to learn that all along you were supposed to choose your own adventure.

"Why did you leave Diego?" Hot Pants asked. I had chosen to travel with her again during the 5th stage, but it was proving more difficult than I thought.

"Well, uh... He was pissing me off, that's all..." I waved it off while we continued through the course.

"Hm." I felt her gaze on me, but I refused to look at her. "And the fact that you ran after him into the medical building has no influence on that?"

"What?" My eyes widened at her question. "N- No! I just-, well, I guess something sort of happened..."

"Go on."

"It's nothing significant! We talked a bit and I helped him with his wound, but nothing more happened! Like, it could have, I guess... But..."

"Could have? You mean something was about to happen but it didn't?" Hot Pants was growing nosy, which meant that I probably didn't have a choice but to tell her.

"Well, uhm... He had his back turned to me and I was teasing him because he was vulnerable, and I ended up kissing his neck..."

"Seriously?!" She exclaimed. "What did he do then?"

"Well, he turned around and we got closer..." All the feelings from that moment came back, but I didn't necessarily feel embarrassed about it. It felt more like I wanted to experience it again. "We almost... You know..."

"Yeah, you gotta be a bit more specific with me..."

"We almost kissed."

"Oh. So you like him?"

"What?! No!"

"He clearly likes you." She smirked vaguely, despite her monotone voice.

"He does not!" I argued, and she gave me a questioning stare. "...I think?"

"You're slightly delusional if you think he doesn't have an eye for you."

"Surprisingly enough, I'm aware of the part where I'm delusional, but Diego Brando does not like me!" I gave Athena a gentle kick to get her to speed up, hoping that'd make Hot Pants change subjects.

Obviously, that failed.

"Diego seems to like women a lot, but even I can tell there's something unique about you." She smiled reassuringly.