Discord kitten - Reiner x Reed

Chapter 7 - A small mistake leading up to something grand.

A/N: This has a little homophobia. He's just in so much denial... Also angst starts here, do be warned.

Reed was sitting in the place where he works (or some shit idk) talking to his kitten. (Reed's pov-ish) 

Mocha_Kitten☕: You'wwe so funny, my alpha hihihi~ >////<

Reed:  Grrrrrrrr..🐺🐺 Of course, anything for you my little kitten. Meow for me.

Mocha_Kitten☕: Meowwwwwwww!!1!1111! >.<

Reed: Good ki-

Reed's typing is interrupted by a loud noise. He  quickly pieces together that It's just that... Loser... Reiner... Totally. Being hit by Porter again. This time it was a spork.

And suddenly, to Reed's surprise, his kitten sends another message after a while of being silent.

Mocha_Kitten☕: He has been throwing things at me for the past 2 years. If only I was allowed to, he would be gone from the face of this fucking planet. Jesus fucking Christ.

Reed's face immediately dropped as he realized that the one thing that sounded improbable and stupid, one of his only subconcious worries, was true. The man he had been speaking with for the past months...? Was Reiner. Reiner, his co-worker in Experisis. Reiner, the loser who doesn't  deserve an ounce of his attention, who he's not interested in whatsoever. He doesn't care about him. Maybe he's trying to prove that to himself? Does he actually hate that-... No, no. What is he thinking? This is his co-worker, he would never like him. No. He's not even gay, he only likes his kitten because he is so simmilar to a girl- ... But he just found out that his kitten is Reiner. HIS CO-WORKER. This- can't go on for any longer. Not only did he feel embarassed and disgusted, he hated it so much. Though, there was a small contradicting feeling in the depths of his mind, a feeling that he'd usually deny. This is what he did now, too. He isn't madly in-love with his damn co-worker, of course not. Why, and how could he ever feel such things for Reiner?! Whatever.

At this point, Reiner probably realized his slip-up too. Reed is sure he heard a phone get flung across the room, but he dismissed it. MA28031003120 probably made Porter curious enough again to search up "Fan-fiction", whatever that is.

Should he report this to higherups?..No, that would get him into trouble. Fuck. Maybe nobody has to know. He doesn't want to speak about this ever again.

-----/\----/\-------/\/\------/\/\/\/\/\/\/\--------- (This is Jared. Jared is totally straight. Yep. As straight as Reed, actually. And Reiner. The straightest, really.)

(Reiner's pov)

About three weeks passed since the accident. The small mistake that he would regret for the rest of his life. Had he been more careful, less reckless, this wouldn't have to be his reality right now. But here he was, staring at the long message sent from Reed telling him to not talk to him ever again. It actually hurt, he really regrets not being more careful with what he says. Though, the truth is that he got so comfortable around Reed that he didn't think of him as not his boyfriend. He didn't even think of the fact that they're co-workers anymore. Hell, that was really stupid of him, but the damage is irreversible now. Reiner has been working way more recently to keep his mind off Reed, though every time he had the smallest notion of a break or a pause in his grasp, he remembered about him. And it just hurt. It hurt remembering what they were, what they could have been if he hadn't gotten so distracted by the thought of a human being giving the littlest shit about him. It hurt to think that he's gonna have to see Reed around, too, and act like nothing ever happened. Like their relationship was never anything, like the late night conversations were gone. 

Reed, on the other hand, seemed completely fucking fine, which hurt even more to see. He even went out for drinks with Onyx not too long ago, to "discuss business".  And he's noticed that in the past, whenever Onyx was around, Reed would practically ignore him. How nice. Oh how happy they must be, huh? For some reason Reiner didn't believe it was actually only for business, and that makes him feel even worse. He realized a while ago that he actually liked Reed, so Reiner had many questions. Did all that happened mean absolutelutely nothing to Reed? Why would he even play along? Did Reed like Reiner whatsoever?? Or at least his online persona?.... What was the time when he protected him about???

Maybe he shouldn't think these things. Reed was a higher-up to him, after all. Acting like he was, or could've been anything else, or trying to get involved in his business was unprofessional and not something he should do. Maybe Reed was right. Hell, he shouldn't have done anything since the very beginning, it was wrong to message and talk to him like that. He's sure Reed hates him, by now, and he has every right to, but he fears he might do something more. Something worse than ignoring him until the end of time. And God, he feared what he could think of doing. He decided it would be a better idea to actually ignore him from now on. Hopefully that will calm down everything.

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Meanwhile, Reed's pov:

To Reed, the thought of doing anything serious about that had only crossed his mind once, and that was immediately dismissed. He was still in shock at the fact that he's been speaking with Reiner this whole time and it left him so confused. Either way, Reed fucking misses him. It's really stupid, yes, but he misses him. He misses talking to him, because it was like a way he could forget about his co-workers. Though, recently he and Onyx have been working together more, which kept him from thinking of Reiner that much. They even went out for drinks to discuss business, which was rather nice. Onyx got along with him really well, really, and they were on the same rank too. He looked forward to working with him more.