Silently Resigned || [LUKA]

Lukas von Eisenberg was many things, positive and negative. He felt he had a fairly solid grasp on both his qualities and his flaws, and so he was becoming less and less prone to the sorts of self-doubt that had been plaguing him for the last few years. For so long he'd held on to his worries and tried to hide the weaknesses he knew he had even from himself, but as his journey through U.A. started coming closer to ending the small teen had become more outgoing in revealing who and what he was. Setting shame over his weaknesses aside made it much easier to not care about the thoughts of others. After all, acknowledging something meant that few people really had power over your emotional state.

Perhaps it was this burgeoning lack-of-fucks-to-give that had lead him to this particular situation. The query over the chat had been... odd to say the least, but Luka had taken it in stride as best as he could. It had been a little blunt, and part of him had reacted poorly to the way that it had been phrased, but he had taken a few moments and allowed his initial fiery response die as he considered things a bit more clearly. He may have been working towards better self awareness, but he was equally aware that he had hardly perfected it, which meant moments like that. Ultimately, he decided that it was simply an incredibly awkward request for help, and what sort of hero would he be if he didn't offer help when asked? A poor one, that's what.

Chim had also come a long way since their first year, back when he'd struggled with his unsual appearance far more than nowadays. Luka remembered thinking that the fluffy goat-boy had badly needed a hug back when they first interacted, and Luka himself had only recently lost his father, and his mother had been comatose. If even he could have seen the issues back then, they had to have been far more impactful than he'd realised at the time. Still, nowadays the slime boy felt that while his peer had settled into himself, he was still really dumb about some things. Really, really dumb, like oh my god get a clue already. It seemed that he might finally be on that track though, and so it was up to the slime boy to help him down the path that had been pretty obvious to observers for a while. Or maybe it'd just been obvious to Luka? He hadn't exactly talked to others about this out of respect for the other students.

But he'd been asked for help now, so hey, perhaps he could.

Heading towards the side gate with a casual and unhurried grace, Luka turned the corner to spot Chimera standing there fidgeting. The smaller teen stared for a few seconds, taking in the hero outfit that the other was wearing, and promptly burst out laughing. It sort of hissed between his lips for just a moment before spilling out into full, stomach grabbing laughter. "Oh my gods..." he wheezed out in between bouts of laughter. Chim looked like he was going to a very specific kind of club or parade, and it startled Luka into laughter. He hadn't seen this outfit before, and considering the topic of their discussion he just couldn't help himself. "Gimme...just gimme a moment..." he foced out, the laughter drying up on its own after a few more moments.

"Ok, I'm good, hah! Sorry," Luka said as he straightened up and headed over to Chim, coming to a stop near the other male and quirking an eyebrow at him. "So, you wanted to talk? Some advice? I promise I'll do my best to help, I'll even try really hard to be serious," the last part was tacked on as he realised just how nervous the large teen was, telling him that whatever was going on in that horned head was not sitting well yet, and he'd need to treat this in a much less blase manner if he was actually to achieve anything. He really hoped that Chimera wasn't still so far in the closet that he didn't realise his own desires, because it was going to be hard taking that seriously when the other looked like he did.

Still, he had to try his absolute best.

Watching the large fluffy male get huffy over his costume made it even harder to keep a straight face, but honestly what could he expect? It was pretty clear that Chimera was going through a gay panic and he looked like that. There was very little that seemed straight when he looked at someone in that outfit, and that was just too funny. It was really the sort of outfit that wouldn't look out of place on the famous musicians from over one hundred years ago, he was just missing a mustache and microphone.

Despite his intense amusement, Luka was self-aware enough to notice the other teen's concerns and casual glances towards to the school, "we can walk if that'd make it easier" he offered, gesturing away from the school so that they could get away from any potential snoops. Casually stepping up to Chim, he patted the other hero student on the hand and began to walk away in the direction that he had gestured. "It's been obvious to me since first year fluffums," the slime called over his shoulder, the smile on his face less 'little shit' and more 'comforting friend' now that he had moved on to the much more serious topic of their discussion. 

Really, Chimera had been pretty obsessed with his friend for as long as Luka had known them, even if they'd never really run in the same circles even Luka had been able to see that. That of course made the current situation a lot harder for the taller male, considering the fact that his crush was dating his sister, a real tough situation. The slime was pretty glad that he didn't have to worry about that sort of thing, not only was Elise pretty much stuck on one person since they were kids, but even if she was single she wouldn't want anything to do with anyone that Luka wanted to date.

Not that he had any luck dating. He knew he was a snacc, but no one was hungry.

"So, what is it you wanted to actually ask me? I'm assuming that it's not really something you can just boogle to find out. Do I need to explain how it all works between guys? Or is this more a heart thing than an anatomical thing?" Luka was trying to lighten the mood a little with the joking tone in his voice, though he wasn't sure if that was enough to really get that across. "Whatever it is, I promise I won't judge you, it's hard enough to talk to people about this sort of thing without being worried about getting judged..." he paused for a few moments in thought, "you know, it's kinda funny, I've never actually done the whole 'coming out' thing I've read about, I just kinda threw my gay out into the world and screw everyone who has an issue with it. This might be my first real serious conversation about this sort of thing, barring an uncomfortable discussion with my mother, which totally doesn't count!"

He knew he was babbling a little, but the goal was to try and make sure that Chim was comfortable enough to talk with him about something like this.