some sort of friendship/romance thing, maybe. o/o (closed, please don't stalk lmao)

Arthur sighed, "yes" he signed, letting the other down, his auras vanishing.

j landed cleanly, and sent arthur another lopsided smile.
"lead the way."

Arthur rolled his eyes, opening a portal back into his living room, leading the stranger through.
And why, may I ask, are you helping him?!
I'm not gonna let a guy starve on the streets.
Gesturing for the stranger to sit on the couch he flicked some more lights on, rustling in the cupboard for chips, and pulling some cheese strings out of the fridge.

j tucked themself gratefully on the couch, waiting patiently for arthur to come back.

Arthur came back, dumping the food on the couch and flopping on the floor, exhausted. "Eat what you want, stick around, I know I'm tired but I don't particularly want to sleep." he said aloud.

j nodded, picking up a cheese stick and unwrapping it.
they just straight bit into it, and after they were done they cleared their throat and tried something in a wobbly voice.
"whats- whats your name?"
it was pitched weirdly, but they obviously had experience with speaking while deaf.

Arthur blinked, but didn't think about it as he answered, "Arthur, you?"

they quickly signed a j, leaving it at that.

"J?" said Arthur, "That's it?"

they shrugged, and signed casually, "i have other names. j is easiest. i can write my longer ones."

"Cool" Arthur pulled out a handful of chips and began munching, not moving from his position on the floor.

j snatched a small bag of chips, opening it and crumching slowly. after a long pause filled with only the two eating, j put down the chips and signed a quick "thank you"

Arthur nodded, "I'm not one to let a guy starve, plus having someone else around is better than sleeping at the moment." he said, just now realizing that he was still shirtless.

j smiled brightly.
"i guess. still, thank you." (im gonna sleep)

"No problem" said Arthur, yawning as he crunched on another chip.
(Kk, see you tommorrow!)

(gah i kept trying to respond but got sidetracked. the show is getting busy, the double-shows started yesterday)

"you tired?" j signed lazily, chips in their lap. "i can leave."

(No worries!)
Arthur looked up at him, signing back; "Yeah.. but I'd prefer not sleeping." he paused for a moment, munching on another chip, "at this point Anything's better than sleep" he signed, emphasizing his words.

j raised an eyebrow, asking the silent question.
why?
he looked tired, so why didn't he sleep? is it nightmares of some sort, or just… stubborness?

"Nightmares……. bad ones……." signed Arthur, not really wanting to talk about it.

j pursed their lips slightly, thinking. after a moment, they seemed to come to a conclusion.
"that makes sense" they signed hesitantly, going deliberately slow for arthur's limited familiarity.

"nightmares are stressful. are you doing okay?"

Arthur sighed, "As well as I can be considering I've been fighting off sleep for three days now" he said, being honest.

j's eyes narrowed, and they stilled their bouncing leg and twitching wrists to glare at him.
"three days."
it wasn't a question.
"that's not healthy. wouldn't you rather take care of yourself after a nightmare over being sleep deprived?"

"I need the nightmares to stop more than I need sleep." signed Arthur, meeting the glare with firm eyes, they were tired, shadowed by pain, but firm. "The nightmares are worse than no sleep. I would rather stay awake for as long as possible, at least if I pass out I have a good chance o being too exhausted to have dreams…"

(where do you want this to go? like what'll help arthur? cause i have some ideas ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°))

j softened, but held his gaze.
"you can get therapy. medicine, too. they'll help. you seem well off enough."

(Well for starters the "nightmares" are actually memories…. Honestly he just needs something else to think about…. I've been doing a ton of RP's with him to explore this aspect in the first place, cause, y'know… I'm not a physchologist.. or whatever the term is…)
"Tried it" signed Arthur, "Nothing helps except not sleeping…" he stifled a yawn.

(In other words this can go in many directions….. many many directions)

(indeed it can, but the question is where do you want it to go? we can get spicy or fluffy or take it painfully slow and all sorts of other things. what do you want to do?)

(Hmmm… Spicy drama would be fun…… Honestly I'm cool with just about anything.)

(i personally wanna throw some fluff in there but we can have a big mixture of all if ur good with that)

"i personally will punch your lights out. that'll be dreamless enough, and its some sort of rest. you might have a bruise."

Arthur raised an eyebrow, "Please don't…." he signed, looking up at J tiredly.
(Sounds good to me!)