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"I'm trans by the way."
Finn glanced over at Huntress Wizard. She kept her gaze forward, the light from BMO's screen reflected in her eyes.
"Oh." Finn eloquently replied, fumbling his controller for a moment before refocusing on his own character. He'd gotten hit while he was distracted, and was down to two hearts. "That's— that's cool."
The only sound for the next few minutes was the clack of their controllers and the 10 second loop of music BMO had manufactured for the game they were playing. Finn's character got hit again.
"Dude, you're sucking." Huntress Wizard informed him.
"I know, sorry." Finn tightened his grip on the controller, and tried to refocus on the game. But he couldn't help himself. "What's trans mean?"
Now Huntress Wizard took a moment before responding. "It means I have a penis."
Finn spluttered, and his controller fell out of his hands completely. His character was hit, and both halves of the screen blacked out, reading GAME OVER in bold text.
"Dude." Huntress Wizard sighed, dropping her controller and leaning back.
BMO's face popped back on their screen. "Would you like to play again?" They asked cheerfully.
"Nah, I feel like this is gonna be a whole thing," Huntress Wizard told BMO. "Could we get some privacy?"
"Oh, of course!" BMO jumped up, running up to the pairs knees to grab their controllers. "Thanks for playing! Good luck with your penis, Huntress Wizard!"
"... Thanks," Huntress Wizard replied haltingly. BMO, meanwhile, happily trotted out of the room with their controllers bundled into their little arms, beaming.
Finn's face was beet red. "W-what the flip, HW?" He gestured vaguely with his hands. "What prompted this??"
"I dunno," Huntress Wizard pulled her knees closer, cloak shifting around her shoulders. "Just thought it'd be something you'd like to know. Cus, y'know." She shrugged, looking away.
Finn's mouth formed several different words, but it took a few tries before anything came out. "I- I don't??" He raised his arms above his head, gesturing vaugely. "Like, I'm sorry if I'm being weird about this, but— was this always a thing?? Did you get cursed by like, a Dick Wizard, or like…"
Huntress Wizard sighed, crossing her arms over her bent knees and resting her chin on her arms. "Nah man, I was just like… born this way, or whatever. I dunno how to explain it good."
Finn dropped his arms, finally seeming to pick up on his friend's posture. "...So, were you ever like… Hunter Wizard?"
Immediately, Huntress Wizard's face screwed up. "Don't ever call me that," she hissed in a sudden flash of anger.
Finn threw up his hands in surrender. "Sorry! I'm not calling you that, I'm just… I'm just trying to make sense of this," he scooted a bit closer.
"Don't." Huntress Wizard said. "I already told you everything you gotta know, there's nothing to figure out. Just be cool, man."
Finn nodded. "Yeah, I can be cool." He hesitated before raising his arm, awkwardly patting Huntress Wizard on the shoulder. "Sorry for being weird."
Huntress Wizard sighed, finally uncovering herself and leaning back on her palms. "Nah, I'm the one who was being weird. I shouldn't have jumped you with that info. I just…" her face screwed up for a moment. Finn resituated himself, crossing his legs and resting his head in his hands as he listened. "I dunno, we've been hanging out more. And we've been like, making out and stuff. And if that's a deal breaker for you, I get it." She avoided Finn's eyes, feigning nonchalance. "So I just wanted to make sure you knew, if you hadn't already picked up on it."
Finn's eyebrows were drawn together, his face still slightly flushed. "HW, how in Glob could I have possibly guessed that?"
Huntress Wizard finally looked back at him, an eyebrow raised in disbelief. "Uh, my voice, for one." She spoke like it was obvious.
"How could I tell what's in your pants by your voice?"
"It's all deep, and… husky." Huntress Wizard cleared her throat, leaning forward again to hold her hands out. "And my hands are all big. And my hips are small. And I have antlers."
Finn slowly reached out, covering her hands with his own. "Huntress Wizard," he spoke slowly, deliberately. "I've literally never thought about any of those things in my life."
"Well then you're dumb." She replied without missing a beat. "... but sweet." She added after a moment.
Finn smiled, wide and dumb, and Huntress Wizard couldn't help but lean forward to kiss him. He returned the kiss, but she broke it off early.
"So…" she prompted.
Finn, blushing and slightly dazed, blinked. "Sooo…" he echoed.
"Dude, I have a fuckin penis," Huntress Wizard threw her arms out suddenly, exasperated, sending a few leaves of her cape fluttering away. "Does that bother you or not?"
"Oh!" Finn sat back. "Uhh…" he pursed his lips, thinking.
"It's fine if it does. Really." Huntress Wizard interjected when he'd been quiet for a little too long. "Like, I'll get it. I shoulda said something earlier, probably, but like… it's a hard thing to bring up organically."
"... So why now?" Finn asked.
Huntress Wizard blew a raspberry as she exhaled, slumping. "Like I said, we're like. Making out more, and stuff. And I thought like… if we keep going, then like… it'd come up sooner or later."
"... Was that meant to be a pun?" Finn asked.
Huntress Wizard socked him in the arm.
"Sorry." She apologized while Finn was still cringing, rubbing his bicep. "That joke wasn't actually that bad. It's just a reflex I have."
"Nah, it's fair." Finn said, though he kept his distance. "I've gotten worse."
They lapsed into silence.
"... I should probably go, huh." Huntress Wizard looked down. "I feel like I've donked this all up."
"No no, nothing's donked!" Finn quickly tried to sooth. "I'm sorry, I'm still just… thinking about this." He admitted. "It's… I've never thought about…" his face reddened again, and he shook his head.
"It's cool." Huntress Wizard assured him. "You don't have to answer right now. Like, it'll ruin my whole day and I'll be thinking about this nonstop until I hear your answer, but it's cool, ya know, take your time." She cleared her throat. "That's, uh. All real by the way. I'm being genuine. I know it's hard to tell sometimes, because of the way I speak."
Finn laughed breathily, and Huntress Wizard's heart jumped in her chest. "I like the way you speak." He smiled. "I like your voice, and your hands, and your antlers. I think they're all… well, they're you. And I like you ."
Huntress Wizard suddenly found that she could hardly breathe. "I'm in love with you."
"What?"
She stood up suddenly. "I'm leaving." Huntress Wizard strode out of Finn's room in several long strides. "Call me or whatever."
"Oh, o-okay!" Finn spluttered. "Thanks for coming over!"
Huntress Wizard was already gone, walking with long strides back to her forest home to shove her head into a pile of leaves and scream.