#[[ or dose him with truth serum I'm not picky xD ]]

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@advnterccs sent: Morty fidgeted with his fingers for a moment. "Is... D-Do we need to talk about something? I feel like, y-you know, th-that we need to. Summer said something about it." { To your Morty from my Morty >:D }

It took Morty a great deal of self-control not to scowl hearing that Summer had gone to talk to his counterpart behind his back. His sister could almost never be bothered to get meddled with others' business, unless she was directly involved, so he didn't understand why she was so suddenly all over her case. Was it because she had witnessed his hasty retreat the day of the picnic? Or had he accidentally pissed her off without realising it and this was payback?

He made a quick mental note to confront her about it later. There was the risk that she would have called him out too, but at least he would have the satisfaction to tell her where she could shove her busybody behaviour.

"I-I...That's not..." He stuttered, unsure of how to answer.

On one hand, he disliked the idea of lying to his boyfriend. They had always done their best to be honest with each other and Morty didn't want to keep secrets between them. On the other, he couldn't just confess what was wrong with him. He would have just messed everything up.

"I-I don't know what Summer is going about, b-but she doesn't know anything. T-There's nothing to talk about. Uh, I'm fine and we are fine," he claimed, trying without fully succeeding to sound sure of his words. "I-It's probably...you know. She's been a little touchy lately, s-so, uh, don't mind her."

That should have sounded reasonable enough. However, he was aware that his other self knew him far too well to be satisfied with just that. Not to mention that maybe Meg had told him what had happened that one afternoon. He would have to give him something. Without, of course, giving away what was truly troubling him.

"I-If this is about...you know, M-Meg and me being a little weird around her, uh, i-it's not a big deal," he added, after a few moments of silence. "S-She told me something I-I didn't know about and...I was surprised. T-That's all. And also, you know, t-there's all this...uh...thing of the two of us t-testing out...romantic chemistry and I get a little nervous."

It wasn't even a lie. Even before Meg told him about what had happened to her parents, he had been all awkward around her. It was hard to say if it was because he liked her or if their peculiar situation was to be blamed.

"M-Maybe it wasn't such a great idea. M-Me joining the...your relationship. I-I mean, she's your girlfriend, I-I should just...you know. G-Give up and get used to it an-and not try to get in the middle of...something that doesn't concern me. I-I have no right to do it..."

{ @shctupmeg - mentioned }