The Nature Of My Game
“Why don’t we ask him?”
Matt froze.
Of course he came here.
Karen finished up her drink and stood up. Grabbing Matt’s arm, she dragged him over towards the bars newcomers.
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“Sergeant Mahoney! Mr. Nelson!”
A woman’s voice rang across the room.
It was the woman from the bakery with Matt Murdock. She was currently dragging the latter toward him and Brett.
What was her name? Cathrine? Karen? Something like that. Foggy felt bad for not remembering her name. He’ll wait until someone else says it.
Then there was Murdock. He was so good looking. Goddamn.
Last encounter went oddly. Murdock seemed cold and distant. But hey, maybe he was having a bad day. Who was he to judge just basing off of that one encounter.
Brett wanted him to forget the Devil. He knew that Foggy liked Matt and tried harder and harder to get them together.
Why did everything have to be complicated?
“Karen, Matthew,” Brett greeted. “How are you?”
Karen! Yes! He guessed it!
“Pretty good,” Karen said. Murdock was silently stood beside her.
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Why does Karen do this to him? They were having a nice drink then suddenly Foggy Cafe in. Somehow Karen then somehow made the situation worse
“How about you guys come hang out with us?” Karen asked. “We are just heading to Matt’s apartment.”
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“Sure.”
Foggy almost rolled his eyes. Brett agreed. Because of course he did. Another attempt to get Foggy closer to Matt. And away from the unknown.
Karen and Brett looked at him.
“If Matthew is okay with it, then sure,” Foggy said.
Matthew was being very quiet. Odd.
“Yeah,” Matt said. “It’s fine with me.”
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It wasn’t fine with him! What was Karen doing?
“Let us lead the way then,” Karen said. A grin plastered so big on her face. Matt hates her (he doesn’t). Her grin seemed to grow bigger after she seen how awkward he looked. He grabbed her elbow and started walking.
How was he going to get out of this one?
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Foggy and Brett started to have one of their many silent conversations.
Go for it, Brett seemed to say. Matt is good for you, the Devil is a loose cannon.
Foggy rolled his eyes saying the Devil is literally my soulmate.
You still like Matt though, I can see it in the way you look at him.
Foggy didn’t have anything else to say to that.
It was true, Foggy still liked Matthew Murdock.
Foggy was spared from having to respond to him, they’d reached Matt’s apartment.
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Karen was so smug on the way to his apartment. Matt needs new friends. That’s it. (As if he could have a better friend than Karen.)
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Foggy partly does want to fall in love with Matt. But Foggy is pretty sure that Murdock hates him. He always acts weirdly around Foggy. More so recently. Karen seems to be trying to make Matt and Foggy friends. Matt wasn’t having it.
Matt doesn’t like him.
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Foggy won’t like him.
Matt can feel it. He’ll be angry at him for lying. Or not showing him his face. Or something.
Matt faintly feels Mahoney and Foggy gesturing behind him and Karen. Mahoney probably forcing Foggy to act like he likes Matt. Probably. Matt wasn’t going to pay more attention to it.
They were all in Matt’s living room. He vaguely heard Brett and Foggy compliment his apartment.
Karen had gotten out some beer he had. She praised his taste (well of course he has good taste, he can literally tell every ingredient in the beer).
Foggy, Brett and Karen were talking. He would listen if he could. Matt was just that nervous about blowing everything that he was afraid to talk.
He was currently analyzing every past interaction Foggy and Daredevil had when he heard Foggy say something.
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Murdock did have good taste, he will admit that. Was there anything wrong with him?
Matt hadn’t spoken a word since the bar.
He hated Foggy. That had to be it.
Suddenly Foggy didn’t want to be there. If Matt hated him, then he couldn’t be near him.
The logical part of his brain then spoke to him.
If he hates you then ask him.
Yeah. He should do that. Though Foggy decided to be a bit nicer. It’s harder to hate someone who’s nice.
There was a break in the forced conversation Brett and Karen were having. Foggy seen it as his time.
“Are you okay?”
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The question caught Matt by surprise. Luckily he wasn’t standing on the side of the building. Matt wasn’t expecting Foggy to care or notice.
There was a silence in the room. The other three occupants were staring at him, waiting for his answer. Matt turned his head toward Karen. The room must’ve been quiet for a while, then waiting for an answer and Matt unable to respond.
“If you don’t tell him, I will.”
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Karen hated to threaten it in front of Foggy but she felt like she needed to. Matt was gone all paranoid and unrealistic. Foggy seemed like he was a reasonable person. Plus the more Matt makes this up into a big deal then the bigger deal it would become. Better to tell him earlier on than for him to find out later like she did.
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What the hell does that mean? If he doesn’t tell Foggy or was it Brett? Why wasn’t he answering his question?
Maybe it was an answer to his question.
Maybe Matt hates him and that was Karen threatening to tell him before he escalates.
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When Karen said that, it got Brett thinking. Matt has a secret that Karen wants Foggy to know, yet they don’t know each other. What could the secret be? It had to be something relevant to Foggy. Right now the only thing really relevant to Foggy is the Devil. The Daredevil has to have something to do with it.
Then Brett looked at his mouth and chin and realized what was going on.
Oh.
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Matt didn’t know what to do. There was no way out. But that’s what Karen wanted. She always had his best interest on mind and Matt trusts her. Maybe she is right.
Mahoney figured it out. His heart was racing. He has to have.
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“I’m serious Matt,” Karen said. “It’s obvious that you like each other.”
Wait what? Was it that obvious Foggy liked Matt. He thought he was subtle.
Oh wait.
Matt likes him?
Well even if he did, they couldn’t be together. Foggy is supposed to be with the Devil, how will he tell Matt that. Matt may even be against soul marks. He could send Foggy away. How would this end?
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Crap.
Why is Karen calling him out right in front of Foggy?
He moved his head toward Foggy. This is gonna be hard. But it has to be done.
“Can you please leave us?” Matt spoke but felt like that wasn’t his voice.
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Brett and Karen left. He didn’t want Brett to leave.
“I’ll keep your secret Matt,” Brett said. “As long as this goes well.”
Wait what secret? Did Foggy miss something? What is going on?
The door shut quietly behind them.
They were alone. Foggy could almost feel Matt’s gaze on him.
A strange sense of déjà vu washed over him.
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“What happened?” Foggy said
Matt felt the room heat up and breathing became harder again. He decided to take off his glasses. More personal that way.
“Mr. Nelson,” Matt said. “I need to tell you something.”
“Call me Foggy,” he said. “No need to be all formal.”
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Foggy is pretty sure that what he told Daredevil.
Matt nodded.
“I’m just going to go right out and say it”
Foggy partly hoped that he was going to confess his love but also hoped that he didn’t. Foggy was torn.
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Matt could only hope for the best.
“Foggy,” Matt said.
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Matt’s voice suddenly seemed very familiar to Foggy
“I’m Daredevil.”