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[ perches on the window seat, sure. ]

Hey. This doesn't...

[ a pause, hunching her shoulders a little. ]

... this is just something we're hashing out together, right? It doesn't... have to be painful, or anything. [ or a business transaction. ] ... spending time with you is spending time with you, no matter how.

[leans against the closest poster of the bed, not quite casual, then looks away]

This kinda thing isn't really my forte, so.

Anyways, uh. Guess we should. Start?

It's not like it's mine either, but...

[ sips at her drink a little, staring into the cup ]

So... um. Do you... want, other people? Like... keep your options open, I guess...? In general.

I--

[hesitates]

...What d'you mean by "want"?

Like... in any way, right? Romantically or physically? ... I guess, like, any of the same stuff you have with me. More than friends, maybe?

Edited 2019-06-15 05:24 (UTC)

...I mean, if you're talking being...intimate...then yeah, I guess...

[colors, a little]

A-anyways, so do you...right?

[ flusters, faintly. ]

Y... yeah, but it's... I mean. I don't need. it or anything. I love Ashley, but she's... Zrael. We don't gotta do stuff like that.

[ thinks for a moment, though. ]

... there's not anyone else, though. Just you.

Can I uh-- ask... who? You don't gotta say nothin', though.

[shifts, ripping the bagel into increasingly smaller pieces]

I mean... Hurricane...so that's kinda. On the must-have list.

[ stares

and maybe this wasn't the expected expression, given everything, but she perks up significantly. ]

-- yeah? Good!

...?

I'm-- glad. ... you both deserve good stuff from each other.

...Yeah, he's stuck with me anyways. I mean--until he gets a girlfriend, I guess. And then I'll--keep 'er in line, or whatever.

... I mean, he doesn't want anyone else.

Oh, he's already got somebody picked out? He didn't say anything. But I guess that's no same as usual...

Soooo you guys did some smooching during the game and from what he made it sound like you guys had a talk about some stuff and you. Don't know?

... Kitty, come on. It's obviously you.

A lot of people did smooching during the game. Sucking face don't got anything to do with feelings.

Okay, so believe me saying the thing I know for a fact from beyond a stupid kiss game. He likes you. You're getting bagel all over the floor.

Oh--

[she ducks down to pick up bagel crumbs; lets her hair fall in front of warm cheeks]

I-I mean. I know that. That's probably why he felt comfortable enough to, ah. Practice, I guess.

Okay, third time's the charm, right?

He has. A crush. On you. Like, the same one I did! Actually it's probably stronger than "crush" by now but you get my gist.

...Can you just take this seriously? We're never gonna get through this stuff at this rate.

Don't believe me all you want.

... anyway, he the only one? Or only one you wanna talk about, I guess. ... if I ever get to that point with someone else I'll definitely run things by you first before I do anything with anyone. If that sounds good?

I'll believe him, and what he's said, and just generally how real life works.

[purses her lips, brushing the remains of the bagel back into the bag it came in]

...Anyways--fine, sounds fine. And I guess I'll do the same. And--if you got a problem with it...or I do...then...

[uh what is problemsolving without knives]

Edited 2019-06-15 07:05 (UTC)

M'just saying the junk he told me. Nobody practices kissing for someone else...

[ huffs. And thinks for a moment ]

... well, you've got total veto power. You come first before anyone else, for me.

Otherwise we can just... talk it out, I guess. M'not gonna make you stop if you want something with someone else.

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