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[ceasetoexist]

"Yeah yeah blah blah this is Pokey leave me a message I guess."

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[echidna]

I still think we should talk about it! Because if it really was just the town I wouldn't want to talk about it either!

[ceasetoexist]

...Excuse me?

I think the phone screwed up what you were saying or something.

[echidna]

Um, I mean, well... [ just.... trailing off............. ]

[ceasetoexist]

[And Pokey, like a jackass, just lets the silence linger.

Oh God. Don't do this to him.]

Jade. Seriously.

It was just the town.

[If he repeats that, it'll make it truth.]

[echidna]

I don't know...

[ceasetoexist]

Why would you even say that. There's....I mean. We don't like each other. It's just....

Really. I'm curious now. Why do you think it isn't just the town?

[echidna]

I like you! [ said perhaps a little too quickly. ] I mean, we are friends most of the time so-

I don't know! I guess I have just been thinking about it too much, and wondering if it really all was from the flowers!

[ceasetoexist]

[Another pause. God. What does he even say to that? He's never had a girl tell him she likes him before. It's a nice feeling, a warm one. To say it's like butterflies in his stomach wouldn't be wrong. But he likes it.

And can't stop the feelings of guilt that immediately follow it.]

........

You could do a lot better. I'm not kidding.

[echidna]

[ This response kind of throws her for a loop. ]

Oh- ! Um, okay, maybe, but... [ but what?? She hesitates for a moment. ] Was it all just the town for you though?

[ceasetoexist]

Does it matter? I'm not worth it anyway.

[Not answering.

Because he doesn't know. There's still a girl he likes but he's given up hope of ever seeing her again. And deep down? He's had other crushes. But he just feels so damn about having them.

And in the end? He truly believes it'd be best if he diverted anyone who might like him away from him.]

Seriously. It was just the town anyway. Give it time and you'll see that. It's just it's after effects. It happened pretty recently.

[Yep. Only a month ago. That isn't a while at all.]

[echidna]

But I have been giving it time... it's March now.

[ceasetoexist]

Yeah well....

That just means you need more time I guess!

[echidna]

None of the weird town stuff has ever lasted this long!

[ceasetoexist]

Well clearly it is now! Why don't you just sit down and open up your cute little dog ears and listen to me:

There is no way you seriously like me, okay? You said yourself you can't even think of why you would. So it's just confusion. That's all it is, dummy.

[echidna]

[ gasp did he just call her ears cute-- beside the point. ]

I didn't say that. [ She had said she liked him, as a friend, at least. ] This is just very confusing but I don't really think I can blame it all on the town at this point!

[ceasetoexist]

Fine. Whatever.

[Yeah, it is. He's pretty sure he's missing something.]

So, what? What're you suggesting happen here?

[echidna]

Um, nothing really. If it was all just the town for you, then I guess we just go back to normal.

[ceasetoexist]

......

I don't know. Okay?

I don't know. It's confusing and I don't want to screw up our friendship

[And he says that hesitantly, like he's scared you're going to tell him he's wrong. Even though you just said they were friends early on.]

and....there's just a lot of weird things, okay?

[echidna]

[ HA! Normally this admission of his own confusion would be cause for her to gloat, but now is not the time. ]

No, I understand. There's a lot of weird things for me too.

[ceasetoexist]

Yeah well I bet mine are weirder.







You seriously don't know why you're still confused?

[Because he doesn't either. And while he won't say it out loud, any clue would be nice.]

[echidna]

I dunno, I can be the Queen of Weird sometimes.

[ There's a long pause that follows, you can almost hear her chewing nervously at her lip. ]

Well, I probably do know why I'm confused, and it is because some part of me, I don't know which part so don't ask I am still trying to figure that out, maybe sort of does like you as more than a friend! At first I thought it was just a leftover flower feeling, but it has been going on for a month now, so I don't really think so anymore.

[ It's all said a little fast, and her words start to run together by the end. ]

[ceasetoexist]

If you're the Queen then I'm the Emperor. I have four hundred years of experience with it, okay?

......

Yeah, alright. Slow down there.

[But after saying that? It's not like he has any real clue how to go forward.]

So if we like...theoretically are talking about you liking me as more than a friend in some weird little part and me maybe maybe theoretically liking you as more then a friend in some little weird part....

I mean it's....I dunno.

Maybe it's something we just need to wait and see. It's probably just some stupid lingering after effect after all.

[But it's pretty clear he doesn't fully believe that.]

Maybe we ought to....wait and see, I guess.

[echidna]

[ She doesn't believe that it's a lingering effect by this point, but waiting and seeing sounds like the right idea. And now that he knows, and she knows, maybe it's ok to let things develop from there. She's not really sure. Her only other realtionship was-- a weird one, to say the least, so she doesn't have a lot to go on. ]

That might actually be a good idea.

[ceasetoexist]

Yeah. It's just...

[He's sorry, if you like him. Because even if he does have a small crush on you?

There's another girl he likes. And he just can't stop liking here.]

Just give it a while, alright? I think it'll probably end up going away.

[He pauses again. It probably isn't fair to keep telling her that, keep forcing that, and not give her any explanation other than that.]

Look. I'm sorry it's just...

There's someone else on my end too, okay? And she's really, really important to me.

[echidna]

Oh... [ There's a twinge of hurt in her voice, though it's barely noticeable. ] Well, that's okay. We can still be friends!