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[parodeity]

DAVE STRIDER

consider this your warning about stairs. itll just keep happening bro. im telling you man

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[windeity]

Whatever! You and I both know I sleep like a rock and you are perfectly capable of getting the heat when I am not moving at all.

[Good luck, Future Dave.]

[parodeity]

I mean, you suck at it any time we're outside of the room.

[windeity]

[Give him a moment to decipher that. The rest of the Christmas soundtrack is playing from his phone quietly in his jacket as he skates forward, giving Dave another curious look before he just. Removes his scarf to wrap around Dave instead.]

Better?

[parodeity]

[ like, yes and no, since that is warmer but mostly he was bitching because he does still want to hold john's hand and it's STUPID and he realizes that.

accordingly, dave just laughs. ]

I guess. [ and snaps a shot of john close up, because why not. ] Name some stakes.

[windeity]

[They're both being stupid and John seems to kind of get it but maybe not quite for the right reason. Instead, he grins after Dave takes a picture of him and he looks appropriately baffled after that.]

Wait what?

[parodeity]

Don't think, just name stakes.

[ THANKS DAVE THAT EXPLAINS NOTHING AS PER FUCKING USUAL ]

[windeity]

I can't if I have no idea what we're qualifying as a stake here. Uh. I let you buy me coffee for a whole month? [DAVE THIS IS NOT HELPING.]

[parodeity]

Done. Race you. [ he grins and is immediately gone, although he's not going as fast as he could.

still pretty fast, tho ]

[windeity]

Hey!! [CHEATER. But he doesn't have time to yell at Dave for cheating and kicks off to speedskate ahead.

He has zero hope of catch up but he's doing his best.]

[parodeity]

[ NOT HIS FAULT JOHN WAS SLOW ON THE UPTAKE! and yeah, even skating normal person fast, dave is. fast. so he hits the starting point probably way before john and just cracks up as he waits, skidding to a stop in one easy motion? ]

[windeity]

[Dave is the worst, text it? They end up doing a lap and he's close but definitely not close enough before he also comes to a stop in front of him, glaring a little but Dave definitely won. An unfair contest, sure, but he won.]

You suck. [Not mad, but Dave what the fuck.] You didn't even give me your stakes.

[parodeity]

Your stakes kinda work both ways, dude. Or does that mean I get a prize now beyond those?

[ he just. grins. it's a straight-up little grin, there for a second before he slides back to casual-neutral, but. ]

Also, it is not my fault you're a turtle.

[windeity]

[#doki Stop grinning and making John think things, jerk.]

I don't think so since you cheated by starting early and not telling me what you were doing.

[parodeity]

[ MAKE UP YOUR MIND, JOHN, DO YOU WANT DAVE TO BE HAPPY OR NOT ]

Rude. What if we have a rematch? Which you're also gonna lose.

[windeity]

Whatever. [He's already warming up by sliding back and forth.] Winner take all? [Stakes and an extra prize.]

[parodeity]

What would you even ask for as an extra prize?

[ that's more or less a "yes". the second john starts to move, dave will jet, but for now he's standing there raising an eyebrow, not really feeling the need to warm up. ]

[windeity]

Not sure yet. But it's not like you have any idea either, do you?

[parodeity]

[ ... ]

Maybe I do. [ he USUALLY does, he just rarely bothers to ask for whatever he's come up with at any given time. ]

[windeity]

[Well excuse him. He doesn't reply right away but...he shifts on his feet.]

Ready? [And this time he takes off without warning.]

[parodeity]

[ john's shifting on his feet is enough warning for dave, really, and he's immediately off. compared to bro, john's movements are laughably easy to read if not his intentions.

this is dumb? ]

[windeity]

[This is dumb but it's still fun, actually, given that John's keeping up a little better this time and he's doing another lap of the rink.

This is really dumb. But worth it even as he probably loses for a second time in a row.]

[parodeity]

[ if it were a contest based in strength, john would totally win?

but this is a contest based in speed and that particular arena is dave's. so.

he's still going to just laugh in response at the end, not breathing particularly hard? ]

[windeity]

[He slows down and skates up to Dave again, an exaggerated frown like he definitely wasn’t expecting to lose or anything. He shifts on his feet but he also waits patiently.]

Okay, okay. That one was a fair contest and you won.

[parodeity]

So there'll be absolutely no protest when I buy coffee for you for a whole month?

[windeity]

Not to your face anyway, no. [A grin.] But maybe next time we do a contest that isn’t based on your skills.