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DAVE STRIDER

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

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How to bowl?

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No. I mean yes, probably that, too, but I meant about you and me.

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Oh. You told her? [ explains why she was being so cagey right back at dave, but. ]

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[Heh.] Yeah, she kind of twisted my arm about it. [His expression says that's not true.] She was the first person I told that I was writing you a song and we talked about it at your party, so she wanted an update of what happened next. So I told her we're dating.

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Oh. [ john actually telling someone makes it feel weirdly more real, and dave isn’t sure that should be the case or not. ] I told Rose?

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Do...you want a list of people who know? [Was that not okay? Fuck. He looks a little uncertain suddenly, but.]

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I...do you?

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Depends. Does it bother you that I've told a few people?

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[ dave settles for shaking his head mutely, unwilling to toss the question back but not thrilled to be cornered with it. ]

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I just wanted to make sure...I don't mind either? [He was just mostly terrified that maybe Dave actually cared.] ...Natalie, Eleanor, Ayano, Eren, Shouto. That's my list.

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Just Rose, by name. [ dave still doesn’t seem to have decided on a feeling tbh ] So you like...told all those people? Huh.

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[He's just kind of hunched over a bit.]

...Natalie knew before you knew that I liked you. I told you why Eleanor knew. The other three were told I had a boyfriend and they guessed it was you by process of elimination.

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...okay? [ he can’t tell at all if john is okay. god. ]

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...it makes sense. You and me. Do you want me to slow down?

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I kind of want you to slow down this conversation. [ because it’s swung all over the place moodwise in the past five minutes, but. ] But I already told you that I didn’t care if people knew. I just didn’t expect you to tell any.

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[Okay. Right. Stop babbling.]

...I'm not going to make a big text post on Retrospec with like sparkles and the blingee shit or anything like that, but I am going to tell people who are important or even if it just comes up kind of like it did with Shouto. [A pause.] You're my boyfriend, and I really like you, so...I'm not worried about telling people so much.

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[ it looks like dave is about to argue or object to something john just said (not worried so much, but worried a little?) but he pauses and reins himself in instead, simply nodding as he drags his hands to start undoing his napkin wrap of utensils, keeping busy. ]

Okay. That’s fine. I really like you, too. [ the safe points to hit back and respond to as he spreads the napkin in his lap and lines up the silverware neatly. ] So, bowling? Is that done in teams or solo?

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...[What did he fuck up now? He doesn't know how to call Dave on it and he frowns a little, a finger tracing the rim of his water glass.]

Both. We can pair up or we can do singles, either one works.

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And you win if you knock over all the pins?

[ does it get more complex...he doesn’t actually know. ]

Like, first to get a home run wins?

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[Just. Staring for a second.] Have you never gone bowling before? At all?

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...was that not right.

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[...the tension disappears as he settles for a laugh.]

Who gave you the right to be kind of adorable? And also, home runs are baseball. The rest is right though, sort of. You win if you have the highest amount of points but you get points by knocking over the pins.

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I’m pretty sure home runs are involved in football?

[ then why bring them up with bowling ]

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Those are touch downs and we are still talking about bowling. I am pretty sure the word you want is strikes since that’s when you knock down all of the pins.

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Oh. [ sports...he sounds unconvinced and likely won’t remember this ] Well, it could be fun, I guess?