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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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[Oh my god save the dinosaur. John meanwhile is drawing...a bunch of lines? Whatever.]

You mean besides being grateful I have the chance to shower every day? [A grin.] I have some projects I'm working on for one of my classes. I am thinking about texting Yukiko to see her later this week to catch up. I'm behind in one of my gen ed courses but that's not unusual. And...I don't know. I'm happy.

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I haven't heard from her in a while, that could be pretty fun? [ for john, he means. but it's nice, he thinks, that john is happy. dave feels happy, too, even if it's twisted with flickering guilt for the emotion existing when it maybe shouldn't.

he can still smile, though, crooked as he coats his brush in purple. ] I think I want to call up Chiyo again sometime. We went out earlier this month but like, there's never too much Chiyo time.

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Yeah! There are a few people I need to catch up with still. I saw Anya the other day, and I told Chiyo that since the sun's back we should do a group picnic soon. I think it'd be good for you to see her one on one again though. [Lines, lines, lines. It's black straight lines like bars for sheet music.]

I thought about texting Ayano, too, but. [Shrug.] And I have a few other people I want to check on.

[...he's happy here with Dave though and doesn't plan on bothering any of those other people while he's doing date night.]

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[ he could ask about some of that, but he doesn't. dave is content to keep things light. ]

Hey. I know I said I want to throw you a party next month, and I do, but do you want to do a birthday date with just the two of us the day before? Casual or fancy or whatever you want that you haven't floated as an idea yet. [ you know on the 12th ]

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[How long will John go without noticing? Let's find out.]

Is that in addition to our Saturdays? [He sounds hopeful so chances are he'd like that very much.]

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[ he might notice their sixth month?? ]

Yes, because it would specifically be a birthday thing, so it's in addition to - if you want?

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[#doubt]

Of course I want to. [He's calmly finishing his lines and now he's painting music notes.] I love getting more you-time when I can, so why wouldn't I?

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[ john, next december 12th: wait... ]

You could have had plans??

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I could, but I can always rework my plans if I needed to. I happen to like you a lot.

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And I like you a lot too, but I wouldn't ask you to rework your plans unless it was an outright emergency? Time apart is good, etcetera etcetera.

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I know time apart is good, but that is still four days we can be separated. Or three, I guess, if Tuesday dinner is in the mix that week. [...] We can make up for it later, seeing you that much would be the equivalent of me being spoiled.

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Oh no, spoiling you the week of your birthday. How would we live.

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Shut up. [A dab of black paint winds up on Dave's knuckles. Oops.] You know what I mean! It'll be good for both of us this way.

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Yeah, I know, you mean the "spending too much time together is bad" thing. I don't actually mind how we spend our days as long as I get to come home to you. I wouldn't be a huge fan without that - I don't know, security? I mean, I'd live, obviously. But it's nice to have a home base.

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I like home base and I like you being part of my home. That part was never out of the question. So yeah...I agree. [He's painted his music on the bowl and he moves to start painting a large blue stripe on the bottom.] Somehow it feels a lot less empty than my house with my nanna.

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[ is this music dave would recognize. ] It feels...better, than home used to. Not that I don't love my family. But I felt uneasy there after February and anyway my room was lonely after Dirk moved out. I like having someone in my space, even though I'm kinda fuckin' picky about who's there.

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[It's definitely Dave's song John wrote for his birthday so probably.] No, I get it. I love Nanna and everything but when my dad left there was this weird gap I didn't know what to do with. I still don't. I was not really sure how I felt about going home this summer but...Nanna understood when I told her I didn't think I wanted to. I like having people around, too.

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I like...specifically, I like having you around.

[ cool. he likes that song. he's focusing on painting on some flower patterned sunglasses on the dino. because yeah. ]

Or who you are as a person. You agreed to what I asked pretty quick, when I was serious about it, and you're...comfortable. I don't know, there are not a lot of people I would be entirely chill with that much in my space. If I'd shown up and found I was roomin' with someone else, I probably would have just slept on rooftops or couches or whatever until I was okay with them, or I wouldn't have slept at all in my bed but just lay there awake? I would have been better about it before everything, probably.

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I didn't see a reason not to agree to it. I wasn't sure who I'd be rooming with or if I'd be rooming with someone at all, so it made sense to try and be agreeable and make it comfortable for us.

[A pause in his painting.] Also I'm glad you didn't go to sleep on the roof. That is not really a thing that sounds like a good plan even if I get why.

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Today I considered talkin' to Minato. [ half-randomly, because he feels like saying it. ] Do you ever feel like you kind of miss a moment?

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[There's a light hum of acknowledgement.] Sometimes, yeah. You ever think you could make up for that moment later?

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Well, I specifically keep askin' you to make up for some with me. ...But, yeah? I just...it's weird to think about. I mean, I know I'm bein' vague as fuck, but I don't know, I guess when I was with him I realized I feel a little more grown up than I did a few months back?

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I'm trying. [But this isn't about John, this is about Dave and he nods along because it's definitely vague and that's okay.] Do you feel like that's a good thing? Being a little more grown up.

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Still talking about makin' out at work. [ will he let that go ever PROBABLY NOT... ] And I think maybe a good thing?

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We will make out at work when we're at work, Dave. [Calmly. But.] Is there a scenario where it would actually be a bad thing, you think?