Obviously I would protest, I'm not an idiot. It'd just be, like, you and the girls and it's not really servitude exactly. [He's just. Thinking about something he said to Jade a while ago and decides not to comment on that since that sounds safer and less stupid.]
Depends on what it is, but if it was something I really did not want to do I wouldn't do it. [But also, he's done stuff he didn't want to do because Dave convinced him anyway so he's assuming it'd be the same thing.] That is not that hard.
[WOW???? John's free hand comes up to push at Dave's head but there's not a lot of force and also he's not moving his other arm so like. He's obviously furious. Obviously.]
Shut up! [He's still grinning though because yeah...yeeeeah.]
[ okay. dave escalates by shifting over and resting his head on john's shoulder instead of the floor. he's hesitant as usual but john doesn't usually say no.
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Dirk is kind of awkward and only like Bro in the most sideways way. It's weird. I kind of know how to read him but he's also a complete stranger.
[...okay well. He promised he'd stay and Dave's actually like less weird so the only thing he does is shift onto his back a little more to accommodate the space.]
Yeah? [He had a totally different experience with Dirk so he can't really compare that.] Everything on the other side of the scratch always sounded weird. Did you guys talk a lot?
Not...a huge amount. I helped him with Cal and we caught geese. I have him my hex code. But enough to kind of notice all the glaring differences? He's like...kind of dorky.
Oh. That's cool. [...] I don't mind. Do you want me to stick around while you guys do the lunch thing or do you want me to clear out so you can get to know him? I can go hang out with Jake or something.
Sure. I like Dirk so far. [Also yeah he's. Getting better at reading Strider by now and they're both kind of weird, so.] And maybe sometimes we can all hang out? When everybody is ready to.
They haven't. Or at least like they hadn't when I talked to Jake and he was weird about it, yeah. [A shrug.] Whatever. It cannot hurt to ask and they can figure it out from there.
I got the impression, too. But next time I see Jake I'll mention it and we can talk to Dirk when he comes over. Does that mean Dirk knows how to fish? [That's a safer question than asking whatever they talked about. Dave can tell him if he wants, but he won't pry either.]
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I am just saying I could if I wanted to. [So haha never, John's a sucker for his friends, news at 11.]
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Shut up! [He's still grinning though because yeah...yeeeeah.]
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right? ]
Dirk is kind of awkward and only like Bro in the most sideways way. It's weird. I kind of know how to read him but he's also a complete stranger.
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Yeah? [He had a totally different experience with Dirk so he can't really compare that.] Everything on the other side of the scratch always sounded weird. Did you guys talk a lot?
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[ so. ]
I offered to have lunch with him every other day?
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That's a good start. Did he agree to that? If things worked the way I think so that means you're like his teen guardian too, right?
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[ it might make it easier not to just be awkward alone?? ]
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