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[splinten]

[Dirk watches him stand (he genuinely was not sure, he thought Dave might want the sand? they are both dumb) and then, after a bit, stands with him.]

I think so. We possibly aren't okay right now. There are problems here we haven't addressed, or addressed how to work on. But... we love each other, and we want to make our relationship work. We're starting that process, and we want to fix and improve anything that got broken. Right?

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[ dave looks back down and actually at dirk, uncertain. ]

So...you do want to fix what was broken, and you don't hate me.

[ just, you know, for confirmation. ]

[splinten]

[It's an idiotic thing to want confirmation on. Dirk knows it, because he wants confirmation too.]

Yes. And... you feel the same way. [A little lift, extending the 'y' past the end of the sentence with a questioning raise. Yes?]

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Yeah. Okay. I just thought - maybe you didn't want to.

[ he makes a face. ]

Um. So, let's book it?

[splinten]

Yes. We can be embarrassingly stupid about everything later, maybe even not about the same things as usual.

[Like what a testimony of how dumb they are: they just had to ask each other that. TIME TO WAKE UP Dirk drags himself out of his dream pod and just. Puts a hand on his forehead.]

Hangouts and food?

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[ dave's out of the pod immediately because he hates those things, and he just. nods. ]

Sure. Dealer's choice on food.

[splinten]

I'd do apple pie but Jane's the baker in our crew. I'll have to beg it out of her whenever we meet up with her again. [Which makes him wonder if orange pies are a thing? He'll have to check.]

Fish, apples and oranges respectively, bread and randomly chosen legume?

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I'd rather save that for a time I'm like, actually hungry, anyway. Although I guess I might be hungry for it whenever? Never had any.

[ since

apples were hard to come by on the meteor and he's not sure they even owned a pan at home before that??? ]

Sounds fine, though, dude. I'll help with the fish.

[splinten]

Cool.

[He starts leading them out of the Monolith. This path is becoming annoyingly familiar.]

Anything pointless, stupid, and fun you want to do together? [Since. You know. He thinks at one point they agreed to just hang out in a non-emotional way?]

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Um.

[ he can always think of a dozen pointless things. ]

Can we watch somethin' somewhere besides the base?

[ or are movies and television out. ]

[splinten]

I can steal a projector and set it up anywhere around here.

[movies and television are NEVER out]

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Starsky and Hutch and...

[ nnnnngh ]

[splinten]

Dave. We have the same tastes in virtually everything. I'll even do Snakes On A Plane with you.

[There is no movie choice that Dirk will not jump at.]

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I thought you thought it wasn't funny because it tries too hard?

[ eyebrow raise. ]

[splinten]

It'd be funnier if I was with you.

[dirk is a loser txt it]

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[ ... ]

You've never liked the kind of film that's hilarious because it's so bad and the point of it is watchin' it with other people and mockin' it, have you.

[splinten]

I like some movies that are so bad they're funny, but when watching and mocking as a social activity is required, I've historically not had much opportunity to get the proper experience.

[so: no]

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I guess I've never done it in person as such, either. Rose was a little busy with other shit and I never get to pick movies with other people, so - uh, streams with John? Or other people. Online chat style.

[ but he likes distractions. anyway. ]

Snakes on a Plane, then, but that wasn't the "and". [ just give him a moment to stumble his way through a presumably stupid request.

any second now

it'll happen

haha jk ]

[splinten]

Okay.

[He's waiting for the end, Dave. He is looking at Dave. Waiting.]

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[ he has to wait a few more minutes of mental keysmashing and false starts towards actually using words. sorry dirk. eventually it gets him: ]

Hands???

[ nghhhhhh ]

[splinten]

[Dirk tries to think of a movie called "Hands." He cannot.]

You mean, like... [Dirk holds a hand out to Dave to demonstrate the question.]

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Yeah I dunno. [ the words run together. dave is now looking at the tops of his shoes like that will make this question any less stupid. ] For a while? Maybe? Is that weird.

[ it's probably a little weird, and he might want to let go eventually, but despite not wanting the contact - he wants the contact. a movie and hand holding counts as "stupid things". ]

[splinten]

Yeah, for as long as you want to, or can. I'd enjoy some hand-holding efforts.

[beat]

I think we've moved past the point where the weirdness of anything we do is in doubt.

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Hey, no, united front, we agreed to that. No one else has to know how absolutely stupid we are?

[ a pause. ]

I'm aware they already know but we can pretend.

[splinten]

My bad.

[He schools himself deadpan.]

No, Dave, it isn't weird. This is normal. Let's go grab some movies to watch while he force ourselves to consume basic sustenance and make efforts towards comfortable physical contact, like everyone else does.