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You didn't get me anything 'cause you're a dumbass.

[Or. A pause.]

People did give these out to family members sometimes. [CONFIRM THIS FOR HIM DAVE. CONFIRM HE DID NOT MAKE A VERY AWKWARD MISTAKE? He knows Bro would never (except?? terribly??) but Dave has a better chance of knowing.]

Maybe? I never celebrated a holiday with family 'till the meteor and Rose and I never celebrated anything, like, in a fully serious manner. Probably normal people did.

[ dave runs a hand through his hair, eyes flicking towards the stairs, and he figures he doesn't have to actually change out of pajamas at all for this. or for the day, if he doesn't bother to go anywhere. may as well start towards the kitchen level. ]

I think John did, so probably yeah. Like, his dad and him did shit like this.

So I can get your morning? [This is apparently important. There is no change in the monotone to indicate this but the way Dirk is watching Dave says it.]

You can get whatever you want. I'm not goin' anywhere today. [ therefore whatever time dirk chooses to spend in the tower with dave is automatically allotted to him? ]

I kind of figured you'd be gone the entire time, tbh, but I won't argue pancakes.

[ or. like, a singular pancake. whatever he ends up eating. ]

I wanted to take your entire morning if it was cool. It's supposed to be a day for the people you love most.

[ergo, the day would not be complete if he didn't give a huge chunk of it to Dave.]

It's chill. I'm givin' Rose the gift of not buggin' her today.

[ the implication being here that rose is pretty much dirk's only competition for any part of the day at all? dave nearly asks something else, but closes his mouth after a second and shrugs. ]

So if you want to hang around until your plans come around, that's fine. Again: kind of planned for you to be MIA.

[There's a pause of consideration. He did notice that stop.]

You're implying you aren't in my plans.

I was clearly wrong, but yes, I did assume you'd be out probably all day and well into the night, if not the entire night?

[ eyebrow raise. it's a couple's holiday. why are you still here, dirk. ]

Speakin' of, don't leave 'till you show me what you're wearin'. Or just give up and let me pick from the get go. Think we can master flipping pancakes ala the movies? I mean, stupid question, we obviously can, but think we can make it more interesting?

I planned an evening thing with Jake so I could have a day thing with you.

[BECAUSE! HE LOVES DAVE!!! AND WANTED TO HAVE SOME OF HIS DAY!! DEAL WITH IT, DAVE.]

The choice is all yours. It's dinner and an ironic waterside walk, since apparently you need to know that for dressing me. [nonsense tbh you just need a tshirt for work and a tank for partying, what else could you ask for] Like flipping pancakes between us? Pancake juggling?

You didn't have to. Literally all I want is for you to do the thing where you heads up me if you're comin' back or not.

[ it doesn't strictly matter, aside from the part where it keeps him from getting startled if he stops expecting dirk and dirk shows up. dave kind of hates jumping when his brother pops up, but it does still happen sometimes if he doesn't have a certain amount of warning about things. ]

And yes, that's exactly what kind of more interesting I mean.

This isn't about havin' to.

[He stops on the stairs. There's no shades. He's frowning a little, but it's mostly the frown of having to put his heart on the table for judgement.]

Jane got to do dumb family Valentine's things with her dad for her whole life, and I was always jealous of her. It wasn't fair, and it isn't like any others of us got to do it, so I kept it to myself. But I wanted that. I've been looking forward to it. So... if it's okay, I really want to do this thing with you.

[ dave just woke up, and they're in the tower. a lot of the time for the first week or so he'd immediately shades up out of habit, but right now they're not even out of his 'dex. he's a step below dirk, turning to look up at him. ]

It's okay. It's like Christmas. I get it. [ he's just in a bad mood and being an asshole. he should probably stop that, and dave mentally shakes himself. ] We can have whatever holiday traditions you want. Hell, we can plant a tree on arbor day? Sure URSULA would love that one.

[ he'd told dirk already he was jealous of john egbert. dirk knew it. ]

I'm serious about the heads up thing, though, if you don't mind. [ again: he has some hangups about bro breezing in and out without warning, and it helps to have a framework for what the fuck dirk's doing. ]

I don't mind. I was plannin' on telling you how it goes anyway.

[But Dave does seem cranky and Dirk does frown.]

Do you want to do a rain check on this? I don't mind. Dreams not crushed, just deferred.

No. [ immediate, rapid-fire, firm. but then dave flounders, because he's not sure where he's at beyond "no".

there's a flash of memory of dirk saying dave always forces his hand, and he'd had the evidence to back it up. so just...readjust how you put it last time, asshole. dave lets out a breath, slow. ]

It's more than okay. I want to do the dumb family thing, too.

[ didn't actually expect it or think to ask for it this time around, but dave absolutely doesn't want to let dirk defer it now that the offer's been made. ]

Please.

[ it's said too-awkwardly and muttered at the end, but. ]

Okay. Okay, cool. [Rephrase a little. Let Dave know.] Thank you. We can have whatever fun you want?

[pause]

Can I get a piggyback ride down?

[they're seventeen]

[ well he's willing to commit to like, pancakes and then whatever the hell else dirk wants to do before he books it, but dave can't actually think of much he wanted to do beyond > music and books for the day. maybe take some photos of obama if he could track the little dude down and work on their rapport. ]

Yeah, sure. [ maybe it can count halfway as an apology for being in a bad mood, and dave turns back around, waiting more or less patiently for dirk to latch on. ]

[It's flashstep and Dirk's chin on top of Dave's head.]

Any ideas for what you wanna do today?

[sorry Dave]

[ dirk why are you asking him this he's like this close to letting himself just sleep or zone out for most of the day? maybe john will show up and he'll have a minor panic attack he won't text anyone about. that could still happen?

he starts traipsing down the stairs, dirk's weight too easy to balance against. ]

Like, after you're gone? I am goin' to pretend it is the weekend and do the teenage sleep thing, or maybe read some more of the books I am almost certain Rose doesn't genuinely enjoy but is just trollin' me with now. Music, maybe.

No, I meant with me. The current discussion is How Will The Striders Hang Out On Valentine's.

[He moves his head so his head is now over Dave's shoulder.]

Stop shovin' me out the door before I get the chance to be with you, bro.

I thought that discussion was covered with "pancakes", loser.

[ exactly how long does dirk plan to stick around? should dave ask? he's actually not even sure what timeframe he's personally hoping for here. it would be easier to just drop off into a nap or not caring if someone weren't there to tether him to reality, but he's not about to tell dirk to fuck off. it's not what he actually wants. ]

I dunno. Exactly how much time am I supposed to be fillin' here with suggestions?

I arranged to meet Jake late in the day. Five-ish, probably.

[He wanted to squeeze in as much time to hang out with Dave as he could. After a pause, though,]

I can leave early to do whatever if you need space earlier than that. So you aren't locked in.

[There is always the abscond button for Dave.]

Oh.

[ that is

so much more time than he expected, holy shit. ]

Uh...shit why is the first thing to come to mind tony fucking hawk.

[ god DAMNIT brain, dave's not even sure they have skating games. they have movies, at least? ]

Movies?

[When Dirk said the morning was Dave's he meant. A VERY LARGE SPAN OF TIME HERE.]

We could do movies. Unless you want to actually skateboard, in which case we could engineer skateboards and then almost die Just trying to grind them down the staircase. But movies are definitely an option.

[A pause]

You opened yourself up to this when you invited me to be as clingy as I liked.

No, no, I meant - those shitty tony hawk skateboarding games. You know? The ones where I'm not actually sure how the fuck you won, mostly I just made a hobby of finding game glitches.

[ please hold he's still trying to figure out wtf to do with "HELLO, I AM HERE FOR MOST OF THE DAY" as "the morning". what the fuck dirk ]

Lord of the Rings. [ that should waste a lot of time and dirk (probably) won't care if dave zones out or falls asleep during any of them. and they're not a series he feels an intense need to watch super closely, so dave won't mind that either. ] Unless you have some preference. I don't really care?

[ also they are in the kitchen, is dirk getting off or is dave going to cart him around here too what's up ]

[Dirk will hop off here so he can start assembling ingredients and necessary cooking implements. They are, presumably, getting to be good at doing this together? Dirk thought about making the pancakes for Dave but then he remembered Dave likes doing it together so that's why he suggested it like this.]

I'm good with Lord of the Rings. We could maybe mix some music together if you're up for it?

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