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[withmeinparadise]

[ Something else to talk about, good. He'll tease her and pretend he doesn't feel any kind of relief about that, and it'll be fine. Normal. Everything's fine. ]

Damn. Had a speech planned and everything.

[evocation]

Really? You weren't gonna be that guy that shows up and objects?

[withmeinparadise]

Nah, I--

[ didn't feel like this. A little blip of something he wouldn't want to call anxiety (but which maybe is), and he shrugs like nothing's ever been wrong in his life. ]

I wanna keep getting discounts at the bar here, right?

[evocation]

[She scoffs.]

Oh, is that all I am to you? A beer discount?

[withmeinparadise]

I dunno - what d'you think?

[evocation]

[She grins, giving his hand a little tug.]

I dunno. Are you saying I'm not?

[withmeinparadise]

Maybe. [ He lets his hand be tugged. There's amusement coming through it, a warmth that doesn't really balance out everything else--but it's there, at least. ] Sometime I get whiskey outta the deal.

[evocation]

Ooh, whiskey. That's the nicest thing you can say?

[withmeinparadise]

Oh, you're fishing for compliments, is that it?

[evocation]

Yep.

[She beams at him.]

Compliment me.

[withmeinparadise]

Hm. You're the...hold on. Do I get one, too?

[evocation]

Yeah, duh. What am I, an asshole?

[withmeinparadise]

Hey, you're making the rules here.

[ he's not going to judge!!! ]

You're funny.

[evocation]

[Kyna laughs, affection surging through the bond.]

Low hanging fruit.

[withmeinparadise]

You didn't say I had to stretch for it.

[ Does he tug lightly on a lock of her hair? Maybe. ]

[evocation]

[Oh, cute.]

You're pretty smart, I guess.

[withmeinparadise]

Pretty smart? Damning with faint praise, there, Kyna.

[evocation]

Okay, okay, super smart. A total historian.

[withmeinparadise]

[ He huffs a little, like it isn't good enough, but also he's grinning, so. You know. Whatever. ]

You feel a little better? Or you need your ego stroked a little more?

[evocation]

You can always stroke my ego. But you're making me feel a lot better, yeah.

[withmeinparadise]

That's something, right?

[ A lot better's definitely something. And just having someone to hold onto is...well, that's something, too. He's not trying to think too hard about it, how it smooths things out a little. Besides the danger of transmitting every feeling he might have about being close to Kyna, it doesn't really pay to analyze something like this. Just enjoy it while it's there. ]

Y'know, you might be the prettiest girl I've ever seen.

[ He says it about as seriously as he did You're funny, which is to say, with all the attitude of all right, here's a compliment on demand. So it's fine. Not serious. Normal. Friend behavior. ]

[evocation]

[It's not serious, sure, but it still makes her smile soften.]

Aw, are you getting sappy on me?

[withmeinparadise]

Sappy? Please.

[ He makes a pfffft noise for good measure. ]

[evocation]

Maybe you've always been a sap deep down.

[withmeinparadise]

Maybe you got the wrong guy here.