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[looking_sharp]

What it says on the can

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[looking_sharp]

No. You didn't.
Would you be cool with me telling Ma about you?

[electroburst]

yeah
what were you planning on saying?

[looking_sharp]

Just that we're finally together.

[electroburst]

"finally"... so you told her about, like
everything else already?

[looking_sharp]

She's been trying to get me to say it for years.

[electroburst]

oh wow, years. so she knows all about me.

[looking_sharp]

Only what isn't classified.

[electroburst]

oh yeah, of course.
maybe i could
uh
i mean if you think it
fuck
never mind.

[looking_sharp]

Not yet. This is our memorial. Another time.

[electroburst]

no, i don't want to meet her
i mean
not now!
maybe later yeah
i just meant i could
i dunno. send a card. say hey
it's stupid, sorry. that's way too much. i dunno how this stuff works, don't be mad.

[looking_sharp]

You're welcome to, if you want.
Ma's more like you.
She's laugh at it.

[electroburst]

hard to believe you come from anyone that's like me...

[looking_sharp]

Supposedly I take after my father. Except for being the short one in the family.

[electroburst]

wait
YOU'RE the short one in the family??

[looking_sharp]

Yes.

[electroburst]

[ reno, a very tiny boy: feeling threatened ]

damn. and you're pretty fucking tall.

[looking_sharp]

Mom's got four inches on me. Before heels. She played beach volleyball, professionally.

[electroburst]

[ will not ever say out loud: she's probably super hot ]

sporty, tall as hell, laughs shit off, unrepentant shipper. what else?

[looking_sharp]

[Yeah, that's a good way to get a broken jaw.]

Shipper?
She loves daiquiris. Says the new bartender can't make them like I do.
He's been there a decade now.
Ma's a piece of work.]

[electroburst]

yeah, ships like
augh i explained this to you a dozen times. ships like who she likes together. that's called a ship. shippers ship the ships.

[ that isn't even english ]

you do make a pretty fucking good daiquiri though.

[looking_sharp]

Like that anime.
I better. I was a bartender.

[electroburst]

yeah, like the anime ♥

you never told me that, did you? damn. you know that's categorically a super hot profession, right?

[looking_sharp]

You're getting a lot of information today.
No, never did. Didn't see the point.
How is it hot?

[electroburst]

i haven't even traded you any for it. you just feel talkative or something?

it just is. you ever give well-intentioned bartender advice?

[looking_sharp]

It's... important. To who I am.
Never. Didn't care to give advice.
I listened. They talked. They made their own conclusions.