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Post by Akkordian on Apr 20, 2023 3:14:33 GMT
Yves, as expected, basically jumps when Nico calls out to her, trying very hard not to smother her sand drawing in her panic. She turns to look up at Nico, still crouching, and awkwardly smiles at him.
“H-hey, Nico. What- what’s up?”
Her sand drawing is a big heart with the initials Y and F on either side of it. If you care about that.
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2023 3:24:01 GMT
"Aw, cute drawing!" Nico says as he smiles back, because he cares about that.
Remembering what he wanted to talk about, his expression turns a bit more serious. "Not much. I wanted to check up on you, though. I wanted to see how you were doing after the... Um... Incident." He says, trying to put it as nicely as possible. "And I wanted to apologize as well."
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 20, 2023 6:20:50 GMT
"Oh, um, thanks..." Yves anxiously stands up, again careful to not erase her little heart drawing, fidgeting with the stick in her hands. "I just, I thought- that, uh..." She trails off without finishing her thought, the heat on her face more than just a sunburn-in-progress.
"I'm... I'm okay. It's healing, as long as I don't scratch it, that is." Okay, ew. "What... why're you apologizing?"
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2023 12:56:09 GMT
“Oh, good! That’s a relief to hear.” Nico replies.
“Um… I’m apologizing because I panicked and didn’t do anything to help while you could’ve been killed… And because Calvin was my friend and I failed to notice that he was actually dangerous. If I did, things could’ve turned out better. So… I’m sorry.” He says nervously, as he forces himself to maintain eye contact with Yves as he speaks.
“I’m really sorry, Yves.”
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 20, 2023 17:50:06 GMT
“Oh, Nico…” Yves starts, wringing her hands around the stick, “You- it’s okay. You don’t have to apologize. I would’ve- I did, freeze up, in the moment. So I can’t really blame you. But, um… thank you. For being concerned about me. I appreciate it.”
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2023 20:22:56 GMT
"Y-You're not mad?" Nico asks, a bit surprised. "It's okay if you are. I'd understand."
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 20, 2023 21:39:10 GMT
Yves also looks confused, which is a major red flag for how this conversation is going to unfold.
“N-no…? You didn’t do anything wrong, I don’t think… and Felix tried to help, even if Faye got really mad at him afterwards…”
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2023 21:43:33 GMT
Nico breathes a sigh of relief.
"I thought you were just saying that to be nice." He admits. "I felt pretty guilty about it, so... Thank you. That's a relief to hear."
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 20, 2023 23:06:47 GMT
Yves's expression shifts to that of someone really adverse to sour foods trying a Warhead for the first time, or the one old guy from L.A. Noire whose head starts caving in on itself.
“Sorry… that you felt that way, about it… I can’t even live through a hostage situation without making everyone feel bad…”
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Post by Joker on Apr 20, 2023 23:18:24 GMT
"No, no! It's not like that! I was blaming myself, not you! So please don't feel bad about it, okay? You're the victim here!"
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 21, 2023 0:31:36 GMT
"I'm totally giving off victim vibes, huh? And just when everyone was maybe thinking that I wasn't a big loser all the time..." Yves crouches back down and starts to doodle a little frowny face in the sand, but she's holding the stick at a weird angle still, so it ends up all lopsided and wavy.
After a second she looks back up at Nico, since in a crouched position she's not towering over him for once, and asks, "Is, um, that all you wanted to talk about?"
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2023 0:42:23 GMT
"That's not..." Nico sighs as he shakes his head. "Never mind."
"Yeah, that's all I wanted to talk about. I'm sorry for ruining your mood. I'll leave you alone now."
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 21, 2023 0:44:53 GMT
"W-wait! Don't go! Oh, there you go again, messing things up, Yves! I, um... sorry? I didn't mean to make you wanna leave...!"
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2023 0:57:42 GMT
"No, I'm sorry." Nico said, apologizing for like the hundredth time.
"Maybe it'd be for the best if we restart and pretend this conversation never happened? Instead of just going back and forth forever.” He suggests.
“Hey Yves, what’s up? What are you drawing?” He asks, hitting the rewind button on their conversation, without waiting to see if Yves agreed to it.
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 21, 2023 1:44:45 GMT
Yves stands there, like a dumbass, blinking like she's an owl that's also very confused about what's going on in front of her, until she shakes her head violently for some reason. Maybe jostling around the dumb, anxious thoughts in her head actually helps her regain her composure. I dunno.
"I, uh-" Her attention goes back to her sand drawings, and she quickly smudges up the frowny face, effectively hitting the rewind button on that, too. "A heart."
As soon as the word leaves her mouth her cheeks flush, and she prods at the sides of the organ with her stick. "And... my initial. And Faye's. People... people draw this kind of stuff, or carve it into trees, all the time, right? That's what I've seen in movies and on TV, at least..."
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2023 2:10:15 GMT
“Aw, cute!” Nico said, repeating himself but since that conversation never happened it’s technically okay! “Yeah, a lot of people do it. Trees, rocks, benches… I’ve even seen one in a cave I was in! It was only at the beginning of the cave, but still! Gotta give them credit for being unique.”
“I should totally do that with mine and Felix’s initials if we make it out of here!” He says, inspired by the topic.
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 21, 2023 2:30:32 GMT
"Ohhhh..." Yves's eyes sparkle, little rainbow flags waving in her pupils, as she stares up at the boy, "W-where do you think you'd carve it? Deeper in a cave, somewhere?"
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2023 21:11:01 GMT
"As deep as possible!" Nico laughs. "All the way down in the depths! The hard part would be finding the perfect cave to do it in."
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 21, 2023 21:44:27 GMT
Yves is suddenly very invested in this cave love graffiti adventure the two of them are cooking up on the fly. "That would be cool... but, wouldn't that mean that no one would end up seeing it, really? Though I guess that's not the point of drawing these little heart things... or is it?"
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2023 22:18:49 GMT
"That's true." Nico admits, happy to talk about caves and romance without boring someone. "I feel like that would make it more special, though! Proof of our relationship buried deep where it'll last forever! That's kind of romantic, right?"
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 21, 2023 22:26:54 GMT
"And- and what if, someone finds the little heart you carved into the wall, in, like... a hundred or a thousand years, or so...! That would make it even more special and romantic! You're kind of a genius, for that, Nico..."
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Post by Joker on Apr 21, 2023 23:30:17 GMT
Nico blushes at the thought. "That'd be so cool..." He sighs dreamily, lost in his imagination.
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 21, 2023 23:40:08 GMT
Yves gets lost in her own little daydream, prodding at the sand. “I don’t have any place cool to carve a heart for me and Faye… out of here, I mean…”
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Post by Joker on Apr 22, 2023 0:34:56 GMT
Yves's voice snaps Nico out of his gay thoughts and brings him back to reality. "What about if you make it out of here?" He asks. "Can you think of anywhere special to do it then? Or... Maybe it doesn't even have to be a carving! Would it be possible to make like a custom Yu-Gi-Oh card or something?"
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 22, 2023 1:51:39 GMT
“Well, yeah, it would be, but… isn’t that kinda…” Yves curls in on herself, as much as she can while crouching without falling over, “lame, though?”
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Post by Joker on Apr 22, 2023 1:54:54 GMT
"I-I thought a custom card would be a cute idea, since you're a Yu-Gi-Oh player and all..." Nico says, a bit defeated. "Never mind then! I'm sure we can think of some other way to show Faye how you feel!"
He puts a hand to his chin in thought. "Hmm..."
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 22, 2023 3:48:14 GMT
"N-no! I mean, I do like Yu-Gi-Oh! a lot, it is, like, all I do- but it's not Faye's favorite thing! I just thought that a trading card isn't really that romantic, or something, but it's not like I know anything about romance in the first place..."
Oh no Yves is starting to panic again, this conversation is going to tits up all over again SHIT
"She, um... she likes animals. And magic... especially bunnies... when I pat her head, or give her k-kisses all over her face..."
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Post by Joker on Apr 22, 2023 22:07:55 GMT
"A-All over?" Nico asks, surprised by Yves's boldness.
"I don't know too much either. Felix is the only experience I have with romance. Well, only positive experience. A-Anyways! Maybe there's something you could do with animals or magic! But nothing's coming to me..."
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Post by Akkordian on Apr 23, 2023 6:42:15 GMT
Yves makes a little :o face when Nico mentions that he has other experience with romance. That's very impressive in her book, which is a sad paperback full of Sapphic longing and depression.
"Hm... I... I guess I could draw the heart using magic, but that's not that much different than just drawing it normally. And I wouldn't want to hurt animals, or something... why is this so hard? Oh geez, now I'm wasting your time helping me come up with ideas when I can't even do it on my own..."
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Post by Joker on Apr 23, 2023 15:33:54 GMT
"Okay experience might be too strong of a word!" Nico admits when he sees Yves's reaction. "It was just a crush. T-That's all!"
"Wait a second! What if you used the Bwystfil spell somehow? You could talk to animals then! There's got to be something that can be done with that, right?"
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