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[tristfully]

What grows when you think of it and hurts when you truly know it?

[.....]

[Aris]

I don’t have anything to say. I’d just like to talk to you.

[Desmond]

Happy Birthday, Des.

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Desmond/Viola

[tristfully]

Has an underground sock hop opened up in Elflock?

The cherry on top?

Desmond/Viola

[opsia]

dunno. usually ended up in a bar someplace when i was younger.

whipped cream too.

Desmond/Viola

[tristfully]

I've never even tried to sneak into Hap's. Doesn't seem worth the trouble.

[....]

Hey, Des. Can I just say thank you for not bringing it up?

Desmond/Viola

[opsia]

it ain't. the dancing isn't bad. my momma use music too. but not enough to be worth no trouble.

[...]

you got nothing to thank me for. just like you didn't have nothing to be sorry about. still don't.

Desmond/Viola

[tristfully]

Not so many places to go dancing then, by my calculations.

Alright, then we'll leave it at that.

Desmond/Viola

[opsia]

there's probably better bars out there than the ones i've been to.

alright. smart girl like you sparing three seconds on a dumbass is sparing three seconds too much.

Desmond/Viola

[tristfully]

You don't seem the bar type, anyway.

I wish you wouldn't think of it that way. I made a mistake but you weren't it.

Desmond/Viola

[opsia]

i'm good at holding up a wall.

don't think you made a mistake. you're just [...] sharp, y'know? real smart. you say clever things and you [...] care enough to make sense out'a all the shit going on round here. you deserve somebody that's gonna keep up with you.

Desmond/Viola

[tristfully]

I won’t torture you on your birthday by singing your praises but just know that the more you disparage yourself the sillier I look for having had a crush on you.

Desmond/Viola

[opsia]

that ain't disp talking bad about me, that's talking nice about you. those're two different things entirely.

Desmond/Viola

[tristfully]

You don’t think you deserve to be with someone clever?

I understand if you don’t want to be. It can get annoying. But you deserve to be with whoever’d you like.

Desmond/Viola

[opsia]

it ain't about deserving. just don't [...] got much for somebody that thinks real deep, clever things.

you think that's annoying? being smart?

Desmond/Viola

[tristfully]

I disagree but I suspect this will go about as well as our ice cream negotiations.

I wouldn’t say it that way, exactly. Feels [...] misogynistic somehow. But I’m very aware that I’m tiring to be around.

Desmond/Viola

[opsia]

i can be stubborn. probably ain't a good thing.

you ain't tiring to be around, though. sometimes it's [...] hard to talk to you. shit that not because of you. just [...] i have to think when i talk to you. i never know if i'm saying the right thing.

Desmond/Viola

[tristfully]

Another way to say that is 'certain.'

I know. That's what I meant. Sometimes I do it on purpose.

For what it's worth, you make me think, too. Harder than I should like, sometimes.

Desmond/Viola

[opsia]

get the sense i shouldn't try and argue with you too hard neither.

that don't make it tiring. or a bad thing. it just ain't easy.

i don't mean to. you're good at dancing, i just don't know what the steps are.

Desmond/Viola

[tristfully]

Let's not argue at all, if we can help it.

As I recall, you're very nice to dance with. We're just hearing different music, that's all.

Desmond/Viola

[opsia]

sounds a lot better, actually. far as options go.

reckon i just got lucky that time. but i think we do alright in the end.

Desmond/Viola

[tristfully]

You'll save a dance for me at prom, won't you?

Desmond/Viola

[opsia]

course i will. be my pleasure.