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[windeity]

JOHN EGBERT | BLUE | #0715CD
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Can a person truly be ready for that? [He begins to follow, stepping forward to also catch Dave's hand.

May as well make it more date-like, he thinks.]

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[ ...oh. dave squeezes john's hand after a fraction of a startled second, trying to hide the urge to smile like an idiot. ] Not really. It's like the Spanish Inquisition.

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[That's very cute, Dave.] Dude do you even know what the Spanish Inquisition was about?

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A thing supposedly meant to fight heresy but it was really just a monarchical tool to smite pretty much whoever the fuck. But I was referring to the meme, obviously. [ not the REAL THING. ]

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I was just checking. [God why did he ask? Off to the house.] Anyway, like I said, I am about as ready as I can be and hopefully that is enough.

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Good. I worked hard on it? [ obviously he's dragging john over to the piano once they get home and...gesturing for john to sit down? ]

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[He raises an eyebrow, but when they get home and to the piano he sits at the bench without an argument and patiently waits. He even puts his hands in his lap so he can't do anything.]

I do not doubt that.

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Okay, so...technically, you are also part of the show.

[ what dave decaptchalogues now is...sheet music? ]

I wrote a duet?

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[He looks surprised because yeah, he didn't actually expect that.]

A duet? [His eyes are wide and he picks up the sheet music.] Both piano parts?

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[ a nod-shrug. he like. worked hard on this shit? he would have done one with the violin but he somehow thought john would appreciate this more. ]

It's not that long? [ since. well. ]

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No, that is totally okay. [He's delighted? He's already placing the music on the ledge in front of him because John is maybe one of those people who can play along by sight without previous study.] I'm ready to start when you are.

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[ dave takes a seat beside john, cracking his knuckles before he sets his hands down. ] Ready.

[ im mobile and dying so you don't get youtube but it's a pretty simple song on the outside but with familiar motifs worked into it subtlely, a bar from a well loved song or a flurry of notes reminiscent of something rose or jade did. ]

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[How dare you. But that's fair. He can at least pick up on the notes and follow along with Dave and it's easy, sort of like falling into a cozy blanket or your favorite sweater. It's sweet and it's simple and he's able to play the notes with the kind of familiarity that comes with knowing people for so long.

He doesn't speak. He just plays on.]

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[ dave will for a wonder be silent until they finish their duet, the notes lingering as he looks over at john.

good date?? ]

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[The song finishes and John plays the final notes, listening to the reverberating noise in their living room before he turns on the bench to face Dave. There's also a brief pause before he decides to lean forward and kiss him instead. Brief, chaste, and more gratitude than anything, but there's something behind it that maybe is enough assurance that this was a good date.]

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[ dave will take it? he will super take it. he doesn't push it anything less than brief or chaste, but he still automatically leans a little when john pulls away, before shaking himself and sort of...straightening a little bit.

he's still slouching. whatever. ]

So, [ SO... ] go out with me?

[ like, for real official. maybe. is he allowed to ask now. ]

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[It's still a little bit of a weird concept, he thinks, and he knows himself well enough to know this won't exactly be perfect and flawless, but he also knows himself well enough to realize that he should maybe just kind of stop being an idiot and quit stalling.]

Yeah, okay. [A grin.] I will.

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[ well. he gets a dave grin in return? sort of shy and relieved but also actually a thing. ]

Cool. [ ...so. ] Uh, we can still share a room, right?

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Of course we can, dumbass. That part isn't going to change.

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Okay. [ okay, cool. dave reaches over to take john's hand, like the dumb sappy idiot he is. ] I like you, dude.

[ he just likes saying it still. ]

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[He lets dave take his hand but he gives him another small smile. ] I like you, too. And I liked this a lot, so thank you for an awesome first date.

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You know what this means, right? [ hope john doesn't think dave means something profound although he pauses for drama. ] You get to plan the next one.

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[Cool well he wasn't expecting it so he sputters in surprise.] What!? I don't know how to plan a date!

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Wow, so you're not willin' to learn for me?? You can't make me pull all the date weight, John, that's unfair misbalanced romantics. [ he's maybe just giving john a hard time out of casual bffship instincts. ]

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[What if he just reaches over to push on Dave's face?? Rude.] Shut uppppp. You would pull all the weight if I asked you to anyway, but I won't. That would be bullshit.