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[windeity]

JOHN EGBERT | BLUE | #0715CD
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[windeity]

[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.]

[parodeity]

[ 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.]

[parodeity]

[ 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.

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...Okay, yes, I totally would, but I want to see what kinda date plans you come up with?

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I will do my best. Can it be whenever?

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Dude, yeah. Ain't like we got specific plans here for the most part. [ dave shifts on the bench, moving to straddle it sideways so he can basically face john. ] So...uh, so. D'you wanna lay down ground rules or somethin'?

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Ground rules for, like, dating? [Is he following here?] What kind of ground rules do you think need to be set?

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Well, yeah. And I mean, like. Things you know you're not comfortable with, I guess? Like...I dunno, what kinda rules do you think need to be set? I assume we can like, hold hands?

[ they've been doing that

and also kissing

and sleeping together. ]

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...we can hold hands. [He hasn't really thought about this, goddamnit Dave. Uh.] I guess like...kissing is okay but nothing else right now. And everything else is still good.

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Okay, so super same page. [ good to know?? ] Uh, I'm cool with most things but don't cheat on me, especially with clowns? I guess? That would be a really terrible thing to make into a streak.

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Okay do you know who I am? A clown is the last person I would ever pick. But like. I don't like cheating? That seems shitty.

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Okay, cool. And I already promised not to kiss anyone else. [ so

that's working ? ]

...I like you.

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[He looks pleased by that at least.]

I like you more than you probably believe right now. Thank you for not kissing people.

[parodeity]

[ yeah cool okay that's great dave just kind of. hm. ]

Can you say that part again?

[ LOOK ]

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--thank you for not kissing people? [Dave...]