STAND BY ME ONEGAIIII (toi catchall)

[sadiskick]

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[soba]

Mm. So try to make friends.

[ he says that but like

he sounds so Exhausted at the very idea of it ]

[sadiskick]

[ This is not the room for making friends. Nikki was their only hope.

She frowns. ]

Do I look like I can make friends?

[soba]

Maybe someone else will say you're friends and you won't have to work for it.

[ FUCKIN ANYA ]

[sadiskick]

[ rip toi ]

That sounds just as annoying.

[soba]

It is.

[ it... is... ]

[sadiskick]

Who placed their friendship on you?

[ She sounds amused. ]

[soba]

Anya...

[ he is tired ]

[sadiskick]

[ She thinks this is a little funny. ]

I thought any boy would be charmed that such a sweet girl would want to be friends with him.

[soba]

What? It's weird. Why would someone want to be my friend that bad?

[ it's incomprehensible to him ]

[sadiskick]

[ Something about that makes her smile. ]

Did you ask her?

[soba]

Yes.

[ it solved nothing ]

[sadiskick]

What did she say?

[ Not that she fully understands friendship either, but. ]

[soba]

Something stupidly sappy...

[ it was

very embarrassing. how do people live like that. ]

[sadiskick]

I want to hear it.

[ Be mortified and tell her. ]

[soba]

Ugh... what if I asked embarrassing things of you?

[sadiskick]

Do you know what would embarrass me?

[ She's a pretty shameless person. ]

Tell me.

[soba]

Girl... stuff...

[ IS IT LIKE

OBVIOUS HE DOESN'T HANG OUT WITH A LOT OF GIRLS? BECAUSE HE DOESN'T HANG OUT WITH A LOT OF GIRLS. ]

[sadiskick]

[ She shifts until she can reach over and poke him (gently?) with her leg. ]

Tell me. What Anastasia said.

[soba]

It was just stuff like... wanting to be my friend... and things...

[ it's mumbled ]

[sadiskick]

Say that louder so I can hear.

[ She totally heard. ]

[soba]

You definitely heard me!

[ he's embarrassed he hates this deeply ]

[sadiskick]

I didn't.

[ She pokes him with her foot again. ]

Repeat yourself.

[soba]

Isn't this bullying? Are girls like this?

[sadiskick]

[ That gives Meltryllis pause. ]

Do you see me as a girl?

[ Because she thought he was saying girl stuff about Anya earlier. Not her. ]

[soba]

Well, you are one.

But... different from Anya?