[ they definitely don't, because axel's mortified enough for the rest of his fucking life and shoving a spoonful of ice cream into his own mouth, speaking around it like the pig she just said he wasn't :/ ]
[ he waves a hand around vaguely to say they are friends who smooched which is somehow its own category now and he hates it, except he doesn't want to say that much, so he concludes with: ]
[ from his tone, therein seems to be the problem, though he doesn't say as much. instead he shovels more ice cream in his mouth and pretends he is just Offended still ]
... [ he doesn't???? wanna????? say?????? he's literally chewing on his spoon with a frown on his face for so long, lili will probably think he doesn't want to answer. which he doesn't. but he does eventually admit: ] Me, I guess.
Yeah, I know. [ why can't she just forget it? wow. he just. waves a hand vaguely ] I'm kinda... I dunno that I've even got a handle on being a good friend, never mind holding down an actual relationship.
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[she offers a bowl and spoon over to axel as she scoops out her own ice cream]
At least you're not a pig.
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I told you, I never-- that stuff wasn't for me.
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But you have the chance to now, you know?
[there's a shrug and she's going to eat her ice cream but like. politely.
except she will sit on the counter like she owns the place]
Dates, flowers, courtship....
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You say that, but-- in this place?
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... sometimes all it takes is one person, if it's the right person, to make things feel a little less awful.
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... Yeah, I guess that's true.
[ he's thinking of it in a much less romantic way, but. ]
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or she thinks she is but lili is so gay for yona it's not even funny
but she'll eat another scoop of ice cream]
So if you want to try, you should.
You like her, right?
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[ he waves a hand around vaguely to say they are friends who smooched which is somehow its own category now and he hates it, except he doesn't want to say that much, so he concludes with: ]
Close, I think.
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Close, you think.
[sure, that's fine]
Well to be involved with someone romantically means being a bit closer, I think.
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[ from his tone, therein seems to be the problem, though he doesn't say as much. instead he shovels more ice cream in his mouth and pretends he is just Offended still ]
I know how they work, that's not the issue.
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[she's genuinely curious and will also just keep eating ice cream]
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... [ he doesn't???? wanna????? say?????? he's literally chewing on his spoon with a frown on his face for so long, lili will probably think he doesn't want to answer. which he doesn't. but he does eventually admit: ] Me, I guess.
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or rather, she's just stubborn and curious
though his answer gets her to blink in confusion a few times]
... You? How? You're fine.
[LIKE HE, AS A PERSON, ISN'T A GIANT DISGRACE TO THE EARTH SO?]
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That's-- Wow, that's nearing a real compliment, comin' from you.
[ he does not explain himself yet because mmmmmmmmm doesn't wanna ]
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[no, she really does think that axel is a pretty decent person. for all that he aggravates her, she doesn't dislike him either?
pouting.]
I don't see what the problem is, but I also don't know you that well.
[which she'll also be direct about]
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[ to both of those statements, though the first is obviously just lili being tsun. ]
That's prolly why it's not as bad to say it to you.
[ also because he is for some reason weak to being open to teenage girls ]
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That's cowardice, you know?
You should tell me what you mean, and I'll let you know if you're being stupid or not.
[is this friendship]
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[ it's a joke to stall on having to give her a real answer, wow, ]
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Nah, you're pretty opinionated all by yourself.
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Anyway, you still haven't explained yourself.
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Yeah, I know. [ why can't she just forget it? wow. he just. waves a hand vaguely ] I'm kinda... I dunno that I've even got a handle on being a good friend, never mind holding down an actual relationship.
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... does that mean that you're afraid to try?
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But just because people get hurt, that doesn't mean that the entire bond you have between each other is bad...
[or else so many of lili's relationships have to be thrown out with the trash]
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