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[wroughtandtempered]

"...This is Eve. Leave a message if you want. Or just fucking text me, I get those fast."

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[othellovonryan]

Oh my god.

I'm the worst.

I thought 'this time, I'll be able to say it romantically instead of slipping out in some kind of word vomit.'

But no.

No, I text it while freaking out.

I'm going to say it to your face when I am able to extract myself form my shame burrow.

[wroughtandtempered]

Donnie I promise you are in good company
I didn't get to say it romantically to Choco-chan for the first time either I just made a dumb joke without thinking about it

also it still made me really happy even if I was also freaking out
I mean to my face is good too and I'll look forward to it
but you don't have to be hard on yourself

[ ...that said, she is absolutely considering going to sprawl faux-seductively in the part of the communal area closest to his room for whenever that extraction happens. ]

[othellovonryan]

OMG
We're all a mess.

I'm going to say it to your face. I just
Need
A few minutes to do more than chirp and hide in my shell.

[wroughtandtempered]

we're a great mess
the best mess
anyway take your time no forcing it allowed
but I will be in the den practicing video games for a while

[ because she is Not Good at them— understandable, considering the technology level where she was from, but her pride demands she fix it. at least when it comes to Mario Kart. ...it gives her a good excuse to be out there, too, and requiring thumbs means she's got a good excuse to be in the shape that will go fun colors when she gets flustered.

hopefully a nice gift for Donnie, since he didn't get to see her original reaction. ]

[othellovonryan]

Okay.

[He is gonna need like ten minutes, dying in a burrow of blankets and pillows. Waiting for his embarrassment to die down.]

[Before slowly he extracts himself from the blankets and will peek out into the den. Face still red as he just watches her for a bit.]

[wroughtandtempered]

[ she is flopped on her belly on a pile of pillows, hair and tail both poofed out to about twice their usual volume

this is perhaps because she's somehow managed to get her kart stuck in a corner. ]

MOTHERFUCKER I KNOW YOU HAVE A REVERSE BUTTON, HOW THE FUCK.

[ behold, Donnie: your girlfriend. ]

[othellovonryan]

[She's beauty, she's grace.]

[Honestly, he gets it, he's more than once yelled at a video game. Very creatively. He's a good gamer, but man, when he's not doing well, everyone knows it.]

[He is going to quietly approach. Ninja stealth.]

[wroughtandtempered]

[ Donnie don't get a Joy-Con thrown at you by spooking her— she does have one ear swiveled in the direction of his door, but due to the aforementioned ninja stealth it doesn't track him as he gets closer. ]

—shit-ass motherfucking game— I KNOW I'M GOING THE WRONG WAY, EAT MY ENTIRE ASS—

[ ...Lakitu is not helping, apparently. ]

[othellovonryan]

[Listen]

[Sometimes he likes to watch his girlfriends just GO OFF.]

[What if he just lays down nearby and watches her impressive tirade.]

[wroughtandtempered]

[ buddy she's going to notice fresh Donnie scent eventually

not before she successfully finds the B button, though. REVERSE OBTAINED ]

Fucking— fuck you, finally, I am going to get a fucking blue shell and ram it up your fucking ass—

[ says the girl who... appears to be playing time trial mode. who is she even threatening? it's a mystery.

but on her next inhale she startles, concentration broken as she whips her head around ]

[othellovonryan]

[Computers are valid to threaten. They hear more than one might think.]

[He has his face in his hand where he's laying on the ground, wearing a hoody, and waves at her when she finally notices him.]

[wroughtandtempered]

[ hitting pause as she visibly de-ruffles ]

...do I want to ask how long you've been there?

[othellovonryan]

You very much do not.