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[dranksforthememories]

WHAT what you want
WHERE where you want
WHEN Day ""135""

[The rain has cleared, but it appears to have left some people with a case of the sniffles! The magic sniffles. Even if you've never been sick a day in your life, you might not find yourself immune. Then again, maybe you have a terrible immune system and you're fine. I'm not the magic sniffles police.

Symptoms May Include:

- runny nose
- sore throat
- fever
- thinking you're going to cough or sneeze but actually what comes out is A BURST OF THE TRUTH
- waking up in someone else's bed
- joint aches

At least the sketchy pop-up pharmacy at the mall has a special on tissues and nyquil?]

Comments

[willnotwatch]

... He's abandoned the idea of staying still, anyhow.

[morethanyou]

What do you mean by "staying still," exactly? Because if you mean "staying in an apartment," that's because you keep breaking in.

[willnotwatch]

It was—once. Twice. One-and-a-half, if you count—

Nevermind.

[morethanyou]

Seriously, brother, how is he supposed to ever get a chance to calm down about you if you keep making it clear that you won't respect his boundaries and can invade his space at any time?

[willnotwatch]

...

[he doesn't say anything because she's right and he knows it and he fucked up oops]

[morethanyou]

[head scritches]

Dial it back a little.

[willnotwatch]

I'm just out of practice...

[morethanyou]

At giving people space?

[willnotwatch]

If I'm going to be entirely honest, I don't think I was ever quite good at that to begin with.

[morethanyou]

Self-awareness is always a good look on you.

[willnotwatch]

You make it sound like I'm usually lacking.

[morethanyou]

I wouldn't say usually.

[willnotwatch]

When have I not been entirely honest with myself?

[morethanyou]

It's not that you lie to yourself, it's that you get too caught up in your own approach.

[willnotwatch]

You're beginning to sound like Erik.

[morethanyou]

Well, it's not that he's usually wrong about identifying problems, he's just not great with solutions.

[willnotwatch]

That's because he really only has one solution, and it doesn't benefit anyone.

[morethanyou]

True, but a little off topic.

[willnotwatch]

How is it off topic? I was responding to what you said.

[morethanyou]

But now we're talking about his problems instead of yours.

[willnotwatch]

...

He is my problem. His problems are my problems.

Ah. I see what you mean. I understand now.

[morethanyou]

What can I say to that except... YIKES.

[willnotwatch]

[scrubbing a hand over his face and groaning

he freezes up a little, like he's holding back a cough, but then:]

This is why Nakia left.

[morethanyou]

...that's one hell of a cold symptom.

[willnotwatch]

[what if he just covers his face with a pillow and gets all his truth-cold germs on it]