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[maipokerface]

[Okay, now she's not just bored and unhappy. She's bored, unhappy and mildly sick. Or what feels like being a little sick anyhow.]

So this starts off like a cold, right? How bad is it going to end up getting.

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[upholsteredvelvet]

[Ah, it's the bonfire girl again. Waver hesitates for a moment, but she was nice to him, so...]

I haven't seen how bad it is first-hand, but I've heard it can get rather nasty if you let it be for too long.

[maipokerface]

[You have odd tastes in 'nice', Waver.]

How nasty is 'rather'.

[upholsteredvelvet]

[He really does BUT HE WILL HEAR NONE OF IT.]

...Terribly?

[maipokerface]

You realize 'terribly' isn't that much more specific, right.

[upholsteredvelvet]

Well I could say 'very', but it really only means 'sort of', and I imagine it's a bit more than that.

[maipokerface]

[Long suffering sigh, complete with a hand rising to her forehead.]

Well whatever. I'll tell you all about it when I get there, I guess.

[upholsteredvelvet]

I could always go be clumsy around more fires if you'd prefer it.

[Look, see, he's helping. Sort of. Maybe.]

1/2

[maipokerface]

[A glance. A look. A beat.]

[maipokerface]

[And then, she smirks.]

Are you saying you want me to touch you then?

[upholsteredvelvet]

[Is she trying to get him flustered on purpose? Because it's working!]

I just-- um, if you put it like that I--

[maipokerface]

[OH AN ENTERTAINING REACTION! 8D]

See, now your complexion looks a little more fiery.

[upholsteredvelvet]

[...Oh.]

I liked it better when it was almost glowing in the dark!

[She is cheating!]

[maipokerface]

[Seriously, it's been ages since she smiled. And after reading that letter, she was fairly sure she wouldn't again.]

You don't seem to hate it all that much right now.

[upholsteredvelvet]

Maybe I've managed to catch a spontaneous sunburn!

[...Okay, that sounds ridiculous even to himself.]

[maipokerface]

Right when I asked if you wanted to touch me?

[upholsteredvelvet]

A-Absolutely!

[maipokerface]

I knew you were a bad liar.

[upholsteredvelvet]

Oh hush.

[Oh no the sunburn is worse.]

[maipokerface]

[And now she just out and out laughs. Laughs. Pokerfaced, apathetic Mai is laughing and while it isn't peals of laughter, it is laughter.]

[upholsteredvelvet]

Wh-what's so funny?!

[He just wants to sink into the floor and die. It's her own fault for wording it that way! He just wanted to help!]

[maipokerface]

You.

[It's said in a tone that's far from belittling. And when the laugh fades off and the faint smile remains even in spite of the dizziness she feels, she adds very sincerely:]

Thank you.

[upholsteredvelvet]

Oh, um. You're welcome?

[That wasn't what he expected her to say, and while he's still flustered, now he doesn't look so upset about it.]

[maipokerface]

You're still red though.

[upholsteredvelvet]

It's a particularly bad sunburn.

[maipokerface]

It must be.