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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]

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.

[upholsteredvelvet]

It will go away! It always does!

[He would know, he blushes over stupid things all the time.]

[maipokerface]

Unless I talk about us touching each other.

[upholsteredvelvet]

Wh-- But that's not my fault! You're wording it all weirdly!

[maipokerface]

I'm just saying what happens here. Your mind is the one filling in the blanks.

[upholsteredvelvet]

--It's not like that!

[He just feels very intensely about cuddles!!]

[maipokerface]

Why don't you explain it to me then.

[upholsteredvelvet]

[He flails helplessly for a second and then sighs.]

I don't-- I'm not used to-- it's a touchy subject.

[maipokerface]

Obviously.

[upholsteredvelvet]

E-Either way, it's not the point! I was simply trying to be helpful.

[maipokerface]

You do know it would probably just be easier if you offered me a handshake, right?

[upholsteredvelvet]

I wasn't serious about the fires, I was just trying to...

[Be cute? No, he isn't going to say that.]


..To be funny.

[maipokerface]

Color me surprised.

[Said in the flattest voice ever. That said though...]

Thanks, I guess. Some people like to have a sense of humor about these things.

[upholsteredvelvet]

It helps to make things less awkward, ideally. Apparently I'm just rubbish at it.