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[plate_builder]

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[mrsklover]

No. No, I mean like.

Okay, yeah. No working is good. Because then we can talk?

Like talk talk. You and me.

At dinner.

[plate_builder]

I tend to talk at meals. In fact it is a common form of courtesy when sharing a meal with another person.

[mrsklover]

Jesus Christ.

Right. Good. Because that is good. So we can have dinner and talk. Together.

And maybe after dinner, too?

[plate_builder]

Ah. Mini told you I've been working long hours then.

I should have made him a canary.

[mrsklover]

[ Richie isn't going to make it to dinner because he is going to hang himself first. ]

No, this isn't about Mini.

I just think it might be nice to spend more time together. Maybe.

[plate_builder]

It would be good to have a friend around more often. I could also do with a walk.

[mrsklover]

Anything else you could do with?

That I could help with?

[plate_builder]

I don't have any more plans. I was considering hiking to the ships for a shower because the hot springs are harder to justify if I am up late working. But those aren't really helping things.

Unless you wish to help with laundry?

[mrsklover]

I could help justify the hot springs!

Help you relax?

Eh?

[plate_builder]

[What is going on here?]

What am I missing here, Richie?

[mrsklover]

Not much because I suck at doing this, apparently.

Look, I was just thinking that you know. We both lost the people we cared about a lot. Are lonely, I think? Maybe?

And maybe we don't need to be?

[plate_builder]

You're suggesting sex between friends?

You should have just been straight forward with that.

[mrsklover]

[ What? ]

What?

[plate_builder]

I just don't know why you weren't more straight forward with the question. I was growing worried you might be I'll, or that Mini had expressed concerns to you I wasn't aware of and now York would be hovering too.

[mrsklover]

I don't love rejection?

Which I thought was inevitable?

So I was trying to be discrete?

I don't know, man. I've done this a total of two times with the SAME PERSON.

[plate_builder]

And you're feeling lonely and frustrated. Yes, I understand. Tonight, dinner and then the hot springs if it sounds reasonable.

I suppose I should ask an important question. Did you and Richie, or anyone, ever get to full on intimate encounters?

[mrsklover]

Eds? I mean. Not a lot but yeah. The first time he was here. The second time we were just starting to get back there when he was gone again.

[plate_builder]

did you have preferences? I wouldn't want you uncomfortable.

[mrsklover]

Oh. I mean. Not really? Did you?

[plate_builder]

Of course. But as the more experienced one of the two of us it's more considerate to allow your preferences at the start.

[mrsklover]

Gotta say, talking about this like a business negotiation definitely takes some of the nerves out.

Is this how you usually go about it?

[plate_builder]

There's a reason some things are called 'negotiations'.

I'm sorry there was nerves. That makes a lot of sense to have in a romantic relationship. But your loss of Eddie is recent. Again. And I don't want to seem to be replacing him.

[mrsklover]

To be fair, I don't think it is any more or less recent than your loss. Which, for the record, I am not looking to replace either.

[plate_builder]

I have had a lot of time to move past my grief. It is a touchstone, not a weight around my neck.

Ed helped a little. Though that was definitely awkward after.

My friend you couldn't replace Poe if you wanted to. As I imagine I could not replace Eddie.

[mrsklover]

No. No offense, but Eds was one in a million. I'm glad I got any time with him at all let alone a second and third shot to be with him.

[ Wait... ]

Wait. You fucked the pirate?