[SHE'S FINE NOW, BLACK!!! THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH HER ANYMORE!!]
Anything's possible if you put your mind to it. You should think about doing something too, Black, put those skills you learned from The League to work. It doesn't have to be anything grand like what I'm going for, but this?
[White pats his book.]
This has to stop. Live a little. Try something new. We only get one life, you know, it's bad to just waste it playing safe.
[Not that either of them do that in the least bit, but you know.]
When was the last time you had any fun, Black? Felt your heart pound with the thrill of something new? Yes, I've got just what you need, my dear big brother of mine!
[She just needs to to figure out how to word his everything nicely.]
A blind date'll be good for you. Unless you have something else in mind, but chances are I'm going to set you up anyway.
Are you really not? Or did that narcissus take too much of your heart away? You're allowed to do that here too, you know, if you gave me the go ahead to do... whatever it is I want.
Whiiiiiiite, it isn't like that at all. [ REALLY... Tsukiyama-san is very good-looking but your brother does not get struck by Cupid's arrow at first sight.
probably. ] I'm just... not interested it in. I don't even know what I'd do on a date, or why anyone would want to date me.
[(Mr. Despair has had his date already, he can shove a sock in it.)
But okay, she'll let his cheek go. With a long sigh.]
This is what I mean, Black! You're not trying! There's a hundred things that are good about you, you know? Even if there's two hundred better things about me it doesn't cancel those out, it just means that I have lower standards!
It won't be heckling. I'll find a perfectly nice person for you to have a nice lunch, dinner, whatever with. Someone courteous and sensitive to other's moods, but totally charming. They'll be perfect for a wuss like you.
[And she's just... push against him. White does feel a little bad about heckling her brother into this, basically, but he's not gonna get anywhere unless she pushes him into it first. That's just how it is. And even then it might not change! But at least she'll have tried.]
... And then if you don't have fun or something, if you're really not interested at all, I'll drop it, okay? I'll just get you friend dates or something. I just want you to be able to have someone to fall back on if... you know.
[If she ends up disappearing for whatever reason. She's not sure if he'd want to lean on Leo (not with how he seems to think that the thing in him might've had something to do with it) but if he's able to make a friend of his own, someone that wants to understand him or enjoys his company enough to ask questions... That'd put to rest a few of her worries.]
Don't even think it. [ He sets his book aside in favor of completely wrapping his arms around her, squeezing tight. ] You won't leave. Not without me. You won't.
[ She can't. (She can't.) She wouldn't. (She wouldn't dare.) Not after everything he's done to keep her in his sight! (Not after everything he's done to make sure things go as they should.) ]
...don't think about it, okay? If one of us leaves, the other will, too. That's how it is.
[This. This is why he needs someone else. Because she doesn't want to leave in the first place, but if it ends up happening then it ends up happening. White bites her lip, wondering if she should bring up the case of And if you don't follow me?, but the sentiment's strong enough to push through anyway.
And to make the air heavy around them. It's almost like she can't breathe, but she'll hug her brother back and hum.]
Okay. I won't think about it. Instead, I'll think about how to word the advertisement I'm going to put up about you regarding a blind date. Do you prefer "nerd" or "geek"?
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Anything's possible if you put your mind to it. You should think about doing something too, Black, put those skills you learned from The League to work. It doesn't have to be anything grand like what I'm going for, but this?
[White pats his book.]
This has to stop. Live a little. Try something new. We only get one life, you know, it's bad to just waste it playing safe.
[Not that either of them do that in the least bit, but you know.]
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Mmm. [ That's the most noncommittal answer he's ever given her.
you're gonna have to force this one, white. ]
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Mmm. Sounds like you...
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Wh--what?
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[She just needs to to figure out how to word his everything nicely.]
A blind date'll be good for you. Unless you have something else in mind, but chances are I'm going to set you up anyway.
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uh. ] I don't have time for dates?
[ yeah. ]
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Uhhhh huh.
She's just gonna let that sit.]
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I'm not interested in dating.
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probably. ] I'm just... not interested it in. I don't even know what I'd do on a date, or why anyone would want to date me.
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And what's wrong with being my brother, huh? I've gotten plenty of dates! You're just not trying!
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Why would anyone want to go out with me after seeing you? [ ...is what he means, okay?
(The King of Despair snorts loudly. Who'd want to date either of them? Who cares about dating.) ]
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But okay, she'll let his cheek go. With a long sigh.]
This is what I mean, Black! You're not trying! There's a hundred things that are good about you, you know? Even if there's two hundred better things about me it doesn't cancel those out, it just means that I have lower standards!
[Duh.]
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Uh huh. [ SOOO COMMITTED HERE /sarcasm. ] Just drop it, White. I'm not interesting in dating anyone.
...but if you manage to get me a date with someone, I'll go. It'd be rude to stand them up, especially if you heckle them into it.
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It won't be heckling. I'll find a perfectly nice person for you to have a nice lunch, dinner, whatever with. Someone courteous and sensitive to other's moods, but totally charming. They'll be perfect for a wuss like you.
[And she's just... push against him. White does feel a little bad about heckling her brother into this, basically, but he's not gonna get anywhere unless she pushes him into it first. That's just how it is. And even then it might not change! But at least she'll have tried.]
... And then if you don't have fun or something, if you're really not interested at all, I'll drop it, okay? I'll just get you friend dates or something. I just want you to be able to have someone to fall back on if... you know.
[If she ends up disappearing for whatever reason. She's not sure if he'd want to lean on Leo (not with how he seems to think that the thing in him might've had something to do with it) but if he's able to make a friend of his own, someone that wants to understand him or enjoys his company enough to ask questions... That'd put to rest a few of her worries.]
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[ She can't. (She can't.) She wouldn't. (She wouldn't dare.) Not after everything he's done to keep her in his sight! (Not after everything he's done to make sure things go as they should.) ]
...don't think about it, okay? If one of us leaves, the other will, too. That's how it is.
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[This. This is why he needs someone else. Because she doesn't want to leave in the first place, but if it ends up happening then it ends up happening. White bites her lip, wondering if she should bring up the case of And if you don't follow me?, but the sentiment's strong enough to push through anyway.
And to make the air heavy around them. It's almost like she can't breathe, but she'll hug her brother back and hum.]
Okay. I won't think about it. Instead, I'll think about how to word the advertisement I'm going to put up about you regarding a blind date. Do you prefer "nerd" or "geek"?
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[Take it from her, the date genius.]
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