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[babermetrics]

Yo, you've reached Kuwata Leon! I'm probably busy right now, buuuut just leave me a message and I'll totally make time for you later!

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[babermetrics]

Damn thats really cute when you put it that way

Maybe your friend will come someday................

Someone from home just left actually

[He wouldn't normally admit that. It's admitting that he's still down, even though he is much better, and the text really is contributing to that. Maybe it's that he's feeling better enough to admit he's not feeling all the way better? He's not even sure how that works . . . but he's okay saying it, one way or another.]

So I was kinda depressed

But not like last time you saw me. IM NOT USUALLY LIKE THAT

You probably figured that out anyway??

[protectthecastle]

Thank you, I am glad that you think so. [Because she was once told that :) looked very sarcastic coming from her and so she tends to avoid using it unless someone uses it at her first.]

I hope she will.

I am very sorry to hear about your friend leaving. Is there any way that I can help you? Please do ask and I will always try my best to help you no matter what.

[She's glad to hear he's feeling better though, because his behaviour last time had been worrying.]

And I did think that perhaps you were not always like that but I do not wish to presume. When you are unhappy, I think it is fine to say so. You need not hide what you are feeling.

[babermetrics]

[Geez . . . she really is too sweet. Maybe actually too sweet? Is such a thing possible? She definitely has the kind of personality you don't really believe exists until you experience it for yourself.]

Look.......

I really appreciate it and stuff....Im glad you texted

But I definitely dont want you to think Im the kinda guy who needs to be taken care of all the time yknow?

Im definitely a normal dude!! Itd be nice to hang out with you sometime but just because I like you. Youre nice and youre totally beautiful!! and I dont want you to just think of me as that guy you saw like that that one time!

I can take care of you too if you ever need anything just lmk ok?

[protectthecastle]

My apologies, that is not what I had thought at all. I do not mean to think of you as being someone who needs to be taken care of. I do not like being thought of as such either, so I apologize. I like you as well and I would very much like to be able to hang out with you as well.

Thank you for thinking that I am beautiful. I also think that you are very nice and I think your hair is a very beautiful colour. I would like to know more about you, if you would tell me.

And I have always thought that I would like to protect people more than I would like to be protected. It is important to be able to share a responsibility like that so I am very happy. If you will take care of me, I will take care of you as well. I promise.

[babermetrics]

Its ok you really didnt do anything wrong

I meant it I feel better that you texted me! I figured youd probably never wanna see me again after all that......its cool that I was wrong

I guess Im just embarrassed.......who wouldnt be though right?

but thanks I mean it ♥

You like my hair? its awesome right? Its not natural though lol but that kinda makes it even better to get complimented on it cuz I picked the color!

We could hang out yknow? If you wanna get to know me

I wanna get to know you too

[protectthecastle]

Thank you.

I am glad that I was able to help you feel better. And you need not think that. I do want to see you again very much.

May I ask what is it that you are embarrassed about?

And yes, your hair is awesome. One of my friends has hair that colour too but hers is natural. It is also incredibly beautiful. You made a wonderful choice.

Shall we hang out then? Where?

[babermetrics]

Yeah!! Def! what kinda stuff dyou like to do in your spare time? Or we could go somewhere youve never been too

And its embarrassing because you saw me acting totally uncool

[protectthecastle]

I like to read at the library when I am not at school or working. I also go to the gym and to the shooting range to practice my marksmanship. And occasionally I take Rahzel with me and we go on walks. What about you, Leon? Do you have any suggestions as to places we can go? Namur once took me to a club and that was very fun. I would be willing to try anything.

I am sorry that you found it embarrassing. I did not think you were uncool at all.

[babermetrics]

[Okay that's . . . more of a mixed bag of pastimes than he was expecting, actually.]

Wait you went clubbing?

and liked it??

[protectthecastle]

[She hasn't even told him yet about the cooking, the self-defense classes, the soap-making, knitting and the time she went through every single experiment in a book titled The Practical Pyromaniac. Her interests are many and varied.

She can also fold dinosaurs out of cloth napkins.]

I did go and while I thought it was loud, it was also very vibrant and everyone seemed very happy. It is different from what I am used to and I do not think I will go all the time but I liked it.

Why? Should I not have liked it?

[babermetrics]

I didnt say that Im just real surprised......I cant imagine you in a club!

so did you dance with guys??

[protectthecastle]

But why can you not imagine me in a club?

And I did. Although I confess that I did find myself a little confused as to how that constituted as dancing. I had always thought dances were more structured. Or perhaps that is because I only know the waltz. Do you go to clubs, Leon? Do you dance too?

[babermetrics]

Yeah I think this is probably a cultural thing lol

I definitely dont waltz!

of course I can dance. Like the club kinda dancing though. it totally counts as dancing, its to the music and everything! I mean its mostly just an excuse to get your hands on each other yknow??

[protectthecastle]

But what do you mean? How do our cultures differ? Going to a club is something new for me.

And that is too bad. I find waltzing to be quite fun.

I am glad to hear that you can dance though. Perhaps we could dance together sometime. And no, I was not aware that dancing was an excuse to touch each other. I always thought it was to share in the enjoyment of the music and the movements of the dance.

[babermetrics]

Look people like things for different reasons its not like I dont know that.................Im not stupid

Youre not making fun of me are you??

[Her bluntness is beginning to touch his defensiveness just a little.]

[protectthecastle]

[She doesn't reply, but that's because she calls him instead.

Please pick up or else she's going to inundate his phone with messages, anything in order to explain and make sure he understood that she would never, ever make fun of him.]

[babermetrics]

[He can do that. He's surprised, but not unpleasantly—he just didn't expect that as a reaction. When his CereVice goes off, he stares at it for like two rings and then picks up.]

Veronica?

[protectthecastle]

Leon.

[She clutches her own CereVice a little tighter.]

I would never, never make fun of you. I promise. Never.

If it is something that I said, please let me know what it is. It was never my intention to make you unhappy.

[babermetrics]

[Now he feels kind of bad, but he also feels weird about feeling bad. This is an emotional rollercoaster. But, like, a very shallow one, because he wasn't that upset and doesn't feel that bad or that weird. Maybe it's more like an emotional . . . teacup ride.

He sighs.]

Look, it's fine . . . I didn't expect you to call me. It was just the way you said that, I couldn't tell if you were like, jabbing at me some! Just a little!

[protectthecastle]

And that is why I called. Like this, it is easier to tell what I am thinking, is it not? With the sound of my voice.

[She sounds pleased that she thought of it.]

I am sorry that I worried you, however little it was. If you are ever in doubt, you may ask, I will always assure you. I like you and I would like to know more about you.

[babermetrics]

Y, yeah . . . ah, now I feel kinda guilty . . . but you ain't doing that on purpose either, right?

[He wouldn't put it past some people. But from her . . . no, she's not like that. She's so much not like that that sometimes he's not sure how to cope with her, he's finding.]

[protectthecastle]

No, I am not.

[She doesn't apologize but only because he hadn't seemed to like it the last time she had done it.]

I would rather that you would be happy, actually. Tell me, what makes you happy, Leon?

[babermetrics]

[Heh. He relaxes further; she's so earnest that it's hard not to.

Not to mention weird.]

That's such a broad question! D'you always just ask people stuff like that? But . . . lots of stuff, I guess. Having fun? That's a pretty broad answer to go with it.

[protectthecastle]

I do. There is no way to know something if you do not ask, is that not so?

[So yes, she asks people questions like this all the time. But she can't help but to smile upon hearing his answer. Is he teasing her?]

What do you do to have fun then? What is it that makes you smile when you are worried or unhappy?

[babermetrics]

[Of course she's right about that . . . man, she's hard to argue with. At least she's using her powers for good, he thinks. He's pretty sure.]

I'm an outdoors kinda guy mostly, but I play games and watch TV and stuff too. Go out with girls?

[HINT HINT—wait, she's already proven she doesn't get hints. Right. Maybe he'll actually ask, in a bit. She did offer first . . . ]

What about you? I mean, what makes you smile? Fair's fair!