IC Contact + Overflow

[gunslingerqueen]

Wanna continue a TFLN thread? Wanna text or call Nariko, or just play in general?

Here's the place to do it!

Comments

[hairrowing]

With-- with the gang? [worried]

[gunslingerqueen]

I mean, yes? If you need it? You shouldn't even be in a gang!

[Where were your after school programs!!!]

But I meant, let me help you get stronger. So you can deal with the unresolved stuff.

[hairrowing]

[well, true]

Stronger how? The only way I know is by battling.

[gunslingerqueen]

Oh, I have no idea!

[Look just try to stay with her here.]

But I don't think I could have even had the strength or resolve to make the choice that I did without my Leah, at least.

[To be fair, she chose very badly, but if her hindsight keeps him, or anyone, from making the same mistake, then it is worthwhile.]

In the end, it was my responsibility to deal with but I couldn't have faced her without Leah at my side. So, I think sometimes you just figure things out better when you aren't in it alone.

[hairrowing]

Mmm...I guess that's true. But how can you find someone who understands the situation? The same way you do?

[he isn't going to drag Namine into something she doesn't want to be involved in]

[gunslingerqueen]

Well...

[Porque no los dos.meme, Gladion!!!]

There are some things you can't figure out just by thinking about it, right? Better to move forward awkwardly then be fixed in the same spot.

[Her chin goes onto one palm, but the other is offered to him.]

It might just be me for a bit, but let's stumble together, okay?

[hairrowing]

[let's stumble together....

Gladion can admit to himself he doesn't really have a great plan, and yes, maybe he's been stumbling along with just his Pokemon this whole time.

But while he just doesn't get while she wants to help, she does.]

....Okay.

[he takes the offered hand. another person he wants to protect]

not me thinking i'd already replied like days ago wth dw!!!!

[gunslingerqueen]

[Yes, another person that she can protect, after all this time. The grip is surprisingly reliable and firm but this time she doesn't take advantage of the contact.]

Thank you.

[For listening! But also:]

... Weren't we supposed to order food or something?

[Their waiter has probably been glaring at them for a while.]

RIP DW!!

[hairrowing]

[the waiter is probably incredibly used to weird and serious and stupid conversations at this time of the night by various drunken folks

it's all in a days work.

blinking to realization, Gladion colors slightly, and nods, starting to order. just something yummy and warm, of course]

[gunslingerqueen]

[Look she does her best to look drunkenly adorable/apologetic regardless!

And after all of this, of course she gets a giant burger and a milkshake. The tired eyes are bigger than the nauseous stomach, and all that.]

You know, I'm really happy I met you.

[hairrowing]

[there's a slight...worry she won't be able to hold it down, but they'll come to that when they get to it]

Hmmm? Really?

[gunslingerqueen]

Mmhm! It feels kind of like Fate.

[Just like drinking this gigantic milkshake was a matter of destiny.]

Which is weird since I don't know that I completely believe in that sort of thing.

[hairrowing]

Fate...or inevitable I guess. Maybe we just needed each other.

[gunslingerqueen]

[That's so ...]

Honestly ... [Her straw dances around in the drink for a bit. Needed each other ...] yeah, I think you're right.

[And it's not so bad, is it? Or at least for the moment.]

[hairrowing]

It isn't weird.

[it's more of a statement than a question. well, maybe it is strange, since they're so different in temperament and whatnot]

Happy holidays/merry xmas/all those things!!!

[gunslingerqueen]

It might be a little weird.

[Their first meeting alone was a hell of a time.]

But, like, in a good way! I thought I wouldn't ever see you again.

[Teasing him in a Denny's and getting his number hadn't necessarily guaranteed anything, after all.]

<333 hope you had a wonderful day, boo!

[hairrowing]

Really? The world isn't as big as you'd think. There's a chance we would have found each other again.

[though slim, very slim]

I did and same to you <333!!

[gunslingerqueen]

You are right, but I usually have terrible luck! I didn't even think you'd text me back to begin with.

[Her smile is a very difficult force to contain, and she's given up on the burger in favor of snacking on some of the bacon.]

I'm glad you did, though. I still need to earn that hug.

[hairrowing]

Did I seem that...unwilling?

[he's curious. even as he stuffs his own face]

Mmm.

[gunslingerqueen]

Not anymore than your cool attitude requires!

[brb shoving a handful of fries in her mouth, which she covers with one hand when speaking becomes easier.]

I think I'm just used to being the one who is called, instead of doing the calling! Or, maybe I had terrible friends who never listened.

[It's the latter, but she's not ready for that conversation.]

[hairrowing]

Mmm, not necessarily. I'm sure your friends are probably okay.

[he wouldn't know, and frankly he just. feels like she's the type to call? or get called a lot??]

[gunslingerqueen]

I think they did their best, but honestly, I wasn't always a superstar at asking for help.

[Yes, she's the one that gets calls at three in the morning, with something exploding in the background.]

Not even when things were genuinely, hopelessly shitty.

[hairrowing]

You don't say.

[he raises a brow at her, but the corners of his mouth are soft, layered in a smile]

Not a good habit.

[gunslingerqueen]

You wouldn't recommend it, huh?

[A bashful sort of pout, the irony isn't lost!! But damn, that smile is one for the record books. ]

But you know I'm literally your cosmic friend forever, now. You've adopted me!

[hairrowing]

Cosmic? Forever?

[the smile does widen now, into a real one]

I'd like that.