aesthetically displeasing | Glowfic Constellation

bitterchill

There is no audible indication that Ari has taken or noticed the blanket! There is no counterindication, either. Ari is not talking, he is too busy crying.

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Yes. That was reasonably predictable.

She just... waits. She's good at that.

bitterchill

Ari does not contact her for a few days.

After a few days, he contacts her.

"Hey."

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"Hello."

bitterchill

"Sorry for, uh, bugging out on you. The other day."

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"I do not like it that you were distressed, but you do not need to apologize."

bitterchill

"Thanks. But I should've called when I was... able to. But I didn't feel up to it. Should've anyway."

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"I do not mind. I am very patient."

bitterchill

"That much I know."

A pause.

"So, how about those Mets, huh?"

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"You continue to be inexplicably charming."

bitterchill

"So I've been told! It's better to be inexplicably charming than inexplicably irritating, at any rate. The people I've met who have that problem usually aren't pleased with it."

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"It is likely to be inconvenient for them," she agrees.

bitterchill

"It is! People don't like them much, and I'll bet they'd never be able to make friends with charming death goddesses such as yourself. Which would be a real shame."

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"I believe you are the only person who has ever described me as charming."

bitterchill

"Don't see why. I'm certainly charmed, it seems like that should be a pretty regular thing."

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"Other people do not seem to be as charmed by me as you are."

bitterchill

"Well, I'm going to say in the absence of further evidence that they're wrong and I'm right, you're charming, case closed, final decision, no take-backs. Charming and also nice and delightful, in perpetuity."

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