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[ashioki]

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[calmomile]

suit yourself. still gonna expect you to deliver on that surprise eventually, though.

[ashioki]

next time you can't fall asleep, give me a ring

[calmomile]

you sure? waking you up at 4 or 5 am just so i can get to sleep seems like a shitty tradeoff.

[ Then, like she's only belatedly realizing that sounds almost considerate: ]

buuuuuut i bet your sleepy voice is extra cute ☆

[ashioki]

you're a night owl too? that mask of yours from the gala is making more and more sense

[calmomile]

damn ok settle down grandpa

these witchy insomnia eyebags were earned fair and square

[ashioki]

[ the following potentially loaded question submitted with all grace of a hippo walking into a ceramic store: ]

what keeps you up?

[calmomile]

chronic asmr deficiency

[ HEH ]

[calmomile]

[ Ok but no seriously ]

it's habit lol
i'll get carried away reading or writing something really interesting and just won't notice time go by... (⑅´•⌔•`)

you don't get nights like that?

[ashioki]

i do
but not enough for it to be a habit?

[ oushi does not... have interests or passions like that. :') he's very accutely aware it's a little Sad. ]

i'll bug you every night to remind you to sleep then

[calmomile]

booooo you can't just not give me details!
what kind of stuff keeps you up?

sure. message me or drop by and yell at me in person if you want ✨

[ashioki]

it's not interesting
i've stayed up for projects and assignments and video games and maybe a concert or two but that's really it

i'll slam something really heavy against the wall, how's that?

[calmomile]

i'll just have to drag you out for fun night stuff

nah. too easy to assume you're busy entertaining company

[ At a certain point you get accustomed to minding your own business with walls so thin, just saying! ]

[ashioki]

that's rich coming from you!

[ —WAIT. HE'S SAID TOO MUCH. ]

[calmomile]

???
i'm not that loud

[ashioki]

[ lol

lmao even ]

ya ok

[calmomile]

you're not exactly a mouse yourself.

[ reverse uno!!!! ]

[ashioki]

i hardly ever have anyone over!

[calmomile]

hardly anyone is still a nonzero number~~~

[ashioki]

[ he hates this and makes a mental note to move his bed further from the wall they share — not that it would do much. ]

well from now on it'll definitely be zero!

[calmomile]

if you're going to let yourself get flustered so easily, the least you could do is send me a selfie.

[ Just opportunistically demanding freckle pics, nbd nbd. ]

[ashioki]

what the hell for, that doesn't even make sense

[ the funny thing is, if he knew she was just trying to peep the freckles, he wouldn't have hesitated to take the pic, since the freckles don't show up due to being flustered ................ The Real Reason Might Surprise You (no) ]

[calmomile]

counterpoint: why not?

[ Wait until she remembers she can just come bully him in person. Good luck, bro. ]

[ashioki]

who knows what nefarious intentions you'd have for it...

[ 🙏 blessed she has the memory of a goldfish atm ]

[calmomile]

oh ye of little faith...

fine, fine. how about a trade? that's fair, right?

[ashioki]

what, like a selfie for a selfie?

[ that seems harmless enough ......... ]

alright let me go first

[ ??? wasn't he so suspicious of her just a second ago? why's he so eager to go first—

the answer comes when the photo does. it's oushi, head cushioned by one of his pillows, a decidedly un-selfie like frown (pout) on his lips and a glower furrowing his brow but, yes, a light flush on his cheeks, dusting his nose. quite notably? no heart freckles.

and that's the reason he went first, because he knew if he saw her selfie first, those damned things would show up and give him away. ]