IC CONTACT - ROUTE 29

[glaciates]

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12/10; text

[fatalissimo]

Hey, I've got a question for you.

Where do you think you'll be on the 25th?

[glaciates]

[Oh, hello again!]

I'll be in Goldenrod, why?

[fatalissimo]

I've got something for you, and I want to know where to send it.

Though since I'll be in Goldenrod myself by then I might just give it to you in person, if you wouldn't mind that too much.

[glaciates]

You didn't have to get me anything.

[It's probably a good thing this isn't a video reply. Wow, he was not expecting this.]

I mean it's really nice that you did, it's just unexpected. I'd be fine with you dropping by though I'm not sure where we'll be. We don't have a house in Goldenrod, but we're staying here for the holidays.

[Because some asshole refuses to move.]

[fatalissimo]

[...god, this is suddenly really awkward, isn't it.]

Well, it's not like I'd be wanting to stay around too long. Like I said, I've just got something for you, that's all.

It's not something I bought, though, if that makes you feel any better about it.

[glaciates]

[Does that mean you made it??]

It's fine! I'm just not very good at this, I guess. Sorry. I'm really looking forward to it.

[HE TRIED also he needs to get you a gift what do you even get a teenager]

[fatalissimo]

[...it might]

No, it's okay, I'm not really great at it either. I don't really give people stuff all that much.

[glaciates]

[oh no that's cute]

Same here. There wasn't a holiday like this back home to worry about and I was never any good at figuring out what to give people for birthdays anyway.

[fatalissimo]

There was really only one person I cared enough to bother with back home; I'd give her things for her birthday, and if she needed something I'd always hand it over without any question. But doing this for other people is sort of over on the weird side.

[glaciates]

What made you decide to give me something then? If you don't mind me asking.

[fatalissimo]

Because I like you, Beastmaster.

You need another reason?

[glaciates]

No, of course not. That's all the reason you need.

[He's not really sure what to do with this though, not that that's surprising.]

[fatalissimo]

Good!

You've been really [don't say useful don't say useful] helpful, too, so I guess I owe you for that too - but I'd want to give you something even if you hadn't been.

[glaciates]

That's really kind of you. Like I said, I'm not very good at this, but I really do appreciate it.

[fatalissimo]

[...heh.]

That's not something I hear everyday - I'm not exactly known for being a kind person and all.

But it's fine. You're welcome, okay?

[glaciates]

Really? You've been pretty good to me and I'm not exactly an easy person to get along with.

[fatalissimo]

[Wh...]

What do you mean? I haven't had any problems talking to you, and it's not like you're an asshole or anything.

[glaciates]

Well, no, that's not what I meant. I'm not very good at holding a conversation or anything social, really. I'm socially awkward to a point that makes it genuinely hard to communicate with people face-to-face. A lot of our interactions have been through text, so I guess that helps.

[...it feels kind of weird to actually write this out, huh.]

[fatalissimo]

Yeah, I can see where writing it out might be better. Some people have an easier time if they can see what they're going to say before they say it; they can edit it and take out the stuff that isn't what they meant, and make it sound closer to what they did mean.

...I run a lot of writing clubs at school. There's a lot of socially awkward in there.

[glaciates]

Yeah, that's exactly it. It's just really nice to see someone who doesn't react like everyone else. People didn't get it back home.

[fatalissimo]

Good to know someone does, I guess.

I'm really not a nice person most of the time, like I said. But I get where you're coming from.

[glaciates]

Well, you've been good to me and I really appreciate that.

[...please don't tell him this is another example of him reading too much into things and in reality you're like a mini-Kimblee because that would kind of suck.

...A mini-prison-era-Kimblee, not his boyfriend Kimblee-- look just don't be a raging douche and refuse to help him or something.]

[fatalissimo]

Well, I don't see any reason not to be. You've really helped me figure things out.

My situation back home is kind of a mess, you know?

[glaciates]

Yeah, I know what that's like. I'm really glad I could help you out though.

[fatalissimo]

[......]

Maybe I'll tell you about it sometime. Since you've told me about yours.