Chapter eight

[thebestseller]

Hey, my cutout's finally gone. I've looked around everywhere, but it disappeared. It was getting to be a nuisance, but now... you know how something's a tad bit annoying and intrusive but you get used to its presence anyway and then when it's gone you miss it a little? Yeah.

Not that this is an invitation to give me another one, Paradisa, just in case you're getting ideas.

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[bro_codebreaker]

I've had girlfriends like that, yeah. [have the laugh of a man who's way too pleased with his own joke] Say whaaaaaat.

[thebestseller]

Ohhhh, SNAP.

[bro_codebreaker]

Come on, bro. Girls are crazy, don't tell me you can't say the same.

[thebestseller]

Some of them are, admittedly. Got lucky and landed me a non-crazy one, though.

[bro_codebreaker]

Wait, here? Or at home...? [a pause] And why would you even settle for just the one?

[thebestseller]

Both, actually- same woman. Back at home we were still in the Unresolved Sexual Tension stage, but things progressed here.

She's a hell of a catch is why.

[bro_codebreaker]

... [it makes him wonder what would happen if Robin were there, even if only for a moment. but --]

I guess some people actually like monogamy. [he still can't completely understand why. or, at least, he feels like he needs to pretend he can't. all part of the image]

[thebestseller]

Truth. She's worth it.

[bro_codebreaker]

Well, uh, good for you, I guess. But if you start replacing your I's with We's, I'm staging an intervention. You have been warned.

[thebestseller]

If I ever do get to that point, I trust you to do the right thing.

[bro_codebreaker]

I'll have a banner up faster than you can blink. You can count on me.

[thebestseller]

Knew I could.