Shady

“Oh, um…” She shook her head. She was going to squander his entire treasury in a single afternoon at this rate. “That’s all I need… well I don’t need it ...

Ky nodded in agreement. “Valid points all around.” The dance he’d just shown her felt like appropriation in its own right, though. At least for her. It felt like some ...

“…Hopefully.” She nodded. The guilt would crush her if she didn’t live up to her father’s friends’ expectations. Hopefully they were easily pleased. She’d try her very best to make ...

“I’d like that.” She smiled, too. Then quickly added, panicked that she’d just made a request, “I mean, I’d like it if he didn’t, too. No worries either way of ...

“Whoa!” Ky’s eyes widened in admiration and concern. “That sounds super unsafe… but really cool!”’

Ky was glad to see it. Hopefully if she kept him talking about his friends it would distract him. Not to mention she was curious to learn more. “He can?” ...

Ky smiled a little more. “Then I doubly want to meet them. That sounds fun.” Chaotic, but fun. And. Well. She’d missed the chaos of back home while at the ...

Ky blushed a little. “… you do?” That was nice. Pressure. But nice.

“I’d like to meet them.” Ky smiled a little.

Ky glanced back at her, blushed a little, and followed close behind Tomhas. “Who are they?”

(Thanks!) “Oh, that’s nice.” Ky smiled. “I hope they’re there so you can see them.”

(Thanks! Me too haha my friends bless their understanding of my introverted self they were like ‘here’s food, we’re gonna give you a few’ and let me eat and decompress ...

(I decided to take an extra day off work so I’m spending the night with my friends. They fed me and I’m happier now. But it was 14 hours between ...

(Oh. My. Fucking. God. I am so fucking done with this goddamn day. My tire just popped. Not got a slow leak. No the fucking sidewall blew out going highway ...

“I mean… yeah… that’s reasonable.” She nodded hesitantly. “But I feel like anytime anyone says ‘well at least’ — then whatever they said, then happens. The universe scorns us.” Her