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[yaybrother.livejournal.com]

[ double-checks that everything in the house is straightened and in its proper place, despite having cleaned everything earlier that morning. a few peeks up the stairs towards her brother's room is the only other movement she makes besides nudging things here and there, taking a seat on the edge of a chair when she realizes that it probably won't be very long now. is quite aware (was made aware) that her brother had tricked anthony into thinking they were going to meet at twelve instead of twelve-thirty, but still can't help but glance outside the front window every few minutes to make sure that she would be there when he arrived. ]

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[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

I promise I'll sing to you in a strictly heterosexual, fellow soccer slaves manner.

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

Is it absolutely necessary?

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

[ considers this. ]

Which part? Heterosexual or soccer slaves?

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

The singing.

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

Oh. I can turn into poetry instead?

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

You do not need to speak at all to have others understand your current woes.

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

But it's a healthy way to let go.

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

Let yourself go when you are on the field instead.

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

I'm not a masochist.

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

You are.

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

[ slaps his hand down on the counter when it's finally their turn, startling the cashier. ignoring the girl for a moment: ]

Objection, good sir.

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

Objection overruled.

[ & with that he places his order, hands over his card, signs the slip of paper, then wanders off to the side to wait. ]

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

[ orders his own (& jeremy's), hands over a bunch of bills, accepts change & shuffles on over next to michael again. ]

Reasoning?

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

For your unwillingness to recognize your blatant masochism.

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

[ eyes go upward as he thinks about this. pretends to think about this. back to michael, shaking his head. ]

Positions in soccer doesn't always translate into real life.

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

I am not speaking of your position on the field. The way you live life is masochistic. You deliberately do things that you understand will hurt you in some way, express your distaste or indifference of the outcome, then do it again anyway. So you are either foolish or a masochist. [ pauses, thinking. ] Possibly both.

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

[ actually seems to absorb those words, frowning for a moment. then the expression smooths out, followed by a crinkling of his nose. ]

Option A sounds good. It's healthier. [ pause. ] And includes ninety percent of all humans.

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

Perhaps I should refer you to our family therapist instead.

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

They'll find me boring. I'm only a pinch neurotic.

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

No, I believe it is more than that. [ looks up when his number is called, picking up the tray of food before turning towards the direction of their table. ] Otherwise your expressions of late would not portray someone who had just been abandoned.

[ & then he starts to walk off, ending it with that. ]

1/2

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

[ shoulders sag again, looking a bit kicked as he accepts & picks up his own tray of food. lags behind a little as he stares off to the side silently. ]

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

[ breathes in. shuffles closer so that he's walking side-by-side again. ]

Two pinches?

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

[ glances at him. ]

Pardon?

[cutemajor.livejournal.com]

[ long stare. then looks as amused as he gets without actually cracking a smile. ]

Burritos are another strain of brain-eating bugs. Good to know.

[yaysoccer.livejournal.com]

Hm.

[ which is the only thing he'll say to that as they go along, content with the silence. when they arrive back at the table he slides the pile-o-burritos to rachel without another word, taking the seat across from her. ]