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[planetdialup]

Hey Sym? You've got some time to come over to my cabin?

I'd like to talk to you about something.

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[agardener]

[It sounds serious, so he knocks on her door a few moments later.]

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[planetdialup]

Sym, you're quick as always.

[She opens the door with a smile. She smells of the wind, of flowers and soft earth. But not of the Barge, as she gently pulls him inside.]

Thanks for coming.

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[agardener]

[He comes inside, without Coral, and closes the door behind him. He notices the strange air about her, but chooses not to speculate.]

I was afraid something was wrong.

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[planetdialup]

No, not...wrong. But things have changed for me.

I went back home for a little while to...break things off with Zack.

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[agardener]

Oh.

[He places a hand on her shoulder.]

Are you alright?

[He doesn't immediately think of himself or the implications for them. He's mostly worried for her.]

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[planetdialup]

[What a good sweet AI he is. She smiled, and made to lightly brush his hair out of his face.]

I am now, yes. I...needed to do that, for both of us. Now he can have fun, flirt with whoever, and I can...start living again.

In the present, not the past.

[She paused.]

I did cry a lot, but I'm better now.

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[agardener]

[He brushes his hand past her face, along a strand of hair.]

Did you cry alone or did you cry with him?

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[planetdialup]

Both with him and alone.

It wasn't a lot together but after...I had to cry for myself, and it was...

It was good. I needed it, I think.

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[agardener]

It was good. You did need it.

[He takes a step back.]

You look like you have made some decisions.

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[planetdialup]

I did. And...um...

Come sit with me? That's...something I'd really like to talk to you about.

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[agardener]

[He will follow wherever she wants to take him and sits.

But he doesn't press her for information. She will tell him whatever's on her mind when she's ready.]

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[planetdialup]

[She guides him to the couch, and sits beside him. She looks nervous now, her face flushed. It makes some of the flower smell a little stronger, having used some of it as a soap and shampoo.

She took in a slow, deep breath. ]

I love that we're friends. I feel very much at ease with you, and I feel as if I can trust you with...so much.

And...I was wondering...if you would like to be romantic and...date me.

After Mistletoe time

[planetdialup]

"Sym? Thanks for having me over."

She liked being over at his place, and had wanted to just cuddle with him but- well. That could be after. Hopefully.

Her insides were squirming.

"But um- I have some things I'd like to talk to you about."

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[agardener]

He's brought food for her, made a few spring rolls from the food in his room and the greenhouse, but he can tell something's off.

So when she brings it up, he smiles encouragingly.

"Tell me."

Re: After Mistletoe time

[planetdialup]

He was always so considerate. It just made it so obvious she was a terrible girlfriend.

She fussed with her hands for a few moments, anxious.

"Remember the other day, with the mistletoe? Well...Armand came up to me and kissed me. And I didn't resist or anything. We even made out." She worried at her hands. "It was like no time passed since we last slept together."

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[agardener]

There is a lot of information that Sym processes in a short amount of time. "That is the one you were intimate with to sleep, and you didn't enjoy the way it made you feel after?"

Just so he has it all clear.

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[planetdialup]

She nodded. "He's the one who had been draining me to sleep. And it had become sexual. He's my first sexual experience."

She bit her lip. "I mean he...he was very skilled, knew what he was doing. This could have gotten sexual again." Her voice became small. "He did...check. If I wanted that. By touching my thigh."

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[agardener]

Sym tuts, moving over to her and sliding an arm around her shoulders. "How did you feel when he was kissing you?" he wonders.

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[planetdialup]

"It felt nice." Her voice was soft. "When we kiss, I feel cherished and wanted. I feel like I'm connecting with you. With Armand..."

She leaned against him. "With Armand, I feel...lost in the moment. That I get focused on what he wants me to focus on, which is...relaxing. Pleasure. It's all...surface level. Does that make sense?"

Re: After Mistletoe time

[agardener]

Sym nods. "I believe so. There is lust involved but no feeling. How do you feel after?" he wonders.

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[planetdialup]

"That's a good way to put it- lust but not feeling. And I feel..."

She frowned. "Empty. And...guilty, because I was kissing someone that wasn't you."

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[agardener]

He slides another arm around her and presses a kiss to her forehead. "I want - you to be happy with the choices that you make. You have not betrayed me in any way, if that worries you. But you acted against your best interest around Armand and he encouraged it. And that isn't the action of someone who cares."

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[planetdialup]

She nodded, and tipped her head up so she could give him a light kiss on the jaw.

"And I want to be loyal. And..." She sighed. "You're right. And I know he doesn't care for me like...someone who even cares for a friend does."

She started rubbing Sym's arm. "And I want to help him with not being like that...but I don't think I can. It's easier to do this instead, this...use of skill."

Re: After Mistletoe time

[agardener]

"Ah, that impulse to help. It's so good. And I want you to keep that. But you cannot help someone if you also drowning."

He kisses her sweetly. "Do you want help setting a boundary?"