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[acuerdo]

[well then. he's looking forward to the other bit too, but for how he's mostly relieved. no need to worry about awkwardly running into her with another person. instead, he gets an evening of dance styles he's not especially familiar with. damn. guess who's going to have to go to one of those classes after all?]

you don't look like cinderella. are you trying to tell me you secretly slave away for your stepmom and step sisters?

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i'll pass on cinderella
i'm team jasmine, obviously

( she would have gone with him even if he hadn't asked properly, but she likes that he did. it feels... well, it's nice. that he'd thought of her over somebody else. )

but you are pretty charming
and this is a ball
should i be looking for the fluffiest ballgown i can find?

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so you've got a soft spot for riff raff huh?

charming to you maybe. i'm definitely not a prince though.
i don't know? i mean you should probably just find something that you like.
if it's fluffy then it's fluffy.

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maybe one guy from the streets in particular...

i'm sure other people think you're charming too
and if i remember correctly aladdin needed a magic makeover before he could be her prince

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why does it sound like i'm about to get dragged into a musical number where i come out dressed in a three piece suit with a top hat?

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no thanks to the musical numbers
but i wouldn't be opposed to seeing you in an actual suit this time

( and after a beat or two... )

i've never actually been to a ball before, you know

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that makes two of us.
this city has a knack for encouraging me to experience new things.

or maybe that's just you.

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what do you mean?
do you not want to go?

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of course i do.
i just meant that you're a lot of the reason behind why i want to do things.

i like spending time with you.

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you don't have to do things just for me, you know

if you didn't want to go, i wouldn't make you
but i want to go with you
i was hoping you'd ask, but i didn't know if you were going with someone else already

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i know that.

i wouldn't force you to do things with me either.
i hadn't planned on going with anyone else.
honestly, i wasn't sure if you already had a date.

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i told you
i had a hot date scheduled with a kickboxing ring

besides... even if somebody else would have asked, i wanted to go with you

[acuerdo]

you still planning on having that hot date?

and would you have said no if someone else asked?

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if you hadn't asked me yet, i would have

and i guess if i had known you were going with someone else, i might have said yes
but it wouldn't be the same

[acuerdo]

lucky for us both that we don't have to worry about any of those situations.

you gonna show me what you're thinking of wearing? don't want clash.

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what about you?
if someone else had asked, would you have said no?

( as far as what she's wearing... well, probably something black. or maybe something white. that's sort of the theme. )

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yeah.
i don't want to go with anyone else.

[this is new territory for them. talking about things that mean something without the cover of darkness. of course, it's not a face to face conversation, so it's not as much of a challenge.]

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to the party? or in general?

( it's a bit of a loaded question, to be fair, and not really one that you would normally ask over text... but the distance gives her some courage. there's less risk of being caught disappointed if no one can see her reaction to whatever the response may be, after all, and it gives a little extra time to figure out a message in reply. )

[acuerdo]

to the party for sure.
i haven't wanted do things with others for awhile, kim.

i thought you knew that.

[it seems pretty obvious to him, even if they haven't actually said it yet. he's gone on dates with other women, but no one else has gotten as close to him as she has.]

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( what did she know? that they cared about each other, that they enjoyed each other's company, that he made her feel wanted and desired and appreciated and special, in a way she hadn't expected. but exclusivity or a lack thereof hadn't been discussed so much as stepped around delicately — he knew she'd seen baby, as casually as that had been. and knew that it was over; she knew, too, of his brief history with a girl from home, but nothing beyond it. she'd never assumed he'd been alone save for their time together. why should she? )

what do you mean?

( when it comes to this, she really doesn't want to make an assumption. )

[acuerdo]

[they've gone round in circles, admitted caring for one another. gone from merely just enjoying each other's physical presence to being emotionally involved.

he hasn't said so thus far, but it seems like now's a good time, even if he's rather nervous about it all.]

kim, you're the only person i'm seeing. the only person i want to see. the only person i want to take out on dates.

because that's what you do when you want to date someone, right?

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i don't know
i don't really have a great track record with this sort of thing, actually
my last boyfriend wound up with his tooth punched out

if that's what you mean, anyway

( because it sounds like that's what he's describing. dating, as in dating, a consistent state of relationship rather than occasional individual dates, something categorized and agreed upon, something that could be referred to with some form of confidence.

it would be a change. or, at least, she's pretty sure it'd be a change. if he thought they were dating now, why would he even bother to ask her to the party? )

we don't need to go on balloon rides or to black tie balls, you know
i'd be just as happy to go for a drive for a while

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[perhaps it was that bit of uncertainty, the fact that while on his part he hadn't gotten close to another person, not the way he had with her, at any rate, that lead to the asking specifically about the ball. and once one question was asked, it only seemed to lead to more.

it honestly hurt his head a little.

okay, maybe a lot.]

yeah, kim.
that's what i meant. i don't have much of a track record either.

[somewhere elsewhere in cadelle, robbie reyes is silently screaming at his phone.]

maybe i just want to. did you ever consider that you might be worth the fuss?

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robbie, can you just say the words, please?

( kimberly is screaming into her hands. don't mind her. boys are confusing. to be honest, she is probably going to have to kill him before he'll ever grace her with a straight answer on the first go. )

also, if this is the part where you give me your letterman jacket or whatever, we can probably skip it
because i think we might have jumped ahead a little with the whole exchanging keys thing

and maybe the rest of it
but mostly the exchanging keys thing

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[robbie is making sounds reminiscent of a certain bespectacled preteen girl. it really is best that they're having this conversation via text. no one should bear witness to this display.]

jesus kim.

if we've already jumped the gun why are you asking me?

i like you. you like me. we go out on dates. i don't want to go out on dates with other people. just you.

how much more obvious can i make it? yes. i'd like to date you. are we dating already? do you want to be dating me? or do i need to change my name and number?

what's that phrase again?

[robbie please. it's a bit late for a new phone. who dis. kind of storm off.]