serving_love | (no subject)

Leave it to me!

Well. Do YOU like her? I know I asked already, kinda, but...

Sure. ...is it very expensive?

Of course I like her. Why wouldn't I like her?

Nah, not really. You could afford it.

I mean LIKE her.

...eh, hopefully. Though...George might want to pay this time, I'm not sure. Or we could just split it.

She's leaving soon, what does it matter.

Splitting is probably a good idea. You'll have more if you pool your money together after all, right?

...yeah, I guess she is. Forget it.

Yeah. I'm not sure how much money George has, but I bet it's more than me. Nami probably gives her an allowance too, right? But she also gets some from her work sometimes, so...

...Forget it? Am I offending you or something?

When are you planning to take this date or yours?

Huh? No! I was just wondering.

Uh. When she doesn't have to work, I guess. Hopefully soon.

Hm.

Your best bet's probably tomorrow. How're you guys doing, anyway?

Hm?

Yeah, maybe. She's been pretty busy the last couple days, but I think it's slowing down a little.

Uh. We're... Okay.

Nothing.

Guess she had a lot of time to make up for, huh. Lucci still going with her?

Okay. Well, that's better than bad.

...yeah, he is.

Yeah, it's...not too bad. Things are still just kind of weird, you know? But sometimes stuff is just like normal again. For a little while, at least.

Ah. Well. At least she has company.

It'll probably be like that for awhile. It's important that you can even have the normal times, though.

She did ASK me if I wanted to come. But she also said she didn't really WANT me to, so...

It'd be better if this weirdness could just...wear off quicker, or something. I dunno. She wanted to have this date, though, so that's good, right?

I wouldn't worry too much about that. Honestly, I doubt it's something you'd want to see and she can handle herself, has been for years and will be for a lot longer than you'll be around.

Yep, definitely good! Have you guys tried talking anymore about the whole thing? Or are you just, like...letting it go?

I guess...

Eh. Sort of? Kind of. But not...REALLY really.

If it wasn't Lucci going with her, would you even be trying to tag along?

...I think you should try being a little more vague there.

I'm NOT trying to...tag along. Anyway, I asked her about it way before he even started GOING with her! So HE'S the copycat, here!

I don't know! We talked a little, but there's more we could say, I guess.

Mm. I don't think he meant to copy. He went along for his own benefit at first, didn't he? Although...not sure how it helps, really.

Fair enough. Kinda hard to know where to go from here, I guess.

Yeah, okay. Though... Hm.

Well. It'll be okay. Probably.

...let's just talk about something else. Did you know Zoro and Michiko have gone dancing a FEW times? According to him.

Hm what?

Yeah, I knew. I mean - there was the time she actually TAUGHT him. And then me and Lucci met up with them for drinks, but we kinda...took off early. I think they went dancing after that. And then you, me, and him went out, and he and I and her went out, and -- fuck, this has been a busy week.

Eh, never mind. I trust him. And he really HAS been doing good lately, hasn't he? So it probably does help.

He definitely must like her. ...or else he likes DANCING. Either way, I'm kinda surprised.

Good how? You mean with the killing thing? Yeah... I guess if it helps, then it helps. No point questioning it.

Mm... You know, she’s looking for someone, though. Someone important, or else she wouldn’t be stealing a ship to go after them. I think Zoro knows that, so...maybe he just found a new hobby?

Well, yeah. Like, remember how he used to be? He said he felt kinda...on edge all the time, and he needed distraction so he wouldn't think about it? He hasn't been like that for a while. Or else he's just hiding it, but...why would he?

She is? Huh. She never mentioned it to me. ...she told me Zoro wants to Tango, now. That's the one with the rose in your teeth, right? ...of course, he'd probably just use a sword instead.

Well. Most addictions will fade over time when you quit cold turkey. Guess that’s what happened? Anyway, I think he’s plenty distracted by other things these days.

Yeah. I don’t know WHO she’s looking for, just that she’s been looking for awhile. And yep, that's the tango. I think he’s trying that one because it’s different than the samba. The samba has too much...crazy swiveling hip shit. But I can’t see him doing the tango, either, honestly. Seriously, everyone should just learn to swing dance, it’s so much more fun.

Yeah, I guess so. It's good, anyway! Maybe we should like...make him a cake or something. Or a pie, I guess.

...aaand. I should probably stop avoiding him.

Oh. Well, that makes sense, then. Why she wants a boat, and all that. Jeez, do you know all the dances, or what? Is swing hard? What's it like? Do you think George would like it? ...maybe you can show me.