forum "You DO like me!" "I don't think 'like' is the right word." "You tolerate me." "Maybe." one on one

Started January 29, 2021 by @cryptic-glitch

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"How do I get Vitamin A?" He asked curiously.

"Um. . . carrots, mostly. Which would explain eating them in the middle of the night."

"Oh, I guess that makes sense…" Lin hummed thoughtfully to himself. "I eat a fair amount of vegetables, though. Considering how little I eat in general, anyway."

"You should eat more. Probably. I don't know. How much are teen boys supposed to eat?"

"Probably more than I eat." Lin shrugged a bit. "I eat like, one meal a day tops."

"Yes. You need to eat more. I will make you eat more."

"Yeah, I'm sure we can pay for three full meals a day with all the money we don't have." He rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Shhh. I can get a job or something. Let me be the pessimist," she said. "I'm sure we'll figure something out."

"Honestly, I'm fine. I don't need to eat that much. I'm used to it." Lin smiled softly, hoping to be reassuring.

"That's not exactly a good thing, Lin," she said concernedly.

"Yeah, I guess not, but it's helpful when we're on the run and can't afford food."

"We can afford food. And we aren't on the run, for God's sake." She shook her head.

"Well, what are we, then?" Lin asked, sighing softly.

"Let's say. . .vacationing. On hiatus. Something less criminal at the very least."

Lin rolled his eyes a bit. "Well, technically we already went into a bar even though we're underage, so maybe we are on the run."

"They didn't know! We escaped with our lives and our secrets."

"I told the guy I was talking to that I was underage." Lin stuck his tongue out a bit. "Maybe he told."

"I doubt he told. He seemed nice enough."

"Yeah, he was nice. And I only drank water…" Lin flushed a bit and started fidgeting again. "But that's besides the point. It was still against the law, I think. I'm not super familiar with laws."

"I mean, obviously it was against the law." She hid a grin. "Maybe you should study up on that one."

"Yeah, yeah… I'm sure I haven't broken too many." Lin rolled his eyes a bit and looked away. "I'm a good boy."

"I don't believe that for a second," she said. "I bet you've broken a few laws. More than you think."

"Really?" Lin looked up at Orion, seeming genuinely nervous. "W-What did I do? Are they gonna come after me?"

"I'm kidding. I'm joking. Calm down. I mean you've probably J-walked."

"Jaywalked? What's that? Is it bad?" He asked nervously, fidgeting a bit with his hands.