forum "You're The Only Ten-I-See" (Closed)

Started March 26, 2020 by @Rainy_day_artist_classic group

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"Yeah, I'm fine," Cicada responded a tad more forcefully than maybe she needed to be. She let out a sigh realizing how harsh it sounded and repeated softer, "I'm fine."

"I- I'm sorry I'm concerned…" Phoenix said softly, taking the hint to back off. "I won't bug you about it." He told her, before awkwardly falling quiet and sipping his coffee.

"I, no I'm sorry," Cicada said letting out a little sigh after a few moments. She sipped on her coffee before speaking again, "I, I really haven't been doing okay as of late and, and I got defensive."

"It's fine, I just thought I bugged you." Phoenix replied softly, pulling up the bare traces of a smile. "I still want to apologize, because I've asked you that a dozen times already."

"No you're fine," Cicada responded with a light smile on. She finally felt the courage to look back up at him again, "And yeah, you have asked me a lot. I'll, I'll let you know if I'm ever 'fine' because that rarely happens."

"Please do. I'll stop asking for now, then." Phoenix hummed softly, smiling back at her. "Because I have a feeling it's bugging you, and you're not saying so." Sipping from his coffee, he glanced back over at her. "Right?"

“Mmmmmaybe,” Cicada responded with a slight singsong to her voice. She took another sip from her coffee, “But I’m not going to admit that.”

Phoenix chuckled, shaking his head with an eyeroll. "Didn't you just admit it, with your excessive maybe?" He asked her, while pointing out the obvious. "I mean, it's kind of obvious."

"Nope, maybe is an ambiguous answer in itself," Cicada responded with a little smile and laugh, "So I didn't admit it, but you can come to your own conclusions."

"Alright fine. I'll give that to you." Phoenix hummed, draining off the last of his coffee. "But I feel we both know that I know I'm bugging you. So we both conclude I'll stop talking, before it gets worse. Correct?"

"Correct," Cicada gave him a little nod. She smiled over at him before finishing off her own coffee. She dropped it into a nearby trashcan, "Sooooo what now?"

Following her example, Phoenix dropped his own drained cup in the trash. "I dunno. I haven't really got anything in mind particularly." He hummed, furrowing his brow in thought. "I mean, we could go to the park. Or just keep walking."

"I think just walking would be fine with me," Cicada responded with a light smile. She hummed a little and started to drag him along, "Come on let's explore a little. I know today was supposed to be a calm day, but I need some adventure."

"Mm, but haven't you had enough over the weekend for a lifetime? Or at least for the month?" Phoenix asked with a little whine, dropping his shoulders. He was joking, of course. "I can't handle this much."

"Are you kidding me? I love adventure!" Cicada responded with a laugh and grin. She looked over at him and gave him a little bump, "And now that your friends with me get ready for some more adventure in your life."

"But adventure is so exhausting…" Phoenix continued to whine, pouting a little. "We have to actually do stuff, after a day of doing other stuff, and pretending to be an adult."

"Yeah, but it's not like we're having real adventures," Cicada responded playing along. She kept smiling at him and hummed once more, "We're just exploring the town, well I am at least."

(Do you ever start responding in the voice of another character, even though you know who you're suppose to be writing for? Because I just did lol)

"Mm, guess that's true." Phoenix admitted, standing up straight as they continued walking along "I just- I dunno where I was going with that. I think I'm just whiny." He hummed, pulling up a little smirk.

(My characters often reflect my current mood, so I feel that lol. Trying to write a happy scene when all I want to write is angst can be… difficult.)

"I could tell," Cicada laughed again and kept walking with him. She pulled her smirk with him and kept going, "But you do understand that this stuff is going to keep happening if you keep being friends with me."

(Oof, lol. I feel that, but with other forms of writing. We can always try and move things on a little, after their Friday Night Festivities.)

"Yeah, course I do. I know that, because it keeps happening. If I hadn't learned that by now, I must be an idiot." Phoenix said with a light laugh. He honestly didn't really care, and was just happy to be hanging around her. Whether it was because of bad or good circumstances.

(You want to skip Friday Night or write through it?)

"Yep, good thing you aren't an idiot." Cicada smiled over at him and kept walking. She was glad he wanted to keep hanging around her because she really liked hanging out with him too, "Might have to ditch you otherwise."

(Ahh, skip would probably be best. I have a feeling this will start to drag more and more if we keep writing. Though I'm going to put in something before we skip.)

"Why, I'm quite offended." Phoenix told her with a laugh. "I best be careful, then. You might leave me if I get stupid." He told her as they continued on with their conversation down the path.

(We're good to skip anytime, honestly)