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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"Um. . . Any restaurant would be good," she offered. "I'll try and think of some more while we drive."

"Alright, sounds fine to me." Lin fidgeted a bit with his hands as he watched out the window.

“Keep an eye out,” she said mildly, reaching out to poke him fondly.

"I will, I will." Lin rolled his eyes and swatted her hand away gently, occasionally pointing out signs when he saw them.

"Lin? Do you like when I poke you? Or should I stop?"

Lin shrugged a bit. "Depends on my mood, I guess. Usually I'm pretty indifferent about it."

"Alright. Tell me if you hate it, okay?"

"Alright." Lin looked back out the window. "It's kind of weird driving around all the time, isn't it?"

"You think so? I like it. Gives me something other than my depressing home life to focus on."

Lin shrugged a bit. "It's just different, I guess. I mean, I was living in a treehouse, basically. Didn't exactly travel much."

"I get it. Yeah. My parents liked to keep me holed up. So I didn't really go to many places. I think it's nice to be going places on my own terms."

He nodded, humming thoughtfully. "I didn't travel much as a kid either, obviously. Maybe I'll like it, I dunno."

"It's cool to see different places. Puts everything in perspective," Orion said.

"Yeah, I guess so. Anywhere you particularly want to see?" He asked.

"I've always wanted to go see the American Revolution monuments in Boston."

"Hm. Is that far from here?" He looked over to Orion curiously.

“Yeah. More than a few hours. What about you? Where do you wanna go?”

Lin shrugged a bit. "Not sure. Maybe I'll go back to visit England someday. See how my siblings are doing, you know? I think you'd like them."

“Probably. I like you well enough,” she said, jokingly.

"They're not all just like me, though. A couple of them aren't super nice, either."

“I’m not very nice,” she pointed out mildly. “And I meant that they’re similar to you. Not exactly the same.”

Lin shrugged a bit. "You'd definitely like Rem. He's sweet. My younger siblings are all pretty chill, to be honest. The older ones are the ones to watch out for."

“Huh. I think I could take them. Is Rem like you? I mean, personality-wise?”

Lin tilted his head from side to side for a moment. "Mmm… I guess so. I haven't seen him since he was six, though, so he could be different now."

"I don't know. I think he'd be mostly the same. I mean, with what your parents did to you, maybe not. I'm not sure."

"I suppose I'm a little behind as well, yes?" He glanced over to Orion. "I still don't know much about the world and I'm 18."

“Yeah. I guess so. I mean, I thought that CDs ran out of music until I was eleven.”

"Mm." Lin yawned a bit and sighed, looking away. "I'm pretty unfamiliar with everything."

“The world is weird. I don’t think the universe really wants us to know everything.”

"Yeah, I guess not. I'm sure we wouldn't be able to handle it if we did anyway."