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[Caleb]: hey, Sy?
[Caleb]: can I ask you a weird question?
[Sylus]: A question…
[Sylus]: At two in the morning.
[Sylus]: Via text.
[Sylus]: When you could get out of bed and come talk to me in person?
[Caleb]: sooo that’s a yes? :P
[Sylus]: Ask me in person.
[Sylus]: Im in the library. if Im going to entertain your little question, put in the work to get the answer.
[Sylus]: (crowharumph_gif.link)
[Caleb]: but the blankets are warm.
[Caleb]: and outside of the blankets is cold.
[Caleb]: you could come here instead?
[Caleb]:
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[Sylus]: Impressive.
[Sylus]: About as impressive as how you think I will always give in to your requests.
[Caleb]: when don’t you?
[Caleb]: ik, ik, too far lol.
[Caleb]: but is it true…? hmmmmm
[Sylus]: …
[Sylus]: Whats the question?
[Caleb]: oops.
[Caleb]: i forgot it already ;)
[Sylus]: Brat.
[Caleb]: learned from the best, Sysy.
[Caleb]: or was that you flirting?
[Sylus]: Didnt you once say that Im always flirting?
[Caleb]: ‘cause you are lol. i basically have an immunity after so long.
[Sylus]: Thats a shame.
[Caleb]: :o
[Caleb]: I take it back.
[Caleb]: my heart literally skipped a beat.
[Caleb}: …do it again.
[Sylus]: Dont poke the metaphorical bear, puppy.
[Sylus]: And since youve conveniently forgotten your question, Im going back to reading.
[Caleb]: okay, okay, i’ll be serious.
[Caleb]: that girl i’ve been hanging out with?
[Caleb]: she kinda disappeared on me.
[Caleb]: i’m worried that i did something wrong.
[Sylus]: You dont usually care about what other people think to this degree.
[Caleb]: Raf said the same thing…
[Caleb]: but she’s… special?
[Caleb]: when i’m hanging out with her, it’s like hanging out with the fam.
[Caleb]: she just fits.
[Sylus]: Should I be worried that youll come to like her more than you like me?
[Caleb]: lol!
[Caleb]: see, i told you that you were jealous!
[Sylus]: Back to your question.
[Sylus]: You can always be direct and ask her if you did something to offend her.
[Sylus]: But, in my experience, its best to not chase people who leave.
[Caleb]: not exactly the answer i was hoping for, but that makes sense.
[Sylus]: Were you hoping I would tell you to chase her?
[Caleb]: maybe.
[Caleb]: you’d chase me if i ran away, right?
[Sylus]: I wouldnt have to. you would come sneaking back at some point and try to pretend that you never left in the first place.
[Sylus]: And Id enjoy being able to tease you about it.
[Caleb]: fair, fair.
[Caleb]: though, you’d actually be the one to run away.
[Sylus]: Should I take that to mean you still havent forgiven me?
[Caleb]: you did try to fake your own death and leave me behind.
[Caleb]: i’d say that allots me at least a decade of hanging it over your head ;P
[Sylus]: Just one decade?
[Sylus]: Why not a lifetime?
[Caleb]: comments like that are why i ended up the way i did lol.
[Caleb]: though… do you ever miss the old hideout?
[Caleb]: i sometimes dream about the big stained glass window.
[Caleb]: it was kind of like a dreamcatcher in that way.
[Sylus]: You used to complain about it back then.
[Caleb]: no, no. i complained about trying to sleep when it was still light out because sooomeone’s sleep schedule is backwards.
[Caleb]: the poor window was just doing its job.
[Sylus]: I dont know if I miss the hideout or not.
[Sylus]: I do know that I dont miss the pile of ratty blankets we called a ‘bed’ for so long…
[Caleb]: hey, at least it wasn’t bad enough to stunt our growth! my spine is straight as an arrow.
[Sylus]: True.
[Sylus]: Though you never quite managed to follow up on that claim, ‘Ill be taller than Sylus one day!’
[Caleb]: …low blow, dude.
[Sylus]: (smirkingcrow_gif.link)
[Caleb]: smirk all you want. i still remember you being a baby about getting your wounds patched up.
[Sylus]: Ah, yes, as if no one would complain about a little puppy tying the gauze so tight that it cut off circulation.
[Caleb]: that was only the first few times, and you know it :P
[Caleb]: even Zayne complimented my technique.
[Sylus]: And I seem to remember you being a brat about him joining our little duo. what was it? ‘What if he takes you away from me, Sylus?’ or ‘You can’t like him more than me.’
[Caleb]: white flag, white flag.
[Caleb]: i surrender. (ﾉ´ｰ`)ﾉ no more stories about me as a kid.
[Sylus]: Begging wont get you mercy, little puppy.
[Sylus]: I also seem to remember you tying a red string around my finger.
[Caleb]: oh no, i forgot about that (づ_ど)
[Sylus]: I didnt say I disliked it.
[Sylus]: And now youre just as attached to Zayne and the others as you are me.
[Sylus]: Perhaps, rather than a lifetime grudge, you should be thanking me instead.
[Caleb]: that’s easy :)
[Caleb]: ‘thank you sylus for being sooo easy to track down after faking your death because you taught a little puppy dog all of the tips and tricks needed to do so’
[Caleb]: how’s that?
[Sylus]: You really are a brat.
[Sylus]: But maybe that’s my punishment for raising you that way.
[Caleb]: ew, dude. you didn’t raise me. i learned from you, yeah, but i came with trauma-installed adult.exe programming
[Sylus]: If thats how you want to consider things, alright.
[Sylus]: Dont regret it later.
[Caleb]: should i be clutching my pearls right now?
[Caleb]: ugh… the hallway is so cold.
[Sylus]: Youre out of bed?
[Sylus]: What happened to the blankets being warm?
[Caleb]: the blankets are warm.
[Caleb]: that’s why i’m wearing them like a parka.
[Caleb]: bonus: we can use them to recreate the blanket nest. maybe a trip down memory lane will make me grow those last few centimeters.
[Caleb]: almost to the library.
[Sylus]: (pleasedcrowsounds_gif.link)
[Caleb]: :)