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[getstoned]

[ A literal angel looking over them. But no, totally not there and Jolyne has no reason to believe otherwise as she approaches. ]

Ciao Bambi! You’re looking good, lookin hungry.

[ Is this a compliment or a soft roast? Who’s to say because she sets down a basket, and moves in with one fluid movement to give him a kiss on the cheek. ]

[epitaffio]

[Okay, it's true that he's pretty much always hungry, but he didn't know it was obvious--

But that thought stops in its tracks before he gets to ask where that observation came from. Jolyne is mere inches away from Doppio's cheek when he abruptly stumbles backwards an entire foot or so.

Yes, he's Italian. No, he can't remember the last time anybody actually greeted him with a kiss on the cheek, and it shows in the way he stares at her, wide-eyed.]

W-What are you doing?!

[getstoned]

Whoa! [ Reaching out she catches his hand if only to keep him from falling over when he's stumbling back. ]

Chill out Bambi, I'm just really happy to see you.

[ She offers a playful wink. ]

I like you.

[ Letting go of his hand she simply beams. ]

As like a friend, not like I wanna date you. Not that you aren't cute and pretty good looking, but it's kind of like... I had a shitty break up so I'm not really into things like that right now, y'know?

[epitaffio]

[Panic. And then relief. And then the ghost of panic. He's... not sure what Jolyne means. He's not sure what she feels. Again and again, his eyes dart towards the upper floor window.

He is also not sure, he abruptly realises, if time is passing like it should, because this moment seems to be stretching on for far too long.]

F... Friend's fine. I mean... Friends are great! Uh, who doesn't want friends, r-right? Uh... Sorry about your break up?

[getstoned]

Friends are always great, maybe someday you’ll be comfortable enough to handle hugs

[ She gave Doppio a playful wink and a smile. The glancing he was doing hadn’t gone unnoticed, she spared a glance upward as she folded her arms behind her head casually. ]

Aw, that’s sweet of you… don’t worry, when I break out of prison I just might literally kill him.

[ Jolyne can’t help but say this much with a little laugh. Girl, are you joking? Is this a joke? It’s difficult to tell. ]

Oh yeah, I didn’t know if you liked caprese, so I just put together a regular green salad.

[epitaffio]

[Jolyne Cujoh is... on a completely different wavelength. He doesn't understand her at all. But he reminds himself that she's here to give him food, and he's here to get food from her, and it doesn't need to be anything more than that.]

O-Oh yeah, caprese salad's great! [Curiously said with a very similar intonation to "Friends are great!"] Uh, but so's regular salad. Thanks! For the salad!

[He will also pointedly ignore the part of him that is not, in fact, particularly excited about salad. Go to sleep, Cervo.]

[getstoned]

That's good to know, next time I'll make some caprese to munch on together.

But food aside, let's try to hang out more. Is there anything you really like doing? I mean, we gotta go to the arcade some time, it'll be fun.

For now I should let you get on with your dinner, right? Tonight seems like a good night for me to get a run in too.

[epitaffio]

[So she DOES want to eat together at some point...?! Wait oh no is she asking him about things he likes. The last time somebody asked him what he likes, that conversation went nowhere astonishingly fast. So maybe he should just...]

Uh, sure. I'm not much of a gamer, but that sounds fun. [IN THEORY??]

... Are you gonna go jogging now? [Don't most people do that in the morning? Wait, or...] Oh! Is that a dog thing?

[getstoned]

[ Jolyne couldn't help but laugh at that with a nod. ]

Yeah, it's a dog thing, it's good to burn off a little energy y'know?

And don't worry, there's more than just video games at an arcade. We could also spitball things you wanna try together as well, right?

[epitaffio]

[Okay, it's good that it IS a dog thing, because honestly, the moment he said it, he was kind of afraid it might be offensive somehow.]

Um, yeah! That's right.

[... Definitely not something he can do under pressure, though. Otherwise, he can probably think of something, right?... Right?]

[getstoned]

Happy Valentines Day Bambi, be sure to enjoy dinner with someone special!

[ That’s right Doppio, she knows what that look around was for earlier. ]

Take care, I’ll text ya later!

[ She’s already starting on that run now, even though it would be fun to watch a flustered Doppio ]

[epitaffio]

... Valentines Day?

[Doppio watches her go. He... hadn't realised that was today.

"Someone special," huh...?]