[ queen of the kitchen lup and bougie boy won ]

[recrowns]

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[evocationary]

[ best friends get rights? gosh. ]

As fun as it is to get a bunch of attention lavished on me and my mental state, I'm actually more concerned about your comfort. [ she says, flatly. ] If I give you a hand, are you going to faint because a girl is touching you, or am I allowed to do this much.

[recrowns]

[STOP]

.... while it's a bit embarrassing, I'll take the assistance so that you don't get mad at me later....

[even if he's

again looking a little embarrassed

soo-won your emotional repression]

[evocationary]

I'm not mad. [ she says, grouchily.

she'll take the bandages, though. ] Just - take my damn offer as the friendship extension that it's meant to be! Fuck!

[ she sounds - remarkably like taako, with that one ]

[recrowns]

[there's a laugh at that, considerably more sincere as he'll shift so that it's easiest for her to help with the bandages, holding onto the first strip against his chest to make it taut]

I am, Lup.

[ . . . ]

Whatever time I get to have with you, however it looks -

I'm happy to have it.

[evocationary]

[ she's not like, the best at dressing wounds, but she'll try. she's had to wrap her hands after fire incidents in the past, and that's about the extent of her knowledge.

and as she does, she mutters something that sounds like happy to have it too like she doesn't want him to hear it. ]

[recrowns]

[ . . . he'll gently guide her, his hands moving to make the bandages tighter in some places, looser in others. and he'll help finish it off, tucking the bandages neatly himself before reaching to put his robes back on properly.

and then he'll reach to tuck her hair behind her ear, giving her a smile, soft and touched by her concern]

Thank you, Lup.

[evocationary]

[ she blows a raspberry when he thanks her. ]

Yes, yes, you're welcome, I know I did great. [ she did not and she knows it ] Do me a favor and take it easy tonight.

I'm going to be in my room with Taako.

[recrowns]

[his expression softens]

I'll still be going out, I'm afraid. If I were to cancel my intent, it would likely reveal that my wound is more grievous than I'd like - which would in its own way place a target on my back.

[but he trusts lup won't tell anyone the extent of it]

I'm rather sure I don't need to tell you both to take care of each other.

[evocationary]

No, yeah, I figured that much, I mean don't try to climb any trees. Make Blanca do it for you.

[ this is funnier now because she doesn't know he's all fucked up ]

And we will, though I'm like, hoping the doors just don't lock. Wouldn't that be buckwild.

[recrowns]

That'd be nice - I'd like to not have to search for any findings at all tonight.

[haha!]

But - oh. I thought I should tell you. Apparently Blanca is my bodyguard.

[what do you mean "apparently"]

[evocationary]

[ squint ]

Another one? Do you just collect bodyguards like stamps? [ also ignore the jiiii energy coming off of her it means nothing ]

[recrowns]

Mm, well I hired him to take care of other business for me - Yona and information collecting - but apparently he assumed that taking care of me was also part of the role.

[so that was a surprise]

I hadn't realized until Hansa told me....

[evocationary]

So - yes. You do collect them like stamps.

I thought he was a hitman, but I think he's more of a professional bodyguard. Which doesn't, like, exclude doing hits, but. It doesn't surprise me.

[recrowns]

[there's just a bit of a laugh at that]

It was unintentional, and Hansa volunteered unexpectedly too...

[something about soo-won just

invites this apparently]

[evocationary]

You're charming, that's why.

[recrowns]

[that makes him laugh]

Well that means a lot coming from you.

[evocationary]

[ the biggest raspberry ]

I know my own kind. [ lup you are the furthest thing from charming don't even ] It's why I thought you were working me over for something, but uh, no, you're just really like that, as far as I can tell.

[recrowns]

[lup is VERY charming excuse you]

While I'm not sure what it is that I'm like...

... I'm glad that, at the very least, I get the chance to know all of you better thanks to the way that I am.

[evocationary]

That. You're like that. [ that was like peak example ] You drip sincerity like the Incredible Sulk vomits up smugness.

[recrowns]

[sdflksjf there's just a laugh at that]

I don't know what you mean... but I hope it was a good thing?

[evocationary]

Usually it is. [ she reaches to tuck his hair behind his ear, like he did for hear earlier. ] As long as it doesn't get you taken advantage of.

[recrowns]

[he'll allow the gesture and offer a soft smile at that]

... thus far, I haven't allowed such a thing.

I don't intend to start.

[evocationary]

[ god dammit my typos ]

I didn't think you would. You're not stupid, either.

[recrowns]

I'm a little stupid sometimes?

[don'T JUST OFFER THIS UP]

[evocationary]

[ PFFFFT she laughs at that ]

Noooo compliments for Bougie.