[When the island bestows gifts upon its inhabitants, there's always reasonable cause for concern. Anyone whose spent a month or more here is well aware that the island is sentient, and moreover, a complete sadist. The gift it has granted the island today is a nice, unassuming outdoor café of sorts, offering delicious pastries and coffee (or hot
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[At least until he spies a very familiar red-haired not-rival. What are you even doing here, Maxie. Clearly the only suitable option is to throw a shark at you approach.]
Didn't think you'd be interested in this sorta thing. [Are you seriously considering those disgusting-looking donuts? Seriously? They're coated in sugar and icing and sugar and that is going to give you a heart attack, man.]
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um i mean]
...well, then. I suppose you don't know me very well, do you.
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[Admittedly, he's only half paying attention at this point. Those donuts really do look amazingly gross, given how absolutely inundated in sugar they are - so of course, it's just a matter of figuring out which one he's taking.]
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[You're seriously considering taking one of those, aren't you.]
...Whatever; not my place to judge. [Though he is so side-eying you from over here.]
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[...oh, that one looks positively sickening, icing everywhere -
DONUT GET
CLEARLY, A WINNER IS ME]
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[...Well, maybe. But that's not the point! You just keep doing your thing over there, he's going to back away slowly...]
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He'll just be taking a bite of that, closing his eyes in what looks like sheer euphoric bliss for a moment before they slide open again, slowly; no really, Archie, you have to try one of these things - ]
...going somewhere?
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[Yeah, and that expression? Cannot unsee, thanks a lot Maxie. Now Archie has a better idea of what you look like when you're sleeping with your rival-- dammit why did you just put that mental image in his head, this is all your fault.]
Yeah, I was gonna leave you two alone. [Escape attempt failed!]
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...but yeah, that attempt failed quite badly, actually, given that he's now approaching. Finishing off another bite of that donut in the process.]
Don't worry, Archie, you aren't interrupting anything.
[He's. Not quite stopping even after his usual bubble of personal space has well collapsed in on itself due to contact with yours. Um.
Ah, whatever. You don't mind that do you of course you don't]
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[Uh oh, that doesn't sound good. Baaacking up now. You can just stay in your own personal bubble-- that apparently doesn't exist anymore. Great. So um. Hi there. Do you mind backing up a little? You're beginning to make Archie uncomfortable.]
Uh huh. [This is the most skeptical look he can manage at the moment because why are you so close are you able to read his thoughts or something. Clearly this is just an elaborate way to troll.]
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Relax, hm~?
[And with that he'll be reaching out and slipping one of his arms around Archie's waist (the one involving the hand, uh, not occupied by that donut, because it really is a very good donut and he isn't about to waste it by dropping the thing) - the gesture is loose at first, though he pulls him closer rather quickly, pressing up against him and leaning into Archie's body.
And that's...about it, really. The action isn't threatening, nor is it overtly sexual; he's just kind of hugging the guy or something. And he seems both pretty content to leave it at that, and generally not too prone to going anywhere anytime soon.
...yep.]
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[And then Maxie is telling him to relax and this is not going to end well--]
[...Oh. It seems that Maxie just wants a hug or something.]
[--Wait what. That makes even less sense!]
Uh... What... [Yeah, there are no words.]
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...ugh, this is going to be embarrassing later, isn't it]
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[But really. What are you even doing. This isn't normal for you, is it? Please say it isn't. Please say it's the island doing something depraved and retarded to you. That would be completely acceptable at the moment because what even.]
...What are you doing. [Seriously, you are just weirding him out on so many levels here.]
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Mm?
[Just. Looking up at you for a moment and damn, the eye contact only makes him want to lavish more positive and completely awkward attention on you, so he'll just be going back to cuddling with you, okay.]
I don't know, Archie, but it feels nice...
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