Of seven midgets and rats with big ears | RP with asinthecity

[pullmysteth]

One ride on the Tea Cups had Riley (who was an interested shade of green) stumbling over to a nearby safety railing and leaning over it heavily. "Not gonna puke... not gonna puke... not gonna puke..." he chanted to himself an punctuated with a dry heave over the rail

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[asinthecity]

Tab had to bite the inside of her cheek to stop herself from laughing. She rubbed Riley's back, and leaned in to check to see if he was still green. She kept her face well away from his mouth though, not ready to have brotherly vomit all over herself. "Think maybe we should stay away from the rides, Queasy?"

[asinthecity]

"Aw, that's sweet, big bro. I still can't believe you shagged her on the first night. Or that you were drunk and remember it. Must have been pretty fucking good." She unfolded her arms and put one around his waist. "So it was love at first sight?"

[pullmysteth]

Riley laughed. "Oh, I don't know about love, but I was keen on her. We just seemed to have a connection. I guess I just figured at first that it would be a bit of fun. I never expected things to get as serious as they did."

[asinthecity]

"'Keen'? How old are you, big bro?" Tab laughed as well, and pushed her hair out of her face. "But you don't regret it, do you? I mean, she made you happy, right?"

[pullmysteth]

"Yeah, of course she did..." Riley murmured, losing himself in memories of the past. "More than happy. I regret not getting my finger out and asking her sooner. It was all a load of bollocks, anyway." He took his smokes out, needing something to stop him falling into a funk.

[asinthecity]

"Ask her what, Riley?" Tab turned around to start walking backwards so she could watch his face closely. "Were you going to propose to Beth?" Her eyebrows went up as her jaw fell open.

[pullmysteth]

Riley stopped walking, freezing. Had he just said that out loud? He gaped at her looking like a deer caught in headlights. "I... um... I..." He sighed, hanging his head and flicking some ash down on the ground before taking a long drag on his cigarette. He looked back up at her as he exhaled and cleared his throat. "Yeah."

[asinthecity]

"Wow." Tab stole his cigarette for a drag before giving it back to him. "Dude. That's huge! I nearly had a sister."

[pullmysteth]

"It doesn't matter. It was just stupid." Riley adjusted his bag over his shoulder. "Of course it was stupid, we broke up. Marriage is for people who know what they're fucking doing, like Lachlan."

[asinthecity]

"Don't bullshit me, Riley. And you do know what you're doing, it just doesn't feel like it." She stopped and took a seat on a bench outside one of the stores, waiting for Riley to finish his cigarette. Tab sat up on the top to give herself some height. "It's not stupid, big bro. Even I know something like marriage isn't stupid, even if dating is."

[pullmysteth]

"We broke up," Riley repeated, watchign a bunch of kiss skip past in Mickey ears. "I didn't even get remotely close. They going got tough and we crapped out. How is that good marriage material?"

[asinthecity]

Tab put her chin in her hand as she braced her elbow on her knee. "Fuck, beanpole. I don't know. I'm hardly the one to be giving romantic advice. Romance advice? See, I don't even know what to call it. But you're working things out now, right?" Tab smirked lightly. "If that little balcony scene was anything to go by..."

[pullmysteth]

Riley ran his hand through his hair and sat down heavily beside her. "I don't know... I don't know!" he repeated helplessly. "I missed her. Does that count?"