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[ourheartsarecompatible]

1. I swear...this day is one great big who's who in the land of fucked uppedness.

2. Just called to hear your voice and talk about pizza.

3. I just want to see you and express my feelings in a drunken manner, but in a sweet way like my english accent.

4. Things could not have gone more poorly if I had stripped naked and run through the Sahara with sirloins tied to my thighs.

5.I don't know if I'm dying or this is just a mild inconvenience

6.. Please just text him...

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[ourheartsarecompatible]

Possibly.
We had an agreement that no big ostentatious dates that we didn't outright plan beforehand.
I suggested a night in.
He wanted to do dinner.
This was the compromise.

[arihab]

Fuck that's cute
I'm equal parts happy for you and deeply fuckin jealous

[ourheartsarecompatible]

Trust me, I am still utterly in shock that this is going as well as it is.

[arihab]

Listen man
My bitter ass notwithstanding
You deserve this more than anybody I've ever known

Just let the beautiful man treat you nice and don't think about it too much

[ourheartsarecompatible]

Too late, I've been overthinking all of it since the day we met.
It's practically a superpower.

I'm still baffled that you haven't found someone yet, yourself.
You deserve so much better than life has thrown at you.

[arihab]

Yeah and I ain't got a leg to stand on there

Simon, remember what happened last time I managed to go on an actual date?
I sprung a fuckin blood leak from one of my eyes at dinner

There are plenty of very very good reasons I haven't found anybody yet

[ourheartsarecompatible]

That's
Hm
Yes, that would put a pretty alarming end to things, I can admit.
Trying to talk about these things beforehand to try and warn doesn't exactly help either.
Markus thought that we were breaking up when I tried to explain the more pertinent things to him.
All in all, not ideal.

[arihab]

Oh my god
Even that's so cute
I've never been this happyfurious in my life

[ourheartsarecompatible]

Our relationship has been a comedy of errors from the beginning.
Perhaps on a day that you aren't overburdened with paperwork you could come to see us here.
He's finally got his shop opened to the public.

[arihab]

Sure why not
Maybe I'll even get myself a tattoo

[The briefest pause, before Norman worries that might be a step too far.]

Joking of course
But sure I'll stop by sometime

[ourheartsarecompatible]

Between us, I think you're probably even less likely to get a tattoo than I am.
They like to joke about it but that's the extent of it.

[I'll get you into my chair eventually. He smiles faintly at the joking comment that still hovers in the back of his mind.]

It would be good to see you again.
And I do appreciate when my friends get along.
Daniel notwithstanding.

[arihab]

[Norman's about to reply when a notification elsewhere on his phone gets his attention.]

Huh
Sorry, gotta sort something out over here
Just got a weird friend request on Facebook

[ourheartsarecompatible]

Weird friend request?

[Because he wouldn't mention it if it weren't particularly weird, right?]

[arihab]

Oh my god
Oh my GOD

I don't even use my real fuckin name on here

Okay I gotta back up a bit to explain
You remember last week when I told you about the two hot cops on my new case?

[ourheartsarecompatible]

The big lieutenant and his ridiculously cute partner.

Oh no.

[Sorry Norman, he's laughing at your plight now. Just a little bit.]

[arihab]

Yeah
The cute one tracked me down

[ourheartsarecompatible]

That's a little suspect...

[arihab]

Yeah I
Should probably care about that part huh

[ourheartsarecompatible]

Norman did you just accept his friend request?

[arihab]

[He's just sending an image file in return.]

Maybe you could refuse that face but I can't

[ourheartsarecompatible]

It's been a week and you've got it bad.

Pot meet kettle, I suppose.

[arihab]

What do I do now
Send a message or wait for him to?

[ourheartsarecompatible]

Give it a few, he may have a reason for trying to contact you out of nowhere.
Best not to be overly embarrassing without prompting.

[arihab]

Goddamnit
Who gave you permission to know me this well

[Another picture, because Norman's definitely eyeballs-deep in his photos now.]

Jesus christ that's unfair

[ourheartsarecompatible]

He is very cute and you are now just as doomed as me.

[In return, a cross-post from Markus' instagram that has made him weak when he's looked in private.]