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[notsonewbie]

[Meryl opens the video...

and almost immediately reels back.]

Livio...! [Said with simultaneous exasperation and adoration.] What's going on?

[livlaughlove]

[sorry again the social clues are still so fucking lost on him.]

Meryl! Did y'know they got a whole holiday for lovin' folks?! [the vaguest "they" in history.] It's soon! Are ya busy the 14th?

[notsonewbie]

Oh! [And just like that, Meryl eases into the conversation as fluidly as can be. She nods emphatically.]

Yes! I did! Night Sky told me about it! [And then a pause.] I should be free the fourteenth. Sky and I have plans the next day, though, so make sure you have me back at a reasonable hour.

[She says this part very teasingly. No need to actually hurry back.]

[livlaughlove]

Aw, yer like a fairytale princess! I'll have ya home by... what, like 8:30? That's reasonable, right?

[he has... literally no idea where they're going or what they're doing yet.

EXCEPT.]

My one condition -- is I asked ya out, so I'm payin'. No goin' behind my back 'n sneakin' off with the check, y'hear, young lady? [she is older than him.]

[notsonewbie]

Sure, Livio. 8:30 is perfect.

[Help her, she can't stop grinning. Her cheeks are already starting to hurt.

Or were. The smile immediately fades and goes all stern — lips pressed together and all of that — the second he gets to scolding her.]

You know I'm older than you, right.

[livlaughlove]

[his smile drops the second hers does. livio is smart enough to know he's in trouble and needs to tread carefully.]

Uh... how old are ya?

[notsonewbie]

Asking a lady how old she is? [It takes everything in her power not to grin here. He's only teasing.] Shame on you!

Maybe I won't be going out with you, sir.

[livlaughlove]

Huh?! I don't get it, y'just said --

Wait, no! I take it back! I'm sorry! Please go out with me, Miss Stryfe, I won't do it again!

[the freakout is very low-key, at least. he's more confused than panicked.]

[notsonewbie]

[Her composure finally wavers, and she starts laughing outright. It's forceful enough to shake her shoulders and crinkle her eyes.]

Okay, okay. I'll forgive you. Just this once! [Another titter.] And I'm 25, for the record.

[livlaughlove]

Oh.

[he still doesn't get why it went from not a big deal, to one, and back away from it again... but he sure as hell isn't going to look at gift thomas in the mouth!]

Yeah, I don't think I'm that old. Not -- that that's old, I just meant -- ah, hell, y'know what I meant.

[notsonewbie]

[It's because she's being silly, Livio. A fact which she quickly points out.]

It's okay, Liv. I'm not actually upset. Just messing around. [Is she starting to look a little guilty? Maybe.]

I'll see you Wednesday, right? Just me and you?

[livlaughlove]

[the fact that he gives up on trying to explain himself is enough proof he's trying to take it not quite so seriously... but nonetheless he offers one of his sheepish smiles.]

Yeah, sweetpea, just you 'n me.

[notsonewbie]

Sounds like a date. [That smile turns just a bit shier. Her cheeks start to warm.]

I'll see you soon, Livio.