As you didn't say yes or no on the sushi thing, I went ahead and found a menu. Or menus. Lemme know :D
[There's suddenly about fifteen different menus to sushi places dumped into their conversation. Which is strange because Central only has five places that do Sushi nearby.]
I have no one else to talk t hartley was my only fri it sunk in, i just don't like it
It sunk in plenty fine! He's playing hard to get, that's fine. I'm patient. So are you like not into sushi? We could grab burgers? You had a lot of bigger belly burger wrappers in your bin. I LOVE the free toys in the kids meals :D
So we can have dinner but I can't invade your personal life or turn up in your house? HMM Fine but this is a deal only good for the next 24 hours. Non-transferable, no extensions, no backsies.
[Nutjob or not, he knows how to make a deal as airtight as possible so he doesn't get screwed.]
No. Does he seriously like Bieber? And Lady Gaga? Eurgh, really? Yeah, no, I can't date him. I'm not tone deaf. Who's the cute girl who was in the white lab coat?
His music taste can run pretty questionable sometimes, I can't even pretend to deny that.
Caitlin... Just...leave her out of any of this, okay? [Sometimes, tone isn't easily conveyed in texts, but a suddenly serious and somber one is evident in that one. Caitlin is best friend and the last thing he needs is for her to be caught in the crossfire of his own fuck ups in this weird situation with Axel.]
You're protective of her. You seem it anyway. That's cute. She matters to you.
[He can tell by his words, by the way he's a lot more a careful about this last one. Whoever Caitlin is, she's important. And Axel needs to show he can be something even slightly less destructive than he was being sold. He could have some kind of self control. Sometimes. Maybe.]
Okay, done, I'll leave her alone. I just send a load of spam to Barry's facebook though. I feel he deserves it. Somehow.
[So is Barry, but...Caitlin was first. And she'd been there through more of the personal bullshit he'd endured with his family. Plus...Barry can handle himself, right?]
You're kinda ridiculous.
Where are we going, anyway? [Since he's definitely given in at this point.
Is that what happened? [He's absolutely not smirking right now, what are you talking about? You can't prove it anyway. So ha!
He doesn't bother trying to make any more conversation, instead he just tells Caitlin he's gonna go grab lunch and slips out of the lab to head to the place Axel had specified. He hopes he doesn't completely regret this later.]
[He might regret it but there's no denying he's going to have an entertaining time.
Axel is waiting outside, like a proper gentlemen, dressed a little more lowkey than usual. The bright yellow pants, the studded coat and the mask kind of gave him away this time. He's opted for something a little more casual, though the colour combos are still still an assault on the eyes.]
[Cisco isn't at all surprised to find Axel already there and waiting on him. And he kind of hates the edge of flattery he almost feels at the simple 'Hey, handsome' greeting he starts with. He's pretty sure he shouldn't like compliments from criminals.
He just barely bites back the instant 'Did I really have a choice?' that springs to mind and instead goes with a small smirk and:] Didn't think I'd ditch you, did you?
[Cisco is a lot of things, but a breaker of promises isn't generally in his ballpark.]
[He's been ditched before, stood up, all of that. He doesn't get as hurt as he used to, he just gets more persistent and annoying or, depending on the person, murderous. He smiles at Cisco and pushes the door open for it, holding it open for him so he can go through it.
See, look, dateable.]
You're a good boy, Cisco. It's totes kind of weird, I didn't think nice people still existed.
I know the feeling. [He'd certainly been ditched plenty of times through the years. He can't help smiling a little when he holds the door open, even if it is accompanied by a playful eyeroll as he slips inside.]
Nice people definitely still exist. They just take some digging to find.
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Date: 2017-02-15 10:37 am (UTC)I said grab sushi.
As you didn't say yes or no on the sushi thing, I went ahead and found a menu. Or menus. Lemme know :D
[There's suddenly about fifteen different menus to sushi places dumped into their conversation. Which is strange because Central only has five places that do Sushi nearby.]
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Date: 2017-02-15 05:59 pm (UTC)Is that necessary?
Also, why can you not take no as answer?
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Date: 2017-02-15 06:18 pm (UTC)And I don't like no. No one likes no.
Do you know who likes the word no? Toddlers.
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Date: 2017-02-16 04:18 am (UTC)And did nothing Hartley told you the other day sink in at all? Or do you think harassing me will somehow solve anything?
Spoiler: It won't.
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Date: 2017-02-16 02:02 pm (UTC)I have no one else to talk thartley was my only fri
it sunk in, i just don't like it
It sunk in plenty fine! He's playing hard to get, that's fine. I'm patient.
So are you like not into sushi?
We could grab burgers?
You had a lot of bigger belly burger wrappers in your bin.
I LOVE the free toys in the kids meals :D
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Date: 2017-02-17 06:03 am (UTC)[There's a delay before the next one, while he debates his options.]
If I don't get sushi with you, am I gonna find you suddenly in my apartment again?
1/?
Date: 2017-02-17 12:14 pm (UTC)Either that or I go into work with you.
2/?
Date: 2017-02-17 12:14 pm (UTC)3/?
Date: 2017-02-17 12:15 pm (UTC)You know the one? Kinda like a twink? Wears sweaters? Is adorable?
DONE
Date: 2017-02-17 12:16 pm (UTC)Barry Allen? Is he single??? He's gotta be gay, right?
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Date: 2017-02-17 03:19 pm (UTC)....fine. But if I meet with you, I want no surprise home or work visits for like a week.
[Negotiations with a nutjob, yes, Cisco, this will go very well for you, I'm sure.]
Uh, no. nope. Barry is definitely taken.
Also stop looking up my co-workers Facebook pages.
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Date: 2017-02-17 03:31 pm (UTC)HMM
Fine but this is a deal only good for the next 24 hours.
Non-transferable, no extensions, no backsies.
[Nutjob or not, he knows how to make a deal as airtight as possible so he doesn't get screwed.]
No. Does he seriously like Bieber? And Lady Gaga? Eurgh, really?
Yeah, no, I can't date him.
I'm not tone deaf.
Who's the cute girl who was in the white lab coat?
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Date: 2017-02-18 05:26 am (UTC)His music taste can run pretty questionable sometimes, I can't even pretend to deny that.
Caitlin...
Just...leave her out of any of this, okay?
[Sometimes, tone isn't easily conveyed in texts, but a suddenly serious and somber one is evident in that one. Caitlin is best friend and the last thing he needs is for her to be caught in the crossfire of his own fuck ups in this weird situation with Axel.]
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Date: 2017-02-18 10:58 am (UTC)She matters to you.
[He can tell by his words, by the way he's a lot more a careful about this last one. Whoever Caitlin is, she's important. And Axel needs to show he can be something even slightly less destructive than he was being sold. He could have some kind of self control. Sometimes. Maybe.]
Okay, done, I'll leave her alone.
I just send a load of spam to Barry's facebook though. I feel he deserves it. Somehow.
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Date: 2017-02-18 11:26 pm (UTC)She's important.
[So is Barry, but...Caitlin was first. And she'd been there through more of the personal bullshit he'd endured with his family. Plus...Barry can handle himself, right?]
You're kinda ridiculous.
Where are we going, anyway? [Since he's definitely given in at this point.
God, Hartley's gonna be livid, isn't he?]
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Date: 2017-02-19 12:01 am (UTC)I think you meant amazing but it changed to ridiculous
lolololol
I sent you the location of where we're meeting, it's a sushi place.
I'll pay :D
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Date: 2017-02-19 06:43 am (UTC)He doesn't bother trying to make any more conversation, instead he just tells Caitlin he's gonna go grab lunch and slips out of the lab to head to the place Axel had specified. He hopes he doesn't completely regret this later.]
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Date: 2017-02-19 10:51 pm (UTC)Axel is waiting outside, like a proper gentlemen, dressed a little more lowkey than usual. The bright yellow pants, the studded coat and the mask kind of gave him away this time. He's opted for something a little more casual, though the colour combos are still still an assault on the eyes.]
Hey, handsome. Glad you could make it.
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Date: 2017-02-20 01:14 am (UTC)He just barely bites back the instant 'Did I really have a choice?' that springs to mind and instead goes with a small smirk and:] Didn't think I'd ditch you, did you?
[Cisco is a lot of things, but a breaker of promises isn't generally in his ballpark.]
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Date: 2017-02-21 01:05 am (UTC)[He's been ditched before, stood up, all of that. He doesn't get as hurt as he used to, he just gets more persistent and annoying or, depending on the person, murderous. He smiles at Cisco and pushes the door open for it, holding it open for him so he can go through it.
See, look, dateable.]
You're a good boy, Cisco. It's totes kind of weird, I didn't think nice people still existed.
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Date: 2017-02-23 08:42 pm (UTC)Nice people definitely still exist. They just take some digging to find.