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Post by Mush on Jul 16, 2016 9:55:15 GMT -5
"L-lovers?!"
That was all that it took for Mush's glare at Blink to deepen to an intensity that it had never been before. He swore that if it were just the boys around, there would have probably been a full-on brawl going on. However, he just sat there, glaring at his friend.
"Listen, Blink, it ain't nothin' special. We'se just friends is all. We had ta deal with stuff like this at Tibby's, don't make it the same thing here. She just wants ta be friends with ya. That's all." Mush insisted.
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Post by Kid Blink on Jul 16, 2016 9:57:41 GMT -5
"Listen, Blink, it ain't nothin' special. We'se just friends is all.
Blink didn't entirely believe him, but he didn't say anything about that for fear of his life.
We had ta deal with stuff like this at Tibby's, don't make it the same thing here."
His eyes lit up slightly, "Ya went ta Tibby's tagether? I thought that you and I were gonna do that sometime..." He pouted playfully.
"She just wants ta be friends with ya. That's all."
"Well, I'd love ta be friends," Blink grinned, "I was just wantin' ta hear more about ya."
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Post by Mousey on Jul 16, 2016 10:17:36 GMT -5
"Listen, Blink, it ain't nothin' special. We'se just friends is all. We had ta deal with stuff like this at Tibby's, don't make it the same thing here. She just wants ta be friends with ya. That's all."
Mousey sneaked a glance at Mush. It wasn't anything special. She couldn't deny those words gave her a twinge of pain, but the pain quickly subsided as Mush mentioned they were friends. That was a good sign. They were friends.
"Ya went ta Tibby's tagether? I thought that you and I were gonna do that sometime..."
She looked up at Blink in surprise. She hadn't known that the two of them had planned to go to Tibby's together... Had she messed things up? She bit her lip some and glanced over again at Mush. She was feeling a little antsy and nervous again.
"Well, I'd love ta be friends. I was just wantin' ta hear more about ya."
She let out a small sigh of relief. It looked like she would be able to make friends with Blink. She would have felt terrible if she couldn't be friends with Blink especially since he was such good friends with Mush.
"Ah well, me too," she answered him shyly.
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Post by Kid Blink on Jul 16, 2016 10:40:36 GMT -5
"Ah well, me too,"
Blink couldn't help but grin a bit at how shy the girl seemed to be. It wasn't something that he saw a lot with the newsies, besides maybe with some people like Dutchy and Snitch and such. Being shy wasn't always a good thing when you had to sell people things.
"Anyway, how 'bout ya tell us more about yourself, Mousey?" He grinned brightly.
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Post by Mush on Jul 16, 2016 10:42:56 GMT -5
Mush didn't notice the glance towards him at all. The only thing that he really noticed was the fact that Blink seemed to calm down quite a bit, and he wasn't quite so loud and forward with his questions.
He quickly mouthed a quick "thank you" to Blink, wanting him to know that Mousey already seemed a little bit more comfortable with him now that he had gotten past his initial excitement, as he chose to call it.
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Post by Mousey on Jul 16, 2016 19:39:48 GMT -5
"Anyway, how 'bout ya tell us more about yourself, Mousey?"
Mousey looked away shyly. "Ah... there really isn't much to say about me," she admitted quietly. "I ummm don't do much."
And well, she didn't really know what to share about herself. She was rather dull, in her opinion. She didn't do anything and didn't have any friends before Mush. So, she really didn't know what to tell Blink. She was very inexperienced at these sort of things.
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Post by Mush on Jul 16, 2016 19:56:00 GMT -5
"Ah... there really isn't much to say about me."
Mush frowned a bit upon hearing this. He felt as though she was actually quite a lot more interesting than she made herself out to be, and she seemed to just be shy and scared of coming off as cocky or something... Although cocky was something that Mush didn't think that Mousey would ever be. She was too sweet to be full of herself.
"I ummm don't do much."
"She sells papes real well. She's a real good actress." He looked over at her, shooting her a supportive smile and once again wrapping an arm around her shoulders in an attempt to make her more comfortable. "She used ta not be confident with it but she's real good now." He beamed.
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Post by Kid Blink on Jul 16, 2016 19:58:26 GMT -5
"Ah... there really isn't much to say about me."
Blink raised an eyebrow, his gaze once again shooting over to Mush, who spoke for her and started a conversation about something.
"She sells papes real well. She's a real good actress."
Blink grinned upon hearing this. "So you'se talented, then? That's good. If ya ever need any help sellin' some papes, we've got your back." He confirmed.
"She used ta not be confident with it but she's real good now."
Another eyebrow was raised, "Ya weren't confident? Why? You've got nothin' ta be insecure 'bout." He insisted.
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Post by Mousey on Jul 16, 2016 20:05:10 GMT -5
"She sells papes real well. She's a real good actress."
Mousey felt her face flush at Mush's compliments. "Ah well... I'm not that good. It was just my first time acting..."
"She used ta not be confident with it but she's real good now."
She couldn't help but smile when Mush beamed at her. She had to admit that he was right on the confidence issue. Before, she would have run away in fear by now.
"So you'se talented, then? That's good. If ya ever need any help sellin' some papes, we've got your back."
She blushed. "Ah well... not that talented." She gave Blink a small smile. "Thank you... I, I really appreciate you and Mush helpin' me out."
"Ya weren't confident? Why? You've got nothin' ta be insecure 'bout."
She shifted on the bed some and stared at her hands in her lap. "Ah well... I'm not really like any of the other girls..."
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Post by Kid Blink on Jul 17, 2016 0:18:24 GMT -5
"Ah well... I'm not that good. It was just my first time acting..."
Blink raised an eyebrow, "Your first time? Well, if Mush said that ya were good, then it means ya were good." He nodded briefly.
"Ah well... not that talented."
It took everything inside Blink not to laugh at hearing that, so he simply rolled his eye playfully. "You're too hard on yourself, Mousey. Have some confidence. I'm sure you're better than ya think."
"Thank you... I, I really appreciate you and Mush helpin' me out."
Blink nodded briefly, although he didn't entirely know what he had done. He hadn't really helped her out with anything, that had been all Mush's doing.
"Ah well... I'm not really like any of the other girls..."
Blink laughed out loud upon hearing this, "That ain't a bad thin'. Sometimes bein' like everyone else ain't good. It's nice ta have somethin' different 'round here."
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Post by Mush on Jul 17, 2016 0:20:45 GMT -5
"Ah well... I'm not that good. It was just my first time acting..."
Mush shook his head, "You're too humble, Mousey. Really. You're really good." He insisted, not willing to allow her to be hard on herself.
"Thank you... I, I really appreciate you and Mush helpin' me out."
Mush nodded briefly.
"Ah well... I'm not really like any of the other girls..."
Mush grinned, "No ya ain't. That's what I like 'bout ya. You're yourself." He grinned cheekily.
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Post by Mousey on Jul 17, 2016 12:36:48 GMT -5
"Your first time? Well, if Mush said that ya were good, then it means ya were good."
Mousey nodded shyly. Her cheeks were turning pink from his compliments. "Th-thank you..."
"You're too humble, Mousey. Really. You're really good."
Her cheeks were now a darker shade of pink. "Ah well..."
"You're too hard on yourself, Mousey. Have some confidence. I'm sure you're better than ya think."
She blushed again. "M-Mush said something like that too..."
She wanted to believe them, but it was a little difficult. Though, they were giving her a boost of confidence. If they had told her a couple of days ago, she wouldn't have believed them or had the confidence to agree with them.
"That ain't a bad thin'. Sometimes bein' like everyone else ain't good. It's nice ta have somethin' different 'round here."
Mousey cocked her head slightly. "It is?"
She had kind of thought of being different as a bad thing. After all, that was kind of what the girls at the lodge seemed to feel. If you weren't like them, why should they be friends with you and let them in their little circle? Being different just wasn't acceptable.
"No ya ain't. That's what I like 'bout ya. You're yourself."
She gave Mush a smile. He liked her because she was herself. She was different and that was perfectly fine with Mush and Blink. It was okay to be herself. She had nothing to be afraid of.
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Post by Kid Blink on Jul 23, 2016 9:54:18 GMT -5
"Th-thank you..."
Blink couldn't help but laugh at her blush. The girl was definitely shy, so it surprised him in a lot of ways to know that she had been that shy and she had been surviving off of selling papers.
"M-Mush said something like that too..."
The boy grinned, "Well, what's it that the scabbards say? 'Great minds think alike'?"
"It is?"
Blink cracked a smile and nodded, glancing briefly at Mush before looking back to Mousey. Mousey actually reminded Blink of Mush in a lot of ways, with the way that she was so shy at the beginning but she was apparently a natural with selling papers. That was exactly how Mush had gotten his start as a newsie.
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Post by Mush on Jul 23, 2016 9:56:30 GMT -5
"Ah well..."
Mush grinned at her blush, him wrapping a bit firmer around her shoulder and squeezing her gently. "I mean 't."
"It is?"
Mush nodded eagerly. "De oder goils over dere aren't always nice. You's real nice, Mousey." He flashed a grin at her, earning a strange and questioning look from Blink in the process.
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Post by Mousey on Jul 23, 2016 10:22:53 GMT -5
"Well, what's it that the scabbards say? 'Great minds think alike'?"
Mousey blushed and smiled softly as she nodded. "Mhmm... Ms. Campbell said somethin' like that too." She added shyly, "You two have great minds."
"I mean 't."
She was sure her face had turned every possible shade of pink and red. Mush was just too sweet for words.
"De oder goils over dere aren't always nice. You's real nice, Mousey."
She ducked her head. "Ah well..." She gave him a shy smile. "I try to be nice to everyone even if they aren't nice back."
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Post by Mush on Jul 23, 2016 12:07:40 GMT -5
"You two have great minds."
Mush beamed. No one had ever said that to him before. He had always been seen as the naive and slightly stupid one in the group, and it was nice to know that someone thought of him differently.
"I try to be nice to everyone even if they aren't nice back."
He grinned, "I like it. I think it's nice ta have someone like that out dere." He smiled.
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Post by Kid Blink on Jul 23, 2016 12:10:14 GMT -5
"You two have great minds."
Blink smiled. Mousey was really sweet, and he was glad that Mush had found someone like that to sell with, rather than someone who was crazier.
"I like it. I think it's nice ta have someone like that out dere."
Blink raised an eyebrow, "Ya aren't datin' or anythin', right?" He asked, referring to Mush and Mousey. But could anyone honestly blame him for being slightly confused about the pair's status?
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Post by Mousey on Jul 23, 2016 17:55:52 GMT -5
"I like it. I think it's nice ta have someone like that out dere."
Mousey blushed once more. "Me too... I guess that's why I try to be nice."
"Ya aren't datin' or anythin', right?"
Her head jerked up to look at Blink with wide eyes and her jaw dropped. She gave Mush a bewildered look. They weren't dating, were they? She didn't dare hope that there was anything between them.
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Post by Kid Blink on Jul 23, 2016 19:21:02 GMT -5
"Me too... I guess that's why I try to be nice."
Blink grinned, already liking Mousey quite a lot. She seemed as though she was going to be a valuable friend for a lot of the boys when they got to know her.
As Mousey looked at Mush for some sort of confirmation about what the pair of them were going to consider themselves, Blink flashed the pair of them a grin. It was one of the sweetest things that he had seen in a long time. Most girls would have just come right out and said yes, and Mush would have had little to no say in the matter. Mousey was different, but in a good way. Blink liked her.
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Post by Mush on Jul 23, 2016 19:22:49 GMT -5
Mush blushed deeply, shrugging and looking back at. If she wanted to call the pair of them dating, then he wasn't going to object to that. However, he wouldn't have objected if she had said that the pair of them weren't dating, either. For once, he was leaving it entirely up to the girl.
"If ya wanna be, we can. If ya don't, that's fine too." He shrugged a bit, flashing her a supportive smile. "Ya don't even have ta answer him now... Or ever." He grinned.
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Post by Mousey on Jul 23, 2016 20:08:03 GMT -5
"If ya wanna be, we can. If ya don't, that's fine too."
Mousey looked at him surprised yet somewhat pleased and flattered. He was leaving the decision up to her... but at the same time, he wasn't saying that he didn't want to date.
"Ya don't even have ta answer him now... Or ever."
She glanced at them both shyly. "I... I don't know about datin' quite yet... but um," she bit her lip a little nervously. "I, I wouldn't mind gettin' to know you better first."
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Post by Mush on Jul 23, 2016 22:23:52 GMT -5
"I... I don't know about datin' quite yet..."
Mush was actually quite thrilled to hear that, considering so many girls hadn't even asked him before saying that they were dating. It was refreshing to hear someone who wasn't going to just jump on that and say that he was attractive and that meant that they were dating.
"I, I wouldn't mind gettin' to know you better first."
He grinned, "I'd love ta get ta know ya better first too, Mousey."
It wasn't a lie. Mush loved being around Mousey, and he pictured her as some sort of angel that had been sent to help him get back on the right track with things and not get too... Well, cocky.
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Post by Kid Blink on Jul 23, 2016 22:25:43 GMT -5
"I... I don't know about datin' quite yet..."
Blink nodded. The fact that she hadn't jumped on the opportunity immediately to date Mush was definitely a good sign.
"I'd love ta get ta know ya better first too, Mousey."
He grinned, "If the two of ya ever do get tagether, I expect ta be the first ta know about it. And I think that you'd make a great couple someday." He beamed brightly.
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Post by Mousey on Jul 24, 2016 12:19:20 GMT -5
"I'd love ta get ta know ya better first too, Mousey."
Mousy glanced at him shyly. It still made her heart flutter and skip a beat when he said he wanted to be her friend and wanted to get to know her better. Never in a million years did she imagine that something like this could happen to her.
"Well... Um," she gave him a small smile. "We'll be able to get to know each other better if we keep selling together..."
"If the two of ya ever do get tagether, I expect ta be the first ta know about it. And I think that you'd make a great couple someday."
She was blushing deeply. "Well... If, if that happens... I'm sure Mush will let you know right a-away..."
She didn't know if they'd ever actually be a couple, but she did know that she and Mush were certainly going to become great friends.
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