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"Did it— Ru, you have to tell m— Hey, this is Jas. You can leave a message, but I... tend to not listen to those, so maybe shoot me a text instead."

( text | voicemail (transcribed) | facetime )

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( from here )

[ He pretty much always looks like that in her head. ]

yeah bc ur taller

[ She knows it's different, but thanks for reminding her, Jas. ]

ijs maybe it would work better from someone who's not like a lightning rod
you need me

[ and suddenly, it clicks that this isn't really about ruby protecting herself, and it makes him pause for far longer than he means to. he wants to tell her that he's already got it covered, that she doesn't need to worry, but it's the you need me that holds him back. ]

All right, shorty. You think you can handle it?

[ She can wait. As long as he's not getting on her case about the kitchen table anymore. She's not at all anxious about his reply. ]

really?

[ wait no that's not what she meant to say— ]

i know i can handle it
don't call me shorty, you're not actually THAT tall for a guy

[ oh, she's not off the hook just yet. ]

Wow. And how many guys have you been hanging out with that you think you can make a statement like that?

Actually, please don't answer that.

I'll take you to the store, you can get what you need, and then we'll do this together. I don't want to hear any buts, all right? I'll stay hands-off for the most part, but there's no way in hell you're gonna do it unsupervised for now.

And until you're taller than me, I'm going to keep calling you shorty.

[ Oh good, because she definitely didn't want to answer that. And now she's too happy to argue the shorty thing. She's going to be shorter than him her whole life, there's plenty of time for arguing!!! ]

no buts!!
YOU'RE THE BEST BROTHER

i'm sorry about your table

[ ah, his heart is warm. help. ]

You can make it up to me by cleaning up the mess you made and helping me put together whatever I buy to replace it.

okay but after we go shopping right?

[ and totally playing the next part cool . . . ]

can we go to mystic moonfyre? they'll probably have what we need

Sure. You're not getting out of it, though, so don't even try.

Why don't you call and check before we make the trip so we're not running around all over the place?