deadgirlslikeme | You Are An Obsession

(OOC: Backdated to shortly after Victor's Nexus visit, itself after a rather awkward meeting with Alice's aunt and uncle.)

Victor feels terribly awkward about doing this, but after his visit to the Nexus, he's even more certain that he needs to talk with Alice. He can't let this state of uneasy, embarrassed silence between them last forever. Especially if Adia. . .she couldn't be right, could she? Alice couldn't be thinking of him like -- like --

He shakes his head. One thing at a time. Adia had suggested writing a letter -- Victor had decided to go with a PINpoint message. After all, it wasn't like they could send conventional mail to each other. . . . He looks at the screen of his pocketwatch PINpoint, then starts composing:

Dear Alice,

I don't know how you feel about me at the present. You've been distant ever since you brought your aunt and uncle here to meet me and my friends. I know something's bothering you, and it hurts a little that you won't come out and say it. I have guessed that it has to do with my -- appearance -- when you and your family so abruptly arrived. I'm terribly sorry -- I thought I had the time to clean up. I only wanted to present myself at my best to them.

Perhaps it's rude of me to ask this, but -- were you affected in any way by seeing me unclad? I would hate to cause you the slightest bit of discomfort. I do hope the sight of my body in that state didn't disgust you. If that is the case, I'll apologize a thousand times. If it isn't, then -- could you please just talk to me? I miss you terribly.

I hope I'm not being too forward. Feel free to reply with your own message -- or come visit me in person. Either way, I anxiously await your reply.

Yours,

Victor

He looks at the "come visit me in person" bit again, wondering if he wants to keep it in there. Does he really want more face-to-face awkwardness? Particularly if he had disgusted her?

But if you haven't, wouldn't you want to celebrate? a slightly saucy thought slips through his head. He dismisses it with a blush (though he was reserving the right to kiss her if things went well), takes a deep breath, and hits Send.

Hopefully she'd get it soon. And this would all turn out for the best.

Threaded | Flat

Alice is sitting in her room, absently doodling when her PINpoint beeps. She picks it up from beside her on her desk, quietly glad she doesn't have to hide it anymore. At least her ever-so-awkward visit served its intended purpose. She wonders if her aunt and uncle would ever want to visit the Nexus proper -- that would be a mind-bender for them. Though at least there would be no -- Argh, no Alice! You were doing so well in not fantasizing about him!

She shakes her head and looks at what's on the screen. Irony of ironies -- it's a message from Victor. She frowns as she reads the opening paragraph -- damn, she has been a rather neglectful and inadequate girlfriend, hasn't she? She's just been so worried that he'd catch her staring and be -- perhaps not angered, but very flustered by the attention. . . .

And then she comes on the part about him worrying his body had disgusted her. She stares, stunned. Disgusted? How could he ever think -- Except he's Victor, of course he would think --

Damn the awkwardness, this perception needs to be corrected immediately. She skims through the rest of the message, notes that she's welcome to come to his room, and promptly sends herself there.

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