[Can you hear him already bracing himself for this, Heather. Because he is. And there's also a hint of resentment in it that he can't temper even with the excitement and the cake and the fact that of course William already knows (that he's not resentful about) and he should've known that William already knew and should've expected that (the fact that he didn't get it, that's it).
Maybe more than a hint. He wanted to make that goddamn cake. And the flowers. And have the quiet ceremony with the tulips and Takeshi and everything they'd talked about and it wasn't going to be a cuntfucking party -
But she sounds so excited. She wants it. William's her best friend - even he's not that much of an emotional dumbass to not get that - so.]
[The thing is, he'd been so goddamn insistent that whatever they did couldn't be any kind of binding ceremony that she - not getting whatever distinction it is he draws between binding and commitment, seeing them as the same thing - figures the deed's as done as it was ever going to be. The party isn't the event, it's just something that followed after. Would she have liked to do something quiet and small, just the three of them? Yes. Did she have any hope, after how violently he'd reacted to her questions, that something like that was ever going to happen? Hell no.
So what he gets in response to his questions and the resentment in his voice is just a slightly peevish]
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Okay.
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Because it's sorta technically for us.
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[Not voiced but pretty much all over that: why???]
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I think so, too. Like, in a pants-on kinda way as well. And you have to go. I think there's gonna be cake.
[YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SHE WANTED THAT CAKE, NETHERLANDS]
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[Can you hear him already bracing himself for this, Heather. Because he is. And there's also a hint of resentment in it that he can't temper even with the excitement and the cake and the fact that of course William already knows (that he's not resentful about) and he should've known that William already knew and should've expected that (the fact that he didn't get it, that's it).
Maybe more than a hint. He wanted to make that goddamn cake. And the flowers. And have the quiet ceremony with the tulips and Takeshi and everything they'd talked about and it wasn't going to be a cuntfucking party -
But she sounds so excited. She wants it. William's her best friend - even he's not that much of an emotional dumbass to not get that - so.]
It's a party.
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So what he gets in response to his questions and the resentment in his voice is just a slightly peevish]
Yeah.
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Just a party.
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who cares it's good.]
Tonight! I don't think he's big on planning in advance.
[if only she knew]
So you're gonna come, right? And you're gonna at least try to have fun?
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[NEDSQUAWK, meaning: TONIGHT?!]
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...plus I just like it.
[Actual c: voice right now.]
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[Because he was totally gonna wear the jumpsuit.]
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our bed.
[Can you hear her grinning, Ned?]
I'll come back when I'm done and we can head in together, okay?
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[Can she imagine him saying that and covering his mouth, because that's what's happening.]
Okay.