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[commandertoolbelt]

Leo Valdez

Out being awesome.

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[notyourutopian]

[That's right Leo just give in.]

Oh I know her
She's cute
Kind of intense though

Where are you taking her?

[commandertoolbelt]

[ noooo ]

the planetarium?
she likes science and stuff so idk
i figured it'd be better than like a movie or something

[notyourutopian]

Nerd places for a nerd date.
Nice
So who asked who?

[commandertoolbelt]

are you kidding
this is futaba we’re talking about
i asked her

[notyourutopian]

I saw her running around with a bazooka last month.
Seemed like a confidence builder.

[commandertoolbelt]

somehow i feel like fighting monsters is a little different from dating

[notyourutopian]

Eh
Maybe
But if you can do one you can probably do the other

[commandertoolbelt]

i don't know
destroying things is pretty easy
not hurting someone's feelings is a lot harder

[notyourutopian]

Not what I meant.

It's like.
If you're brave enough to face down a monster that wants to eat you.
You can be brave enough to manage a date with someone you know likes you.

Which isn't to say she won't be nervous or anything
But like

She'll be fine.
And so will you!

[commandertoolbelt]

yeah but we didn’t have much of a choice about that
this is… optional, i guess?
like with monsters it’s do or die and that’s it, that’s all there is to it
if i mess up with her it could like
ruin everything

[notyourutopian]

Were you planning to mess up and ruin everything, Leo?

[commandertoolbelt]

no! no way i'd never do that on purpose
i just
i know i'm not that great with people so i don’t want to upset her because i wasn't thinking or something
it’s happened before
maybe not with futaba but in general

[notyourutopian]

Then stop worrying about it
You're a giant nerd, she's a giant nerd.
And you're both pretty cute.
Don't tell anyone I said that.

So just go be giant nerds together.
If it works out, it works out
If it doesn't, hey, you had fun with your friend.

[commandertoolbelt]

[ don’t worry he is never going to tell anyone she said that because w o w does that make everything about this conversation fives times as embarrassing as it already was ]

thanks a lot el
i just… whatever happens, i don’t want to lose her as a friend either
but i guess there’s no way to know until it happens

[ can you tell he doesn't really like that answer ]

[notyourutopian]

Eh
You can't really control that though
I mean, okay, you could control it by never asking her out but
Then what?
You clearly want to.
So you'd just be dwelling on it.

This way, you're moving forward.
One way or another.

[commandertoolbelt]

see el this is what i'm saying
people are freaking hard

[notyourutopian]

Yeah but
Kind of worth it too
Sometimes

[commandertoolbelt]

it’s the sometimes that i’m worried about

[notyourutopian]

Well don't.
Which I realize is terrible advice but

There isn't really much else you can do?
Except try and see what happens.

[commandertoolbelt]

yeah i know
it’s just hard not to think about it i guess
but she said yes so that’s a good sign right?

[notyourutopian]

Best sign you could get, really.
So just
Be yourself.
And don't do anything too stupid.

[commandertoolbelt]

have you met me

[notyourutopian]

Yes
Which is how I know you'll be fine.

[commandertoolbelt]

you have more confidence in me than i ever will, el
but thanks

[notyourutopian]

Hey, somebody has to!
I've got faith in you, Leo.