Week 5: Post Execution

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[After a while, like maybe three or four hours after the execution, Rebecca's looking for Evan. She doesn't seem like she's been crying or anything along those lines. But she does seem tired. Almost like she hasn't been sleeping that well.

She'll start by knocking on his door.]

Evan? Are you there?

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Mm... I let Natsuo sleep in our room when he was partners.

But if you're asking about the normal type, then not really.

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[Curiously:]

You never had them when you were younger?

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I didn't really... I mean, I have friends now, but back then it was all about school. I didn't have a lot of time for friends.

[ That's not weird, right? ]

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...Maybe it can, can be a first for both of us.

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... Yeah, that would be nice.

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So, um...

[He tries to think of what people normally do at those kind of things. It's mostly based off what he's seen in movies.]

Truth or dare...?

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Truth?

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[He thinks about it for a moment.]

What, um, what's been the worst date you were ever on?

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That's all of them. But that one where the guy called our relationship feces is definitely up there.

[That wasn't a date, Rebecca.]

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[He blinks in surprise.]

...Whoever he was, he sounds like, like a jerk.

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He was. I still liked him, but that was a huge mistake.

Okay, your turn. Truth or dare?

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I hope you, um, find someone better.

[A beat.]

Truth.

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What was your best date?

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...Oh, um.

[He thinks about that for a moment.]

The, um, the girl I'm seeing back home... Her name is Zoe. We met because, um, we were both in the school's jazz band. She played guitar in it, and a while after we started dating, I went to her house and she, um, played me a few of her favorite songs. It was... really cool to see something she was, um, so passionate about.

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[She gives a small smile.]

Music's really satisfying, isn't it? It's one of my favorite things in the world. [Though she can't sing and can't play any instruments.] I'm glad you got to see her like that.

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Yeah. She's... amazing at it, too. I wish you could hear the way she plays.

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Zoe, right? I'd love to hear her someday.

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Yeah. You'd like her, I think.

[Oh, but—]

Truth or dare?

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Let's go with dare this time.

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Okay. Um... I dare you to try and lick your elbow?

[He's not very good at this.]

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Weird choice.

[She squints at him, but she does take her arm and try to get her tongue on it. Very obviously, she can't do it. Because it's impossible.]

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I thought that was, like, a common dare? I-I've never played this before...

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I think it's usually more along the lines of "confess to the person you like" or "pour a bucket of ice water over yourself"?

[It's pretty clear she's not used to this sort of thing either.]

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B-But both of those are really mean things to ask someone, aren't they?

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"Write a letter to your crush?" How's that one?

I haven't been to that many parties... that didn't involve keg stands and college.