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Wyatt huffed at Peter’s comment, “Hah, yeah. Honestly don’t care what she says as long as the appreciation is 3 digits.” Wyatt gave up trying to get appreciation out of her a long time ago, the woman was impossible to please.  “Hmm yeah I wouldn’t know, never had a date on Valentine’s day,” Wyatt admitted, “But I’ve seen it ruin a couple of relationships, so I guess you’re probably right.” Wyatt sometimes wondered what it was like, being in a relationship like that where he could celebrate these holidays. Normally he quickly extinguished those ideas with a bottle of liqueur but lately…  “Why is that surprising?” Wyatt asked, genuinely curious of Peter’s answer. Sighing, he shrugged, “Normally I like holidays, the parties, festivals, all of it. But Valentine’s day isn’t like that. Everyone is just so… in love.” Furrowing his eyebrows a little, Wyatt watched the next couple step up while Dahlia adjusted the set up. “I guess… nevermind,” Wyatt discontinued the thought, realizing just who he was about to spill all his secrets to. Peter probably didn’t want to hear it. 

“So, you gonna go back to work or are you just using me as an excuse to say you got caught up?” He asked. Not that he particularly wanted Peter to leave, this was a nice change of pace for them and much preferable to dealing with couples for a bit. 

Silently, Peter hoped that Safiya's appreciation was three digits. Even if nobody would ever say that Peter and Wyatt got on like a house on fire, Peter knew full well how difficult working for Safiya could be. "I'll talk to her about a better paycheque if she isn't fair with payment." Peter promised. Not that he could really do much about it, but he could try.

He was, however, surprised to hear that Wyatt had never had a date on Valentine's Day. "Wait? Never? Not once?" Peter asked, sincerely surprised. "But aren't you like.... ancient?" He'd have thought that he'd have had at least one Valentine's Day date. Even Peter, who was not known for having the best luck with getting dates, had gone on one Valentine's Day date. Not that it had gone exceptionally, well, but still!

When he thought about it, it was kind of odd that he was so surprised about Wyatt's bitterness towards the holiday. "I don't know. I guess you've just always seemed to march to the beat of your own... very eccentric drum." He felt kind of bad about saying it now, though. Wyatt did seem a little... he wasn't sure if down was the right word for it, but that was what came to mind.

“Hmm”, Wyatt hummed, not even bothering to check his phone to see if the claim was true. It probably was, he was notoriously bad for ignoring phone calls and only responding to texts when he felt like it. “Yeah, checks out I suppose,” he sighed, making no comment on the other claim. Regardless of the implications, it had obviously worked, whether Wyatt would readily admit that right now or not.  “Mmk, I’ll send them when I take my stuff back to the shop, whenever that is” he said, making a mental note not to forget. He didn’t like Safiya, he wasn’t sure anyone genuinely did, but she also paid well and Wyatt preferred not to lose clients, especially those who could put him on blast.  Wyatt fully expected Peter to run off the moment he’d accomplished what he came for, but was rather well… pleasantly surprised when Peter made an attempt at conversation, however mundane it was. “Unfortunately. I hate Valentine’s day,” Wyatt scoffed, “People in love are so… cute. Who gave them the right to be that happy? and then gave them a holiday for it too?” Was he bitter right now? Maybe a little, but Valentine’s day was a special kind of hell, even if he was single by choice. 

Peter wasn't sure if Wyatt had been dodging Safiya's calls or not, but honestly, the woman deserved it. She was a terrible boss and, despite paying Wyatt well, it wasn't as though she was exceptionally pleasant to him either. It wasn't really Peter's job to worry about that, though. He was just supposed to make sure that the pictures were delivered, and he'd already done that. He was free of any further obligations. "Thank you. I'm sure she'll appreciate that." He lied, knowing that Safiya wasn't one to appreciate much of anything. He was sure that she wasn't that terrible a person outside of work, but she was very much a one-track mind kind of lady on the job.

Somehow, Peter was surprised that Wyatt didn't like Valentine's Day. He wasn't entirely sure why, since what Wyatt was saying was somewhat true. "Yeah, it is kind of a lame holiday, and kind of sets people up for failure? It's a really polarizing holiday." And it wasn't even an important holiday! Though he supposed that some people would argue that it was an important holiday, but he didn't really see how that argument could hold any water. "Given how... I don't know... laissez faire you seem about everything, I'm kind of surprised you're so worked up about a holiday."

Wyatt snapped a photo of yet another disgustingly cute couple, sighing internally. Why did he agree to this again? Well, aside from the money he was making and the clout for his shop, of course. Letting the couple flick through the photos on the computer to decide which print they wanted, Wyatt took a step back to wait when a voice pulled him out of his daze.  “Well hello to you too,” Wyatt said, a little peeved at the formalities, all things considered, “She sent you all the way here to ask me that?” Contemplating the question for a moment, Wyatt nodded his head slightly, “Mhmm, yeah I’ve got them, they’re not exactly here though, does she need them right this second?” 

It didn’t take a rocket scientist to tell that Wyatt was not in the best mood, and Peter had the sneaking suspicion that his presence there was partially to blame. “I told her that she could just call you, but she said something about you not answering your phone and wanting to make sure she got your attentio...” he frowned. Ah. Now he saw her game. “If you could just email them to her by end of day, I think that should be fine?” He said, not entirely sure himself given the fact that he’d only been given the vaguest of instructions. Looking at the couple who were giddily flicking through their photographs, Peter cleared his throat awkwardly and asked, “Have you guys been busy here?”

Thankfully, it didn’t take long for Peter to track Wyatt’s booth down. “Safiya sent me,” Peter said in way of greeting when he approached Wyatt at the booth. “She wants to know when we can expect the photos she ordered? She needs them for tomorrow’s paper.”

“I’ve got a bunch of contact solution if you want some, I tend to bulk buy so I don’t run into that problem.”

blanket flower; would you rather go to a cocktail party with your best friends or stay home and read a book/watch a movie with your pet?