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( 16.52 ) dotty?? reflecting??? this is character growth!! ( 16.52 ) i’m so proud!! 🥺🥺🥺 ( 16.54 ) 😳hehe 💕💕💕 it’s been fun!! 🥰 ( 16.54 ) ✨my boyfriend✨ is actually here with me now 🥰 🥰 🥰 ( 16.55 ) speaking of 🍆 , i was about to get some when– ( 16.55 ) oh… 😞 are you guys fighting? that seems so weird for you guys… ( 16.56 ) i’m sure they do miss you, kirby 😭 ( 16.56 ) i miss you guys too!!  😭😭😭 we’re definitely hanging out next week! first thing!!! ( 17.01 ) DOTTYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ( 17.01 ) if you can see all that after a few minute reflection, why can’t you date him????? 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 ( 17.02 ) this is literally so cute i’m crying 😭😭😭 ( 17.02 ) DOROTHEA BAE… GO TALK TO HIM.

naweyn·:

( 16.44 ) UHMM NO I DIDN’T KNOW? HOW DID YOU KNOW? ( 16.46 ) I don’t know… It made me feel kinda weird? Like it was unexpected and overwhelming but I also didn’t think like oh ew not him u know? Well might have been weird if I’d had that reaction since we’ve had sex several times ( 16.46 ) He’s like one of the best ones I’ve ever been with by the way I know I already mentioned some things last year but Merlin is he good ( 16.47 ) Also I thought you were staying behind to spend time with Alex and xuanyu and then you’re spending time with nate?? What’s that about ( 16.47 ) But also let’s get back to the topic at hand which is helping me figure out what to do about this whole thing

( 16.50 ) wait… you and nate fucked?? ( 16.50 ) how did that happen? ( 16.51 ) well dotty, how do you feel about isaac specifically?  ( 16.51 ) like… can you see yourself possibly dating him? or is that completely off the table?

naweyn·:

( 16.36 ) HOW IS THAT NOT CRAZY??? ( 16.36 ) Uh pretty sure I’ve got eyes but I’ve never seen him bein more than my FRIEND ( 16.36 ) Well until we kissed and all that last year but like that was still just us being friendly…..  ( 16.37 ) This year he’s been so insistent on trying to talk to me though like he made it sound so serious so I’ve been tryin to avoid that cos idk it sounds scary 😭 ( 16.37 ) But today my distractions did not work and he managed to start talking to me anyway… 😰 ( 16.38 ) Ok just realised no one asked for a full detail of all that happened which I think u should have cos it was crazy… Anyways  ( 16.38 ) I didn’t really know what to tell him cos I don’t know… What I feel?? Do I feel anything??? I don’t know!!! It’s just scary  ( 16.38 ) He said he wanted to give me some time so he’d leave me alone and then he just left so I honestly got no idea what’s going on here 😭

( 16.40 ) dotty… 😭 ( 16.40 ) he’s been trying to talk to you this entire time?? ( 16.41 ) i think we can pretty much figure out what happened… ( 16.41 ) but if there’s more that you’re leaving out, you have our attention now 🤔 ( 16.43 ) wait… ( 16.43 ) kirby, it’s almost 2 am for you… ( 16.43 ) why are you still awake 😭

reposingminds·:

( 16.31 ) DOTTY!!! BREATHE!!! ( 16.31 ) just tell us what happened 😭 ( 16.32 ) the longer you keep up the suspense, the worse you make it for yourself! ( 16.32 ) we’ve been over this 😭

( 16.32 ) Okay okay okay ( 16.33 ) So you guys remember how I told you about isaac last year  ( 16.33 ) Uhmmmmmmmmm ( 16.33 ) Sooooooooo ( 16.33 ) That might have happened again this year 😇 ( 16.33 ) BUT OKAY HERE COMES THE CRAZY PART ( 16.34 ) HE JUST ( 16.34 ) CONFESSED TO ME????????

naweyn·:

[ outgoing owlet → super smash sisters, 29.12.20 ] ( @umhdurum & @reposingminds )

( 16.24 ) GIRLS ( 16.24 ) KIRKLEY ( 16.24 ) CALLIOPE ( 16.24 ) 999 ( 16.24 ) HUGE EMERGENCY ( 16.25 ) KIRBY I KNOW IT’S LIKE 1AM OVER THERE RIGHT NOW BUT YOU BETTER NOT BE ASLEEP

( 16.25 ) DOROTHEA ( 16.26 ) what’s going on? ( 16.26 ) are you okay??? ( 16.26 ) did something happen?? 😰

swordless

     “that’s an apt comparison,” she comments when she hears his voice, having been expecting (perhaps hoping?) that he would approach her. it would be a bit too obvious if she approached him of what she might want from him after their … rather public incident that had happened earlier. there’s no point in denying what she wanted to happen, of course, but she’ll cross that bridge when she comes to it. there’s a sly little smile playing on her lips as she glances up at him finally, not having spared him a glance earlier as she was looking at her phone. 

     tucking the device away, chaeyeon smiles at the other, the memories of their very recent duel appearing in her mind again and she thinks that he’s pretty on point with the nickname. “is that your new nickname for me?” she asks, purposely acting coy. genuinely unsure if he was referencing the marvel character or the spider—she can never assume who’s into muggle movies and comics when she’s at a magical school, though she thinks that she definitely wants to find out which one he’s talking about, if only to make another friend (?) who knew about the mcu—but she thinks it’s a compliment either way. 

     well, she’s definitely going to take it as a compliment even if he might mean it otherwise. 

     she’s quiet as he speaks, a smirk appearing on her lips at his next words. “levi, right?” chaeyeon asks, wanting to confirm that she had the right person, having tried to remember from when attendance had been taken and they had been paired up. “you know what they say,” she says, shrugging innocently like she hadn’t been thinking about the look in his eyes from earlier this entire time. “never judge a book by it’s cover, of course.” if she sounds extra flirty, it may or may not be on purpose.

“think it’s only fitting,” besides, who wouldn’t want to be compared to either a venomous spider and/or a comic book character? exactly. “i mean… considering the way you introduced yourself to me.” they’d skipped a few steps there. didn’t even bother to shake hands, but had gone straight for the part where you get on top of each other. solid introduction, if you asked him. “i’ll admit, i usually don’t get floored that easily with that much eagerness.” it’s obvious that he’s teasing, more flirtatious than he really should be. but it’s playful, especially considering the way he corrects himself with a little too much mock-innocence. “—ahem, force. i meant force.” but it’s the upwards twitch of his mouth that says, no, he doesn’t mean that at all.

ten seconds into this conversation and it’s obvious the tension from earlier is unresolved and still quite there. it’d be easier to ignore it than do… whatever they’re doing, but part of him doesn’t exactly want to. “unless you’d prefer another.” unlike chaeyeon, there’s absolutely nothing coy about levi and it’s obvious. damn, what’d happened to the whole ‘don’t go there, she’s a freshman’ spiel he’d been on about a few seconds ago? right, right. right. that’s it, he’s not giving her anymore nicknames, because obviously that’s the worst thing he can do. “yeah, it’s levi. chaeyeon, right?” he can keep things casual when he wants to, it’s not that difficult.

scales: missing in action!

scales doesn’t reply. hmph. she sees how it is — her toad gets a girlfriend, and suddenly he’s too busy for his darling mother. but— he can’t treat her like this! not when her baby is about to have, well, many babies! wait… does this make her a grandmother? at age 23?! awfully bit young, isn’t it? if her little scales is happy though, she supposes she doesn’t have much to complain about. 

too lost in her own thoughts, (and maybe because she had been screaming just seconds ago), dotty doesn’t hear the figure approaching her where she’s crouched down on the floor, eyes practically glued to the two toads and their eggs. 

but— then she hears them, and it’s a familiar voice. “levi!” she doesn’t get up, though she does turn to look at him, and can’t help but grin excitedly at him. this is levi’s toad? they’re about to be toad grandparents together? oh, that’s exciting, it really is! 

“yes,” she eyes the eggs again — wow, there sure are a lot of these! dotty’s not even sure where to begin counting them. just how many grandbabies is she going to end up having? oh, this is almost overwhelming to think about! “oh, levi, there’s so many of them! can you believe our toads are getting along this well? they’re about to be parents!” oh! that gives her a fantastic idea, actually…

turning towards levi again, she now has an excited grin on her face, obviously up to something. “levi. we should have a toad wedding! oh, how romantic would that be?” 

when levi embarked on the journey to find his toad, this is not what he’d been expecting to find. for a split second, the idea that this might all be some elaborate scam pops into his head. as though this is some kind of wicked scheme of dotty’s to, uh— get their toads to fall in love, or something. plant a bunch of eggs in a spot kermit frequents and then trap her into a loveless marriage. okay, yeah, he’s not sure what her goal would be here and he’s been (forced into) watching too many of jieun’s trashy muggle television shows...

but when kermit simply acknowledges him with a slow blink (that’s code for ‘yeah, i’m good here’) instead of hopping into his palm, he realizes that’s definitely not the case. besides, as wary as he might be of dotty, he doesn’t think she’s the source of all evil.

or is she?

“uh— wait a damn minute now, dorothea.” he’s decided ‘dotty’ is too cute of a name to be associated with the banshee that’s in front of him. is she trying to steal his toad? “how am i meant to trust this toad with my kermit when he couldn’t even be bothered to wrap it up?” it’s the audacity of it all; if it were up to levi, they’d be separated immediately. it’s not like kermit would care, he’s sure of that. all of this must be some accidental slip.

candy.

finally on a first date with bora, 04/12/20. ( @umhdurum )

“so…” rich looks down at the stack of cheat notes in his lap. this top one says, uh… he squints. admittedly, his hand writing is not the best, which is maybe something he should have thought of before writing these down. “the criminal justice system, huh?” at least, he thinks that’s what that says, but he can’t be too sure. still, he looks back up at bora (who looks absolutely gorgeous tonight) with his usual self-assured grin, the perfect image of complete confidence.

he can’t be sure about any of them, really. because this isn’t shit he knows. these notes? he’d made them with levi, though his roommate had not been particularly excited about helping him out. but, richard had insisted it’s definitely in the bro code to help each other with shit like this, which had eventually convinced the younger. yeah, they ended up with a bunch of notes that are mostly direct quotes from wikipedia (muggles are complete geniuses for that website, by the way), but at least they’ll make him seem smart. right?

right. so what else does this note say again? “i really like how…” he squints down at his lap, trying to interpret his own damn hand writing. “it’s a series of government agencies and institutions? like…” oh, shit, he can’t make out what else this says. well, better wing it based on what he could actually make out. 

“like secret government agents. who…” what do they do? he doesn’t know, but — he could guess. “spy on the lower class to figure out if they’re criminals.” yep. nailed it.

it’s not a date. that’s what she’d said when her best friend had given her the stink eye, clearly judging her for her choices as of late. she can’t exactly blame jieun for that one, considering who… she’s not on a date with. richard park, more commonly known as ‘dick’, is not exactly her type. not anymore, at least. so why is she going out to see him? that’s a good question! one she doesn’t exactly have an answer for.

but, and this is bora trying to reason with herself: it doesn’t matter, because this isn’t a date. they’re hanging out, it’s casual — so casual that she hadn’t told anyone else, not even her brother. but eunjae knows that they’re… acquaintances. of sorts. how could they not be? bora’s known him since the age of seven. merlin, has it truly been that long? she remembers the time she’d been so besotted with him; he’d come over for christmas break and she’d been a meek wallflower the entire time, red-faced and nervous. but that was then, back when she had the worst crush on him. this is now, them hanging out after she’s gotten over that phase in her life, especially considering that—

“...spy on the lower class to figure out if they’re criminals.”

—he’s a god damn idiot, oh my god. “richard!” her nostrils flare. ah, there’s that hot wave of anger that she’s become way too familiar with as of late, as it seemingly keeps rearing its head around him. “that’s not what the criminal justice system’s about. i—oh, for fuck’s sake—”

breathe.

this wasn’t her. she wasn’t the one to run off when things became hard. no matter how difficult things got for her or levi, callie was always the one to stand her ground and made sure things worked out in the end. she knew that she was wrong for running away from him because the real callie wouldn’t. the callie the both of them knew would have stayed and pretended that everything was normal or at least tried to prove that his assumption wrong. but when his bitter words reached her ears, it felt as if her heart had frozen over and sunk hard to the pit of her stomach. 

she has definitely never felt this kind of ache before.

she didn’t know where she was going, but she can hear the shouts of her name growing louder by the second. it was only a matter of time before levi would catch up to her, she knew that. but she couldn’t find the courage to face him, not after that. she was desperate – desperate to hide, desperate to disappear. all she had to do was get back to her dorm and then–

‘lee kahee!’

callie stopped in her tracks instantly, much too her own dread. her breathing was uneven, shaky, her heart pounding rapidly against her chest from both the sprint she just did and the uncertainty she was feeling. she stood there still, unsure whether she should stay exactly how she was or turn to face him. she knew the correct answer, of course, but actually forcing herself to actually meet his eyes at this moment? she couldn’t do it. she didn’t have the strength to.

‘talk to me.’

slowly, callie reluctantly turned around, her eyes downcast as she stared down at the stony walkway beneath them rather than levi himself. she didn’t even know what to say to him or what he wanted to hear exactly. it was obvious to her how he felt. or rather, it was getting obvious for her to see that he was beginning to see her as someone else; and maybe, she was beginning to see levi as someone else too because this this wasn’t them. and the fact that callie had to keep telling herself, reminding herself of that only helped raise her anxiety, her fear that maybe… maybe, this wouldn’t work.

maybe… there is no them anymore.

that thought alone was enough to shatter her heart into a million pieces.

“i wouldn’t miss our day for the world…” her words came out weak, fragile as if she was trying so hard to just keep herself together – just long enough to get herself through this confrontation. “i was late, but i would never miss it. you know that, levi. I– thought you knew that…”

crossing her arms, she continued to stare down at the road for another moment or two before her eyes slowly began to glance up towards the man in front of her. she felt nervous, hurt, and overwhelmed, and her body language probably showed that as well. but with every word that she spoke, callie felt herself become a little bit more braver – her own ire stirring this pot of emotions and confusion boiling between the two of them. she knew this was going to get out of hand, she can feel it. but knowing the both of them, they’re both going be too much in their feelings to try and stop it.

“are you really that jealous of hyunwoo that you would have to throw out his name every time you’re disappointed with me? is that how we’re going to do things now?”

yeah, maybe today was their downfall.

‘i wouldn’t miss our day for the world… i thought you knew that.’

“i thought i knew that, too. but what do you want me to think?” his tone of voice is harsher than he’s intending it to be, but it’s obvious he’s exasperated. it’s a stark contrast to the way she’s talking to him — so quiet and frail, so unlike her — and that makes him feel even worse. he doesn’t think he’s ever upset callie like this before. not on purpose, of course not, and any time he’d done so unknowingly he’d been quick to gather her into his arms the minute he figured it out, suffocating her with his warmth until she’d relented.

he can’t do that now and it’s driving him crazy.

“we haven’t spent any time together lately. not like before.”

is before gone now? just like that? had they… had they made a mistake when they decided to cross that line, right after they’d promised each other to not let it fuck up their friendship? because that’s the only thing that’s different about them this year, isn’t it? things aren’t supposed to be this complicated. he doesn’t even know why it’s so complicated. why can’t they just stop acting like this. why can’t he just stop acting like he’s—

“i’m not—” jealous. he doesn’t bother to finish that sentence, because it’s absurd. isn’t it? there’s nothing for him to be jealous of. callie is his—his best friend, his best girl.

isn’t she?

“i just— i don’t understand why you have to spend all your time with him when…” that used to be me. us. but he doesn’t know how to tell her this without… without what, exactly? there’s a lump in his throat he has no idea how to get rid of, as if preventing him from telling her how he’s feeling. he should be able to tell her. he’s never not been able to tell her everything. but levi can’t seem to find the words to express himself and he doesn’t understand why. none of this makes sense to him anymore.

what are you feeling? that’s the worst part of it all: he can’t give this a name because he’s never experienced this. it’s anger, most of all. quite a bit of frustration. he’s so damn irritated as of late, every time he has to watch callie show interest in someone that isn’t him. it hadn’t ever bothered him before, not like this. he used to damn well congratulate her for getting laid, for fuck’s sake. tease her about her endeavors the same she did him. and now? now he can’t stand the fucking thought of someone that isn’t him touching her. what the hell’s that supposed to mean?

‘are you really that jealous of hyunwoo…’

is he? is that what this is?

hello stranger.

crap. crap!

she knew she was running late, and the anxiety that was eating away at her stomach only made the situation worse. okay, so maybe she shouldn’t have left her dorm later than usual; and maybe, she shouldn’t have been trying to limit her time with levi, of all people, in the first place. but things have been weird between them lately and its grown to the point where no matter how hard either of them try to fix it, it only made things worse. especially when almost every conversation between them always ends up with them arguing over one person in particular: her ex-boyfriend, hyunwoo.

levi never showed interest in whoever callie was seeing before. sure, he made his remarks – but they were always offhanded jokes about how callie could do better or how they better treat her right. he has never shown disdain towards any of her relationships outside of theirs until hyunwoo was mentioned. that was when the under-handed comments began.

‘do you have to dress up for him in front of me?’

’you know he’s just going to hurt you in the end.’

’why does it have to be you? he has other people he can see.’

and honestly? she knew he was right. but it didn’t help the agitation that was seeping into their already tense relationship. callie thought some distance would help improve things; but obviously, she had never been so wrong.

she was ten minutes late when she finally reached the store front, slightly out of breath with her face flushed. she had been running to try and make it on time for their monthly get together, a tradition they kept since the first day they met. she was already feeling apologetic that she was late. after all, callie was never late when it came to levi. however, after seeing him sitting alone in their usual booth waiting on her, it was more than enough for the guilt already inside her to multiply tenfold.

taking a deep breath, she approaches the other carefully, her hands clenching onto the strap of her bag. she offered levi a small, rueful smile hoping that he wasn’t too upset. maybe if she can crack some sort of joke, the tension would ease a little. however, before she could even get a single word in, levi had already beat her to the punch.

if words could knock the wind out of a person, callie should have been ko’d right then and there. and in a sense, she was. her expression changed and if she looks anything like how she felt, she knew she had to leave. immediately.

she couldn’t do this anymore.

she couldn’t talk to levi knowing he’s going to be like this the entire time.

she couldn’t fight with him again, especially when it was supposed to be their day.

so without a word, she turned and walked right back out from the bakery with every intention of leaving levi behind. she could feel her face burning, but whether it was from the anger or the unfairness from the situation that was bubbling inside of her, she couldn’t exactly tell. all she knew was that if she had stayed, she would have probably said something she would end up regretting.

and she would never forgive herself if she did.

the realization he shouldn’t have opened his damn mouth had been there before he’d even said anything — but it didn’t truly hit levi until he saw the abrupt change of her demeanor right in front of him. his throat immediately goes dry, closing up on him. his lips are parted as if to say something, but nothing’s coming out and he’s just staring at her. before he can even think of an apology of some kind, she’s turned on her heels and fled the bakery even quicker than she’d arrived, and that’s when the panic starts to rise up.

had he ruined it— had he just ruined them? all because of his own pettiness?

shit. shit. shit. “callie— callie, wait.” but she’s already left and he’s so fucking stupid. “i’m sorry!” he abandons the booth and leaves his drink behind, hurries after her. “could you just— shit, sorry— callie?” he’d straight up knocked someone onto the ground when they tried to come into the shop just as he ran out, giving them a quick apology but not bothering to help them up because he’s too frantic. too bothered by the fact his best friend, his— his callie won’t even look back at him or give him any kind of response.

he shouldn’t have said that. he’d already been aware of this and yet. part of him had wanted to be an asshole, for his words to hit her like a slap to the face, to make her feel as confused and irritated like he’d been the past few days. weeks. he doesn’t even know when this started anymore. but he’d never seen that expression on her face before and that’s what throws him off most. not knowing how to place what she’s feeling. it scares him because he doesn’t know that means.

and that, in turn, angers him. he’s so confused it pisses him off, because this isn’t them. he doesn’t snark at her like this, she doesn’t ignore him. it’s not about hyunwoo. or— or maybe it is, but not about him specifically. it could’ve been anyone, if they’d threatened levi’s presence in callie’s life enough. because that’s what this boils down to, doesn’t it? she’s so close to someone who’s not him, as if she’s trying to replace him.

‘i do want you, so be with me.’ isn’t that what she’d told him, back in that classroom? she’s not supposed to want anyone else—

his head’s reeling. he raises his voice.

it had been a few hours since the matches had ended for the day and after being checked out of the infirmary, callie was free to go on about her evening — though she’d be lying if she said that upper body didn’t hurt like hell. sure, she had worse beatings by bludgers in previous games, but merlin, nate sure had one hell of a swing.

although she felt a little bad for not going out to celebrate with her team when it was their first win, she was glad to take it easy tonight not only for the sake of her own scrapes and bruises, but to also help keep levi company. it was shocking to see hwaseong have their first loss of the season and knowing how hard levi can be on himself, callie would much rather be readily available to him more than anything else. it seemed like nate had the same idea.

so the three of them were situation in the seeker’s dorm, entangled on his couch as they watched levi’s favorite film. she had seen the matrix with levi before, perhaps some time earlier last year, the other shocked and perhaps even appalled at the idea that she had never watched the film before. of course, he was more than willing to show her despite the confusion she had through most if it. fast forward to present day, some concepts of the film were still pretty confusing, but at least callie felt a bit more accomplished at the realization that some of the missing pieces were starting to come together through her second watch through.

a knowing smile crossed her lips as nate expressed his confusion at what was happening so far in the movie. she’d been there and was glad to know she wasn’t the only one confused during their first sit through. meeting gazes with nate, she merely shrugged unsure whether her guess was as good as his.

“i think they’re in some sort of simulation?” she offers as she picks at the popcorn sitting on her lap before passing it over to levi who was sitting across from her with nate. “the matrix is the simulation and everyone living inside it are actually trapped. i think — what his name — neo, yeah. he has to stop the matrix from the inside out to free everyone from this fake virtual world, right?”

after that devastating upset — merlin, he doesn’t even want to think about it anymore — it had come to no surprise to levi to find callie at his door after her own match, waiting to cheer him up. he’d already kind of expected her to come over, considering she always had some sort of sixth sense when it came to knowing the exact time to show up and make his day. the real surprise had been nate, who’d tagged along too. but even that hadn’t exactly caught him off guard as they’d been… hanging out. a lot. “we friends now?” he’d teased when closing the door behind them, because yeah, at this point they were, but the grin on his face had been half-hearted, and the both of them had noticed.

he can’t remember how they’d ended up on the couch, with him resting in-between them somehow. he feels nate’s chest against his back, and levi’s leaning most of his weight on him. he’s got callie’s legs sprawled in his lap, his thumb subconsciously drawing circles over her knee. it’s a flurry of limbs, arms and legs everywhere — and levi feels more at ease than he has all day. that might be because they’re also watching the matrix, though. “pay attention,” he purposely digs an elbow into nate’s thigh. “you’re not focused, that’s why you’re confused.” there’s nothing about this movie that’s hard, if you asked him.

at honeydews’ bakery & sweets with callie. @reposingminds (06/11/20)

he’s jittery.

it’s not because of the already half-empty iced coffee he’d ordered with a tight-lipped smile, nodding stiffly when honeydews’ owner recognized him and asked if he’d like to get the usual. he’d shrugged when she’d asked, ‘oh, where’s your friend?’ because he’d already been expecting that knowing look in her eyes when she puts the emphasis on friend, like it’s some inside joke the three of them shared. today, he doesn’t want to acknowledge it. he just wants to sit here in this damn booth, eat his damn treat and be done with this damn day. ‘she’ll be here,‘ he’d said. she always is.

except callie isn’t. not yet, and that’s what’s causing his foot to tap on the floor like a vexed customer. she’s late. barely, but late. and callie’s never late, at least not without letting him know. but he’d checked his phone a minute ago and she hasn’t sent him a message, so. where is—

oh. there she is.

when he sees her walk inside the shop, there’s a swoop in levi’s stomach. it’s similar to that feeling you experience when you’ve been waiting at the top of the rollercoaster, the brief moment of exhilaration before you realize you’re about to plummet down — and then actually do. it’s been happening more and more around calie: he’s so incredibly relieved, confused and irritated all at once simply at the sight of her, and levi has no idea which one he’s supposed to express. and it bothers him. it bothers him to the point where it feels like an itch under his skin, something he can’t quite get rid of no matter how or where he tries to scratch it. he needs it to stop. how does he make it stop?

he doesn’t say hello and the smile on his face can barely be called one. “i didn’t think you’d show up.” it’s said so airily, as if it’s an off-handed remark, as if he doesn’t mean anything by it. as if things haven’t been weird and he can tease her like he always does — or at least that’s what he’s trying to pass it off as. except there’s nothing about the tone of his voice that implies it was a joke, and levi knows it. well, irritation it is. he doesn’t want to be an ass, not on today of all days, but he’s so god damn annoyed that it's obvious he's just spewing word vomit for the sake of being an ass.