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[cannotrest]

I do a lot of tagging by e-mail, and e-mail commenting doesn't work once Captcha's on. So - personal overflow!

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[eloquentness]

Thanks.

[ her expression softens, thinking back to the last time she had been paired up - when she was with Barry - and how different she feels. Of course it's different. Barry and Tohru are two different people, with two vastly different outlooks on life.

Tohru's done things Barry never would, and Barry has witnessed events Tohru could only imagine. Were it not for this Earth, their paths would've never crossed. ]

Honestly, if he hadn't been one of those people Woden turned into a god, I'm not sure I would've made the first move. That event - it made me realize how important he was, you know? Just because he was gone, and... I don't know. It made things click, and so when everything turned back to normal, I told him I loved him.

We've been dating ever since.

[cannotrest]

Yeah, I get it. [Not from personal experience, but she's seen it in front of her.] You lose someone, or think you might, and it puts things in perspective.

Although correct me if it's different for civilians or in this century or whatever, but seems to me like saying "I love you" before the first date is what you really got backwards here, not the kiss.

[eloquentness]

Oh, probably, but don't you tell your friends you love them?

[ Iris shoots Ashley an amused, yet sympathetic, look as she relaxes, ]

I thought it was one of those times, but... turns out, I loved him in a different way than I love you, or Jaime, or Lucina, or any of my other friends on this Earth.

[cannotrest]

Yeah, I save that different love for later.

[She says confidently, not having been in an actual relationship for years.]

Did he say he loves you too?

[eloquentness]

Yeah, of course. [ she laughs, ] Many more times since. I think he was just waiting for some "sign" it was okay.

[ which is both endearing and a little sad, given how affectionate Iris is, but. she'll take what she can get. ]

[cannotrest]

Can't blame the guy for waiting - would've been awkward if he said it romantically and you were saying it as a friend.

[With a smile, Ashley bumps her shoulder against Iris's.]

Let me know when you're ready to have him meet your friends.

[eloquentness]

Oh, I'm incredibly ready. [ Iris has no shame or sense of time when it comes to these things, though her expression softens - ] I'll check in with him, though. This kind of thing depends on how he's feeling.

I'll let you know ASAP, and hey, until then? We've always got our nights in.

[cannotrest]

Yeah, of course. I don't want to pressure the guy before he's ready.

[Ashley snuggles back into the couch cushions, already more comfortable than her bunk on the Alke.]

God, I missed this.