| He wondered if she was sick again...Or if she was wearing the ear cuffs. He also wondered if he should start trying to help her eat_

healthier...Ah, this was frustrating.

getting ready to go swimming in a volcano! She would invite Basch, but she isn't sure he would want to go.

even more fearful for her health now. Or, no. He took that back. Her sanity!

sends Basch a text-message anyway, asking if he was awake.

stares at his phone. What if she woke him up?

assumes that he would turn his phone off when he went to bed if he didn't want to be woken up by it.

keeps it on incase of emergencies. He picks it up and stares at the message before replying, '...Maybe.'

rolls her eyes and invites him to go on an adventure with her!

confused. He asks 'What?'

groans and responds, 'Do you want to do something with me?'

stares at the phone a long time. Was this...no.

He wouldn't think such thoughts. Instead he asks, 'Like?'

had almost thought he had gone to bed when her phone buzzed. 'We could go swimming, hike a mountain, get some coffee, or we could get drunk_

and have wild sex then pretend nothing happened in the morning. I hear that's popular these days.' She was obviously joking.

felt his entire body grow crimson, his skin tingling at the very mention. W-What was she implying?!! H-How did he even reply to that!?! _

Before he realized it, he had been staring at his phone so hard that he was glaring at it. He decided he needed her to confirm that last_

one just to make sure he had read that right. '...What...?'

tries not to laugh before responding, 'Should I have written it in German?'

staring at his phone. DID THAT MEAN SHE MEANT IT?! W-What the hell! ...Did that mean she liked him? He frowned. No. She said forget the _

next day. '....Good night Thora.'

sighs. 'Is that a no?'

still so red. 'No to that last one.

laughs out loud. 'Why not?'

| 'If you are teasing me, stop now.'

wasn't necessarily serious, but she wasn't *teasing* him… entirely. 'What if I'm not?'

| 'Then good night.'

groans before responding. He was so grumpy. 'Fine. I don't want to get drunk and have sex with you then forget it in the morning.'

stares at his phone. He was trying to decide how to answer that.

if maybe she shouldn't have suggested that in the first place…

why she would? It seemed strange to him. Then again, he was just too serious.

a bit disappointed when he doesn't respond… She hadn't expected him to take it that seriously.

decides to ignore the text and rolls over in his bed.

goes off swimming on her own and decides to ignore him for a while to let him cool off.

falling asleep after a while of awkwardness.