Maude Yuan's Links
[ ... maude tries not to bring it up (because no one seems to understand just what it is exactly that he talks about, that he asks about, when he does) but he wonders about elnath a lot. he wonders what she was like, what sort of things that she enjoyed. did he happen to look like her, growing up? do they dance the same way? but mostly, he wonders: why did she leave him with his father and go away forever - was it him? seriously, can you tell him? ]
[ it was a sacrifice required of her. don't take it personally. ]
... turns out i still got family on my ma's side and it's... this guy.
it's this BIRD, excuse you. ☝️
... what? i /am/ listening - that doesn't mean i'm gonna agree. who the hell is going to call it "popped corn", seriously? it's CORN that POPS. pop. corn. popcorn. the name is literally fine. [ there's a part of him that's glad that he's one of the few remedios lets in - and it's half out of the fact that she's someone he can rely on right back, and it's half antsy selfishness. seriously, he doesn't /need/ to watch for all of her small cues, but it's good to see them nevertheless. ]
... You're not listening. I don't care that it's officially marketed as "popcorn," the name in itself is a disgrace to linguistics. What is popcorn? It's POPPED, space, CORN. As in—the CORN is POPPED. That's literally what it is. Are you actually hearing yourself?! [ This is day 2 of this argument. Really, she'd only get this riled up over something so stupid if she felt comfortable enough to do so. See how she rolls her eyes, gesticulates more, and doesn't care to watch her posture? That's love. She can count the people that see her like this on one hand. ]
yeah, yeah-- you caught me. hey. ... oh. i am, yeah. you got any ideas, keep your normal streak going.? [ ... that's an incredibly unfunny joke. you know, maude never expected this; getting close to luna, actually getting to know him, being able to /mean/ that, or even being someone to get him to open up like this. ... but he's not complaining. he likes it. he likes the person that he's constantly been trying to find. so yes, maude always turns to listen when he's asked after. ]
Ah, Maude. I was hoping to catch you. You wouldn't happen to be free this evening, would you..? [ There's a smile here, one that isn't dressed up with roses and sparkles. Don't worry—Luna knows that it's thanks to him that he can smile as easily as he can. Why do you think he keeps asking after him? ]
don't-- god, DON'T FUCKING COME BACK HERE. AND DON'T-- EVEN /TRY/ TO TALK TO ME. OKAY!?
... if that is what you insist. [ but for the time, she was glad to see that maude is around and... well, spirited to say the least. ]