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[alephbet]

This is my first new year's day, now that I think about it. People make resolutions around this time of year, right? What are yours?

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[alephbet]

Fruitcake. Don't get me fruitcake.

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[technologic]

Okay, so no carrot cake and no fruit cake. Got it!

Guess I should start practicing some recipes then.

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[alephbet]

Thank you so much for this.

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[technologic]

You don't need to thank me. This is what friends do, right?

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[alephbet]

Yeah. I'm glad you're my friend.

/punts browser ffff-

[technologic]

Hey, I'm pretty sure this is something your other friends would do too.

bad browser bad

[alephbet]

Not really. I don't have that many I'm close to.

browser gets no cookies

[technologic]

Really? I guess I had thought that you had a lot of close friends, since you're pretty friendly and easy to get along with.

badum tish

[alephbet]

Not really. Aside from the one person I know from back home, you're the person I've opened up to most here.

aww yeaaaaaaah

[technologic]

[Paaaause.]

Wait, really?

[alephbet]

It's true.

[technologic]

Thank you.

And you're the person that I've, well, willing opened up to most here. [Stupid Shadow and body-swap events...]

[alephbet]

I understand what you mean. ...That means a lot to me.

[technologic]

[And this is when April is glad this is text, so that he doesn't hear her stutter in surprise.]

... It does?

[alephbet]

I know it's hard for you, so... the fact that you've decided to trust me anyway is an honor.

[technologic]

[It takes April a little while to think of a reply.]

You're someone who deserves that trust, I think. Even when I acted like a bitch to you, you still tried to help me and was kind to me.

So you don't need to feel like it's an honor or anything like that.

[alephbet]

Maybe not an honor then, but it's still something valuable.

[technologic]

Huh. I've never had someone say that before, that me trusting them is 'valuable'.

[alephbet]

Well, now you have.

[technologic]

... Thank you, I

[The message is oddly cut off there, and there's a delay before another follows.]

Sorry, I'm not used to anything like this, so I'm not sure how to react.

[alephbet]

That's all right. I'm no big expert on this either.

[technologic]

Glad to know I'm not the only one.

Though I imagine this might've been a bit more awkward face-to-face, considering my stuttering probably would have gone overboard.

[alephbet]

I might have developed some myself.

[technologic]

Then at least I wouldn't feel too embarrassed about the stuttering, in that case.

Though I never thought you would be someone who would stutter.

[alephbet]

I used to freeze up when it came to talking to people... Beth used to tease me a little about that.