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[On the plus side. The comm is not in the freezer.

On the minus side, it might as well be.

The silence stretches on, as Bel has no intention of even checking it until the morning. WHAT NOW, MILES]

Edited 2016-12-05 01:33 (UTC)

[ well FUCK HIS LIFE. After a few more hours of panicking, Miles sure is going to go find Kitty and apologize in person. Oh god he was just trying to be romantic. ]

[ And then, a few hours after that. ]

Ah. It seems I have the wrong number somehow.

I apologize profusely for the mixup. Who is this?

[They had a lovely night out, splurged on a good breakfast, and then. ONLY THEN, do they pick up the comm.

Ah. Kitty. That explains it.]

Good lord, Miles. Add me to your contacts properly. This is Bel.

Edited 2016-12-05 03:02 (UTC)

[ By now he's spoken to Kitty, of course, and the results of that conversation have happened. He picks up his comm again with a wince. ]

Oh, god. Bel. I'm so sorry. I added you, of course, but the ID got mixed up somehow.

Forgiven, forgotten.

Completely unrelated, how IS Kitty?

No, we're not just leaving that topic yet. I - look. Up until the part where I tried to seduce you? I would have said the exact same sort of thing to you too.

[Maybe they could just chuck the comm back in the couch. No, time to be a grown up herm and just deal with it.]

I know. It's why you had me going for as long as you did.

I'm sorry, Bel. I'd never have toyed with you like that knowingly. You are an unbelievably important friend to me. And I am fond.

[ That bears repeating, he thinks. ]

And ... you didn't agree. To what I asked. You easily could have.

[They could have. Probably convinced Miles to some illicit sorts of texting, complained of being tired and no one the wiser. But they would have known.

And really, Miles would have worked it out eventually.]

Oh, I could have. But that regard does go both ways.

Besides, I rather like the two you've settled on. As much as you're fair game to mess with, I think that would step over a few lines.

[ Miles would definitely have worked it out eventually. And that would have been betrayal ... But instead there's more fondness, and more trust. God, what did he do to deserve Bel? ]

Aren't they wonderful? I am incredibly lucky to have them.

And I'm incredibly happy to have you too, Bel.

[They blow out a breath. Exasperated, fond, a little humbled, a little soothed, a little wounded. All a day's work for Hurricane Miles, honestly.

Bel really wouldn't have it any other way.]

Don't forget lucky.

So, non-romantic dinner and movies? You're buying.

Edited 2016-12-05 04:45 (UTC)