Boring people stay inside by the heater. [Damian half smirks. It sounds like Dextera is reciting something from a textbook.] Other people do things differently.
They go outside and throw snowballs or make snowmen. [Not that he... does these things... Shut up. All that matters is the topic is a good buffer for his earlier sad mood.] Sometimes, they go sledding if they're feeling particularly dangerous.
Feel like being dangerous? [He knows that's not exactly what Dextera meant, but--it's funny.] All the time.
I'm sure people here will drag you out into the snow when it comes. After you spend a day in it, you'll be ready for fire afterward. [When he looks away, it isn't anything in particular, and his gaze is thoughtful.] Kids usually throw snowballs and make snowmen.
[ dextera wonders if damian counts himself among the kids or adults, when he talks about throwing snowballs and making snowmen. he’s never done either, so it doesn’t really matter what category he falls in. ]
Guren has a fireplace.
[ damian was not going to get out of this conversation without hearing about guren. ]
As if Ichinose really knows how to have fun. Tch. [They'll just have to bully Guren. He gets dick pumpkins for Halloween and dick snowmen for Christmas.] But maybe you and Hyakuya will be able to get him outside.
[Otherwise, Guren is just going to be broody about the time of the year and a certain apocalypse.]
Then you can throw snowballs at him. The rule is you have to hit him in the face.
[ hm. a snowball fight with yuu, and guren, and possibly damian as well… it sounds like it would get violent in an instant, with all those egos, but dextera thinks it would be a lot of fun, too. ]
He can take it. He's always bragging about how strong he is, isn't he? It'll just sting because it's ice. [Poor Dextera would be in a giant garbage mess with Yuu, Guren, and Damian.
Probably because Yuu and Damian would gang up on Guren and try to get Dextera on their side, too.] The rule is: don't put rocks in the snowballs. That's when it's dangerous.
[He owned some bullies at Jon's school for doing that.]
[ ah, memories of all the times dextera has died because of an actual solid block of ice impaling him. at least, by now, there’s no chance of it being transferred. ]
When it snows… let’s get together. You can show me how to do it.
[ that’s the conclusion he comes to, with damian laying out the rules for snowball fights like this. ]
[For a moment or two, he glances at and regards Dextera without saying anything yet. Then he looks away again, out over the yard that'll one day soon be covered with snow more than likely.]
Fine. Don't say anything to Ichinose. When it snows, we'll make some snowballs with Hyakuya, and we'll go knock on his door. When he opens it, we'll throw the snowballs on him.
[ it sounds like exactly the kind of thing that a kid would come up with, but considering everything that damian is dealing with right now, it’s fine if he wants to act like a child. teasing guren is stress relief, even if they’re only just plans for the future right now. ]
…deal.
[ and then, he offers his hand out. let’s shake on it! ]
[Thanks, calendar, for the Halloween snow. Sadly, it won't stick...]
Deal. [Reaching out, Damian doesn't shake Dextera's hand. Instead, he presents his pinky finger much like they've done before, waits for Dextera to accept this instead.] A promise.
[ dextera will gladly accept it. a pinky promise is an important thing, something unbreakable, and it feels like a little more than just promising to give guren a hard time.
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They go outside and throw snowballs or make snowmen. [Not that he... does these things... Shut up. All that matters is the topic is a good buffer for his earlier sad mood.] Sometimes, they go sledding if they're feeling particularly dangerous.
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…?
[ snowballs! snowmen! what is all that! ]
Do you?
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I'm sure people here will drag you out into the snow when it comes. After you spend a day in it, you'll be ready for fire afterward. [When he looks away, it isn't anything in particular, and his gaze is thoughtful.] Kids usually throw snowballs and make snowmen.
But I've seen adults do it, too.
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Guren has a fireplace.
[ damian was not going to get out of this conversation without hearing about guren. ]
Maybe… when it snows… we can all play together.
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As if Ichinose really knows how to have fun. Tch. [They'll just have to bully Guren. He gets dick pumpkins for Halloween and dick snowmen for Christmas.] But maybe you and Hyakuya will be able to get him outside.
[Otherwise, Guren is just going to be broody about the time of the year and a certain apocalypse.]
Then you can throw snowballs at him. The rule is you have to hit him in the face.
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Wouldn’t that hurt?
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Probably because Yuu and Damian would gang up on Guren and try to get Dextera on their side, too.] The rule is: don't put rocks in the snowballs. That's when it's dangerous.
[He owned some bullies at Jon's school for doing that.]
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When it snows… let’s get together. You can show me how to do it.
[ that’s the conclusion he comes to, with damian laying out the rules for snowball fights like this. ]
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Fine. Don't say anything to Ichinose. When it snows, we'll make some snowballs with Hyakuya, and we'll go knock on his door. When he opens it, we'll throw the snowballs on him.
Deal?
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…deal.
[ and then, he offers his hand out. let’s shake on it! ]
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Deal. [Reaching out, Damian doesn't shake Dextera's hand. Instead, he presents his pinky finger much like they've done before, waits for Dextera to accept this instead.] A promise.
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[ dextera will gladly accept it. a pinky promise is an important thing, something unbreakable, and it feels like a little more than just promising to give guren a hard time.
he hooks his pinky around damian’s, and nods. ]