>>58636465>"Oh, hello! Your friend's here already? I think I'm cutting it a bit close here but the salad should be coming right up!" I hear a somewhat-familiar-but-only-directly voice chime in.>"Yep, and you won't believe who it is actually! Wish I'd realized sooner, it's Arle's brother!" He says, giving me away before I even have a say in introducing the cutting-edge new me.!elihw a neeb ...s'tI !izuS yeH<
>...she... seems perplexed...>"Oh. Oh! Right, right! The backwards thing, you've got that uhhh phone app, right Cruz?">i almost forgot...>For your convenience and mine, I'll just leave my thoughts as they'd be, the reversal app is more accurate than the actual sounds coming out of my face hole...>Just gotta boot up the app and...>'Hey Suzi! Been a minute.'>"Oh god it's actually him. Why did Arle not tell me?? Are you ok Cruz?" She's... as concerned as I feared she'd be. Crap.>'Well, maybe it's because I... haven't actually... told her yet.'>...>In my peripheral view I can see Amaro's eyes widen.>what is...?>oh god she's pulling out her phone>"WAIT NO DON'T TELL HER!">'WAIT NO DON'T TELL HER!'>huh?>Well, at least our unceremonious harmony got her to stop...>"But why? Shouldn't she know you turned? You're her brother!">'Well yes but she's still in the middle of her vacation and I really don't want to worry her during it...'>"Do you remember how she got that time you reminded her they changed the due date for one of your essay assignments?" Chimes in my support.>...>Phone pocketed. Good.>"Well, you better tell her as soon as she gets back, alright? I feel like she'd react worse knowing you kept it from her." She tells me with a slight glare.>'I just don't wanna ruin her time off man...'>"I guess that's fair... Um... Well, I'd offer you a hug but... would that crumple you up, or...?" She approaches slightly, and I gotta back up.>I... didn't really dwell on this much until now, but...>... 