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Edward? Are you listening? I realized that I didn't get a chance to properly thank you for the other night, so, here it is.

I really appreciate that you didn't abandon me when I needed you the most, like a lesser man would have done. I also like that you speak your mind, even when you disagree with me, so that I don't have to spend my time agonizing over trying to decode you, when I could be pleasantly spending that time with you, instead. Thank you for that. I'd also like to thank you for sparring with me, and for being built like you can withstand an attack from something tougher than a kitten.

[Her voice is sweet, but with a bite, and yet sincere...none of her praise is sarcastic. Still, it's pretty obvious that this is a reaction to someone else more than it is to Ed.]

I think you're a great person, and not the type to make a fool out of someone and tell them what they want to hear only to break her heart at every single opportunity, like there's a medal for backstabbing on the line. There are a lot of people in this city who pretend to love and understand you just so that you'll settle down, and I'm glad that you're not one of them, because that would make you condescending and insensitive, not to mention a liar.

[Her voice gets softer, and loses the bitterness. You can almost hear the smile.]

So thank you, for being lovely. I know that you're not very interested in dating and girls, but I hope you'll reconsider. I'd like to go out with you, sometime.

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...Did you need to speak about something? Or I mean, I know that you clearly are meaning to say something else than what you have, but perhaps you should talk it out instead of doing this to that person?

He deserves it.

Publicly? Clearly you are not interested in having him as a friend, ever.

No, I'm not. Why would I? I don't need a friend who only cares when it's convenient.

Are you certain that is what happened and something else did not come up?

It's not the first time. Or the second. I can't even keep track anymore.

Oh. I see. But sometimes it is better to... talk to the person, instead of saying things like this. In a targeted way that is not going to be missed by anyone.

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[Ed's completely dumbstruck when he hears her address him, especially when she goes on and even more so when he realizes it's public. A kind of flustered panic comes over him until he's not even sure what to do, so he just... doesn't respond for a little while, aaaalmost hiding until he can think straight about this.]

[When he finally responds, it's voice because he can't stand to show her how much he's blushing, but to hell with it, he has to say something, even if he still feels flabbergasted at everything.]

Uhh... yeah, I, uh, listened.

[He clears his throat, still clearly very lost for exactly what to say or do. As an afterthought (and it's amazing he thought of it), he switches to private. But he did listen carefully to all she had to say, and he's no dummy, so it's fairly obvious something is up.]

Did something happen...?

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A lot's happened lately. You know that.

I realized I don't have time to spend on people who make me miserable. I've only ever been happy with you.

That't not true! You were happy with Leo when--

[Okay, probably not the best thing to say to her right now. He winces a little, wishing he wasn't so bad at talking before going on.]

You just... can't really be wanting this. If someone is messing with you, it's something totally different.

It was just the push I needed to admit it. It's not like I'm proposing marriage, it's a date.

[Agh, dating, what is that. He rakes a hand over his face, quiet again for a moment.]

I-- it's not a good time, and I don't date, so it's just... [He buries his face in his arms, whatever else he was muttering out become unintelligible.]

A new world is a great chance to try new things.

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Hi...

... You're Edward-san, correct?

Yeah, who are you?

Someone insensitive... so I'm not important.

What's important is that you do whatever it is Lili wants you to do. She needs somebody right now.

[He stares a moment, then turns on the video so he can know who this guy is, once he realizes it's the second addressee of the post. He glares at the communicator, jaw clenched.]

I'm not just going to "do whatever she wants me to," I have a say in this too, you know. I am there for her, I'm her friend.

[Sorry, not switching his video on. Which is good because, at Edward's indignation, Minato smiles. In this context, that might just be taken the wrong way.]

If you tell her that, she'll be upset.

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Do you have to drag him into this?

small>[Whatever 'this' might be.]

Yes.

[He sighs.]

Did somebody scorn you?

So astute.

It's not that hard to guess.