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Library, Sunday All Day

"Hey, Kid A!"

"No, Quentin."

"You don't even know what I was going to say."

"I'm pretty sure I can guess."

"Hmm... Nope, you definitely can't."

"Get out of my head, Quentin."

"We'll see. Anyway, while you're here at the library making cozy with the books, you should let me borrow your dog. I can take him to the brunch, let him get some exercise and fresh air..."

"I'm not letting you use Ozzy just so that you can pick up girls, Quentin."

"You sure?"

"Positive."

"Dammit, Kid A. You really are shaping up to be pretty evil."

Evan was pretty sure that this was going to be his supervillain origin story.

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"Oh, come on, don't encourage her," Quentin grumbled at the third voice he was hearing, even as he lifted a hand to rub at the red welt on his cheek. "But seriously, what the hell? You frequently slap people you don't even know, Freckles?"

Yes. Yes, that was his name for her now specifically because he knew she wouldn't like it. What of it?

At that moment, the Tryad was still too flabbergasted to notice Quire's comment.

"Ohmigosh, I'm so sorry!" Sholeh gasped, holding the offending hand up to her mouth. "I don't know what--did you just call me Freckles?!"

Her apology, which was more automatic than genuine, lost even more steam at that.

"You wanna go around slapping people, you're going to have to cope with whatever nickname you get for it," Quire replied, crossing his arms over his chest and raising an eyebrow. "It's the next best thing to hitting back."

Which wasn't to say he was above physical violence, especially when it was visited upon him first. But it was probably a good idea to not start a slap-fight with Kid A's little squeeze.

Especially since Kid A's little squeeze had a big sister who would only be too happy to kick Kid O's little ass.

"I wouldn't have slapped you if you didn't deserve it!" Sholeh snapped, folding her arms over her chest. "I'm actually not sorry! You're a mean and nasty jerk and you ought to be ashamed of the way you treat people!"

Zeela was snickering. =Yeah, you tell him, Sholeh Schoolmarm.=

Zeela's snickering was a little contagious. Even Quentin was having difficulty not smirking, again.

"Yeah, I'm all kinds of ashamed, really. I could have blocked that slap like eight different ways before you even got your hand up, and I didn't. I must be losing my touch."

Or he didn't think she was going to manage much damage. Which she hadn't.

"You gonna hit me again if I'm not all that heartbroken over how nasty I am?"

"No," Sholeh admitted. "Why would you listen to me? You don't even know me. And I don't know much about you, except that you like hurting other people's feelings. I wouldn't expect you to change that just because you met someone else who thought you were cruel for it."

She shrugged and tried to step around him. "You can laugh at me and call me Freckles, if you like. If you're picking on me, you're leaving Evan alone."

*Aww, Sholeh,* Zhahar said softly. *Sometimes you really are the best of us.*

"Yeah," Quentin scoffed, shaking his head. "That's really noble of her. You all must be super proud."

He gave his cheek one more rub for good measure, and then rolled his eyes toward the ceiling.

"I'm gonna have to be the one to point out here that the name came after you hit me, and I'm not the one who was laughing, right? But, you know what? I don't actually care that much. So I'm gonna just go find your little boyfriend's dog and take him for that walk, because I'm sure he's been cooped up all week through that pollen, and I'll leave you to go, I don't know, talk about what a bully I am while you both resume being too repressed to hold hands."

She was more than welcome to step around him, since he was sidestepping in order to get around her.

"Catch you ladies around, hm?"

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