Advanced Bird Haberdashery, Wednesday, period 2

[betterthanaplan]

There were no birds in bird class today. Instead, the classroom was full of little, fluffy, wavy haired puppies, each wearing a little collar reading "I'M A BIRD!"

"Cockapoos," Duke said. "These cute, slightly confused little suckers are going to get cloches." The puppy in his lap leaned its head up and licked his chin. Duke snorted and shifted his face out of reach, scrubbing at the puppy's ears. "Have fun, and try not to get smothered in slobber."

Comments

Re: Talk to Duke

[okteiviakom]

Okay, Octavia was never deleting that picture, ever.

Wow that's a dog

... Yes, well done, Tavi.

So much better than terror birds!

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

SO. MUCH.

The dog tried to lick his nose again.

slobberier though

Re: Talk to Duke

[okteiviakom]

There's always a price

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

alas

Duke sent her a photo of the crowd of dogs in the classroom.

how's the preserve?

Re: Talk to Duke

[okteiviakom]

Octavia wasn't much of a dog person - she didn't really have enough experience with dogs for that - but right now she kind of felt like one.

She sent back a shot of where she was standing: just trees as far as the eye could see.

A lot less crowded than your classroom. Quiet

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

sounds nice, Duke sent back. romantic!

Look, his most recent woods experience had been very romance focused. It was probably lucky that he didn't get turned on just looking at trees right now.

Re: Talk to Duke

[okteiviakom]

Octavia snorted and shook her head, even though there was no one to see or hear her.

It's really not, it's just me and the trees here

Neither of which she found particularly romantic.

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

well, still nice then

He knew how much she enjoyed her alone time with the trees.

say hi to the trees for me

Re: Talk to Duke

[okteiviakom]

I'd say they say hi back but they're still not talking

And thank fuck for that, honestly. Octavia took a moment to glance around, considering something. Then she decided to go for it.

She wasn't very practiced in taking selfies, but the end result was decent. More trees in the background, but also her, with her tiny lopsided smile and her freshly braided hair.

I say hi though. lunch tomorrow?

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

Duke texted back a heart-eye emoji. And saved the photo to his phone to treasure forever.

definitely. any requests?

He did not expect her to have anything in particular to request, no.

Re: Talk to Duke

[okteiviakom]

Food?

He knew her so well.

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

nothing inedible then. good note ;)

He really did.

diner or flower shop?

Re: Talk to Duke

[okteiviakom]

Covent garden, fewer witnesses

Because everything was a scheme!

(Really, she just liked it when he came by.)

Re: Talk to Duke

[betterthanaplan]

it's a date!

Re: Talk to Duke

[okteiviakom]

He was probably the only person who got away with using that word without Octavia getting weird about it.

So she just sent back a heart emoji.