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<p>May’s stint of overflowing only lasted two nights. Something about the change in context, though, about staying with Sasha instead of Douglas, made everything feel tenuous. Ioan found it difficult to sleep on the padded cot that she’d added to the tent, and eventually, she must have grown tired of hearing em toss and turn and perhaps mumble to emself, for she sleepily climbed out of her own bed and into eirs, curling up with em after confirming that it was alright.</p>
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<p>Unexpected, perhaps, but by then ey was too frustrated and exhausted to think of anything else, and the added comfort certainly worked in getting em to sleep, to the point where ey slept in until a ray of sun, creeping slowly, fell across eir face and warmed em awake.</p>
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<p>May’s stint of overflowing only lasted two nights. Something about the change in context, though, about staying with Sasha instead of Douglas, made everything feel tenuous. Ioan found it difficult to sleep on the padded cot that she’d added to the tent, and eventually, she must have grown tired of hearing em toss and turn (and perhaps mumble to emself), for she sleepily climbed out of her own bed and into eirs, curling up with em after confirming that it was alright.</p>
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<p>Unexpected, perhaps, but by then ey was too frustrated and exhausted to think of anything else. The added comfort certainly worked in getting em to sleep, to the point where ey slept in until a ray of sun, creeping slowly, fell across eir face and warmed em awake.</p>
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<p>Sasha had apparently woken up earlier in the morning and snuck away, as there was a lukewarm cup of camp coffee sitting by the edge of eir bed and no skunk to be found.</p>
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<p>Ah well, at least the coffee was good (if gritty) and ey felt better rested than ey had before.</p>
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<p>Ey met up with her at the shore of the lake where they talked for a bit, though it was clear that she was antsy to head out into the woods on her own, so ey eventually shooed her off, to which she bowed gratefully and said, “My notes are on my desk. If you get bored, I would appreciate your feedback.”</p>
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<p>Ey snorted, shook eir head. “Yeah, she’s fine,” ey said.</p>
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<p>Sasha surprised em by joining em on the trek back to the house, saying only, “I have been worried, as well.”</p>
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<p>May greeted them at the balcony with steaming mugs of coffee. She declined a hug, stating that she felt gross, but did at least press her nose to Ioan’s, and then to Sasha’s cheek.</p>
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<p>“Thank you for giving me some space,” she said. “I was not expecting the both of you, but I am happy to see you both all the same.”</p>
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<p>“Thank you for giving me some space,” she said. “I was not expecting the both of you, but I am happy to see you two all the same.”</p>
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<p>“Of course, May. I’m just happy to see you doing better. Or happier, at least. You look a mess.”</p>
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<p>She scoffed and gestured a paw down at herself. “I look perfectly fine, thank you very much.”</p>
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<p>“You look a mess, dear,” Sasha confirmed. “You need a shower, a change of clothes, and perhaps another four hours of sleep.”</p>
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<p>May winced. “Ugh, yeah. I have never felt something so intensely…I do not know. It felt like a violation of my personal space on an intangible level. What were you thinking?”</p>
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<p>Sasha tilted her head. “Now? I was going to suggest in a few days time, once you were feeling better.”</p>
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<p>“Why not? I am already a mess, I am already thinking about him, and after this, I would like more than ‘a few days time’ completely disengaged from the topic.” She giggled, adding, “Besides, the more I have to dump on Sarah the next time I see her the better, right?”</p>
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<p>“I do not think it works that way, but I am not so much of a brat as you.” Sasha finished her coffee, set the mug down with a sense of finality, and nodded. “Well, I suppose I am awake enough. If you do not mind, Ioan, may I steal your partner for a little bit longer? I would like to keep this first discussion between us, though I will ensure that you remain caught up.”</p>
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<p>“I do not think it works that way, but I am not so much of a brat as you.” Sasha finished her coffee, set the mug down with a sense of finality, and nodded. “Well, I suppose I am awake enough. If you do not mind, Ioan, may I steal your partner for a little bit longer? I would like to keep this first discussion between us, though I will ensure that you remain caught up. There is some…history behind this she should know.”</p>
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<p>“Are you up for forking, May?”</p>
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<p>She hesitated, then shook her head, pushing herself up from her chair to step around behind eirs. She bent down to hug around eir shoulders from behind, cheek pressed against eir own. “I cannot cope with conflicts right now. I cannot yet work in parallel.”</p>
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<p>Ey rested eir cheek against hers and frowned down to eir coffee for a few moments, sighed, then nodded. “Alright, but I get the May for the rest of the day, okay?”</p>
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<p>Ey felt May nod against eir cheek. “I am not pushing further solitude on you, my dear. Take some coffee and breakfast with you. I do not imagine we will be all that long.”</p>
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<p>Still conscious of her saying that she felt gross, ey patted one of her paws and turned eir head enough to kiss her on the cheek. “Alright, that sounds good.”</p>
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<p>Ey pulled together a breakfast of rolls to go along with a thermos of coffee, got one more nose-press of a kiss with May, and stepped back outside with an instance of Sasha.</p>
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<p>The house had been set up on a portion of the slope that was turned a little toward the east, meaning that the sun was not yet hitting the balcony. Autumn had gotten chilly enough at night, though, that they decided instead to walk down to the boulder lakeside, which would almost certainly be in full sun, even if it was less comfortable than the deck chairs.</p>
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<p>The house had been set up on a portion of the slope that was turned a little toward the west for sunset views, meaning that the sun was not yet hitting the balcony. Autumn had gotten chilly enough at night, though, that they decided instead to walk down to the boulder lakeside, which would almost certainly be in full sun, even if it was less comfortable than the deck chairs.</p>
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<p>They sat in silence, drinking their coffee and eating rolls with butter and honey.</p>
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<p>“Do you think you’ll stay, Sasha?” Ioan said, once the rhythm of the silence made room for conversation.</p>
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<p>“I am too much myself to say that I will stay forever, but as long as my room and tent are there, as long as you and May are comfortable with me being a part of your lives, I will be happy to call it home. Or at least <em>a</em> home.”</p>
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<p>“And I am not impinging too much on your and May’s relationship?” she asked, holding out her paw for one of eir pebbles. “I am asking her, too, and we will continue to talk together, but I also want to ask you directly.”</p>
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<p>Ey smiled, handing over the pebble. “I don’t think so. So long as we can still have time to ourselves when we need, I’ll be happy.”</p>
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<p>She tossed the pebble out into the water. “Of course, dear.” After a pause, she grinned and added, “She is gushing about you now. She loves you very much, you know.”</p>
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<p>Ioan chuckled. “I love her too. I worry, but all I can do is trust her.”</p>
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<p>Ioan chuckled. “I love her too. I worry sometimes, but all I can do is trust her.”</p>
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<p>“Yes. She will not betray that trust. I know to an extent just how much she means to you and to a much greater extent how much you mean to her.”</p>
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<p>They sat in quiet for a while, tossing pebbles into the water until ey ran out.</p>
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<p>“Hey Sasha?”</p>
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<p>They walked back, then, hand in paw, following the trail as it dipped down to the water or ducked up into the trees. Back home, back to May, back to whatever it was that life had become.</p>
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