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[loveedition]

Who says it has to be by yourself? I don't want to imagine someone singing by themselves in a room.

[dereban]

And who would I bring, exactly?

[loveedition]

??

Me?

[dereban]

I thought you'd be too busy relaxing with your girlfriend or something to be honest.

[loveedition]

I mean, sure. But that doesn't mean I can't make time for my other friends too.

[dereban]

Maybe we should invite other people, too.

[loveedition]

Oh! What about Miss Fletcher? She helped out a lot... Ushio too, maybe.

[ She goes back and forth on typing... ]

Or, I mean... if you don't mind waiting until after Valentine's Day, we do owe a certain somebody a celebration too.

[ And. Drinking. Maybe? ]

[dereban]

I don't mind inviting whoever just as long as they don't end up being assholes.

[loveedition]

...you know, maybe I'm biased, but I'm finding it kinda hard to think of anyone who WOULD be one here. I'd be able to rattle off a lot of names before, but...

[dereban]

I suppose that's true.

There's too many nice people. Not that I like everyone here, though.

[loveedition]

Yeah, but it's not really a requirement for you to get along with everyone.

...I kind of agree, though. It makes me feel like I'm cheating a bit.

[dereban]

Well, obviously.

But there's less annoyances here than there were back at the Foundation.

[loveedition]

I bet.

Although, I guess if you guys were co-workers and had an actual boss, it'd be harder for anyone to just do whatever the hell they wanted? With us, it was like... I think Taiga said, "herding cats".

[dereban]

We had to do a lot of cat herding the first year or so because our bosses actually sucked.

That is, until we actually managed to save one of the halfway decent one. Who we sometimes bully because he's dating Gilgamesh and wrote some really ridiculous love poems.

[loveedition]

If he had a sense of humor about it, I guess? I didn't realize anyone still wrote love poems these days.

Technically, we didn't have a boss. We thought it'd be Kyuubey, but he disappeared, and then wound up looking like he was dead. Kakyoin-kun was kind of appointed leader, but no one really listened to him? Someone seriously suggested I should do it, but I shut them down immediately.

[dereban]

Trust me: it wasn't written in a way that was supposed to be funny. But then you read it now and realize how bad it is.

I've written love poems before, but that's because my boyfriend likes that sort of thing.

[loveedition]

Oh, really? You don't strike me as the poetry type, Inaba-san. You must really like him.

[dereban]

I don't usually write poems. But both my boyfriends are writing nerds, so I had to show off. Both of the poems I wrote were mediocre... although I did improve on the second one after some advice from a proper author.

[loveedition]

[ There's a long pause. Mostly as she tries to figure out how to say this without offending her.

...

Screw it. ]

That's really cute. What the hell.

[dereban]

It's not cute!!

The poems I wrote were pretty garbage!

[loveedition]

Maybe, maybe not. Still, putting in the effort to improve on one for their sake is heartwarming. It makes me think I should have had Nagato-san try that out.

[dereban]

Note to self: never show you any of my shit.

[loveedition]

Aw, really.

I'm not a harsh critic. We barely even did anything Literature Club like while I was in the Literature Club.

[dereban]

Oh, I totally understand that.

My club was like that.

[loveedition]

I'm mostly kidding, anyway. That stuff's personal and private to you, and I don't want to pry any more than I have. If you write anything new though, maybe I'll ask to read it.