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[Wow, why can't he stop grinning? There's still some shyness, but it's mostly very happy.]

Then, I think I'd like to take you up on that date you were talking about when we were in Azalea! I just need a time and place, unless you're going to escort me there.

[Which is going to probably have to happen if they're in Goldenrod at the time of the date. Fuck Goldenrod, it's the worst city.]

[It's a very attractive look on Jake, and Dirk is still getting it through his head that he caused it. He will probably never get over that.

In the meantime, he's just going to shift closer to Jake. He's allowed to do that now, after all! There are a lot of things he gets to do now, though there's one in particular that he's thinking of.]

Give me a day to set it up. Then I'll escort you there.

[Jake: Remain An Oblivious Doofus

Sure, he can do that!]

Haha, I'm glad I won't be in suspense for too long, then!

[Dirk will have to train him to respond to obvious cues. For now, he'll just nudge him with an elbow.]

Just don't stay up all night thinking about it.

[Dirk will need all the patience of a couple hundred Saints for this endeavor.]

Nonsense, I'd do nothing of the sort! I mean, if I stayed up all night thinking about it, then I wouldn't have as much energy for it as I should.

[He can be patient. Mostly.]

Since when do you not have more than enough energy for everything?

When I don't get enough sleep.

[Yet he'll still get up at dawn. You know he's sick when he's not up by then.]

[... The innuendo here is just too amusing. Dirk's just going to be over here smiling to himself.]

Noted. I'll just have to keep you up all night after the date.

[And it sails over Jake's head.]

Haha, good luck with that! As you've said, I've got a lot of energy to spare.

[Some day it won't. Dirk will be patient for this.]

Even so, I doubt you can stay awake longer than I can.

That sounds like a challenge.

Maybe it is.

[Challenging each other to stay up as long as possible? Boys, please.]

But it'll have to wait until we take care of this date.

Well, if it is, then I'll accept the challenge, good sir!

[He grins.]

Of course. We have to be in tip top shape for that!

You don't even know what it is, what're you saying tip-top shape for?

Doesn't matter. We should have as much energy as possible for whatever we happen to do together.

[Okay, now he's just chuckling.]

Of course.

[If anything, the grin just gets wider.]

Hah! I made you laugh without resorting to tickles!

[Dirk has no idea how much of a victory Jake feels about this.]

You've unlocked the secret. Maybe now you won't have to resort to that every time you want me to smile.

[Please? Maybe?]

[Jake pokes him gently in the side.]

Nah. It's too much fun to give up!

[It takes Dirk a lot of effort not to flinch away from that. He manages somehow.]

This just means I'll have to get revenge.

Oh?

[He grins, not too troubled by it. The tickling is so worth it.]

Why should I tell you what it's going to be?

[It probably involves an ambush.]

Because it's beneficial to my continuing good health?

[And that will be the day Dirk learns that Jake is practically crippled when tickled.]

[And on that day he will never let Jake live it down.]

It doesn't involve injury.

[Good.]

Or puppets?

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