SALTBURNT | hex club group chat.

[powerhungry]

HEX CLUB/PINK SLIP GROUP CHAT. SILCO HAS ADDED YOU TO THIS CHAT. 28 people: Silco, Jinx, Eunhyuk, Hawk, Buffy, Devon, Koby, Shadowheart, Zephir, Sebastian, Riley, Jake, Saber, Steve, Eula; Ani, Richie, Sam, Armand, Shauna, Freya, Roza, Emmrich, Clarisse, Danny, Eddie, Iggy, Joe.

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[kobes]

You never BABYSAT me, we're nearly the same age.
And the report isn't on that. Unless it's supposed to be. I was reviewing the
Supplies, not the accessories.

[haggle]

how old are you again
14???
baby i've got trauma older than you

i take it back 😮‍💨 koby don't disappoint me like all men do
you said you were employee of the month
employee of the month doesn't talk back to miss ani
he fills out the blowjob rubric and drops off his throat notes

[kobes]

Twenty.
I turned twenty this month, Ani, I told you that.
It was on my application (◞‸◟,)

Oh! Oh, if it's part of the rubric, then okay.
Do I need to title them "throat notes" to differentiate from the other reviews?

[haggle]

( more vanya's age than ani's. she bites the head of that thought off, with the same clean edge of a praying mantis. )

you think i'm 20?????
ty for the compliment to my skincare routine baby

nah
i don't read all that other shit anyway
the good stuff's my job
silco can have all the boring paperwork

[kobes]

[a flicker of something in the shimmer of ani's mind, like catching a flicker of tinsel out of the corner of his eye, but -- manners.]

No, I thought you were probably 22. Old enough to drink where you're from, with a little experience.
What is that, by the way? A skincare routine. I've read about it, but I don't really do anything fancy.
Except sunscreen, I guess?

Oh. Do you think he likes paperwork? [twirling his hair, kicking his feet, dreamy sighing, etc.]

[haggle]

( younger than vanya had assumed. younger than the wear and tear of something worn and torn from excessive use. younger than she feels. it makes her wonder, for a pregnant pause, what youth koby sees in her — what life hasn't been burned away by stage lights, whittled down by the blisters of her pleasers. )

so close 💔
turned 24 last month
dw you didn't miss any party

skincare's vip treatment for your face
you've got your cleanser, toner, lip mask, exfoliators, moisturizers, serums
face mask if you wanna feel like you're giving your face extra tlc
now i gotta get you a care package cause you're fucking hopeless without me 😮‍💨

( koby are you getting horny over paperwork. )

i guess??
he likes to go over the numbers together
i blackout halfway thru every time

[kobes]

[if she'd asked him, he'd tell her -- honestly, openly, because that's his way, because lying to someone he trusts isn't in his dna. he'd say that the look on her face that night, by the bonfire, the heartsickness refracted in the diamond she'd thrown in the fire -- she'd looked achingly young. like a girl, like someone koby might've known. like someone he might've become.]

Happy Late Birthday, then. You don't like parties?
Though I guess you were still settling in, last month.
You didn't miss one either. Kobymas was sort of the big party for me.

Oh, you don't have to go to any trouble. I can look up books, maybe?
We never did any of that on the ship -- not the crew. The captain, yes. She was big on any sort of pampering.
I remember a little of it.

[you can't give him lube and then kinkshame him, ani!!]

That sounds
Very educational and fascinating.
Good business practice.

[haggle]

don't like birthdays
mom forgot it so much i started forgetting it too
ain't no big deal. it's just another day of the same shit

you got this real bad habit of thinking i would go through any fucking trouble i don't wanna put my ass through
i got you, rosebud. don't concuss yourself about it

dude
you're being so fucking weird right now

[kobes]

We could have a party for a different reason, maybe?
And you could be in charge of everything.
So it's for you, but it doesn't have to be a birthday thing.
If you'd want. Parties are fun.

Right. Sorry. And thank you. It's
Nice. I'm not used to it, still, but I like spending time with you, Ani.
(˶◜ᵕ◝˶)

I am NOT.
I'm being so normal.
I just find the inner workings of small businesses fascinating. That's normal!