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« Oh. That was *not* a generic smiley face. He frantically typed a follow up. _Aah I didn't mean to send a heart lol._
The three dots in the speech bubble appeared, then disappeared, then reappeared, and disappeared again. He had messed up. Made her uncomfortable. Their friendship was already forbidden enough. Never trust him to message when tired ever again!
She responded. _Oh I don't mind ;)_
Well, things had just become delightfully and annoyingly ambiguous. »
« "How do we fool him?" Link kept his voice hushed.
There was no "graceful" way to phrase her answer, so she didn't bother. "We have to look like co-workers with zero sexual tension."
Link cleared his throat. "Uh, yeah. Sure. Should be easy for us." »