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Herman ([personal profile] funny_herman) wrote2005-07-03 06:26 pm

hmm.

With Adam gone, the Klub remains its old, raucous self, while I dwell on the absence of one person. I tend to do that. It isn't as if his leaving will produce some catastrophic change in our daily and nightly routines. Still, he'd become a thread in this existence. A thread that unraveled and run itself out.

Ah, well.

Ophilia still has her Francine to take the sting off, I suppose. And Kost...? I don't know. Sometimes I cannot help but think that we have things in common, even if we don't speak to each other that much. Her temper when she's drunk leaves much to be desired, however. But she is often aloof, as am I. Love has brought her grief...as it has done so for me...

It was almost a year ago that I was the saddest I'd ever been. But I promise to not let my grief overshadow everything and everyone else.

[identity profile] funny-herman.livejournal.com 2005-07-04 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
*restrains a laugh, and instead puts a hand to his chest in mock-surprise* Why, Frankie, that is wonderful news! Have fun wearing uncomfortable underwear and black and white for the rest of your life, dear.

[identity profile] call-me-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-07-04 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
*she glances down at her usual black trousers and white shirt and looks up at him with a cocked eyebrow* Well, one outta two isn't bad. And how're they gonna know what's goin' on under my habit?

[identity profile] funny-herman.livejournal.com 2005-07-04 04:31 am (UTC)(link)
*ominously* Mm, they may not know...but the Lord will know.

[identity profile] call-me-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-07-04 04:41 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, well, I always knew He was just a Dirty Old Man and the confessional is His own private stag flick.

*she sighs, smiling ruefully* Honestly, Herman? Things're good. To the point where it makes me nervous, they're so good. I didn't think feeling this crazy just being around someone was supposed to last so long.

[identity profile] funny-herman.livejournal.com 2005-07-04 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
*folds his arms on the bartop* Well, it certainly helps that he's crazy about you as you are about him. In other words, the craziness is mutual. It wouldn't last so long if it were one-sided, so you're in luck there.

[identity profile] call-me-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-07-04 04:58 am (UTC)(link)
*the napkin finally folded correctly, she lays it down on top of the folded pile and stares thoughtfully at it* Yeah. I did get lucky.

*after a long pause, she goes on* I never much believed in the whole concept of soulmates. I guess I still don't, at least not the way it was told to me, like some giggling schoolgirl fairytale where everything comes up roses. But I think maybe I understand what they were trying to get at, although they left out a lot of the important things.

[identity profile] funny-herman.livejournal.com 2005-07-04 05:01 am (UTC)(link)
*pensively rests his head on his knuckles* Important things? Like what?

[identity profile] call-me-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-07-04 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
I guess it's really only one thing. *she pauses, trying to gather her thoughts* Whenever you hear people talking about soulmates, they always make it seem as though every scar from your past, all your flaws and bad habits just disappear, go poof!, and all your soulmate sees is how perfect and wonderful you are, and vice versa. It's such sanitized bullshit, y'know? All that "stuff" - the mistakes you've made, all your fuck-ups and less savory bits of your character - they make up such a big part of you and it's like saying you have to cut that out of you to be worth loving. And it's just not true.

*her fingers knot and un-knot on the bar top* I get overly defensive sometimes, and reactive. Peevish when someone's really mad at me. I grew up spoiled, for all my being a rebellious tomboy, and it shows on occasion, when I don't get my way. My father was crazy and a part of me is seriously screwed up over that. I can be clingy. And he knows all of it, he doesn't ignore it, and he loves me anyway. That's better than being perfect in anyone's eyes.

[identity profile] funny-herman.livejournal.com 2005-07-04 11:53 pm (UTC)(link)
*listens to her intently, watching how she holds her eyes and her self-conscious fidgeting, and he smiles faintly when she's done*

Well, I'm sure that Danny knows that he's far from perfect, and if he were to judge you by your imperfections, it would only be hypocritical of him. And that's the last thing he'd ever want to be. Besides, you also love him despite all his flaws. Personally, I think your relationship is, in fact, perfect.

[identity profile] call-me-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-07-05 12:12 am (UTC)(link)
*she allows herself a small smile and a shrug* Maybe. Feels like tempting fate to call anything perfect. Like it'd jinx it.

[identity profile] funny-herman.livejournal.com 2005-07-05 12:36 am (UTC)(link)
*chuckles* I think the only way you can jinx this is if you willingly wish a jinx upon it. So don't!

[identity profile] call-me-frankie.livejournal.com 2005-07-05 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Don't worry, that's the furthest thing from my mind. Believe me.