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SIX but not the musical
kaz breaker, inej ghafa, jesper fahey, wylan van eck, nina zenik, matthias helvar
inej: story time!!
inej: i was at the gym with matthias, doing all my warmup stretches
inej: usual routine yk
inej: and i learned very quickly that backbends freak him out!
nina: they freak him out how exactly??
matthias: It did not look natural…
nina: babe
jesper: okay hold up turn back a bit
jesper: inej
jesper: what at the gym requires backbends as a warmup??
inej: absolutely nothing
inej: but normal stretches just get boring
kaz: i was under the impression you thought the gym itself was boring.
kaz: thus the various activities you keep in rotation.
inej: it usually is, but its better with friends :)
matthias: I’m always happy to be your gym partner, Inej. :)
matthias: But please do not run at me while upside down again.
nina: matthias
nina: my love
nina: inej
nina: also my love
nina: whAt?
jesper: inej is there a part of the story ur neglecting to tell us??
inej: okay okay okay
inej: i was backbending, right? and matthias just had a look of utmost concern on his face
inej: so i started walking towards him
wylan: this is a wild story to be hearing in the deadpan tones of text-to-speech
wylan: while back bending?
inej: while backbending
inej: and then he like flew backwards and nearly tripped over equipment
inej: sorry about that by the way
inej: but yeah, he flew back and so i started going faster
matthias: We did not go very far like that. But some people did start staring.
kaz: the consequence of abnormal behaviors.
wylan: speaking from experience?
kaz: we live in a society where people think having a limp and a cane is worth gawking at.
wylan: fair enough
chat name pending until we can agree on one
kaz brekker, inej ghafa
inej: do you have any plans for tonight?
kaz: jesper needs a ride back from rehearsal, but otherwise no.
kaz: and even that’s not until eleven.
kaz: did you want to have plans?
inej: nina is staying with matthias tonight, so i was contemplating inviting myself over.
inej: i don’t want to intrude tho
kaz: you’re never an intrusion, inej.
inej: lol, im detecting falsehoods, lies, and deceit
kaz: i mean it though.
inej: no, i know, and that’s so very sweet of you
kaz: inej. “sweet?”
kaz: i’ve been described in a lot of ways, and. “sweet” has never been one of them.
inej: i stand by what i said
inej: but i mean like
inej: if today was a bad touch day and you need space
kaz: oh.
inej: yeah
kaz: no, today was…
kaz: not the best, but fine.
kaz: well enough that i’m going to pick up jesper from his rehearsal tonight.
inej: in that case, i think ill join you :)
kaz: something to look forward to, then :)
kanej nation
jesper fahey, nina zenik, wylan van eck
jesper: y’all are never going to guess who showed up after rehearsal tonight
wylan: i mean
wylan: given the fact that you sent that message here and not the main gc??
wylan: i’d have to say either kaz or inej or both
nina: given that you managed to coerce kaz into picking you up, the only real surprise there would be that inej showed up with him
nina: not that such a thing would actually be surprising, since they’ve been pining after each other for ages
wylan: gotta love deductive reasoning
jesper: you people are no fun
wylan: don’t you mean “y’all”?
jesper: and ur teasing me! i shall never recover i fear
nina: you’ll be fine
nina: i believe in you
nina: now
nina: spill the tea
jesper: okay so i finished rehearsal and saw a text from kaz saying not to stick around for too long bc he certainly won’t, which was just *rude*
jesper: so i head out and as im trying to find kazs car, i see him and inej through the windshield
jesper: and they were very close
jesper: i mean verrryyyyy close
jesper: and its kaz so ofc he’s looking at inej like she hung the moon and stars while trying to play it all cool
jesper: and then inej noticed i was there and then kaz noticed that she noticed and then i was banished to the backseat
nina: lol just the idea of them both picking you up like ur their child
jesper: nO
jesper: that is
jesper: such a fundamentally cursed idea
jesper: kaz is more like a brother to me than a parent
jesper: wylan can be their kid
wylan: excuse you i’m not the one theyre picking up from rehearsal at eleven at night
wylan: furthermore
wylan: the implications of me being their kid implies that you’d be dating your brothers kid which is disgusting
wylan: this is why we don’t bring nuclear family dynamics into the friend group
nina: okay okay that’s enough
nina: that is so very much incredibly and extensively enough
nina: we got so far off track guys come on
nina: they were close together in like what way??
jesper: like you know how in those romcoms where the characters are bantering and kinda obviously looking at each other's lips and they start to lean in?
nina: they did not!!
jesper: i am not sure!!
jesper: cuz honestly it looked like they’d been doing the leaning in thing for a hot minute and i’ve seen them with that look when they’re just gossiping so
wylan: love that you just referred to kaz brekker as a gossiper
jesper: is he not?
wylan: no you’re right he is
wylan: that’s why its funny
nina: so basically we have nothing more on them than we usually do
jesper: pretty much
nina: hang on
nina: lemme check something
women in stem
inej ghafa, nina zenik
nina: hey love
inej: hello hello my dear
inej: what’s up?
nina: im just checking in
nina: i know me staying with matthias was kind of last minute and i wanted to make sure i wasn’t leaving you out to dry
inej: lol im absolutely fine
inej: im actually with kaz rn so its not like i’ve been left completely alone
nina: oh??
nina: inej ghafa sneaking off late at night to see a boy??
inej: saints, nina, you make it sound so much more lewd than it is
inej: it’s just kaz
nina: calling me lewd is so matthias coded of you im cackling
inej: nooOOO i have to go do something he would disapprove of now
nina: every time i catch myself thinking too much like him i get myself a little sweet treat just to balance it out
inej: sound policy
nina: im sure kaz would take you to get a little treat if you asked
nina: which is decidedly *not* something he’d ever do for the rest of us but we’ve all come to terms with the fact that ur just special <3
inej: you’re going to make me blush
nina: anytime ;)
kanej nation
jesper fahey, nina zenik, wylan van eck
nina: it sounds like she’s staying at his place tonight!!
jesper: inej has been spending more time at kaz’s apartment now that i think about it
jesper: just like.. in general
wylan: i will gladly take whatever small wins we can get with these two
wylan: you can only spend so long pining after each other
jesper: oh and you joined the group later
jesper: this has been going on since high school
nina: pour one out for jes
nina: for witnessing this nonsense for longer than i think any of us
chat name pending until we can agree on one
kaz brekker, inej ghafa
inej: kaz
kaz: inej?
kaz: i am literally in the other room.
inej: i got a message from nina
inej: and from it, i've realized that our friends don’t actually know about our romantic involvement
kaz: that has the potential to become very entertaining.