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To:Kevin Kissoon
RE:Not Work Thread
Unless you count being distracted at work and then eating yesterday’s leftovers directly out of the Tupperware, no. Maybe I’ll do something with my roommate before my coworker’s drag show this weekend or treat myself to a fancy drink and a canelé on my way to work tomorrow. Did you do anything?
To:Elle Rex
RE:Not Work Thread
It’s your win, not mine.
To:Kevin Kissoon
RE:Not Work Thread
Now who needs to learn to take a compliment? You’re a part of theSophomore English Agendateam of two.
To:Elle Rex
RE:Not Work Thread
Ha. Fair. Regardless, I didn’t do anything, either. Maybe I’ll get myself a treat tomorrow, too.
It’s kind of been a weird day for me.
To:Kevin Kissoon
RE:Not Work Thread
It’s been a weird day for me, too.
To:Elle Rex
RE:Not Work Thread
Do you want to talk about it?
Doesshe? What would she even say?There’s someone I see at work who I’m not allowed to want. Who I very deeply am not interested in wanting. And today,nothinghappened between us. Except it was a very heavy, intense nothing, at least for me, and I’m trying to remember that I still don’t want him.
She doesn’t really want to talk to Kevin about nothings that happen between her and someone else, though, mostly because the thought of listening to him talk about his nothings or somethings makes her feel a little bit nauseated.
There’s also the fact that, underneath the Ravi stuff, there’s a much deeper sense of dread building, the kind that she’s never unpacked with anybody but her therapist. Who is currently on parental leave, so she hasn’t unpacked it with anybody at all in the last two months.
Yael stands, puts her container in the dishwasher, and retreats to her room.
To:Kevin Kissoon
RE:Not Work Thread
I’m not sure. Do you want to tell me about your weird day?
It takes him a few beats longer to respond to this one. Maybe in the time she spent thinking, he’d walked away from his phone. Or maybe he was deciding whether to share, too.
To:Elle Rex
RE:Not Work Thread
There’s not much to say. Just dealing with someone who doesn’t like me very much, and I can get kind of stubborn, and I don’t think I handled it well today.
