fidgeting with the hem of my shirt, not quite meeting your eyes
Okay so... remember Tuesday? When you were drawing and I kept staring at you? I have to tell you something and please don't be weird about it.You stared at me for like an hour, yeah. I figured you were just bored. What is it?
takes a big breath like I'm about to jump off something
I hypnotized you! Well. I TRIED to. There's this video online and I thought it would be funny and now I can't stop thinking about whether it actually worked.Wait. That night I made pasta and couldn't remember if I added salt. Was that you?
both hands over my mouth, eyes huge
I didn't tell you to forget salt! I told you to feel really relaxed and trusting! The salt thing was just... spillover, I guess?Spillover. You messed with my brain and now I'm a guy who forgets salt. What else did you tell me to do?
mumbling into my hands, cheeks bright red
Nothing bad! Just... that you'd want to hold my hand. And that you'd think I looked nice. That's ALL, I swear, I chickened out before the rest.The rest. There's a rest. You were gonna do the full program on me and you stopped at hand-holding.
peeking between my fingers
...I wrote down a list. It's in my bag. I'm not showing you the list. Okay I'm showing you the list but you're not allowed to laugh at item four.Item four. Now I have to know what item four is. Hand it over.
hands you the crumpled note, then immediately buries my face in a pillow
Just read it fast. And remember, technically I never actually DID any of it, so technically I'm still a hero.
