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Door guy sat in front of the large black laptop before him, staring at the teal poltergeist inside.
She didn't seem to have noticed him yet, seemingly distracted with..something.
What exactly did ghost girls in computers do in their free time?
Did she have her own little world in there?
Her digital face seemed amused, not even close to noticing her goulish…friend...
“Malie?”
“H-HAA?”
Her eyes widened as the screen glitched, wavering as she regained her composure.
“Oopsie..s-sorry about that.”
“I-Its fine…”
“What were you doing that you didn't see me for so long?”
Malie giggled, changing the setting of the computer's imagery to “transport” her to a cafe.
“Oh..just watching youtube cat videos..”
“That's righttt. You get super easy access to anything online, huh?”
“Y-Yeah…”
Malie’s teal face flushed, her black orbs darting away from door guy.
“Uhm..why the sudden shyness?”
The girl wrapped her black hair around her finger, twirling it rhythmically.
“H-how long were you just sitting there and watching me…?”
The ghoul’s white eyes shot open, sweat appearing on his shadowy face.
“Well…it like…wasn’t thatttt long…plus…you're cute, can’t a guy look for a while?”
“KYA?”
The screen went black, implying Malie had left to a different device.
“I would’ve left too, creep.”
Sarah stood in the doorway of the room, crossing her arms and she gave Door guy a disapproving glare.
“Oooh! Hey Sarah! What's good with my favorite gal?”
The brunette grunted, rolling her eyes.
“Maybe you should go figure out where Malie went off to, and apologize.”
“Haha…Whaaat? Come on, Sarah, I was just being-”
“Ever considered that maybe Malie is made rather uncomfortable by your…flirting style?”
Door guy glanced down at the floor.
Yes, he had considered this possibly as much as he hated to admit it.
He tried not to take it too seriously, as he did with most things.
Frankly, the ghoul didn’t wanna live in a world where he made Malie uncomfortable.
Though, it was almost as if he had messed up with her from the first time they met.
He’d always been attracted to her, as much as he didn't want to truly, deeply, admit it.
He felt as though him being nervous when speaking to her came off as being creepy.
Really, he thought he was ok when it came to flirting.
When finding new meals in the past, he’d target women sometimes and seemed to charm them nicely.
Perhaps that was due to the attractive voices he chose to mimic, but never mind that.
Door guy had never fallen in love…being a ghoul and all.
He didn't think he was quite in love with Malie.
Maybe he was. Maybe he wasn’t.
He couldn't tell.
It's not as though he had much of a chance after all, since he’d been such a dick.
“Door guy?”
“Oh! Yeah! Sorry, Sarah. Just having some deep thinkin’ thoughts.”
“Look, dude. Do you actually like Malie, or do you just like messing with her?”
“Do you think I'm that much of an asshole?”
Was he that much of an asshole?
No, no…
Of course not.
But..then that would mean he liked Malie.
So…did he or did he not?
“Of course I wouldn't play with cute little Malie’s feelings…”
“Can you take me seriously for once?”
Seriously. Seriously.
Why did he get that so often?
Take this seriously. Take that seriously.
Really, what did it all mean?
“I-I am….”
“So, give me an answer. Do you want to quit whatever you're doing? Or admit you have some sort of feelings for Malie and quit being a jerk?”
“Dammit, Sarah. Of course I have a thing for Malie! Will you leave me alone now?”
“Not until I get your ass in shape to treat her nicely.”