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so like

hypothetically

what would you do if your roommate left a piece of dining hall lasagna in the mini fridge two weeks ago and forgot to take it out?

ROWAN

kirby kunthea taing. are you the roommate in this scenario?

MARA

SHE IS, AND SHE SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF HERSELF

KIRBY

ROWAN

meanwhile my roommate continues to be a complete mystery

I *think* she still sleeps here, but I barely ever see her

KIRBY

wow. that is such a shame. i am so sorry, dear rowan, that you didn’t instantly bond with your roommate and thus did not forge an everlasting friendship that would never have been as strong as the everlasting friendship forged with those two brilliant young women you knew from high school

KIRBY

who i hear are also super hot

MARA

What she means to say is I’m sorry, and maybe she’s just having trouble adjusting? Maybe she’ll pop back up when you least expect her.

ROWAN

I miss you both so much.

KIRBY

even my chaos?

MARA

Even Kirby’s chaos?

ROWAN

especially that

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NEIL

“I’M STARTING TO think you’re my official activities director,” I tell Skyler the following Saturday as we get off the F train at Second Avenue, in a neighborhood that’s either Nolita or the Bowery. In fact, we spent five minutes arguing about it when he pulled it up on his phone, rotating and zooming in on the map until all it looked like was a series of colored lines and dots.

“It’s Grandmaster of Merriment, thank you.” Skyler swipes his MetroCard and breezes through the turnstile. “And it’s a job I take very seriously.”

“The last time I said yes to something with you, I wound up with this.” I point to my eye.

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