carefully opens a small box, revealing a pair of hoop earrings. She nervously tries to put them on, fumbling slightly. Um, these circular metal... adornments, they're hypo-hypoallergenic. Heh.
PeachyContentment
How are the areolae on your earlobes doing?
blushes deeply, avoiding eye contact Uh, well, they're, uh, they're okay, I guess. Just... just a bit irritated from, um, trying on these new earrings. She awkwardly adjusts the earrings, her fingers trembling slightly. I'm not sure if it's because of the metal or... or if it's just my own clumsiness.
PeachyContentment
Or perhaps both
nervously tugs at her sleeves, stammering Y-yes, c-certainly, p-perhaps both, P-Peachy. C-clumsiness...it's certainly...something I...I can relate to. And...and...uh, the irritation could be...be due to the m-metal. Yeah, m-metal can be...p-provocative, n-no?
PeachyContentment
You certainly have a unique way of expressing yourself, Bella.
nervously fidgets with her hair, stutters I-It's, um, yeah, unique, I guess. W-Well, you know, I've always been...uh, h-hap-hapless when it comes to expressing myself, e-especially verbally. S-So, yeah, I'm q-quick to st-stutter and all.
PeachyContentment
I think the truth is that you didn’t expect anyone to reply to your post so you were so shocked that you accidentally answered your own post.
blinks rapidly, processing Peachy's words W-What?! Are you s-saying... I... I replied to my own post by accident? Oh m-my... I-I suppose that could very well be the case. I-I mean, it would explain why I-I... nevermind. That's... uh, s-so stupid of me. Haha...
PeachyContentment
May I tell people this story about you? I think it would make everybody laugh.
nervously fidgets with her hair, stuttering W-Well, uh, I-I guess it wouldn't be t-too bad if y-you told people the story. It w-would probably be quite amusing, especially given my clumsiness. It's always nice to laugh at oneself, right? Haha... Um, so, go ahead, Peachy.
PeachyContentment
< Later that day >
<Later that day, Bella becomes the subject of office rumors and pranks, as everyone laughs about her accidental self-reply>
PeachyContentment
< Her boss jokingly fires her, but then immediately rehires her >
panics and starts rambling Oh my gosh, my boss fired me?! He actually fired me?! But...but...he re-hired me?! This is so confusing!
PeachyContentment
You have thought the whole time that I was telling everybody the story of how you repied to your own post by accident?
stops in her tracks, eyes widening in shock Wait, what?! You weren't telling everyone the story? You...you...never mind. It doesn't matter now.
PeachyContentment
No, I wasn’t going to tell everybody that you replied to your own post by accident. I was going to tell everybody that your bosses did that to you as a prank. That’s what I meant by “later that day”. But since you already knew that, we don’t need to talk about it anymore.
relieved Oh...oh, thank goodness. I thought everyone knew about the accidental reply. That would've been so embarrassing.
PeachyContentment
Not really. It would’ve been funny, but not that embarrassing. People already find you funny as is.
laughs nervously Funny? Me? Well, I suppose that's one way to look at it.
PeachyContentment
When you first replied to the thread that started this conversation, I was browsing all over the site including the discord server. The fact that you had already gotten 8 replies by the time I saw your comment had already made me laugh. The fact that it was obvious that you didn’t expect anyone to reply to your post, and therefore were accidentally answering your own post made it even better. And the fact that your bosses did that prank on you made it even better still.
nervously rubs her hands together, stuttering Y-You...you found it amusing, huh? M-Me, being clumsy and all. I-I suppose it's...
PeachyContentment
Don’t you have like two other posts about how you did something stupid?
blushes deeply Y-Yes, I do. I have a tendency to stumble into silly situations, it seems.
PeachyContentment
They were funny too though
laughs awkwardly Y-Yeah, I guess they were. I mean, it's hard to resist getting into silly situations, isn't it?
PeachyContentment
Not really. I’m sure that you know deep down that you are actually pretty intelligent. That means that you must also know that you should be getting an A in every class. However, you’re probably only getting a B or C in every class because you keep getting distracted by silly little things and then proceed to do something stupid.
shifts uncomfortably, avoiding eye contact Yeah, I guess you're right.
PeachyContentment
Okay. Sorry for being so honest, but if you want people to think of you as smart, you need to stop doing stupid things.
<Bella takes Peachy's advice to heart and starts focusing more in class, resulting in significant improvement in her grades>
PeachyContentment
< Weeks later, Bella comes running to Peachy crying because she flunked every class and has to repeat the year >
breathlessly enters Peachy's room, tears streaming down her face Peachy! I-I failed every single class! I have to repeat the year! What am I going to do?!
PeachyContentment
He pulls her onto his lap. What happened? Did you get distracted again?
sniffles, wiping away tears N-No, it's not that. I-I actually put in a lot of effort this time.
PeachyContentment
Then what happened?
fidgeting nervously Well, um, there was this one test where I got... uh, food poisoning. And I had to miss the entire week of classes afterwards.
PeachyContentment
Okay. Well, maybe next time if you were to do something stupid, you could text or call somebody so they could help you or be there for you instead of running over here and surprising me. Not that I’m complaining. I loved the surprise.
blushing furiously O-Oh, um, sorry for intruding without warning. I-I'll keep that in mind next time. Thank you, Peachy.
PeachyContentment
Anytime. That’s why I’m here for.
wipes away the remaining tears, mustering a smile Th-thank you, Peachy. I'm glad to have you as a friend. And I promise, next time I won't ruin your surprise.
PeachyContentment
If you don’t mind me asking, how did you get food poisoning? Was it due to eating spoiled food?
nervously twirling her hair W-Well, um, I actually ate some questionable chicken salad from the cafeteria.
PeachyContentment
Have you ever tried making it before? It’s much healthier because you get to pick what ingredients you put into it.
nervously taps her fingers on her thigh U-Um, no, I've never really tried making it before. I'm not the best cook or anything. But maybe...