A House, Currant, Maine, Saturday

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It was a lazy Saturday in Currant.

As it followed a busy Friday around Boston, it felt earned. Although Ezra, of course, would've found it earned whether he'd had a busy day or not. He earned his lazy weekends just by virtue of existing, fabulously.

Right now, he was doing so while lounging on the couch in the small living room with a book propped up against his chest and his phone in his other hand, occasionally sending texts to Ava. Nothing serious. Or even important. Sometimes, he just liked staying connected.

Lock was... somewhere. With Bianca? Probably.

It was quiet.

[ooc: NFB, and for that guy.]

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Dante wasn't planning to be here all day. He just didn't wanna be on the China trip for the last leg, even if Anders had taken the edge off last night.

So while everyone else was waking up in the hotel, he was grabbing a portal - one that landed him not far from Ezra's place.

He walked the rest of the way, hands shoved into his pockets. At least until he reached the door, and one of 'em came out to knock.

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It looked like the kind of quaint, welcoming little house where you might expect to find the door unlocked and all visitors welcome. But since the occupants were Coterie... No, it wasn't unlocked.

So, Ezra had to put his book aside and actually peel himself off the couch, and pad his way to the door.

His grin once he'd opened it didn't manage to shake of the air of laziness about him. "Hello, darling."

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"Hey Ez," Dante said, countering Ezra's with an easy grin of his own. "Couldn't get a farmhouse out here, huh?"

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"Lock said that if we did, then we'd have to get livestock," Ezra quipped without missing a beat, stepping back and nodding him into the house, "and that I'd only eat them all if we did. So, no."

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Dante slid past him. "Not really the kinda digs I thought you'd have."

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"Well, you know me: I'm full of surprises."

On the inside, the house looked a lot like it did on the outside. For lack of a better word, it was homey. They even had house plants.

"I figure the penthouse with the floor-to-ceiling windows can wait."

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"No mirrors on the ceiling either?" Dante joked. "They gotta pay you better."

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"Well, those aren't as much fun when I so rarely bring company back here," Ezra replied, nudging Dante's shoulder with his own as he closed the door.

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"And you don't like looking at your reflection all the time?" Dante shot him an amused look. "Really wrecking stereotypes there, Ez."

He was kidding. It was a nice place.

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Ezra knew, on both counts.

He ushered Dante towards the living room. It wasn't big, but it was as cozy as everything else here. "Just don't go yelling about it in the streets, okay?"

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"Your secret is safe with me," Dante promised. "Nice outfit you got Kathy, by the way."

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Ezra made a noise that was somewhere between a snort and a sigh. It was obvious from the oddness of it that he hadn't meant for it to slip through.

"I know."

He slipped past Dante to flop down onto the couch, reclaiming his old spot. It was still warm from before, he wasn't giving that up.

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Dante shook his head, ruffling Ezra's hair on his way to a chair not far away.

"Easy week?"

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"Moderately." He shrugged. "Can't complain."

Well, he could. He just didn't feel like it.

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"Good week," Dante amended at that answer.

'Cause you could always complain, Ezra.

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"It was okay," Ezra replied with a renewed shrug. "And how was China?"

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"Full of pandas and noodles," Dante said, slumping in his seat. "Not really my bag. And Ringo found me."

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"Should she... not have?"

Ezra was going to need a little more context for this.

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"She's been really fucking weird for two years," Dante said, pulling a face. "Might be getting better? A little?"

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"Well..." Ezra said, trailing off for a second as he stretched out further on the couch. "Good for her, I suppose."

He didn't really know Ringo. And had found her a little odd to begin with.

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Dante let out an amused huff. "Did wind up learning a ton about pandas," he said, shifting gears. "Like how people didn't figure out to just let 'em date until a couple years back."

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Ezra scoffed, theatrically.

"Pandas? Dating? Do I look like a good audience for either of those things?"

Mostly, he was just looking to make a vague joking point about pandas being lesser animals who got way too much attention. (Though okay, he was kind of curious about whether China had werepandas.)

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"Good point," Dante said, grinning. "Next time I'll tell the school we gotta go to fox zoos only."