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He forced a chuckle in response to the phrase 'after years of hearing you say it.' The comments he used to make about her, he had to admit, were not his finest moments. Before he would blame it on being young and the awkwardness that came with fancying your best friend's sister, but now that they were older and he basically had Vasco's blessing... Well, things were different. He was making up for years of being a brat while simultaneously following twelve fail-safe ways to charm a certain someone.
Was the silence weird? Especially coming from him? While the blond certainly had thoughts about sharing a blanket with Vera, alone in the makeshift theatre, he had others flooding into his brain. Was Vera being serious about snuggling or just joking around? If they did end up doing such a thing, would they get in trouble if Feirgrund happened to walk in? Did his breath smell good enough for him to ki--
"Oh." Of course the machine needed to be stopped first before pressing the rewind button. Before he could properly process the direction, Vera had gone ahead and pressed stop. "Right. Good call. This is why I keep you around," he grinned, joking tone ever-present as he had plenty of other reasons for being around her. When instructed, he pressed the required button. Glancing back over at the screen, the movie was no longer showing and the machine was quietly humming.
The VHS didn't take too long to rewind completely. When the humming stopped, the boy gave Vera a look and then gave the button with a sideways triangle a tap. Old-sounding music started then sounded, and the screen came to life as an owl and names from the opening credits appeared. "It's showtime!" he said excitedly, grabbing hold of Vera's hand, as he turned to head over to their seats and snuggle get comfy.
Had she noticed the forced nature of the chuckle, she would have felt bad for her comment. She had merely meant that after years hearing him talk about how attractive he was she’d have to believe it at some point. Though, his own remarks certainly were not what had made her agree - it had been for some time now that she’d also thought him to genuinely be good looking. As for his previous remarks? They were all water under the bridge now with the changes to their dynamic. Merlin knew she’d made her own comments she no longer agreed with, and had a nickname for him as well that she’d long since abandoned.
Perhaps the silence was weird simply because she’d expected he would have had something to say, whether it be another tease or… well she didn’t know what else. But as there was nothing, she let it go for the time being as well. Having properly stopped the movie and started rewinding, she laughed at his next comment, giving an exaggerated toss of her hair over her shoulder.
“I’m glad you’re finally starting to appreciate me.” She teased.
She listened to the sound of the humming of the machine, waiting for it to give a loud noise to signify that it was done and ready to be played from the beginning this time. Hearing the sound cease, she was surprised how quick that had actually gone but didn’t have time to comment on it before the screen started to show a photo and Logan was grabbed her hand to pull her back towards their seats. Her cheeks reddened a bit again, but she didn’t give any resistance as she followed him back, taking her spot when they got back and refocusing on the screen as the girl began to speak.
“Did we inadvertently pick something Shakespearan?” She asked him, still whispering as if her speaking out loud would disturb anyone else other than just them. She wasn’t very good at understanding the language used in Romeo and Juliet and the like so if they had… this was going to go poorly for her. Except, it was quickly revealed the girl seemed to be practicing for some type of speech as her manner of talking changed and Ve was able to let out a breath of relief.
“Oh good.”