#// also the dialogue i wrote in this made me physically recoil i'm sorry for him and i hate him.

[ferromagnetiic]

His little stunt on her birthday still had her feeling some kind of way. She wasn't sure if she was amused or mad. Well, that was only half true. She was mad, but mostly at herself because she wasn't as offended by his bullshit as she should be. Why? Because she liked him.

Fucking asshole.

She was glad she'd managed to find out when his birthday was, surprised it was just a few days after her own!

Now, she wasn't sure what, if anything, to get him. Naturally, she falls back on her skills in the kitchen, making an assortment of sweets for him and the crew. She expects he'll react like he usually does, with some smart-ass comment. That's fine.

She's smiling as she directs him to a cake she made in the shape of a spiked collar with a dog bone shaped tag on it bearing his name. Is she being a bit of an ass too? Yeah and she hopes it makes him laugh if nothing else.

"Happy Birthday asshole."

            【 KID'S BIRTHDAY 2024. 】                     @summerxmelodies

     If this is supposed to be a taunt, it's performing pretty ineffectively as one. From his perspective, he has been given a complimentary birthday cake. It's a nicely decorated cake. Probably tastes as good as it looks, too. He fails to see an issue with this. Though she might not have considered it, he does, in fact, possess a few spiked collars of his own that don't look entirely dissimilar to the final design. She has, most likely unintentionally, given him a punk birthday cake. He isn't insulted by it.

Still. She isn't entirely off the hook, since she still called him an asshole — which, in fairness, may be deserved due to the fact that he provoked her first, and yet he will only see the end result, and disregard the cause.

     ❝ Ta, sweetheart. ❞ The term is saturated in irony, sarcastic to the core. He is surly and bad mouthed by nature, but that is presently about the extent of his foul behavior. 

Though he can sometimes be wary about accepting food from other pirates, he is pushing his luck today. Assassination through poisoning is a cowardly practice. He will give the little she-wolf the benefit of the doubt and assume she is not stooping to such levels — and even if she is, then she will be sorely mistaken if she believes he would die so easily.

     ❝ Spent a lot of time decoratin' somethin' that's just gonna get chewed up and eaten. ❞

          As he says this, he's already reaching for a knife to cut himself a generous slice.

It's unconventional, but this is as close to a compliment as she's going to get from him. He acknowledges that she put effort into this. He isn't apologetic for destroying it, but he at least is aware of the fact that this is something she spent her time on for his behalf. He wouldn't have mentioned it if he didn't think it looked well crafted.

Proper dining etiquette is not one of his areas of expertise. He will eat his slice with his hands, and he will get cream, frosting, and crumbs on and around his mouth in the process. It doesn't pose as any form of embarrassment to him. His bites are few and considerable in size.

She will most likely catch him taking his fingers in his mouth to clean off the leftover specs of crumbs before he removes another portion of the edible collar, this time taking the icing dog bone alone with it.

          He likes the confectionery enough to eat all of it, if that means anything to her.