[ TFLN 3.0 - 2020 ]

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[unlanlike]

Great!

[doubled_speed]

[And he is there, knocking hard, four minutes later. Hi! Open up. Drink with him.]

[unlanlike]

Coming.

[ Jingyi yells, there's a crash somewhere inside the apartment before he throws open the door and grins at Tommy. ]

Hi! Come in.

[doubled_speed]

[He says that and Tommy's already past him in a rush of speed and air.]

What fell?

[unlanlike]

“Show off,” Jingyi accuses with a grin before he shuts the door and then makes a beeline for the kitchen so they can prepare drinks.

“I did.”

So what if he’s clumsy when it doesn’t matter.

[doubled_speed]

"Do you need me to clean it up?"

Tommy follows him, handing over the box of green tea he'd bought.

[unlanlike]

"No," Jingyi laughs and he takes the box and sets it on the counter before getting a hot kettle ready and grabbing two cups down. The high shelf vodka is already on the counter.

[doubled_speed]

“You sure? I’m fast for it,” Tommy grins as he moves to lean against a counter.

[unlanlike]

“Really,” Jingyi bites his bottom lip is and he pours a generous amount of vodka before opening the box of tea to get both tea bags in each cup.

[doubled_speed]

Could you even do this? Or would it be disgusting? Either way, experiment time.

"How long should we let it sit?"

[unlanlike]

It'll totally be good.

"Three minutes," Jingyi says as he uses the electric kettle to pour hot water into both the cups.

[doubled_speed]

“Ugh, that is forever. Can I have a shot while I wait?”

He was a good school boy. He deserves it.

[unlanlike]

"It's three minutes!"

He pulls down shot glasses though and pours them both a shot. He lifts up his in a cheers motion.

[doubled_speed]

“It’s me,” Tommy counters. He’s already been waiting HOURS since the idea came to him. Or hours for him.

He takes the shot glass and throws it right on back.

[unlanlike]

"So!" Jingyi laughs and he downs the shot and then pours them both another and then another until the tea is done steeping and he takes out the tea bags and then presses one of the cups into the other's hand.

[doubled_speed]

Oh man, this is someone who enables in the best way. Tommy throws back the shots before taking his cup.

“Wanna sit somewhere?”

[unlanlike]

"Yeah, my couch is good?" Jingyi says and he brings the bottle of vodka with him as he goes to sit down, the bottle going down on the coffee table. For someone who's not supposed to be drinking he's really good at it.

[doubled_speed]

Couch is great. Tommy follows along and flops down, pleased with the seat. He sips at his tea and smiles.

“You are just the best after test buddy there is.”

[unlanlike]

"Cause I enable you?" Jingyi grins as he flops down and takes a sip at the tea which actually is pretty good even if the kick is pretty hard to it but since it's good vodka it's not that bad on the taste factor.

"I'm always here to serve."

Or something like that.

[doubled_speed]

“Everyone else tells me I have to stop doing shit, so yeah. Exactly because of that,” Tommy agrees with a smile. He sips his own tea and damn if he doesn’t like it. A lot.

“You don’t need to serve. Just chill man.

[unlanlike]

"Great," Jingyi smirks. He likes enabling people, he likes being enabled. He sips the tea a while longer as he watches the other for a minute.

"I can be chill and serve if I wanted to."

[doubled_speed]

"I don't intend to be served. But the chill I can accept," he says as he finishes the tea. "I just felt like I'd earned this with being a good boy."

[unlanlike]

"So you don't want me to make your next drink?" Jingyi questions, glancing at the other's cup with a grin. "Or did you want to go straight for the bottle instead?"

[doubled_speed]

Wait, next drink?

"SHots man! More shots. Wait, no, Tea. Responsible. I pormised."

[unlanlike]

"Are you sure? Are shots really so irresponsible? We save time which is totally responsible, right?" Jingyi questions because he is nothing but an excellent enabler.