<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/Rt2ECxS.gif)</div>NAME: Kevin Finch<br/>DAY: June 15th, 2021, 11:00AM<br/>LOCATION: Department STore<br/>TAGGING: Toshiro. Albion, Nerissa, Lily, Open|Mentioned: Mallory<br/>EXTRA: Yikes<br/>WEARING: Camos - like always . Including knife and pistol<br/><hr/><br/>First Nerissa threw Kevin well off with her initial question about his relationship with Mallory. "No no... we're not... I'm mean Mal and I are friends... Good friends... Best friends... But no... not... um... benefits. I mean Mallory would never... I'd never ask... I... Why are we having this conversation?"<br/><br/>But Nerissa knew why they were having the conversation, and immediately pressed the point.<br/><br/>And Kevin was caught. Well and truly caught. On the one hand he was technically free, and Nerissa's story was doing its grim work. On the other, well, he hadn't considered dating Nerissa for largely the same reason Nerissa hadn't considered dating Kevin: Mallory. As it was, he was helpless as the slight fox demon shifted his hand from her chest to her chin. For all intents and purposes, it was caught in a bear trap. He grimly wondered if Leasick's doctors might have a spare lying around that he could use.<br/><br/>On strictly technical terms, there was nothing holding him back from accepting Nerissa's offer. Only the relationship that Mal and he swore up and down that they didn't have with each other. And yet. There it was. Hitting him on the head like a baseball bat. Swung by a deceptively powerful fox demon.<br/><br/>And a hacker. Wedding dress? Seriously? If he had the chance he'd peek over to the screen to prove to himself that Lily was obviously lying. But he couldn't. For obvious reasons. But it did point out other obvious things.<br/><br/>"Look... um... Nerissa. You're sweet. You're the sweetest..." No there was one person that topped her on sweetness in Kevin's book. Everyone knew that. "One of the sweetest girls I know. And cute. And funny. And anyone would be lucky to be your boyfriend." As long as he could afford the insurance premiums. "But it's... I... I just can't right now. I have to..." He had to talk with Mallory. That he had gotten quite clearly from his talk with Toshiro. And having to throw in a casual<em>Oh by the way I'm going on a date with Nerissa</em>was not going to help things in the slightest. "I'm really sorry. You deserve better. I mean better than me. I'm sure you'll get it." He was truly apologetic. Everything he said about her was true. He felt bad about letting her down like this.