"Is this recording? ...Um. Hi. This is Wirt. I'm not here right now - I-I mean, obviously, since this is a recorded message. Uh... Leave me a message and I'll get back to you, at some point."
[He doesn't want to give away Monika's secret, but he's pretty sure being vague is going to make things worse. ...Luckily for Monika, he doesn't have enough nerve to tell the truth - though he does blush like hell as he stumbles his way through a sad explanation.]
I was...helping her with something. Something happened and she needed to stay with someone? It's kind of complicated, but we are definitely not going out.
[She cuts herself off, wincing. Probably not the best time to reveal the truth about the Valentine's chocolate? Unless he guesses it for himself...]
I mean... I'm really confused... She wanted me to stop our lessons because people would get the wrong idea! She was so happy to be with you! Why would she lie like that...?
I, um, okay... I hope we can get this all sorted out.
[A pause, before she tries to build up confidence.]
In that case... can I take it back - can we still have music lessons? I really do want to learn! And I'm sure once everything's cleared up, no one will have the wrong idea about anything.
Oh! Yeah, definitely. A-And I mean like, even if I was going out with someone, that shouldn't stop me from doing things like that? I don't....I dunno. I think if I was going out with someone, I want to think they wouldn't mind if I still had platonic friends, but maybe that's weird or something?
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[He doesn't want to give away Monika's secret, but he's pretty sure being vague is going to make things worse. ...Luckily for Monika, he doesn't have enough nerve to tell the truth - though he does blush like hell as he stumbles his way through a sad explanation.]
I was...helping her with something. Something happened and she needed to stay with someone? It's kind of complicated, but we are definitely not going out.
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[She cuts herself off, wincing. Probably not the best time to reveal the truth about the Valentine's chocolate? Unless he guesses it for himself...]
I mean... I'm really confused... She wanted me to stop our lessons because people would get the wrong idea! She was so happy to be with you! Why would she lie like that...?
N-Not that I'm saying you're lying! I'm just... really, really, really confused!
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[He was flattered and shocked at the time, but somehow couldn't make the jump to thinking that it was about anything more than friendship. Oh, geez.]
I'll have to, I dunno. Talk to her...I guess? I-I don't know why she lied to you, but we aren't going out, I promise.
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[A pause, before she tries to build up confidence.]
In that case... can I take it back - can we still have music lessons? I really do want to learn! And I'm sure once everything's cleared up, no one will have the wrong idea about anything.
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[He shrugs, kind of helplessly.]
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N-No, that's not weird at all! If I was with someone, I'd still want to spend time with my friends. And... and we're friends, right...?
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