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[goldstarlet]

Now you can share in my suffering.

[grandiosely]

[goldstarlet]

In my family that jar would be empty, because we know all the song lyrics.

My dads had an entire basement set up for me for performances I would put on for the neighbors. My family knows showtunes, Even the obscure ones.

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God, your parents were so indulgent of your aspirations. Not that mine held me back by any means, but I don't think my dad would even know the lyrics to anything from The King and I, let alone something obscure.

[goldstarlet]

I always thought your parents were particularly supportive of you. What about your mom? Did she sing showtunes with you?

[grandiosely]

They're extremely supportive. But that's different than indulgent. My parents weren't really home much to sing.

[goldstarlet]

I guess there is a difference. You would have had a lot of fun with us then, if we'd known each other when we were younger. All the playdates we could have had to just sing on my basement stage. Though, I was a very bossy friend when I was young.

[grandiosely]

God, we might’ve killed each other. I don’t think I ever let anyone else take charge when I was planning games as a kid, definitely not if they involved singing.

Or maybe we would’ve just realized our budding star potential a lot sooner.

Both?

[goldstarlet]

Just two little kids trying to pull attention the entire time we were together.

I bet you would have hated me.

[grandiosely]

You *absolutely* would’ve hated me. I was a real nightmare of a child.

[goldstarlet]

Are we so competitive that we are going to start a competition over who would have hated the other more?

[grandiosely]

You know, it’s real likely. Is this not how most people discuss their past selves?

[goldstarlet]

It does seem a bit unusual for lovers to do.

[grandiosely]

What do lovers do?

[goldstarlet]

Don't they usually adore each other from the start?

[grandiosely]

I think there’s at least two dozen musicals that say the exact opposite.

[goldstarlet]

Enemies to lovers trope? Yeah, I guess that's fair.
I still definitely think I would have annoyed you terribly.

[grandiosely]

In all honesty, I probably would have found you incredibly intriguing, just like I did when we were teenagers. I was always fascinated by personalities as strong as my own.