selfhelp | [Voice/Action] Forward-dated to the afternoon of the 9th

[He should have seen this coming- it's like it's some kind of retaliation for what he'd done on Teddy's birthday. He still manages to be surprised when Teddy shoos him out of the apartment some time after breakfast on the 9th, barely given time to grab his coat and stuff his laptop into a bag before he's been officially banished from his own home.

...Well then. Looks like he's in the wind today. First things first: while he isn't usually the type to announce this kind of thing, thanks to having the afternoon to himself (whereas usually his birthday is filled with doting parents and obnoxious little brothers vying for attention) he's feeling indulgent enough to go for it, and he remembers something in particular...]

Okay- first of all, question for everybody. Now that I know about that whole... Valentine's Day thing that's supposed to happen every year, does anyone know how to avoid it? Or should I just lock myself in my room for a few days and hope for the best?

And second, to the X-Men? If the team training is still on for today, it's probably safe to go ahead and assume I won't make it. I'm allowed to have plans on my birthday. But happy birthday to Logan whenever he gets back- 180 is a pretty big landmark, right?

[Hopefully he won't get killed for that one, but he just couldn't help himself. Even if the accuracy of that number is questionable.

The rest of the afternoon will be spent in the following ways: goofing off in the Battle Dome with some self-indulgent hologram scenarios blatantly ripped out of Star Trek, wasting time in Seventh Heaven with excessive amounts of coffee and his laptop like a proper teenage hipster, and then, when his battery's running dry, returning to building #5 to bully Teddy into feeding the laptop's power cord under the door, at which point he'll be curled up on the floor outside his apartment playing Minecraft or something while he waits for his boyfriend to finish... whatever he's doing in there.]

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Yeah, I can't say I envy you there.

I'm not even sure I'll be able to say it was worth it.

[OH WELL.]

He's on a mission though, right? Any word on when he's supposed to be back?

To be fair I can see myself doing something similar. Well, to my Logan at least. Might not risk it with this one just yet.

Soon, I think.

I've actually only met our world's Wolverine a couple of times. Usually with the Avengers, getting my team out of trouble.

[And bonding with his sociopath brother. There's that, too.]

He was kind of my mentor, but don't tell either of him that I said that.

What, you don't think he'd do it now? He's kind of a mentor for the mutant kids in Luceti already.

[All... three of them. Rogue probably doesn't count as a kid anymore, though she's certainly still in training.]

Ha, no, it's more like "he doesn't get to hear me admit to it."

[Can't let Logan get too full of himself.]

Poor guy. Though I guess it's not like he needs the ego boost.

Seriously. He already has how many people trying to celebrate his birthday against his will?

Way more than he'd ever want, that's for sure.

Now I'm wondering what I could get for him as a peace offering. I'm too young to get beer, so that's out.

Hey, it's your birthday. Worry about Mr. Wolverine and how hard it's going to be to make him forget what you did tomorrow.

Maybe by the time he comes back it'll be in the distance past and he won't even notice!

I guess you can hope.

Desperately and fearfully, yes.

[Though he doesn't sound that concerned.]

Good luck with that.

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