Obsession

Bear: [sitting at a diner table] Ever since we... You’re the only person that I’ve ever... Sorry, this is weird. I–I don’t talk like this. Diner server: [sitting across from him] No, it’s okay. Bear: I feel like I’m coming apart. I think about you all the time, Nikki. I try not to... you’re in every song I listen to. You were the only person who was nice to me when I moved here. And at first, I thought maybe you... Well, I realized who you are. And then, after Nana passed, you were the one that called even when I didn’t have anything to say and we just sat there. So I keep telling myself, “Don’t tell her. She’s too good. And she’ll... you’ll lose her.” But maybe you should know... that I would choose you over everything. Diner server: Aw. [chuckles] That’s everything. Ian: No, no. Stop. Okay, th–th–that was cringey. Bear: Oh, my God. I knew it. Ian: Way too much. Bear: I– I’m so sorry. Diner server: I thought that was sweet. Ian: I thought it was gross. Bear: I–I should’ve... Ian: Okay

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Ian: Have you ever actually, like, flirted with Nikki? Invite romance. Bear: Invite romance? Ian: Tease her. Be playfully mean with her. Bear: Be mean to her? Ian: Playfully mean, yeah, but bring up Freaky Nikki. Bear: You want me to call her Freaky Nikki? You know she’s sensitive about that. Ian: Be like, “Hey, remember when you used to get bullied? Everybody called you Freaky Nikki?” She’ll be like, “Oh, my God. Oh, no, Bear, that was... that was so long ago. Don’t. Please.” Bear: And that will, like, take her breath away? Ian: Just say, “Nikki, I think we should grab a drink sometime.” Bear: Yeah, I’ve grabbed drinks sometimes. She always invites you. Ian: Yeah, exactly. Bear: I asked you guys not to come to trivia for one night. Ian: Y–You can’t ask her out at trivia, Bear. You can’t. I–I’m not gonna let you. It’s a good, organic time to ask. I love trivia night. Bear: It’s all I have. Ian: I wake up every Wednesday rock hard, thinking about trivia. God, I can’t get over how dumb I

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Nikki: Bear, I love you so, so, so, so, so much. I don't think I could live without you. Bear: You love me more than anyone in the world? Nikki: Yes, more than anyone.

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Nikki: Oh, no! No, you're supposed to like it! Bear: Nikki... Nikki: It's a memorial. I... Bear: No, it's fucked up. Nikki: Well, I don't know if it's "fucked", Bear. Bear: No, it is. Nikki: Is that... good? Bear: Why would that be good?

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Bear: [Scared] Nikki, what are you doing?! Nikki: [Emerges from kitchen brandishing a knife, stoic and monotone] Well, if I have the bed all to myself tonight, I'll lay there warm. Until slowly, I feel cold, like I walked into a freezer. My hands will feel like they're full of sand, like when you lay on them wrong. And that feeling will slowly spread across my entire body. You're still in my heart, but you're slipping. Any thought of pain or regret will slip away like a chemical switch. Even though it's quiet in the room, somehow, it gets even quieter. [Bear begins to hyperventilate, eyes tearing, terrified] It's not painful. You just let go, everything you once were, and then there's nothing. It's not darkness, no, sweetie. Darkness is a color. There's just... nothing. [Suddenly cheerful] Or you can stay!

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Bear: [to Nikki in bathroom] Hey, listen, um... Ian invited me to a-a boy's night tonight. Nikki: [She violently turns shower water handle off inside the bathroom shower handle with a long pause] Okay... Bear: So, I-I think I'm just gonna go to that, if that's okay with you? Nikki: Go to a boy's night? Bear: Yeah. Nikki: I can get dressed and go with you. Bear: Oh, man. That, that sounds great. Nikki: Yeah, let me finish showering. I'll... Bear: It's just, um, Ian said it was a boy's night. So, I think, maybe, I'll just go? [Nikki breaks something within the bathroom, screaming almost demonically] Are you okay? Nikki: Huh, that's so weird, 'cause... Sarah was telling me that she's going. Bear: Really? Nikki: Okay, well, I'll just stay here, then. Bear: I mean, if-if Sarah's coming... Nikki: No, no, no, I'm... Bear: No, no, you know what, I-I-I think you should come! I really want you to come! Nikki: NO...! [Bear recoils in fear and backs away from the bathroom door] If you wanted me to

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