Smile slips through when she hears her name in his voice, same as it does every other time, as she finds the cuteness in the way he says it never expires. But she doesn’t let it linger too long for the fear that him catching that look in her eyes will make things far too weird, and rolls her eyes through it before delivering the playful jab of : “You can be a dick, too, sometimes. I think that’s just one of those boy things.”
She pauses at the bewilderment of his questioning and takes another longer second to think if she really had never been asked before or if she had been and just not realized it. “Bueno, not that I could ever tell, at least. Maybe I have and I’ve been . . .” hands start waving slightly and her gaze diverts upwards as she tries to recall, find somewhere in the depths of her mind, what the word is in English, but ultimately gives up and drops her hands in surrender. “The thing where you’re not aware of something that should be clear? Al menos Alex was like, the most adamant about it.” Another shrug, for she knows at least a little that she probably deserves better but settled for this anyway. “Have to get through all the dumbasses to know what's better though, no?”
The scoff leaves his lips before he can help it, grin lifting the side of his mouth. " Me? A dick? You've got the wrong guy, J. "
Though she isn't entirely wrong, he's mostly just a dick to people who are dicks to him. And Alex From Math has always been a dick to him. And J. " Oblivious? " Eddie supplies for her, letting her continue. His displeasure for the situation is clear on his face, nose slightly scrunching every time that idiot is mentioned. Sighing, Eddie's arms drop from where they're folded across his chest, instead pulling his knees up and wrapping them there. " You sound like your mom, " he tells her, softer this time so she knows he doesn't mean it in a bad way. He would just hate to see her settle for anyone less than what she deserves.
Sighing a bit more exaggerated than he means to, Eddie lets his head fall back to stare up at the popcorn ceiling. " Okay, fine. I won't give you anymore shit about him if you actually wanna go out with him, " he pauses, lifting his head to fix her with a narrowed gaze. " But if he fucking touches you without your consent, I'm getting Gareth to kick his ass. Deal? "