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[deconflagration]

"Hey, this is Zuko, which you... hopefully already know if you're trying to contact me. Anyway, I'm not here right now, so... well, if you've got something important to say, leave a message and I'll get back to you."

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[Voice]

[deconflagration]

Tell me who you are or I'm disconnecting.

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

Don't you dare disconnect me! I will find you, mister. [And she probably would!]

We're not talking about me, we're talking about you and how you need to tell Rapunzel how pretty she is.

[Voice]

[deconflagration]

[ Ugh. Girls are crazy. ]

Look, it's none of your business how often I tell my girlfriend I think she's pretty.

[ He should hang up, but if she's serious... then he'd definitely rather deal with her over the Guide than in person. ]

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

Your girlfriend? [Well! That's news to her! And also ups the stakes. Now you're really in for it, Zuko.]

I'm making it my business because I like her, and she doesn't seem to know how cute she is.

[She continues on, talking until she loses her breath so that she can get out what she wants to say before he either interrupts her or hangs up.]

Girls like hearing that they're pretty from the guy that they like. So! As her boyfriend you should be telling her that all the time.

[Voice]

[deconflagration]

Yes. My girlfriend.

What makes you think I don't tell her?

[ Because he does, fairly frequently. ]

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

Well... [Okay so she didn't double check if he did tell Rapunzel how pretty she was, but that doesn't matter, Rinoa is in the middle of this and she's going to see it through!]

Obviously you don't tell her enough. Why else would she have thought I was just being nice when I told her she was cute?

[Voice]

[deconflagration]

It's none of your business. I don't know you and I doubt Rapunzel knows you that well either. Give me one good reason why I should listen to a complete stranger's relationship advice.

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

[And it's starting to come to Rinoa that maybe she needs to back off with the meanness. She was told that this guy was a sweetheart. So maybe, she shouldn't give him too much of a hard time.] Because I want her to be happy.

[Voice]

[deconflagration]

And I don't?

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

I didn't say that.

[Voice]

[deconflagration]

You don't have to when you're acting like it.

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

How about... I want to make her happier? I doubt she'd be so concerned about your mood if she wasn't happy with you.

[Voice]

[deconflagration]

[ So she decided to make it her business anyway. ]

My mood is fine.

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

She mentioned you've been edgy lately because you went home recently?

[That might sound odd as a question, but she's phrasing it that way because she didn't really clarify with Rapunzel if the guy she was collecting music for was the same guy as her 'Grumpy'.]

[Voice]

[deconflagration]

How many times do I need to tell you it's none of your business?

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

[She will just take that as a 'Yes'.]

I'm just worried that she might be feeling self-conscious is all. And the best cure for that is hearing how cute you are from someone that you care about.

[Voice]

[deconflagration]

That doesn't change the fact it's still none of your business. Let me set you straight anyway: I do tell her, but she's more than just a cute person. She's smart and thoughtful and she's a warm person. If you're her friend, then you already know that.

So unless you have something new to say, this conversation is over.

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

I do know that, but I was just worried that she didn't.

[And whatever, he can hang up on her. She'll just bug him again some other time when she thinks she needs to. Regardless if he thinks it's her business or not.]

[Voice]

[deconflagration]

If you're such a good friend, then you know why she has a hard time believing it. If you don't, it's not my place to tell you.

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

Okay, fine. But you still should tell her all the time. [beat.] And try to be less grumpy and making her worry about you.

[Because she's got your number dude and she'll be checking in on your girlfriend to see how you're doing.]

[Voice]

[deconflagration]

...Thanks for the advice.

[ The very, very unwarranted advice.

That's it. He's at his rope's end and it's clear he isn't getting through to her, so he disconnects. It's not enough to have his ex-girlfriend pull the "you're a terrible boyfriend AND a terrible ex-boyfriend" card. Now he has complete strangers doing the same thing. ]

[Voice]

[urgonnalikeme]

You're welcome.

[And she didn't mean to say he was a terrible boyfriend! She would have apologized, but he didn't tell her that. BOYS. If they just said what they were thinking, Rinoa wouldn't do things like this!]