Fast Eddie's, Monday lunchtime

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Right, so Tebb was still here and Anakin was bound and determined to get the kid to, if not smile, at least stop scowling for one kriffing second. So he'd bribed him with the promise of jalapeno poppers, greasy pizza and Atton wearing stupid shoes (that Anakin would also be wearing stupid shoes was not the point) for a family friendly game of bowling.

And then he'd pounded on Atton's door until the guy had to come out or face the wrath of his neighbors. Anakin Skywalker: Tactical Genius!

He turned around to see what Tebb had programmed into the player screen and glared. "I'm not going to be listed as 'Numbnuts'."

"Sorry, dude, it's stuck," Tebb said blandly, attention already back to the bleeping, annoying game on his comm screen.

This could only get better, right?

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"You were going to be listed as 'Numbnuts' even if I had to slice into the system to make it stick myself," Atton supplied flatly, eyeballing him over the kid's head.

He was trying not to be openly belligerent about the fact that Anakin had hollered and pounded on his door and generally made an idiot out of himself in the hall of his apartment building when he had made it very clear he wasn't doing this after the compromise of Saturday night. Because the kid was here.

... So yes, this was him on good behavior.

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Tebb listed himself as "Whatever" and then programmed in a super flattering name for Atton and hit "go."

"Gotta go fondle some balls," he said with a smirk, racing off.

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"...Sparkle would love this kid," Atton muttered.

Then he finally looked at the screen for his own entry, and-- "'Sir Floofypants'? Seriously?"

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Anakin snorted. "Makes Numbnuts look pretty sophisticated."

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"You keep telling yourself that, maybe you'll believe it," Atton shot back. "Numbnuts."

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"Sir Floofy--" Anakin snickered. "Yeah, can't even get through it."

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"How many of these games do we have to play until I can go back to my apartment without you stalking me?" Atton hissed.

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"Two," Anakin said. "And some pizza."

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"You're buying," Atton decided.

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"Kind of figured," Anakin replied, checking to make sure Tebb hadn't slipped out the back or something. "Go get a ball. I'll order the food."

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Atton rolled his eyes and actively contemplated not getting the ball just to be difficult. (But Tebb TOTALLY GOT THAT FROM ANAKIN.)

"I don't want to see a single vegetable on those pizzas," he threatened, then got up to amble over towards the bowling balls.

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"And here I'd been planning for spinach and sardine," Anakin yelled back.

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Atton flipped him the bird.

"So, how far behind are we, anyway?" he asked the kid, once he spotted him. "And can I pay you five bucks to drop a bowling ball on his foot?"

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"Fifty," Tebb countered. "And I picked him out a pink ball that won't fit his thumb."

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"Twenty?" Atton offered.

He was prepared to haggle, here.

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"Thirty five and a beer."

You're eleven. No.

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"Twenty-five, and nothing above 2%," Atton said, after a beat.

Look, this is why he went out of his way to avoid having kids!

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"You better be talking 2 percent milk," Anakin announced, giving them both looks. "Who's the pink ball for?"

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"It's yours," Atton called. "Tebb here thinks it flatters your complexion!"

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"He gets that sarcasm from you," Anakin said.

Sarcastically.

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"Damn right he does," Atton said, nodding with approval. "You think puns are funny!"

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"Puns are hilarious. You're lucky I haven't dipped into my daughter's jokes," Anakin said.

Beat.

"Why did the chicken cross the road?"

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"Come over here and throw your damn pink ball before I slug you with it," Atton said, "And wouldn't that be embarrassing?"

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"Yes," Tebb said. "Do it."

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Atton looked over his shoulder. "No," he said flatly. "We're civilized people, and we're going to give him a chance to stop making the worst jokes known to any species anywhere before we bludgeon him with the bowling ball."