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Prompt: "No, I'm not buying you a knife for your birthday!"
"But it's pretty."
"No!"
"But Barney…"
Barney rolled his eyes. "I said no, Jacoba."
Jacoba pouted. "I asked nicely though!"
"How old are you going to be again?"
"Ok, time out." Barney and Jacoba both looked up to see Lee standing puzzled in the doorway. "Do I even want to know what you two are talking about?"
Before either of them could speak up, they all heard a guffaw from the other side of the room. Turning quickly, they saw the rest of the team sitting over there looking like they were attempting to hold in their laughter (well, other than Gunnar, who was still guffawing). Barney narrowed his eyes at his men. "how long have you all been sitting there?"
Jacoba smirked at him. "They've been there for most of our conversation."
Barney rolled his eyes again. Ever since she had talked them into letting her eventually join the Expendables, Jacoba had been ensuring that she was honing in her skills in preparation, and wasn't shy about showcasing these talents whenever she felt like it. He focused back to the rest of the team. "And you all didn't think to try and help me out with this?"
As the rest of the team started to shake their heads no, Lee seemed to be getting frustrated. "What the hell were you guys talking about?"
Yin smirked. "Birthday gifts."
"Okay, I'm going to need a bit more context."
"My birthday is next week and I was only giving Barney an idea or two for a gift." Jacoba gave Lee an overly innocent look, which would have fooled someone who didn't actually know her.
"No, I am not buying you a knife for your birthday!"
Jacoba pouted again, turning back towards Barney. "But it's so pretty!"
"Absolutely not!"
"Hey doll, why don't you take me to wherever you saw this knife and maybe I'll think about it." They all looked over at Gunnar, who just shrugged.
"Well, the let's go, big guy, the shop that the knives are at closes soon."
With that, Jacoba grabbed Gunnar's arm and started pulling him towards the door, leaving the rest of the team to just sit and shake their heads at the pair. Those two were really oblivious about their feelings towards each other.
