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"so you can hear?"
aria nodded.
"why don't you speak, then?"
she wrote six simple words in her notepad quickly and messily, not caring about the scrawl of the pen as the blue ink stained the white page.
she pushed the pad across the table and blushed as he smiled and read the words aloud.
"I enjoy the simplicity of silence."

(the lowercase is for aesthetic appeal, thanks)