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	== Character dynamics ==		== Character dynamics ==
	* '''Mike and Lucy:''' Until now, Lucy has swatted down Mike's smaller advances, like the hand-holding in [[Gone Fishing]] that got him told off for saying "corny stuff".<ref name=":c10p6">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c10/p6}}</ref> This chapter has both of them pining at once. She wanted the movie to be just the two of them, and Maria's too-late confession leaves her shaking in her seat.<ref name=":c12p2" /><ref name=":c12p4" /> The walk home is Mike's first sustained overture, filtered through movie talk, and Lucy's fear of rejection wins out at the door. Nothing has visibly changed by the end, but the obstacle between them is now plainly fear rather than indifference.<ref name=":c12p6" />		* '''Mike and Lucy:''' Until now, Lucy has swatted down Mike's smaller advances, like the hand-holding in [[Gone Fishing]] that got him told off for saying "corny stuff".<ref name=":c10p6">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c10/p6}}</ref> This chapter has both of them pining at once. She wanted the movie to be just the two of them, and Maria's too-late confession leaves her shaking in her seat.<ref name=":c12p2" /><ref name=":c12p4" /> The walk home is Mike's first sustained overture, filtered through movie talk, and Lucy's fear of rejection wins out at the door. Nothing has visibly changed by the end, but the obstacle between them is now plainly fear rather than indifference.<ref name=":c12p6" />
	* '''Paulo and Daisy:''' Daisy ~~trades her silence about~~ Paulo's ~~tears for~~ the ~~truth~~ behind his phobia~~, then tells him his openness~~ proves his strength~~.<ref name=":c12p5" /> Paulo~~, ~~discovering that~~ vulnerability ~~wins Daisy's admiration, immediately starts performing it~~ for her, one invented tragedy at a time.<ref name=":c12p5" /> Veronica's commentary under the final page backs this up, noting that Daisy "seems to like when Paulo is a polite, nice sensitive person".<ref name=":c12p6" />		* '''Paulo and Daisy:''' Daisy has a real soft spot for Paulo's tender side, and Paulo, as it turns out, will happily manufacture one once he learns it wins her admiration. After she coaxes out the story behind his bark phobia and declares that opening up proves his strength, he spends the rest of the outing performing vulnerability for her, one invented tragedy at a time.<ref name=":c12p5" /><ref name=":c12p6" /> Veronica's commentary under the final page backs this up, noting that Daisy "seems to like when Paulo is a polite, nice sensitive person".<ref name=":c12p6" />

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	* '''[[Catty Remarks]]''': The interlude directly after this chapter opens on Mike sleepless, exhausted, and blushing at Lucy at every turn. The movie night never comes up by name, but it reads like the morning after that door slam.		* '''[[Catty Remarks]]''': The interlude directly after this chapter opens on Mike sleepless, exhausted, and blushing at Lucy at every turn. The movie night never comes up by name, but it reads like the morning after that door slam.
	* '''[[Confrontation]]''': ~~Both of this chapter's threads pay off hard two~~ chapters later. Toby ~~turns the barking gag into real menace by pinning~~ Paulo down and ~~barking~~ in his face, and Lucy kisses Mike while insisting she's only "repaying" him.		* '''[[Confrontation]]''': Two chapters later, Toby pins Paulo down and barks in his face, and the phobia introduced here stops being funny in a hurry. In the same chapter, Lucy kisses Mike while insisting she's only "repaying" him, which is as close as she gets to the confession she fled at her front door.
	* '''[[Gone Fishing]]''': Where Mike's last attempt at affection earned him a telling-off for "corny stuff" — the cheek-brush here is a considerable escalation.		* '''[[Gone Fishing]]''': Where Mike's last attempt at affection earned him a telling-off for "corny stuff" — the cheek-brush here is a considerable escalation.
	* '''[[A Distance Apart]]''': Paulo's phobia is remembered long into high school, when Lucy of all people bares her teeth and barks him into a cringe. She was one of the mock-barkers in this chapter, so she knows exactly what she's doing.		* '''[[A Distance Apart]]''': Paulo's phobia is remembered long into high school, when Lucy of all people bares her teeth and barks him into a cringe. She was one of the mock-barkers in this chapter, so she knows exactly what she's doing.

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	* Per Veronica's commentary, the four bullies in Paulo's flashback were originally meant to return and considerably affect the cast's lives. The chapter was rewritten so they stay one-off bullies who never see Paulo again.<ref name=":c12p5" />		* Per Veronica's commentary, the four bullies in Paulo's flashback were originally meant to return and considerably affect the cast's lives. The chapter was rewritten so they stay one-off bullies who never see Paulo again.<ref name=":c12p5" />
	* This is Amaya's first appearance anywhere but school, working the cinema's concession stand. The connection runs in the family, since [[Featured Attraction]] later reveals her father manages the theater.<ref name=":c12p2" /><ref name=":c113p14">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c113/p14}}</ref>		* This is Amaya's first appearance anywhere but school, working the cinema's concession stand. The connection runs in the family, since [[Featured Attraction]] later reveals her father manages the theater.<ref name=":c12p2" /><ref name=":c113p14">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c113/p14}}</ref>
	* Veronica has pointed to this as her go-to chapter for the era "where Lucy was finally becoming more vulnerable about her feelings for Mike", after chapters of rebuffing his advances.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/814632472040128513/i-first-started-reading-bcb-almost-10-years-ago\|date=2026-04-22}}</ref>		* Veronica has pointed to this as her go-to chapter for the era "where Lucy was finally becoming more vulnerable about her feelings for Mike", after chapters of rebuffing his advances.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://bittersweetcandybowl.tumblr.com/post/814632472040128513/i-first-started-reading-bcb-almost-10-years-ago\|title=Veronica recommends classic Mike and Lucy chapters\|date=2026-04-22}}</ref>

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	== Synopsis ==		== Synopsis ==
	[[~~Yashy~~]] ~~kicks things off~~ with ~~a grand entrance~~ and ~~a garbled song lyric, which~~ [[Mike]] and [[Lucy]] ~~answer~~ with ~~dead silence on their way out the door~~.<ref name=":~~c12p1~~">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p1}}</ref> ~~When Mike suggests bringing her along~~ to ~~the movies~~, ~~Lucy hauls him in by~~ the ~~scarf and reminds him how that went last time~~. ~~Yashy spent months afterwards quoting~~ '~~'Anchorman'' and doing Gollum impressions at every new toy.<ref name=":c12p1" /> Mike decides Yashy would have a better time at home, and Yashy pokes~~ her ~~head in with "Well, that escalated quickly!!!!", proving Lucy's point rather neatly~~.<ref name=":~~c12p1~~" />		At the [[Roseville cinema]], [[Daisy]] arrives with [[Paulo]] and [[David]] and invites [[Mike]] and [[Lucy]] to join them, and Mike agrees without checking with Lucy first.<ref name=":c12p2">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p2}}</ref> Lucy starts to admit she'd been hoping to watch something alone with him, but Paulo interrupts to caress her back and turn on the charm. One panel later he's lying inside the popcorn machine while Lucy dusts off her fists.<ref name=":c12p2" />

	At the ~~[[Roseville cinema]]~~, ~~the hoped-for private outing doesn't survive the lobby. [[Daisy]] arrives with [[~~Paulo~~]] and [[David]] and invites the pair to join them~~, and ~~Mike agrees without checking with Lucy first~~.<ref name=":~~c12p2~~">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p2}}</ref> ~~Lucy starts to admit she'd been hoping to watch something alone with him~~, ~~but Paulo picks~~ that ~~exact moment to caress~~ her ~~back~~ and ~~turn on the charm~~. ~~One panel later he's lying inside the popcorn machine while~~ Lucy ~~dusts off her fists and [[Amaya]] calmly takes David's order~~.<ref name=":~~c12p2~~" /> ~~Nobody can agree on a film until Lucy proposes "Face Bleeders~~: ~~Forever and Ever in Love", a horror-romance-comedy-drama crossover that somehow satisfies everyone~~.<ref ~~name=":c12p2" /~~>		Inside the auditorium, David erupts into barking at Paulo, leaving him shaken and teary-eyed.<ref name=":c12p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p3}}</ref> During the climax, the dying heroine confesses that she only acted like a jerk because of her feelings, and that she left it too late. Lucy watches intently, then looks down, shaking.<ref name=":c12p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p4}}</ref>

	Inside the auditorium, David erupts into barking when Paulo reaches for the popcorn. The other moviegoers pelt him with popcorn until he's buried under a small mountain of it, which he happily eats.<ref name=":c12p3">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p3}}</ref> The outburst leaves Paulo shaken and teary-eyed. On screen, the film lurches between genres, and Lucy watches a tablecloth ghost sprout a clown nose without batting an eye.<ref name=":c12p3" /> The climax is another matter. The heroine Maria, freshly "shot in the face", uses her dying breath to confess that she only ever acted like a jerk because of her feelings, and that she left it too late. Lucy watches intently, then looks down, shaking.<ref name=":c12p4">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p4}}</ref>		Once the credits roll, Lucy quietly wipes her eyes, and Daisy catches Paulo fighting back tears too.<ref name=":c12p4" /> He eventually admits that childhood bullies once barked him right out of a park.<ref name=":c12p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p5}}</ref> When Daisy praises his openness as strength, he spends the rest of the outing volunteering ever-flimsier confessions.<ref name=":c12p5" /><ref name=":c12p6">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p6}}</ref>

	Once the credits roll, ~~Daisy wails over the ending, Mike picks at plot holes for nobody's benefit, and~~ Lucy quietly wipes her eyes~~.<ref name=":c12p4" />~~ Paulo is fighting back tears too~~, and Daisy catches him at it. She offers a trade: she'll forget all about his emotional reaction if he explains why the barking rattled him so badly~~.<ref name=":c12p4" /> ~~Eventually he gives in. As a small kid, before he ever moved to Roseville, four high-school~~ bullies barked him right out of a ~~city~~ park~~, and barking has genuinely scared him ever since~~.<ref name=":c12p5">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p5}}</ref> ~~David, Mike and Lucy respond with a round of mock barks, and~~ Daisy ~~scolds them for being jerks about something serious. Then she tells Paulo that opening up about something so scary "proves just how strong you are"~~, ~~and a lightbulb goes on. He~~ spends the rest of the outing volunteering ever-flimsier confessions~~, from the ghost to a wasp sting to his father taking the last sugarpop, while Daisy coos and everyone else stares blankly~~.<ref name=":c12p5" /><ref name=":c12p6">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p6}}</ref>

			On the walk home, Mike and Lucy's movie talk turns transparently personal. Lucy says the girl should have confessed her feelings sooner, and only acted like a jerk out of fear of rejection. Mike agrees that trusting someone is hard, but sometimes the risk is worth it, and that everyone could see the couple were meant for each other but them.<ref name=":c12p6" /> He softly brushes her cheek and asks if there's a lesson in that. Lucy blushes, then dives into [[Lucy's house\|her house]], declares the movie was stupid after all, and slams the door.<ref name=":c12p6" /> Mike is left alone, wailing "'''THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN'''".<ref name=":c12p6" />
	[[File:c12_p6_panel18.png\|alt=Mike stands alone in the street, wailing "THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN" after Lucy slams her front door.\|thumb\|Turns out the risk isn't always worth it.]]		[[File:c12_p6_panel18.png\|alt=Mike stands alone in the street, wailing "THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN" after Lucy slams her front door.\|thumb\|Turns out the risk isn't always worth it.]]
	Mike and Lucy excuse themselves for the walk home, where the movie talk turns transparently personal. Lucy says the girl should have confessed her feelings sooner, and that fear of rejection was the only reason she acted like a jerk. Mike agrees that trusting someone is hard, but sometimes the risk is worth it, and besides, everyone could see the movie couple were meant for each other except the couple themselves.<ref name=":c12p6" /> He softly brushes her cheek and asks if there's a lesson in that. Lucy blushes — then abruptly dives into [[Lucy's house\|her house]]. "Actually, you know what? You're right. The movie '''was''' stupid. See you tomorrow." The door slams, and Mike is left alone in the street wailing "'''THAT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN'''".<ref name=":c12p6" />

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	* Yashy's opening line is a phonetic rendering of Knuckles' theme from ''Sonic Adventure''. Veronica's commentary admits she built the whole chapter around Yashy reciting those lyrics, with no idea where the story would go afterwards: "Even the more important stories can start from a goofy meme."<ref name=":c12p1" />		* Yashy's opening line is a phonetic rendering of Knuckles' theme from ''Sonic Adventure''. Veronica's commentary admits she built the whole chapter around Yashy reciting those lyrics, with no idea where the story would go afterwards: "Even the more important stories can start from a goofy meme."<ref name=":c12p1">{{Cite chapter\|url=https://www.bittersweetcandybowl.com/c12/p1}}</ref>
	* Veronica also describes the scene she almost wrote instead. Had Mike refused Daisy's invitation, Paulo would have teased the two about wanting to be alone, and Lucy would probably have "kicked Mike in the face and rushed off in embarrassment". She notes Lucy is feeling particularly vulnerable here.<ref name=":c12p2" />		* Veronica also describes the scene she almost wrote instead. Had Mike refused Daisy's invitation, Paulo would have teased the two about wanting to be alone, and Lucy would probably have "kicked Mike in the face and rushed off in embarrassment". She notes Lucy is feeling particularly vulnerable here.<ref name=":c12p2" />
	* Per Veronica's commentary, the four bullies in Paulo's flashback were originally meant to return and considerably affect the cast's lives. The chapter was rewritten so they stay one-off bullies who never see Paulo again.<ref name=":c12p5" />		* Per Veronica's commentary, the four bullies in Paulo's flashback were originally meant to return and considerably affect the cast's lives. The chapter was rewritten so they stay one-off bullies who never see Paulo again.<ref name=":c12p5" />

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