week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[irreversal]

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No she cannot. ]

Ehhhhh...?

[scooptimistic]

Exactly!!!

[irreversal]

Guess I don't really know him at all to know if he's just like this or not, but still...

What did you tell him in response?

[scooptimistic]

I asked him if he could wait for an answer. Since I didn't really know how to respond at the time.

[ So. Some breathing time. ]

[irreversal]

I think that was a fair response, especially since you were so blindsided by it.

[ A rather unkind thought passes through Shoko's mind. Did he do that as a publicity stunt, especially given the timing after his rather theatrical and dramatic Truth Booth with Yingying...? What the hell, man, these idols... ]

How do you feel about it? Other than shocked, I mean.

[scooptimistic]

I... don't know.

[ Whew. ]

I thought at first that he was just a gaudy sort of flirt... you know, like a butterfly, just going from flower to flower? But he's had these moments where he seems...

... Less rehearsed. I was just thinking those moments were fascinating. But I didn't think he... liked me.

[irreversal]

Less rehearsed, huh...

[ She supposes that's as close as anyone can get to sincerity, when it comes to someone in Luka's profession. There is something to be said for that, she hopes. At the end of the day, it's a peek behind the mask. ]

Maya, you do have a way of being able to cut through the noise and reach people easily. And earnestly, too. [ Frankly, it's something she wishes she could do, herself. ] I wouldn't be surprised if that resonated strongly with someone like Luka.

[scooptimistic]

Well, when you're a journalist, you have to find ways to see through the bullshit, so to speak.

[ Wow.

She eats one of the pretzel bites, debating this. ]

But I have to admit, getting to see past the golden sheen of some of the people here... I feel like I like them better underneath all of that.

And you're just perfectly you. [ Thank god for Shoko. ]

[irreversal]

[ MAYA SAID A BAD WORD!! But also, Shoko likes this side of her so much, even if she's a little surprised by what she said. ]

Am I...?

[ Well. Compared to many of their colleagues here, maybe she's not doing so badly after all. ]

Well, I'm glad if that's your impression. [ lol ] I never properly thanked you for being there when I was... feeling my drinks last week, come to think of it. So thanks.

[ BUT ALSO THIS AIN'T ABOUT HER— ]

A confession, though, huh...? It kind of feels like we're high schoolers again or something, doesn't it?

[scooptimistic]

[ Maya waves off any thanks rather breezily, though that just... makes her laugh, softly. ]

It does! I don't remember getting any confessions as a high schooler, but I was running around just as much back then. Go figure, right?

[irreversal]

[ Shoko has to wonder how many confessions Maya actually got that she just... didn't realize were confessions. . . . ]

I'm not surprised... I also wouldn't be surprised if you just never realized that you were getting confessions, heh...

[scooptimistic]

And how's your love life going?

[ ABORT. ]

[irreversal]

I haven't gotten any confessions this week.

[ NO ESCAPE. ]

[scooptimistic]

There's more to romance than confessions!!

[ STOP ]

[irreversal]

[ heheh... ]

Ehh..? [ the flattest ehh to ever ehh. ] Going on dates has been more fun than I thought it would be.

[scooptimistic]

Not counting this one, what's been your favorite so far?

[ Of course this one wins, it's a beer garden. ]

[irreversal]

My favorite...?

[ To her credit, she does seem to put some thought into this. ]

It's hard to say... It might be a tie with Poppy and Mame-chan, honestly. And yours?

[scooptimistic]

Fondue with Odile was fun and delicious!

[ Can't beat cheese and chocolate. ]

And I did enjoy the aquarium a lot, with Luka.

[irreversal]

[ she's real for that, but only the cheese half. ]

Hoh? Then what about Aventurine? He was the one that chose you for the ceremony last weekend.

[scooptimistic]

That was also fun! We wound up at a fancy buffet.

[ Maya burned a lot of calories and ate a lot of calories. ]

[irreversal]

I ended up somewhere fancy with Serpilia, too. It was a rooftop bar with a pool. They really go all-out on these dates, huh?

Oh, and I went to a Pompompurin Cafe with Yi Sang.

[ imagine them. at the pompompurin cafe....... ]

[scooptimistic]

Seriously??

[ Whoa-- ]

Pompompurin's that popular??

[irreversal]

He totally is. And, honestly, the food at the cafe wasn't bad either. If you end up going there, too, try the curry...

[ Shoko smiles as she drinks some more of her beer. ]

We hardly ever have time to go to these kinds of things at home, huh?

[scooptimistic]

Who has the time? [ With a little hand flap. ]

But I'll have to look into it. I'd never turn down a good curry.