week two | dates

[marriagebroker]

Kiss the girl~!

Or guy.

Or person.

Or Messmer's snake.

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[gamboler]

[ Sure, it's cute until those "funny sharks" come to eat them, probably... ]

Work keeps you busy, hm? [ That's...not surprising, given everything she told him before. ] So does mine. I rarely have time for hobbies these days. It's a shame.

[irreversal]

[ Don't worry, they're vegetarian...

She can't quite help but give a mirthless laugh; it's a blessing they're at a drive-through movie, or else the other moviegoers might throw popcorn at them for being so chatty. ]

Do people like us even have hobbies?

[ Or do they simply have coping mechanisms. ]

[gamboler]

[ Well, damn, she's got him there. ]

I'm not a professional gambler, believe it or not. Not in the literal sense, anyway. That's...probably about as close as I come to a hobby.

[ He's a gamer at heart. He had fun beating people's asses at Uno this week. ]

[irreversal]

Ehh...?

[ Look at them, a gambler and an alcoholic. ]

Maybe you should take up an instrument, so Nico-san can teach you.

[ Teasingly. ]

[gamboler]

[ Shooting here a sidelong look, as he takes a long, long sip of his beer. He could play dumb, but that's not really his style. Has he really made himself so obvious, though? ]

I've no doubt he'd have me plucking strings like a song bird before you can say "Sway to My Beat in Cosmos". [ ... ] That, or he'd get so excited about hearing me play that he'd forget to tell me any of the notes.

[ Either seems entirely possible. Knowingly: ]

Funny you should bring him up out of the blue, Miss Shoko.

[irreversal]

[ bro is out there calling Aventurine fancy French pet names in front of god and everyone and they think they're being subtle... ]

Was it really out of the blue...? I was just suggesting a new hobby for you.

[ lol ]

[gamboler]

[ (starchy) ]

Mh-hmm...sure it has nothing to do with the fact that we've been spending more time together?

[irreversal]

So you admit that you have been spending more time together.

[gamboler]

Oh, sure. But I've been spending more time with everyone, Shoko. Yourself included!

[irreversal]

[ . . . ]

Bullshit.

[gamboler]

[ Excuse?? ]

That's awfully pointed. Why is it bullshit?

[irreversal]

[ He's trying so hard... Calmly: ]

Because I saw you dragging him away for some alone time that one night, and unless it was a quickie, I'd think that puts Nico-san well above the rest of us in terms of time spent.

[gamboler]

[ Without missing a beat: ]

Oh, that? He needed a little pick-me-up after being laid low by garlic bread.

[irreversal]

Don't call yourself little. Unless... you are?

[gamboler]

[ ]

I'll just have to leave that up to your imagination — along with the rest of whatever you think happened.

[irreversal]

[ you get a teen shoko icon bc i cant keep using the same icons over and over atp ]

Hah! As if I'd imagine that. Just tell me this, what flavor did Nico-san give your blood?

[gamboler]

[ A pause, before he offers: ]

Like loneliness, but with a light burning through the darkness. Rather poetic, isn't he?

[irreversal]

[ ... ]

Hoh... Yeah, he's definitely head over heels for you, huh? All he said about mine was that it tastes like loss.

[gamboler]

[ An incredulous look, the Aventurine of the beginning of the week not knowing what the Aventurine of later in the week knows... ]

Head over heels? Let's not get ahead of ourselves, here. [ He wouldn't...no. ] I'm sure he was just feeling relieved his tummy ache was gone.