week four | dates

[marriagebroker]

Get dressed up, go on the town, this is your last week for romance!

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[fireball]

Wei Wuxian told me that a lot of us were offering our wishes to her, but also that she might want to help herself? So I think she'll be fine.

[ Everyone truly loves Yingying, which really does free up their ability to use their wishes. ]

I was... kind of thinking of maybe giving you my wish, though? Or maybe using it on us, because I really don't know what else to do with it.

[ A small laugh as she picks up her wine glass again. Swirls it. That's a thing people do, right? ]

But yeah, I can come visit you whenever you want, probably. I'm kind of my own boss, soooo... [ She is maybe bragging just a little, waggling her eyebrows once. ] And if you ever need a vacation, you can always come over and we'll go to like, Disneyland or something. Or just stay in and play video games. Just relax, you know?

[irreversal]

[ ...Gods. How is it that she just feels so disarmed, like this? When all Poppy is doing is just speaking from her heart, so easy, so casually... but that's exactly why, isn't it? It's exactly why Shoko can't help but look at her like she's just said the nicest thing that Shoko has ever heard in her life. ]

You'd— You'd really want to do that for me, huh...?

[ She huffs, almost in disbelief, though she does believe, because it's Poppy. ]

That... sounds really nice. Really, really nice. I want to give it a try.

[ Give them a try, in a serious way, beyond the terms of this show. ]

[fireball]

[ That look... Poppy doesn't think she's doing anything exceptional, she's just. Kind of talking?

So she'll follow that up by just kind of doing whatever she wants, which involves putting her glass back down and reaching across the table to take Shoko's hands in hers. ]

I'd do a lot of things for you. [ Things she never says!! To anyone!! The gay crush really did so much work here. ] I think we can hold onto our wishes for a bit and decide how to really use them, but... yeah.

[ Smiles so much wider. ]

Let's give it a try.

[irreversal]

Hah. Aren't I lucky?

[ Genuinely. To have come here expecting a wacky vacation, but here she is with an adorable, goofy, but kindhearted girl who doesn't mind her everything. ]

We should order everything else on the menu to celebrate.

[fireball]

[ She would make a crack about how Shoko is lucky — but so is Poppy! — but that last suggestion derails her. ]

Yes.

[ Immediately on board. And Poppy looks up as their original orders arrive, reluctantly letting go of Shoko's hands so there's a place for their. Actual food. ]

We are going to feast.

[ Thank you, production!! ]