I feel like you're the one who deserves the thanks after all that crap I just put you through. I can . . . buy you lunch or something sometime.
[It just kind of comes out. It's not a date. It's definitely not asking her on a date, it's just . . . an offer, that he lets slip and then immediately feels a certain way about. And he expects her to refuse. He genuinely does. Why would she agree? She obviously doesn't feel like he owes her, no matter what he says. It's just . . .
He has to hear the rejection with his own ears, and watches her, flustered and openly anxious. Just get it over with, Fujimaru.]
[ Unfortunately for him, she freezes for a moment, looking openly surprised at the offer. It's not a date--she knows it's not--but it could sound like one. If one were so inclined to think so.
After a few seconds, she takes a breath and nods. ]
I-- I'd like that. That sounds nice.
[ Now she's the one watching him closely. Is he going to take it back? He's not the sort of guy who comes out with pranks like this, but it's hard for her to believe he genuinely means the offer, just because she has a hard time believing anyone would go that for about her. ]
[She, she said yes. She said it sounds nice?! It definitely was not asking her out on a date, totally not, she's only saying yes because she knows it isn't, but right then Kadoc hears a little voice in the back of his traitor brain: now that she said yes, maybe it is a date after all. Stupid brain. It doesn't work that way. You can't trick her into making it a date after she agrees . . .
But does he want to?
Apparently.
He just looks at her, and then nods back, swallowing in a way that feels embarrassingly conspicuous.]
Me too. I mean, yeah. I think so. Obviously, 'cuz I asked you. So . . . I'll just text you or something to set a date.
[ Oh no. Oh no, now she's said it--it's his fault! He said it first, and she just responded in kind, and now it's, ahhhhhhhhhh?! Ahhhhhhhhh.
She has a second to just kind of stare at him in befuddled not-quite horror before she squeaks, in a rush to clarify: ]
I-I mean, it's, I'm not trying to be weird about it or anything, it's--haha, um, that's--you know, I'm not saying it's a date-date, it's just, y--you know!
Yeah. Yeah, I know, I'm not . . . I wasn't trying to trick you out on a date with me or whatever.
[Because he'd have to for her to agree, right?! He'd have to bait and switch her! That's the only way! His whole body feels hot right now, radiating off his face through his all of him. Ahhhhhh?!]
I-I know you weren't! You're not that kind of guy.
[ Given her very very narrow knowledge of what Kadoc's type is (Anastasia), she is pretty sure there's no way he would actually ever ask her in the first place. But also, she can't look him in the eye right now, her own face bright red. ]
So, uh, it's okay. I'd be happy to have lunch with you any time.
Yeah. Me too. Sounds good. I'll . . . I can text you sometime soon. . . . Thanks for doing this crazy quest with me.
[He tries to catch her eye. But what would he do if he did? Then he'd be looking her in the eye! That's impossible right now! Nothing more fucked up has ever happened to either of them! So in the end, he looks away too.]
[ The thing to do... is just look at him sidelong and nod, fast and jerky. It's not quite eye contact, but hopefully he's looking enough to see the gesture. ]
Thanks for having me. --Uh. And I'll look forward to lunch.
[And now the thing to do is flee, and feel fucking stupid for fleeing, because what more was that than two friends just making a normal lunch NOT date with one another? Nothing! Fucking nothing!
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Date: 2022-07-26 04:57 am (UTC)[It just kind of comes out. It's not a date. It's definitely not asking her on a date, it's just . . . an offer, that he lets slip and then immediately feels a certain way about. And he expects her to refuse. He genuinely does. Why would she agree? She obviously doesn't feel like he owes her, no matter what he says. It's just . . .
He has to hear the rejection with his own ears, and watches her, flustered and openly anxious. Just get it over with, Fujimaru.]
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Date: 2022-07-26 05:01 am (UTC)After a few seconds, she takes a breath and nods. ]
I-- I'd like that. That sounds nice.
[ Now she's the one watching him closely. Is he going to take it back? He's not the sort of guy who comes out with pranks like this, but it's hard for her to believe he genuinely means the offer, just because she has a hard time believing anyone would go that for about her. ]
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Date: 2022-08-03 03:56 am (UTC)But does he want to?
Apparently.
He just looks at her, and then nods back, swallowing in a way that feels embarrassingly conspicuous.]
Me too. I mean, yeah. I think so. Obviously, 'cuz I asked you. So . . . I'll just text you or something to set a date.
[he said the word date
(in the other sense but still!)]
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Date: 2022-08-03 04:09 am (UTC)[ Oh no. Oh no, now she's said it--it's his fault! He said it first, and she just responded in kind, and now it's, ahhhhhhhhhh?! Ahhhhhhhhh.
She has a second to just kind of stare at him in befuddled not-quite horror before she squeaks, in a rush to clarify: ]
I-I mean, it's, I'm not trying to be weird about it or anything, it's--haha, um, that's--you know, I'm not saying it's a date-date, it's just, y--you know!
[ Does he? Does she?! Ahhhhhhhhhhh?! ]
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Date: 2022-08-03 05:02 am (UTC)[Because he'd have to for her to agree, right?! He'd have to bait and switch her! That's the only way! His whole body feels hot right now, radiating off his face through his all of him. Ahhhhhh?!]
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Date: 2022-08-03 05:13 am (UTC)[ Given her very very narrow knowledge of what Kadoc's type is (Anastasia), she is pretty sure there's no way he would actually ever ask her in the first place. But also, she can't look him in the eye right now, her own face bright red. ]
So, uh, it's okay. I'd be happy to have lunch with you any time.
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Date: 2022-08-07 06:16 am (UTC)[He tries to catch her eye. But what would he do if he did? Then he'd be looking her in the eye! That's impossible right now! Nothing more fucked up has ever happened to either of them! So in the end, he looks away too.]
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Date: 2022-08-07 06:36 am (UTC)Thanks for having me. --Uh. And I'll look forward to lunch.
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Date: 2022-08-08 05:14 am (UTC)[And now the thing to do is flee, and feel fucking stupid for fleeing, because what more was that than two friends just making a normal lunch NOT date with one another? Nothing! Fucking nothing!
And yet.]