2 🛸

[mwehehe]

Sender: Anonymous
To: Everyone
Subject: Help

With that one holiday around the corner and it's whole schtick for doing a sappy confession to someone...

...how do you know if you might actually like someone? Like... LIKE like.

It might not be a matter of life and death but it's important.







[as an ooc note, please feel free to threadjack and comment EVERYWHERE, if your character would :)]

Comments

[itsgunnabe_mei]

[ Alas, that slang is a little ahead of her time... ]

TEA LATER, GOSSIP NOW.

[ But the delay in said gossip does give her enough time to realize how... utterly insane this looks! She pauses, and then gently puts him down, adjusting his hat a little sheepishly. ]

... I mean. If you wanna.

[stillarhino]

[Beat still looks up at Mei as she pats around his head, still trying to figure out what it was he wanted to tell her. Should he be even telling her the mess he's gotten into?]

Wouldn'ta met up with ya if I didn't wanna.

[He still seems fidgety, which was different from his usual restlessness.]

Look, can we walk an' talk? I'm gettin' all wired jus' standing 'round.

[And, without even waiting for a reply, Beat starts walking without any real destination in mind. His pace should be easy enough for Mei to catch up to, especially in the form she was currently in.]

[itsgunnabe_mei]

Ah...!

[ Where is he going? She almost runs, but again, realizes what she's been doing. She gulps, then shuts her eyes -

POOF!

- And turns back into her human form. She then jogs to catch up to his side, struggling to be patient. ]

Y-Yeah! Sure! Um, take your time!

[stillarhino]

[And once she's caught up to him, he looks at her from his peripheral, then glances behind them. No one seems to be listening to them, right?]

So you gotta swear you gonna keep this to yourself, aight?

[Just trying to be all casual about it. Which is easier said than done as he starts to blush as he thinks about it.]

...Been kinda wanting to kiss Futaba again.

[itsgunnabe_mei]

[ When he looks at her, she makes a 'zipped' lips motion, followed by a 'locked mouth' motion, and then a 'toss away the key' motion! No secrets will leave Mei Lee!

... and boy are those some secrets

1) He wants to kiss someone, as previously established
2) That person is Futaba
3) Again implies they already kissed at least once before

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOH
MYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY
GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSH

Mei now has to shove her fingers into her mouth to keep from all out SQUEALING. The emotional drive does cause her to POOF but thankfully she manages to keep it to only her tail.

Which is wagging. A lot. ]

Mmm! Mmm! MMMMMMM!!!!

[stillarhino]

[The noise that follows isn't what Beat was expecting. At all. Even through pressed fingers. When he told her to keep it to herself, he wasn't expecting her to take it that seriously!]

You lookin' like you's about to 'splode, Red.

[Please don't.]

You an' me can talk 'bout it! I jus' meant don't go tellin' others.

[itsgunnabe_mei]

[ Deep breathing! She needs air!

After several long, loud, lengthy noise inhales and exhales, she frees her fingers and mouth. This also has given her time to narrow down alllllll those questions she had. ]

Okay... okay... OKAY. First?

When. Did. You. First. Kiss. FUTABA?! Was it, like, a romantic moment in the rain when you were swept up with emotion? Or like did you trip and fall on her and your lips met? Or, or, or, was SHE the one that kissed YOU out of nowhere? Or...

[ ... maybe not narrow, exactly, but - ]

[stillarhino]

[The questions come one after the others. While he is stunned by the barrage, he can't help but feel like Shiki would've reacted similarly back home.

Okay, which of those did he even catch?]

Nah, nah, it was 'cause of those gum slug things from Christmas. Shorty— I mean, Futaba pulled my jacket when we was stuck and we kinda kissed 'cause of that.

[Kinda, he says.]

[itsgunnabe_mei]

[ Oh, she absolutely caught that word. Her fingers clench up and she leans in, eyebrows all a-wigglin'. ]

Kiiiinda? You mean it was more than gummy slugs?

[stillarhino]

[He's just going to try to turtle into his jacket, suddenly even more embarrassed about it all over again.]

Whatchu want me to say, yo? Me and Shorty kissed. An' when we couldn't get outta there, we did it again.

[So forthcoming with his answers even if only a little pressure is applied.]

[itsgunnabe_mei]

But now you wanna do it again! You said so! Are you gunna ask her out? Oh, oh, Valentine's day is coming up, you should totally ask her to be your girlfriend on the big day!

[ She's already planning the entire relationship in her head, right down to the wedding. ]

[stillarhino]

Crap... I forgot 'bout Valentine's yo.

[She is Japanese, too. But is she the type to make chocolates? And if she did, what kind?]

Wonder if she's gonna get any—

[Wait! Why is he thinking about this? Sorry for the lack of context, Mei. Especially because he completely zoned out there.]

[itsgunnabe_mei]

... Get any what? Get any what?!

[ Don't leave her hanging, bro! ]

You gotta go all out on the big day! Make her feel like a princess - no, like a QUEEN!

[stillarhino]

Back home, in Japan, girls give guys chocolates on Valentine's. An' the type a' chocolate you get can be different dependin' on how they feel 'bout ya. So I was jus' thinkin'...

[No, there's no way he's going to get any from her. If anything, maybe the obligation kind but definitely not the I like you kind.]

Nah, prob'ly not. 'Sides it's more complicated than that, Red. I can't jus' spill what I'm thinkin' to her.

[itsgunnabe_mei]

Why not? Is it, like, a shyness thing?

[ She will play cupid! She must make sure this ship reaches the shore! ]

If you can't say it, maybe you can write it out! Like a love letter!

[stillarhino]

Pfft! Do I look shy to ya?

[He says despite the blush that colors his cheeks. And that wasn't the first time someone suggest he write a letter of some kind... But it wasn't that either.]

I can't 'cause I'm still figuring out who I really like.

[itsgunnabe_mei]

... Wait, what do you mean, who you really like? Is there someone else...?

[ Oh! OVERLY DRAMATIC GAAAAASP! ]

Is this a for real love triangle?!

1/I'll tell you

[stillarhino]

[The noise she makes surprises him again.]

[stillarhino]

[But it's what she says that fully catches him off guard.]

[stillarhino]

[He's in...]

[stillarhino]

[A love triangle?!]

[stillarhino]

[stillarhino]

[stillarhino]

[stillarhino]

[No one's spelled it out to him like that.]