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Topic Started: May 12 2012, 08:29 PM (656 Views)
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Well you at least got him to stop crying...

Oliver grinned at Yuuto as she removed her hand. "Well you seem a bit better..." She said, continuing to smile as she looked back at store display. Ugh... I want them so bad... She brought her attention back to Yuuto and clasped her hands. "Well, I don't know about you, but I'm feeling pretty hungry, and if I keep hanging around here, I'm probably gonna wind up buying that whole display case instead of food!"

The girl started to walk away, gesturing for Yuuto to follow. "C'mon Yuuto, those seats aren't going to warm themselves! I think the food court was somewhere this way!"
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Yuuto's stomach grumbled at the mention of food. The gloom that had hung around him seemed to suddenly lift, and he smiled at Oliver, all cheerful and bubbly again.

"Right!" he said, running after his friend's retreating back. "Coming!"
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"Shit. I'm kinda hungry too. Still, at least I'm subtly learning about my friends!"

Charles followed them, doing his best not to make his items clang.
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Oliver couldn't help but give a happy laugh at the sudden enthusiasm and the impromptu race to the food court. She continued to turn back to keep an eye on the boy, partly for her own amusement and partly to make sure he didn't fall behind or get lost. During her repeated looks back she couldn't shake the feeling that there was... something familiar each time... like there was some sort of detail that her eyes were picking up but her mind wasn't registering. The girl shook the sensation off, trying to focus on getting to lunch instead.

The Tanjiro Shopping Centre had a reasonably diverse food court, but Oliver seemed focused on going to one spot in particular. It was relatively small in comparison to a few of the other places, with only a single boy at the counter to take orders. While not outright musclebound, he was well built and athletic, and practically dwarfed Oliver despite looking younger than her. Oliver immediately waved at the boy, running up to him and speaking to him in a language that was clearly neither English nor Japanese. In contrast to the girl's broken and choppy Japanese, she seemed more than familiar with this other language. There was a rapid exchange between the two before Oliver turned back to Yuuto. "Feel free to order whatever you'd like, I'll buy. And then while we wait we can talk." She said, waving at a menu display largely consisting of western food and taking a plastic cup from the boy's hand without even looking back at him. Oliver gestured for Yuuto to sit with her at a table a short distance away from the counter after he finished ordering.

"So... um..." Oliver started, uncertainly looking at her cup. She then held it up towards Yuuto. "Lemonade?"
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For the first time in weeks, Yuuto laughed. He felt light on his feet as he chased after Oliver, dodging past shoppers and ignoring the weird looks they gave him. His chest ached with exertion and he could feel sweat growing cold against his skin, but somehow he couldn't bring himself to care.

He skidded to a halt, breathless and flushing. His run had taken him to Tanjiro's food court. A dizzying array of stalls greeted him, but he had only eyes for the one Oliver had stopped by.

The boy at the counter looked at him oddly (possibly wondering how he'd gotten so sweaty inside a mall), but accepted Yuuto's order without asking questions and handed him a number. As Yuuto wandered over to Oliver's table, the girl held out a cup at him.

"Lemonade?" she said in English.

"Uh... sure!" Yuuto answered in the same language, gratefully reaching out for the cup. As he took it, his fingers brushed against Oliver's, and he flushed a deep red.

Oh, how smooth~ Eros said. Touch the girl's hand while you take the cup. Very nice.
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Charles followed behind them, going to the curry joint right besides them. As he ordered, he noticed the two passing lemonade to each other, with Yuuto turning a bright shade of red once again.

"This joint breeds romance, sells lemonade, and has some dude that speaks English. I love it!"
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Oliver grinned at Yuuto when he took the drink, genuinely oblivious to the boy's blushing. He seemed tired from their little race, so she wrote it off as simple exhaustion. She continued to grin eagerly, gesturing for the boy to sit. "The lemonade here is pretty good, and the boy at the counter understands French. So, I can actually carry a conversation with him and actually order without worrying about whether or not I'm ordering what I actually wanted. When you can count the number of people outside of your family that can understand you like me, that's a big deal."

Now hug him.

Dammit stop telling me to do that! He's just a friend who probably doesn't think of me like that and even if he did now I can bet you it'd be over as soon as... you-know-what comes up! And if I did hug him you-know-what is PROBABLY gonna come up in a different but equally bad way! ...I did not just think about that! God I am such a creep!

Oliver fidgeted, trying to change the subject in her head by offering the floor to Yuuto. "So... are you really okay Yuuto? Remember you gotta answer honestly..."
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Yuuto sat down, fidgeting as he did so. Oliver was talking about how good it was to have someone who understood her language. The words seemed to drift in and out of focus, as if he was listening to her talk from far away.

Only three weeks in and he was close with her already. Things were happening so fast that just trying to keep track of everything made him dizzy. There was so much to take in and think about, while there was so little time.

Well, that's how things normally are, my dear Yuuto, Eros said. The only thing you can do is ride the wave, so to speak.

Even more confused by his Persona, Yuuto sighed and rested his chin on the table, only to be interrupted by Oliver.

"So... are you really okay Yuuto? Remember you gotta answer honestly..."

Yuuto suddenly sat up straight, startled by Oliver's voice. He blinked, then shook his head like a dog, wondering what to say. Should he tell the truth? That would just make her worry all the more. He didn't want that. Tell her the truth, Yuuto, Eros said in the back of his head. Don't lie to her.

"Er..." Yuuto started, then stopped in mid-sentence. The abortive attempt at being honest left a hurt feeling in the pit of his stomach. He took a deep breath, then, ignoring it, went on.

"I dunno, really," he said. "Everything that's happened to me is all a blur. It's been a busy month." He sighed, brushed a hand through his long hair.
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French. Well shit. Charles had horrible hearing. At least these two had no problem communicating. He took his curry, and winked at the boy as he gave him a quick look-over. Handsome like hell. Place has gotta be popular. He sat down at a table in a position relative to their blind spots, and ignored his curry, eavesdropping as much as he could. He should probably approach them soon, mostly to alleviate his feelings of creepiness, but hey. No need to cockbl- interrupt the two's date.

"Oh man. Romance makes me feel all tingly inside."

Charles, you're killing me, stop. Stop before I laugh myself to death.

"But Wukong, it's great!"
Edited by RickenbackersAllTheWay, Jun 27 2012, 03:49 AM.
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