Model Idol Combi: there's always that first date

[jitensha]

[ Makoto had heard it on the highest authority (Miki) that girls should always be fashionably late to their dates. It left the guy 'frothing with desire', or something like that. And she'd dwelt on it, she really had, even as she sifted through her closet for the sixth time.

Makoto has always been Makoto, though, and that meant she didn't feel right purposely taking her time. It's why she's waiting near the entrance-- has been waiting for ten minutes with the long black skirt and the white shirt with the artfully placed frills and the red heels that click so cutely when she walks. It's a far cry from the jeans and sweatshirts she usually runs around in.

But she'd like to think it's not bad. ]

Comments

[jitensha]

Are you hungry, or did you want to check out the roller coaster?

[ don't take her to the haunted house DO YOU WANT HER TO DIE ]

[ex_doubly406]

[MAYBE i mean what]

Roller--

[Somehow, he manages to cut himself off. They're wet and if they go on it now, they might catch a cold because of all the wind. Giving Makoto a cold on their first date doesn't sound very appealing.]

I mean, we can get some cotton candy!

[jitensha]

[ WOW mean??? ]

If you're okay with getting sticky... or maybe you're better at eating it than I am.

[ex_doubly406]

[excuse you 8(]

--You know there's a trick to eating it. [No there isn't.] I'll show it to you, come on!

[He's taking her hand again, leading her over to where the food stands are supposed to be according to their map.]

[jitensha]

[ she manages to suppress the blush this time, and thankfully, neither one of them is Azusa, or they would have ended up somewhere else entirely.

As it stands, they make it in one piece and in good time, while Makoto's still pondering this mysterious cotton candy trick. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[Once there, he gets them two cotton candy, handing off one of them to her.]

If you want to avoid getting sticky, the trick is [THERE IS NO TRICK] to take small bites and hold it like this!

[And he holds his slanted downwards. Wow he looks so cool doing that.]

[jitensha]

... I can't believe I never thought of that.

[ and she looks so surprised by this simple solution, even as she tips her cotton candy carefully and takes a delicate nibble. How dainty and ladylike, the eating of cotton candy. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[Makoto, there is no trick. He's just stupid don't listen to him and his ladylike ways.]

I figured it out from a job I had. [And he's eating it just like she is. Yes, let us partake in this marvelous spun delicacy, Lady Makoto.]

[jitensha]

Huh? You had to work with cotton candy for a shoot?

[ex_doubly406]

That's right, it was back when I was just getting started. What was it again... I'm pretty sure it was for an ad somewhere...

[jitensha]

Cotton candy sales probably went through the roof, too.

[ ... says the one now happily chowing down. It's no longer as careful, so odds are that she'll get some on her face, but it's good. ]

[ex_doubly406]

Maybe, I never checked. Wonder if you can check it somehow now?

[This guy's ego--

But he's noticed she's let some of the cotton candy hang around her chin despite learning his 'trick', and gets out one of the napkins he took to offer it to her.]

[jitensha]

Maybe if you found the ad-- oh, thanks... [ that's a little embarrassing, but she smiles and dips her head gratefully as she accepts the napkin and dabs at the general area. ]

[ex_doubly406]

You're welcome. [That was kind of cute of her. She really likes food huh.] I'd have to ask my manager for that then.

Oh that reminds me, I saw your toothpaste commercial the other day! It's got a really refreshing feel to it, I almost got one myself!

[jitensha]

[ she's not Miki or Takane, but she can appreciate it well enough.

... And oh, she's got to grimace a little at that. ]

I-I'm glad-- I mean, that's what it was meant for!

[ex_doubly406]

[... Did he say something wrong here?]

That's right... Um, it's not like you looked weird or unnatural in it, so you don't need to worry about that.

[jitensha]

They said it was the manliest I've ever looked... [ except for that one time with Yukiho BUT SHE'S TRYING TO FORGET THAT. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[...

Crap.]

Aaaah, but it was cool too! That pose at the end was amazing! ... Wait, that's not it--

[WHAT IS THE RIGHT WORD HERE...]

[jitensha]

[ IT'S FINE, SHE'S ACCEPTED IT.

She just looks miserable, but YAY ACCEPTANCE. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[NO NOT YAY, NOT YAY AT ALL. THIS ISN'T HOW A DATE IS SUPPOSED TO GO.

There's a moment where Kise looks around helplessly, deflates, looks around helplessly again, then sighs because he can't let his face fall into his hands when he's holding cotton candy. This is so awkward...]

[jitensha]

[ the nice thing about Makoto's suffering is that she's got a very good resilience rate. She's only despondently studying her cotton candy before she gives her head a fierce shake and takes a defiant bite.

Chew chew chew. ]

No, it's fine like this! It's fine if I'm cool!

[ex_doubly406]

It doesn't look like you're fine...

[And makes him feel worse about not responding in time with something to mitigate the pain of being manly, or bringing up that commercial in the first place. Though, it would've been worse if he lied to her.]

That was just a job, right?

[jitensha]

Right... as long as I got more people interested in the toothpaste, I think that's the most important part.

[ it can't be helped. ]

[ex_doubly406]

That's right! That's what it was for after all!

[...]

And I think it's fine if you're cool. 'Sides, the Makocchi I'm on a date with is cute so that's enough for me.

[jitensha]

[ that flusters her enough to bring the cotton candy in front of her face like a shield. ]

H-hold on, saying that so suddenly--!