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

[ex_doubly406]

Hmm, how about you just have fun and I say that's my prize? By the way, I didn't say anything off, did I?

[Haha NOPE.]

[jitensha]

That's-- eh? No, you didn't...

[ Kise no stop don't ]

[ex_doubly406]

But I thought your face got a bit red. [Kise, pointing is rude.] Was it because I said to think of it as me? You don't need to take that seriously.

[jitensha]

That's...

[ not helping. ] I just... thought about you being cuddly...

[ex_doubly406]

[...?????]

Me as a bear? Was I a cute one?

[jitensha]

No, as... you.

[ can they discuss something else now-- ]

1/2

[ex_doubly406]

Ah, that's...

['It's not too different from what I used to do before' but who is he kidding, it's totally different now. They're not just friends anymore.]

[ex_doubly406]

Right, I see, that must have been...

[...]

S-So, did you want anything else? I can get you another bear!

[jitensha]

T-that's okay! At this rate, there won't be enough room at the office!

[ex_doubly406]

Ah, I see, it'd be like a zoo instead of an office!

[AHAHA... HA... Wow this got awkward.]

[jitensha]

Right! And we have enough of one when Hibiki brings her animals in...

[ HE SHOULD HAVE JUST NOT ASKED. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[BUT HE WANTED TO KNOW. Oh well, he's learned his lesson. Sort of.]

She's the one with the animal show, right? [A moment of silence, for Kise who looks like he's thinking when in actuality he's not.] Um, then why don't we go for smaller prizes? Isn't it boring to only play one game?

[jitensha]

Yeah... [ and Makoto's quiet for a moment as well, gaze lingering on the waiting stands and distant, like she's recalling something. Then she gives her newfound bear a squeeze. ] Then, let's hit up all of the games! I'm sure we can do something with the prizes, even if you don't want to keep anything.

[ex_doubly406]

--Eh?! All of them?!

[Makoto no, he didn't bring enough money for this. You're going to starve.]

[jitensha]

All of them! I've got enough money!

[ yep. ]

[ex_doubly406]

[...]

Makocchi, don't tell me you're one of those.

[jitensha]

One of what?

[ex_doubly406]

A game addict! One of those people who stay forever trying for a prize!

[jitensha]

No, Dad never would have let that happen. [ matter-of-fact. ] But something like this definitely wouldn't take me forever.

[ex_doubly406]

Ah... But I'm not worried about that, we can stay here for as long as you'd like.

[It's just you keep ruining my princess plans!!!

Yeah he still hasn't given up. He was planning to buy her everything sob.]

[jitensha]

You look worried, though.

[ which in turn concerns her, and wow, yeah, she's really bad at this princess thing. ]

[ex_doubly406]

I'm not! [So convincing with that frown, because ugh this wasn't what he wanted.] That's not what I'm worried about.

[jitensha]

[ AHA. She shifts the bear yet again and taps a finger to his down-turned lips, an action that should probably fluster her. But not now. ]

But you're worried about something.

[ex_doubly406]

[He flinches, surprised]

I'm not--

[No, that's not good either.]

... I wanted to get this right, that's all.

[jitensha]

[ oh.

It's rare to end up in a situation where Kise doesn't seem so self-assured, especially where he's got vast amounts of experience. But to hear him echo her own thoughts...

it makes Makoto wonder if, just maybe, they've been going at this with the wrong idea in mind. ]

I've been making it hard on you, huh?