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week two | dates
You worked up your courage and asked someone out on a date! Good job!
Now you have to hope the producers are kind re: where they send you.
Now you have to hope the producers are kind re: where they send you.
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it's her turn to giggle at his Experience with the water. not so tough now are we, will. but oh, soulmates. talking about it while standing together on the beach at night, the moon casting her pale gaze on the blah blah blah... ]
So you've got that concept, but not seven days in a week? [ how are these related, anna. she's teasing. ] Right, like soulmates.
[ so romantic. does it exist? hopefully. be nice if it did. anna lifts her free hand, wiggling her pinky. ]
They say that people who're bound by fate like that have a red string tied around their pinkies, connected to one another. That's why when you promise someone something, you shake on it with them.
[ probably. ]
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[Will lets out an indignant little huff at that, but he's being playful!]
The number of days in a week and the narrative concept of soulmates are two different things.
[please!! it's not his fault everyone else uses a weird calendar. seven days a week. unheard of. disgusting!!]
[but now that they're in the water, and Will finds himself sloooowly getting used to the chilly temperatures. . . he shifts from one foot to the next, wiggling his toes so they catch the sand a bit. it's tempting to splash at her in REVENGE for the little splash she sent his way, but no. he is still biding his time. the moment is not right, though it will be soon!]
[also: she holds up her pinky, and since pinky promises are also not foreign to him, he hooks his own around hers on instinct as he listens to what she says]
Oh, really? That I haven't heard of. . . which is interesting, because we do have this.
[and he gives her hand a little shake! a pinky shake]
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I guess some things are universal. Do they say that if you break a promise, you'll have to swallow a thousand needles?
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And that's why I never break a promise.
[it is not the reason he doesn't break promises— that is only because he is a man of his word. but he is also a man with a sense of humor, so he can't resist the tease]
[it may be prime crab hunting time, but Will seems perfectly content to stand in the waves like this, linked pinky-to-pinky, watching as she smiles right up at him. not that he is much taller than her, but still!! it's a great vantage point. . . and the shadows the moonlight casts across her cheeks are rather lovely]
. . . ah, you know— [not to change the subject, but!] I didn't think we'd get to see the beach together so soon.
It makes me happy that you remembered.
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[ in the grand scheme of things, is anything "long ago"... but she pushes her hair behind her ear and plays with the end of it. ]
I missed the sea, too. It feels nice to be back.
[ even if it isn't her hometown's by far -- she can tell that much -- it's nice. anna might release his pinky, but that's only so she can hold his hand better... shy as the hold is, slow and testing. not that she thinks he won't take it, but it's a little like their second kiss. ]
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[with a breath, he takes those fingers in his own— linking their hands together loosely, but firmly enough that they won't fall apart]
Did you spend a lot of time at the ocean back home?
[he asks. and then he starts walking, feet kicking up small ripples of foamy water as he does so. being linked, hand-in-hand, means that he is taking Anna with him, of course. but a moonlit stroll across the beach. . .]
[it's a little breathtaking, isn't it?]
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Every summer! My friends and I go pretty often when the weather's nice, too... I went with the Lit Club last time as part of our retreat. We were canning goods, or something like that. I don't get it. But we all wrote something before the weekend ended!
[ what canned goods and writing have to do with each other she has no idea. but that's what they said. ]
Everyone's stories were so fun to read... To be honest, I've been getting hit after hit of inspiration from everything here, so I'm super ready to write the next part of mine. It's a continuous story about a girl who's doing her best to win the heart of the guy she likes, from nervous beginnings of being unable to even say "hello" to the real fight for his affections!
[ of course it's a romance short ]
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I didn't know that you were a writer, too.
[immediately interested as he gives their joined hands a li'l cutesy swing]
When you're finished, can I read it?
[because as she very well knows by now, he loves to read
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Sure! I mean, I don't know... how I'll get it to you, but sure. I'll figure something out.
[ maybe. she can ask the producers. or something. or use her wish on it. would that be silly. she loves their swinging hands though, she'll keep it up with him... it's nice. ]
So, can you swim?
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[after all, they're both here, right?? it shouldn't be that hard for her to reach him after the competition is over!1 even though. . . he'll be much, much busier]
[. . .]
[LET'S NOT THINK THAT FAR AHEAD]
[at her question, his gaze flickers out further towards the ocean, taking in the horizon]
I can. But if we go swimming like this, we'll have nothing to change into afterwards.
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[ hello ]
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In front of the cameras?
[HELLO???]
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[ sorry ]
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[h. help]
If you really want to go swimming, then. . .
[he supposes. . . it's not a horrible idea, probably???]
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We can swim at the house. Or if we wanna come back, we can -- it's not like this is gonna be our only date, right?
[ haha. she's swinging his hand as she pulls him along again. happy. ]
Besides, there's tons we can do here! Make sandcastles, find seashells, sit and watch the waves... Take your pick, Will-kun, I'm pretty good with any of the above.
[ as long as it's with him. ]
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[gives her hand a li'l squeeze, almost like he is scolding her for teasing him, before he begins to walk again]
I hope you haven't give up on crab hunting, because—
[because there is something scuttling across the wet sand a few feet in front of them. hello!!]
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anna pauses, pulling will to a stop as she watched where it goes. lowering her voice. now they're on a mission. ]
They bury in the sand, so you gotta see where they go and then find the holes. Crabs are surprisingly tough to catch unless you surprise attack them.
[ no, she just sucks at it actually, ]
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We don't have a net, but having something similar would make them easier to catch.
[DETERMINED!!]
We can use my vest.
[it's gonna get wet and dirty]
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but there are crabs on the line, so. ]
Good thinking, Will-kun. I'm thinkin' we get twenty or so crabs as a start.
[ as a START??????? oh the camera crew is going to have so much b roll of just them chasing crabs around. ]
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Twenty is a good number. [HE IS DETERMINED] On the count of three, we'll rush it. Okay?
One, two--
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[ so like there's no way they aren't getting wet and dirty trying to catch crabs right. anna has no problem digging into the sand either. they don't even have anything to put these crabs into? where's the bucket, guys.
at least it'll be fun... she's also super determined. ]
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[. . .]
[she's so. . . cute. . .]
[at the end, Will is wet and dirty enough that he doesn't mind flopping into the surf with a small sigh, lips curved into a content smile]
Well. . . we're a ways off from twenty, but--
[HE FEELS SUCCESSFUL]
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[ well. actually. not even enough for her, this is a light snack for a big eater... but anna closes the distance and sits beside him, pulling her hair to one side to comb out the sand she'd ended up getting into it from a particularly Risky Dive.
it goes without much saying that her white dress is, well. sticking nicely to her legs and elsewhere. not that she's thinking of it. ]
Ugh, I'm so tired now... my legs are gonna hate me tomorrow. Maybe I'll ask Ritsuka-chan if she's got any tips -- she did sports before she graduated, so she's pretty knowledgeable about stretches and junk.
1/2
[white dress. white. . . wet dress. . . oh no]
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[anyway]
[he ties the ends of his vest around the wriggling crabs, before laying his makeshift sack aside and turning to face Anna with a bright smile]
I know a few, too. Stretching before and after exercise is just as important in fighting as it is in sports.
[I'M MAKING ANOTHER EXECUTIVE DECISION: EUCHRONIA DOES HAVE SPORTS]
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