week four | dates

[showhost]

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.

Comments

3/3

[aspirings]

[He opens his mouth and all that comes out is something like:]

Huhganksd?

[And then he flushes bright red and covers his mouth with a hand.

Hang on. Processing.]

[inparfait]

Huh? [ ...nope, he might not have realized? jury is still out.

he does smile though as he always does, when tsukasa's face looks like this. ]

[aspirings]

Ah. I. Er.

[sorry

still gonna have to give him a minute]

[inparfait]

'Kay. [ he'll wait patiently as he's learned (!) to do, placing a hand on top of tsukasa's so he can feel some of that flush himself. ]

[aspirings]

[Okay Tsukasa. Get it together. Deep breath in. Deep breath out.

Form actual words, carefully lowering his hand alongside Minami's.]

I. I see... I'm--really happy to hear that, Minami. Truly.

[inparfait]

[ blink. ]

Which part? [ did you think you were getting off so easy tsukasa-

intentionally or not- ]

[aspirings]

[help]

A... all of it...?

[inparfait]

Hmmn....you haven't turned that red in a while though, so it had to be something specific.

[ sorry, he's not buying it. ]

[aspirings]

I-it is true that all of it made me happy, though...!

[But.

Ah...]

... You said... you've fallen in love.

/2

[inparfait]

Oh.

[ now his braincell has to process, hold on. ]

[inparfait]

[ actually no it doesn't, not really anyway.

there's a lot of things minami will struggle with in the future, but this isn't one of them. how could it be? even with the parts of him that are new, that he never asked for and that he's slowly coming to accept, he's always known what he likes.

well, what he—

he breaks out into a grin, exuberant, bright, pointy, and loud. ]

Yeah, I do! I love you, Tsukasa!

[ he literally just realized this now, but that doesn't change anything. ]

[aspirings]

[oh my god?




oh my god????????

oh my god

He's gone, face buried in his hands as he tries to process this. Minami is so exuberantly loud about it. He's so not prepared for this.]

[inparfait]

[ cute....!!! his hearts beating faster, because yeah, this makes him feel all tingly. but it's a good kind! ]

Hehehe! I just realized that now, but saying it totally made me feel better. [ how do humans even hold in feelings like this for days? he'll never understand. ]

[aspirings]

You're... really something else, sometimes...

[He is not looking up from where his face is buried in his hands.]

Why is that what you have no trouble shouting at the top of your lungs?

[inparfait]

Cuz I can't hold things like that in, or I really will explode!

[ so he doesn't.

tsukasa can stay hidden, but minami's going to nuzzle his hands with his nose. like the first time, heh. ]

[aspirings]

[Slowly but surely, he lowers his hands, face still red as he lifts his gaze to look at Minami.

,,,]

Honestly...

Well... I did mean it when I said it made me happy to hear. [Even though he is so embarrassed and overwhelmed, too.]

[inparfait]

Hehehe, good! And that makes me happy. [ he's learning!

minami gets in real close but he doesn't push anymore affection onto tsukasa, at least right this second.

[aspirings]

[A deep breath in... and he lets it out, straightening. Right. Okay. Get it together, Tsukasa!]

Ha--I never even drew my fortune. What did you end up getting?

[inparfait]

"Small luck"! But I'm gonna make that into big luck.

What about you?

[aspirings]

[He just waves the stick he's still holding at Minami.]

I didn't get around to pulling mine before everything happened.

[Hilarious.]

Ah, well, it doesn't matter. After all, I firmly intend on making my own excellent luck as well!

[inparfait]

You can start now. [ looks up at tsukasa expectantly.

has he recovered enough yet because minami wants a kiss for being patient. this has nothing to do with luck, he just wants a kiss. ]

[aspirings]

[Well, he has heard of "a kiss for luck", so he really doesn't think anything of it.

Instead, he leans in for said kiss.]

There! Surely kisses from a star are especially lucky!

[inparfait]

[ it's a kiss filled with laughter, but it's still a good kiss. ]

You're crazy, but I love you.

[ tsukasa's going to have to get used to that word now that minami's found it. ]

[aspirings]

[Oh.

My god.

He just... presses a fist to his forehead and pauses again.

.. ... ......

WHEN IS HE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET USED TO THIS]

[inparfait]

Hehehe, okay I'll stop—for today.

[ as tsukasa's personal fitbit, it's important to keep him alive! ]