CLOSED; nami you are terrible

[playerkills]

Who: Yozora Mikazuki (playerkills) and Shu Ouma (departing)
What: This is what happens to awkward turtles on Valentine's Day.
When: Forward-dated to Day 37, definitely before the ball because we're butts who can't wait
Where: Gefion Park
Rating: PG-13 in case phrases like slutty bitches come up again Yozora is horrid

[ Whenever Yozora drops by Gefion Park, the first thing she does isn't to look for a nice place to sit so she can do some light reading in peace, but the petting zoo, where all sorts of cute animals are kept. Only animals will keep her company this Valentine's Day. No one understands! No one understands but the cats around her, aww. If there are eight-legged horses, there can be cats in the petting zoo, I do what I want!

It's probably not a good time to disturb her. Can't you see how much fun she's having with her animal friends? ]

Here, kitty, kitty. [ She waves a toy in front of the cat for it to paw at. ] Meow... Meoooow... ahaha! Meow, meow~

[ Valentine's Day? What Valentine's Day? She's not lonely this Valentine's at all! What's Valentine's Day all about anyway!?! Whatever, these cats are cool. ]

Comments

[playerkills]

Your skills are too awful to pass as realistic. It's better if you wait for a paradigm shift in the arts instead, and let people discover your true genius for being a horrible dancer.

Let's resume.

[departing]

We're horrible dancers.

That's why we're practicing, right?

[He nods and looks sort of determined. WE'RE DOING THIS.]

Try holding my hand and um...if you can don't let go of it, please.

It's harder to balance when you move so much.

[playerkills]

[ He's looking very shounen protag now. Yozora mumbles an apology, gives him a small nod and slowly reaches for his hand. ]

Ready.

[ If it seems like she's trying to crush the bones in his hands, that's an accident, too. ]

[departing]

[He has his moments.]

You sure about that?

[Asking again just to double check. Also he looks massively uncomfortable right now but he isn't complaining about it.]

[playerkills]

Mm... I want to get it over with already!

[ And she squeezes Shu's hand! Yozora should stop being awful right this instant. She's never held another boy's hand before, okay. ]

How do we start again?

[departing]

[Now Yozora's really done it.]

First off could you not hold my hand so tightly? It kind of hurts a little.

[playerkills]

[ !! She lets go. ] ... Sorry. I'm nervous.

[ Yozora hesitates with that last sentence, but she's being honest. ]

[departing]

Hey, it's okay.

We're still new at this.

[Then he awkwardly pats Yozora on the head.]

[playerkills]

[ It's like Shu is taking all her firsts STOP THAT SHU. Her eyes widen at the sudden gesture, then looks at her feet as she attempts to hide the blush on her face. ]

Yeah. I mean, yeah, I know!

[ His turn to take the lead... She'll be looking at her feet the whole time. ]

[departing]

[Dude, are you okay? You don't look so hot.

Anyways, back to the dance.]

Mhm, that's good.

[Who said anything about worrying? He's just following along with what she's saying and not putting much thought into it.

He raises Yozora's arm slightly and tries to move along with it. He's a bit too slow and it looks sloppy. ]

Is this how you...do it?

[playerkills]

Are you making me drag you? Do you have a death wish?

[ She is still looking down, though. ]

[departing]

[gadfgadfg]

N-No. That wasn't my intention.

Sorry. I'm sorry.

[How many more times will you apologize, Shu?]

[playerkills]

One apology is enough. Speed up a little. They might notice we're bad at it.

[ Yozora tries her best to match her rhythm with Shu. If they're getting any better and going on without any interruptions... Well, this is awkward. ]

Is this all people ever do on the dance floor? Just... h-hold each other close and stuff? We don't have to talk or anything, do we?

[departing]

I don't think we do.

It'd be strange if they made us talk during a dance.

I think they like hearing the music more than us ramble about things.

[They're getting better at it. Slightly. It doesn't look pitiful anymore but it could use work.]

[playerkills]

That makes sense. So this is how people dance.

[ When Yozora's not looking at her feet, she's looking at the space between Shu's eyebrows. She scowls because she's pretending not to enjoy this... huff! So she's surprised when the song ends too soon. ]

[departing]

Maybe.

I'm not a professional dancer. I've only been to one formal party before.

Uh...I wasn't even looking at the people dancing.

[Social cues. Shu does not have.]

[playerkills]

Parties in general don't interest me. I only like the parties that I have with Tomo-chan.

[ Since the music is over, she should attempt to slowly pry herself away from Shu. But that's not happening, since she doesn't know if it's appropriate to do so right now. ]

[departing]

[Shu doesn't want to pull you away and be rude but wow this is weird.]

Yozora...?

[He addresses her awkwardly.]

[playerkills]

Tomo-chan hates crowds, too, so we often go to someplace isolated...

[ Is this... a social cue... ]

Ah.

[ She awkwardly lets Shu go and drops her arms to her side. ]

It appears that... we may need more than a day to perfect it. But this is enough for tonight. I'll be by the fruit punch or something.

[departing]

[Yes it is.]

Thank you.

[Why are you thanking her? Why?]

Do your best, Yozora. Sorry for taking your time. You can go by yourself, right?

I need to get going or something.

[playerkills]

Hmph. [ HAIRFLIP!! ] I've no need for company. ... But it was no trouble. [ blushes a bit!? ] Now if you'll excuse me.

[ turns around and walks away... and the cats follow her as she goes. ]

[departing]

[Awkwardly walks away.

He forgot to say goodbye.]