[That's...kind of really cute, and he can't help but laugh slightly.]
I don't know if I would call it a courtship given it's involved throwing seaweed at my face and a lot of talks about how doomed we all are, but...yeah. Courtship. [He also looks kind of sheepish so please just focus on the boutique ahead of them in the distance.] I like her a lot more than I realized.
it's probably funny how excited she gets about this sort of thing, given how little she actually seems to be putting into her own love life?? either way she's just going to place her hands on her cheeks as she fawns over it]
[wHY IS LILI ACTUALLY A TEENAGE GIRL? He looks almost baffled by this development, and he's shoujo so he's also blushing a little? Please stop. This was so much funnier when it was the other way around!!]
Whatever. [He says, even though he's still smiling.] She's adorable, and I don't know if I like her more than she likes me, but she agreed so that has to count for something.
If you would only apply this much enthusiasm to your own situation...[Because yeah? He's been working hard. Let them at least kiss for realsies before she dies Dana, damn.]
[shE'S SUCH A TEENAGE GIRL IF YOU CATCH HER IN THE RIGHT CONVERSATION]
Ehh? Why wouldn't she like you? [kaoru's not lili's type but she's also so aggressively protective of him] Don't second-guess things like that. She's straightforward, so I'm sure it's sincere.
[at least that's the impression that lili's gotten of her?]
Anyway - don't concern yourself with me. I get to spend time with him... I don't really need more than that.
I never said she didn't like me. But I can acknowledge that I like the people that I like too much. [He's obsessive sometimes, he means, but he waves a hand dismissively.] She took a day to think about it and we decided it was better to try than to die with regrets...so that's how things are. She's straightforward almost to a fault, but...I like that I never have to second-guess.
[They enter the boutique by this point and he's already scanning the walls for something appropriate for Lili.] I don't need permission to concern myself, you know. But...you're happy like this? With him.
Just don't be weird at her. [EASILY] As long as both of you are honest with how you feel, it shouldn't be a problem, right?
[THAT'S WHAT LILI THINKS but also she's not making a lot of progress for a straightforward person. she looks over to him when he asks her that question and she just manages an amused look]
... even if he doesn't return exactly how I feel, he likes me for who I am.
That's not always easy to get, for someone like me. As long as that's true... I'm just happy to have his attention.
[Too late, but it's fine, they're making it work.] I suppose not.
[Let's see...he's just pulling stuff off of racks to drape over his arms, some for her to try and some just to get them out of the way to see what he's working with. But there's a soft sort of expression because the sentiment is sweet and it counts, he thinks.]
You're probably one of the few who gets to have it. He's still very much...himself. [Brusque. Impatient. Whatever.] But it's also easy to see he likes your company a lot.
[Rifling, rifling.] ...in many ways, you remind me of someone whose happiness means a lot to me. And likewise, your happiness also means a lot to me when this entire place is pretty hellbent on making us as unhappy as possible. I don't doubt any of it's true, so I would say you're pretty lucky that way.
A balance. [He seems to have thoughts on this.] You aren't allowed to be concerned with keeping me safe and alive if I'm not allowed to concern myself with your business as well. I'm more than capable of taking care of myself, but no I do think I can read things better than you can.
You're a force to be reckoned with and I'm a man who pulls strings behind the scenes. [It sounds. So extra and so stupid, and yet here we are.]
I'm glad you feel that way because I'm not really planning on going anywhere. [Shrug!] Having to learn how to deal with a new partner sounds like a pain anyway.
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I don't know if I would call it a courtship given it's involved throwing seaweed at my face and a lot of talks about how doomed we all are, but...yeah. Courtship. [He also looks kind of sheepish so please just focus on the boutique ahead of them in the distance.] I like her a lot more than I realized.
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[did she not hear the bit about the seaweed
it's probably funny how excited she gets about this sort of thing, given how little she actually seems to be putting into her own love life?? either way she's just going to place her hands on her cheeks as she fawns over it]
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Whatever. [He says, even though he's still smiling.] She's adorable, and I don't know if I like her more than she likes me, but she agreed so that has to count for something.
If you would only apply this much enthusiasm to your own situation...[Because yeah? He's been working hard. Let them at least kiss for realsies before she dies Dana, damn.]
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Ehh? Why wouldn't she like you? [kaoru's not lili's type but she's also so aggressively protective of him] Don't second-guess things like that. She's straightforward, so I'm sure it's sincere.
[at least that's the impression that lili's gotten of her?]
Anyway - don't concern yourself with me. I get to spend time with him... I don't really need more than that.
[lili is
quite simple, really]
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[They enter the boutique by this point and he's already scanning the walls for something appropriate for Lili.] I don't need permission to concern myself, you know. But...you're happy like this? With him.
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[THAT'S WHAT LILI THINKS but also she's not making a lot of progress for a straightforward person. she looks over to him when he asks her that question and she just manages an amused look]
... even if he doesn't return exactly how I feel, he likes me for who I am.
That's not always easy to get, for someone like me. As long as that's true... I'm just happy to have his attention.
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[Let's see...he's just pulling stuff off of racks to drape over his arms, some for her to try and some just to get them out of the way to see what he's working with. But there's a soft sort of expression because the sentiment is sweet and it counts, he thinks.]
You're probably one of the few who gets to have it. He's still very much...himself. [Brusque. Impatient. Whatever.] But it's also easy to see he likes your company a lot.
[Rifling, rifling.] ...in many ways, you remind me of someone whose happiness means a lot to me. And likewise, your happiness also means a lot to me when this entire place is pretty hellbent on making us as unhappy as possible. I don't doubt any of it's true, so I would say you're pretty lucky that way.
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I'm not -
.... You don't need to say things like that to me.
[shE'S JUST FLUSTERED NOW, THANKS KAORU]
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I don't need to say a lot of things but when has that stopped me?
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You should! You should let it stop you now and again!
[UGGGHHHH]
.... I've -
I've been okay [actually kind of happy] here, so don't concern yourself with something like that....!
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You don't get to tell me what I can and can't concern myself with, by the way. That's not how this partnership works.
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[now that he's apparently calling the shots]
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You're a force to be reckoned with and I'm a man who pulls strings behind the scenes. [It sounds. So extra and so stupid, and yet here we are.]
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And you'll call it that without irony? How overdramatic.
[ . . . but she supposes she doesn't hate it.]
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I've come to find you have to be a little overdramatic sometimes. It's the best way to get people to look at you...if you don't overdo it.
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[she supposes she understands]
... Mm. I guess - having you at my side has made things here a little easier.
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I'm glad you feel that way because I'm not really planning on going anywhere. [Shrug!] Having to learn how to deal with a new partner sounds like a pain anyway.
[...and also he adores her, etc.]
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[like
a shitton of flowers for all the arrangements he does]
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[There's so many arrangements but at least some of them are getting moved as the flowers dry out...]