IC Inbox

[erogappa]

"...Hello! Nobody is available to take your call. Please leave a message after the beep. We will return your call." /robot voice

Comments

[bussounoshima]

I wasn't, until I was talking to him and he brought up his supposedly terrible luck in romance.

[And then she thought hey, what a coincidence, I know two idiots who are showing interest in that sort of thing and then not long after she regretted ever bringing it up.]

If you don't want to go, I'll cancel it, I don't know how keen he is anyway.

[erogappa]

[ He actually has to take the phone away from his mouth and set it down, so that he's got both hands free to rub his face with. He's way too sober to be having this conversation. ]

He's not keen on datin' me, or not keen on datin' in general?

[bussounoshima]

[There's a tired sigh from Sharak at that.]

He's fine with dating in general, apparently. [He was fucking sparkling when he thought he'd scored a date with Sharak.] I think it's the "stranger he's never met" part he's less crazy about. He'll get over that when he sees you.

[If she could manage it without even trying, a handsome guy like Gojyo shouldn't have any trouble, she thinks. God, she hopes this works.]

[erogappa]

[ Hold up. ]

...Did you just call me pretty?

[ It was the most passive compliment ever, but he's gonna take what he can get! ]

[bussounoshima]

[Like a parakeet in front of a mirror, Sharak thinks...]

Sure, you're a very pretty boy.

[erogappa]

Damn right.

[ He's not, but this isn't the time to go off and wallow in self-loathing. No, this is the time to call Sharak's bluff and go on this date! ]

So what's his name, this blond with a pretty face?

[bussounoshima]

[Give her a second, she's stuck on the mental image of a red parakeet preening at a mirror in a bird cage... munching on bird seed....]

... Ah, Shizuo Heiwajima. You'll go then?

[She's not sure she's pleased he ended up agreeing.]

[erogappa]

[ Glass smashes in the background, and Gojyo swears under his breath. ]

Huh? ...Yeah. Yeah, sure, I've got t'go.

[bussounoshima]

All right. You have a good night then.

[And this mess is officially No Longer Sharak's Problem, declared so by her. Have fun on your date, Gojyo.]