estoria | [closed] i was strolling through the park one day

Who: Mary Kozakura

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When: 5/20
Where: The Gardens
What: Puppy love plus one snarky jerk equals a fun afternoon.
Warnings: None for now!

[another day, another... day. it's nothing special. riku's got the day off from the action packed life of a stunt double and is just taking it easy in the gardens (far FAR away from any water-lurking monsters since he's not in the mood for round two of that).

walking around ends about more soothing and peaceful than expected. if it wasn't for the chance of becoming a tentacle monster's new best friend if you're not careful then this place might actually not be that bad. something else ends up making it even better, too. as luck would have it, a small vendor is selling ice cream a short distance away so might as well get something sweet, right? right. he totally deserves a treat, too. awesome keyblade masters always do!! seeing as he is so very awesome and deserving, riku starts on over toward the ice cream vendor.]

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[he does know what a date is. kind of. and only thanks to the help of other people, but before he can protest to riku, roxas is realizing how uncomfortable mary is.

which, of course, sets off his automatic defenses here. how many times can the nobody kitten bristle in one afternoon? it looks like riku is trying to go for the record.]

Let it go, Riku. [this he says with a little sneer.] Stop making Mary uncomfortable.

Pretty sure that one isn't on me.

[SORRY MARY. THAT COMMENT JUST MAKES IT WORSE AND HE KNOWS IT. and maybe is enjoying the teasing just a teeny bit...

but really, it's not his fault! most people won't react like that to an explanation of a date is! people with puppy crushes, though, are a different story all together. his next comment, one made to mary and after another bite of ice cream, won't help make things more comfortable, that's for sure.]

Must be some interesting dirt down there for you to be staring at it like that.

.......

[ Mary may hurt him. Once she's done being INCREDIBLY UNCOMFORTABLE, because Roxas is right, she totally is. Can he not point out how awkwardly miserable she's feeling right now?

Really, she could react with anger, but then Roxas might wonder why she's so mad over such an innocent-seeming comment.

So Mary does the next logical step.

Starts to tear up. ]

[roxas has been trying pretty hard to keep things civil, despite bristling like a cat at nearly every turn.

but there's a such thing as taking the needling too far, and the second he looks to mary and realizes that she's about to burst into tears? his bristling turns into the outright aggressive brand of anger that had them fighting in the first place. he's still got his ice cream tightly gripped in his hand...

but he's also summoning oblivion.]

I said quit it. Are your ears broken or something?

[w-woah, okay, tears weren't the intended outcome. it honestly startles him more than roxas pulling out the keyblades. stupid kid doing stupid things is the way the universe rolls. making a girl tear up via teasing... makes him feel like a villain and in the worst way possible.

but apologies can come later. dealing with dumbasses comes first. riku's not letting this level of stupid happen. the surprise vanishes and shifts into a serious, if heavy frown. no move to draw his own keyblade comes because, well, his brain cell count happens to be a tad higher, tyvm.]

I could ask the same about your brain. Are you seriously picking a fight in spot where people can get caught in the crossfire, Mary included?

[ This is what happens when you tease a delicate soul and she's not quite ready to freeze you where you stand, aren't you lucky-- except Roxas is summoning a Keyblade, which he really only ever does when he's about to fight something, and Mary's a little too stunned to say anything at first.

... Before she realizes this might actually be because of her, and she quickly blinks back tears and speaks up. ]

R-Roxas, it's fine! I'm okay!!

[ OR AT LEAST NOT WORTH WHIPPING A WEAPON OUT FOR. ]

[the thing about this situation is that riku's reaction doesn't actually make him want to concede at all.

even though he's right. and even though he definitely has no intention of hurting mary. he's still gripping oblivion tightly in his hand until mary speaks up, which does get him to concede... he dismisses the keyblade in a puff of smoke and lets his hand drop down.

but he's still got his icy glare on riku.]

That's not okay. What kind of jerk doesn't know when to shut up and makes someone else cry like that? [she didn't do anything to deserve that at all.]

A jerk like me, looks like.

[he says as much without hesitation. he knows he's a jerk and too much so sometimes. no denying that.

one thing that he's learned thanks to recent events is when to apologize. now is one of those times. with the keyblade battle thread eliminated, riku turns toward mary. the teasing tone of voice gets replaced with a genuinely apologetic one.]

Sorry about that. I went a bit overboard with running my mouth.

[ With one threat down (Roxas hitting a non-monster with a Keyblade), only one (Riku is a threat to her dignity) remains. Mary doesn't really look all that mollified, but it's more irritation than distress now when she meets his eyes. ]

You need to be more careful. [ Especially with a fragile soul, gosh. ]

[he lets mary handle this one. it's not really his place to forgive riku for what he said; he does agree that riku went way overboard, though. he looks no less agitated, of course, but he only keeps his trained focused on riku silently, for once.]

[the silence does say a lot about roxas and mary, too. riku makes no comment aloud (he's not nearly at sora's level of tactless, thanks), but it just about solidifies something for him.]

Looks like I do.

[even fragile things can take some teasing! wrap up the fragile soul in some bubble wrap and presto! mary would be exact easy to wrap up cause she's so bitty, too.]

I owe you guys another ice cream for that one. Next time.

[cause too much ice cream will only make the shorties grow wider and not taller.]

[ Well then, next time, feel free to wrap Mary up in bubble wrap and see how well that works. ]

Next time... does that mean you're leaving now?

[ Sorry, Riku, she's a little grumpy. She'll get over it. ]

...Is "next time" even necessary?

[riku's done a good job of pissing both of them off, it seems. the next time is necessary, and roxas is sure of that much... but it won't stop him from grumbling about it right now.]

[she'll be even more bubbly than before.]

Don't get too excited, but yeah, I got things to do.

[leaving peacefully with that would've happened... but then roxas opens his big mouth and no proper jerk can leave peacefully after such rudeness. mary gets a pass for the rude because of the tears; roxas lacks that free pass. riku quirks a brow.]

What, you like having me around so much that you want me to keep third wheeling today, instead? I'm touched, Roxas.

Riku...

[ Don't make Mary activate her eye powers here. Because she will and it will just lead to a lot of questions and general uncomfortableness and that will suck a lot. ]

[roxas is just so done right now.]

If you have things to do, then go do them already and leave us alone. [so to answer the question, riku? no. no, he doesn't want riku third wheeling. not now, not ever.]

[roxas' evil eye is way less fun than anything mary could come up with.]

You really need to work on those people skills.

[because clearly riku is the embodiment of great people skills. he takes another bite of his own ice cream while starting to walk off. no need for any attacking, using eyes or otherwise. ...though it'll be warranted in about two seconds. when he's already a couple feet away, he lifts a hand in wave and gives a final few parting words.]

Have fun on your not-date, you two. Later.

[closed] i was strolling through the park one day

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