[closed] i was strolling through the park one day

[undauntingdawn]

Who: Mary Kozakura immobileyes, Riku undauntingdawn, Roxas coexistent
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.]

Comments

[undauntingdawn]

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.

[immobileyes]

[ 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. ]

[coexistent]

[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.]

[undauntingdawn]

[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.]

[immobileyes]

[ 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. ]

[coexistent]

...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.]

[undauntingdawn]

[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.

[immobileyes]

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. ]

[coexistent]

[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.]

[undauntingdawn]

[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.