"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"
[He glances over to her, slowing his pace slightly so they can walk together.]
It's okay. [Naoki's all right with saying this much. Even if it brings up bad memories. That said...] I'm more worried about if I ended up getting you down.
[Grinning, he reaches over... but he doesn't try to ruffle her hair, he just kinda goes to catch at the end of it nearest to him very lightly with his fingers before pulling away.] In that case, it's all good. You don't have anything to apologise for.
[He realised from last time she probably doesn't want her hair mussed!! So he's compromising. Settling. No matter how strong the temptation to ruffle is.]
I'm counting on you. [And with a gesture of one hand.] It's hard to get all down when we're surrounded by plants and flowers and stuff anyway.
[He makes a sound at her, a good-natured huffing, and moves to sit. Not on the side of the fountain, but on the ground, propping his arms on his knees. He leans back against the fountain next to where she's perched with a light sigh.
It really does smell nice here, and it's nice and quiet.]
You... did go through the trouble of dragging me into this. [He says dragging with a remarkably amused inflection.]
And I did wanna help them out, so doing that much was the least I could do.
[Even if it's something he's not used to doing, not something he was entirely comfortable with... He has to move forward sometime. If he thought of it as a challenge it wasn't as difficult.]
Aww-- [ no warning, Naoki, she's just reaching down to ruffle your hair. ] See, you're cuter when you're honest! And now more people know what a good guy you are.
Nghhh, [a protest gritted out through teeth as he's ruffled. Yang... He reaches up a hand just after to smooth his palm over his hair. He got called cute again...]
[Yang stop reccing him to people... He flops his head backward against the fountain (as much as he can with his neck horn in the way), looking up at the sky before he closes his eyes.
Maybe he's a little tired.] Since you seem to be looking out for me, I guess I can't slack off...
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Sorry-- I kind of made it heavy, huh?
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It's okay. [Naoki's all right with saying this much. Even if it brings up bad memories. That said...] I'm more worried about if I ended up getting you down.
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[ She taps her fist against her chest, grinning. ]
It takes a lot to keep me down!
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[Grinning, he reaches over... but he doesn't try to ruffle her hair, he just kinda goes to catch at the end of it nearest to him very lightly with his fingers before pulling away.] In that case, it's all good. You don't have anything to apologise for.
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Then I'll help keep the mood up instead.
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I'm counting on you. [And with a gesture of one hand.] It's hard to get all down when we're surrounded by plants and flowers and stuff anyway.
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-- Not that I'm tired.
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[LIES.]
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[ PROVE OTHERWISE. ]
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[He elbows her lightly, making his way toward one of the fountains in the gardens.]
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[ But she'll follow him anyway. ]
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[He gets close to one of the fountains, to where the water feeds into a pond and leans over it to peer in curiously.]
...Anyway, we split up into pairs in ViViD. So there was less work.
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[ As she perches on the side of the fountain. Okay, maybe she's a little worn out. ]
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[He makes a sound at her, a good-natured huffing, and moves to sit. Not on the side of the fountain, but on the ground, propping his arms on his knees. He leans back against the fountain next to where she's perched with a light sigh.
It really does smell nice here, and it's nice and quiet.]
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[Gosh, Yang. He's not incapable of it!! He just, you know, tends to keep people at a slight distance and isn't confident in his protecting skills.]
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[ LONE WOLF... ]
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[He pauses, stretching his arms in front of him and leaning his head back against the side of the fountain.] Did you really want to see it that much?
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[ Especially after hearing about his world. This really wasn't a guy she wanted to be left alone. ]
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And I did wanna help them out, so doing that much was the least I could do.
[Even if it's something he's not used to doing, not something he was entirely comfortable with... He has to move forward sometime. If he thought of it as a challenge it wasn't as difficult.]
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I'm pretty sure it'll take more than just that.
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[ rec you on the list of hot guys, this will surely give you a wonderful reputation. ]
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[Yang stop reccing him to people... He flops his head backward against the fountain (as much as he can with his neck horn in the way), looking up at the sky before he closes his eyes.
Maybe he's a little tired.] Since you seem to be looking out for me, I guess I can't slack off...
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You can slack off a little right now. There's no one here you need to prove anything to.
[ She'd lean back, but she'd fall into the fountain. ]
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