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[flaredo]

"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?"

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[masakados]

[When she does, Naoki'll fall completely quiet and his back tenses slightly... before he forces himself to relax, don't want to ruin all her hard work. His face feels hot, though.]

True, though. There's, ah, a reason why karaoke was never a thing me and my friends used to do.

[flaredo]

Kind of a shame... [ But then Yang sighs, and Naoki will feel an additional weight as she drapes her arms over his shoulders and flops a little. ]

But there you go, all set!

[masakados]

Mmph-- [Naoki blinks, dipping down a bit (he wasn't expecting flopping), before he turns his head to look at her with a smile.]

Thanks, O shoulder massage master.

[flaredo]

Relax a little more next time, Demon Lord. [ And she jokingly wriggles her fingers. ] I feel like my hands are about to fall off!

[masakados]

[Naoki laughs.] I'll try.

I get a next time, though? I should promise to give you a hand massage in turn. [He nudges back against her playfully.]

[flaredo]

I won't say no, if you're offering! And as long as you're tense, I'll promise I'll knock it out of you somehow.

[masakados]

Knock it out of me, huh... [Yang, your phrasing. But he's laughing again, twisting one of his hands to find a piece of her hair to absently toy with.]

Sure, I'll take you up on that.

[flaredo]

[ wryly, tapping a finger on his collarbone: ] Or I could just let you play with my hair, since you seem to like it so much.

[masakados]

[Pauses.]

...Sorry. I, uh... did it without thinking. [HE'LL JUST LET GO NOW...]

[flaredo]

...

[ There's a snort. A snicker.

And then Yang is flat-out laughing into his shoulder. ]

I don't mind!

[masakados]

[Yeah no it's okay he'll just sit here red-faced and feel her laughing into his shoulder.

He sighs.]

I'm pretty sure it wasn't that funny.

[flaredo]

It was cute-- [ And that's all she can manage before she's laughing too hard to talk. ]

[masakados]

Yeah, yeah... [He's sighing again but smiling and tilting his head sideways until it leans against hers.]

[flaredo]

[ She'll calm down... eventually, even as she stays draped comfortably against him, heads touching. ]

Sorry, sorry... you were almost like Jaune-levels of awkward, there.

[ But then it sounds like she thinks Jaune is cute. ]

[masakados]

I'm not that bad. [Immediately. And please tell him you don't think Jaune is cute. Please.] I met him yesterday, actually. I didn't get a chance to mention it.

[Because rides and spiders and oh Yang Yang he has something else to tell you about.]

And actually, he had something he wanted me to pass along.

[flaredo]

Huh? [ She'll lift her head now, bemused. She's glad Naoki's meeting all of her friends, but-- ] And what was that?

[masakados]

Let's see--

[He flicks up one finger.] "Tell her I'm not her type", [a second] "I sell bootleg copies of new movies", [a third] "I'm bad news", [a fourth] "that Jaune Arc boy is nothing but trouble".

...He asked if you bragged about him or anything, I said you mentioned he was a great guy, but.

[AS YOU CAN HEAR HE CAN'T TAKE A COMPLIMENT APPARENTLY.]

[flaredo]

...

He's... not my type?

[ THERE IS A VERY LONG PAUSE, in which Yang draws her hands back and goes completely silent, before-- ]

... So I was rejected, huh?

[masakados]

Eh.

[That is an unpleasant lurching in his stomach.

And Naoki's just going to whip around really fast to face her you're not serious right now are you Yang.]

[flaredo]

[ SHE SURE LOOKS PENSIVE RIGHT NOW. ]

Seriously, Jaune...

[masakados]

[There's an unpleasant knot forming in his stomach and oh hey there's that feeling of wanting to punch Jaune again. Twofold this time around.]

Er... Yang?

[His expression, because he doesn't know how to make sense of that knot of emotions, is bemused, anything else tucked away.] Did you actually mean it like--?

[flaredo]

Huh-- [ Yang pauses, blinking-- before she shakes her head, a smile taking hold. ]

I was just thinking if I had meant it like that, I'd be wishing for a little more tact! Seriously, how does a guy get one bitty compliment and turn it into a love confession??

[ JAUNE, SERIOUSLY-- ]

[masakados]

[And instantly Naoki can relax; he takes pains not to show it because why. Why does that make him feel relieved? It shouldn't bother him in the least if Yang might like someone--

You know what, no, he's going to put this out of his mind for now, if he starts thinking about it in depth here he's going to act strange.]

I dunno. Talking him out of it didn't work at all either.

[flaredo]

Mm... [ She folds her arms across her chest, musing out loud. ]

Should I punch him to make him atone for breaking my heart, so I can move on and find a new love that doesn't sell bootleg movies?

[masakados]

[Naoki grins, shifting his knees up to rest his arms on them, and planting his chin on his palm.]

I can hold him while you punch him, if you want.