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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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[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.

[flaredo]

Thanks, but he didn't break your heart!

[ He didn't break yours, either, Yang. ]