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[ pick-up lines are, by and large, expected to be pretty bad. they're inauthentic, laughable, and just plain cringey most of the time.
but this one is.. surprisingly sweet? as sweet as a pick-up line can be, anyway. whatever. he's gonna blame the earlier misstep leaving him disoriented and just leave it at that. ]
i've heard way worse
i pick truth
but this one is.. surprisingly sweet? as sweet as a pick-up line can be, anyway. whatever. he's gonna blame the earlier misstep leaving him disoriented and just leave it at that. ]
i've heard way worse
i pick truth
[ there is a slight delay before oushi's answer. by now, he's had more than enough time to mull over the past few years of his life, his choices. his time away from everything had only served to grant him greater perspective... and while he has more or less been humbled by the fact his life is so small, so much less spectacular than everyone else's, he knows that that hardly means his actions mean any less to the people around him.
one day, he'll be able to apologize to her properly. ]
i learned sign language for someone
but even then, i didn't treat her very well
truth or dare?
one day, he'll be able to apologize to her properly. ]
i learned sign language for someone
but even then, i didn't treat her very well
truth or dare?
The trouble with a pick-up line over text is that delivery is such a large part of it. Flirting is all performance.
What if I had asked while looking at your lips or playing with the hair on the nape of your neck? If I make my voice low and silky?
You'd be picked up!
What was your first time like?
With a guy, if you please.
What if I had asked while looking at your lips or playing with the hair on the nape of your neck? If I make my voice low and silky?
You'd be picked up!
What was your first time like?
With a guy, if you please.
[ .......okay??? note to self: never meet this guy in person. ]
you just said a line's never worked on you but you're so sure it'd work on someone else??
that kind of confidence isn't always attractive you know
[ he would 100% be picked up but he'd be a bitch about it the entire time— ]
anyway now you're the one assuming
i've never gone all the way with a guy so you need to change your question
you just said a line's never worked on you but you're so sure it'd work on someone else??
that kind of confidence isn't always attractive you know
[ he would 100% be picked up but he'd be a bitch about it the entire time— ]
anyway now you're the one assuming
i've never gone all the way with a guy so you need to change your question
( so, while he's in the middle of thinking this is a silly, stupid game, he's also making himself something to drink. he reads oushi's question and snorts to himself and winds up murmuring aloud as he lifts the glass to his lips.
it isn't until he sets it down and looks at the watch or whatever tf it is and realizes there's a response he didn't type. seems a voice to text feature was activated and he stares in pure abject fury and annoyance at the answer staring him back in the face. )
Fighting back and not dying.
it isn't until he sets it down and looks at the watch or whatever tf it is and realizes there's a response he didn't type. seems a voice to text feature was activated and he stares in pure abject fury and annoyance at the answer staring him back in the face. )
Fighting back and not dying.
( oh, he's fuming. the one thing he doesn't want to talk about and has seemingly been thrown in his face since he arrived, and he lets something slip so easily because of this bullshit on his tongue. maybe he should just stop talking until it goes away. )
Ignore that.
Ignore that.
[ ??? did the watch glitch or something... that's a little alarming, but certainly not as alarming as what is actually revealed — accidental or not.
sylus has died before...?
best not to think about it, especially if it wasn't meant to be said.
(he's definitely going to be thinking about it.) ]
truth
[ he's lost count of their rounds, but it'll always be truth. somehow, for him, it's better to be perceived than to made to do something stupid or embarrassing. ]
sylus has died before...?
best not to think about it, especially if it wasn't meant to be said.
(he's definitely going to be thinking about it.) ]
truth
[ he's lost count of their rounds, but it'll always be truth. somehow, for him, it's better to be perceived than to made to do something stupid or embarrassing. ]
[ touchy... ]
...i don't really know
there's somebody back home i'd like to fight but not really in any way that'd actually hurt him
it's not like i hate him, he just pisses me off
i'd like to mess up the people that put that implant in me but i'd prefer to stay as far away from them as possible
not sure if any of those answers actually count but whatever
truth or dare?
...i don't really know
there's somebody back home i'd like to fight but not really in any way that'd actually hurt him
it's not like i hate him, he just pisses me off
i'd like to mess up the people that put that implant in me but i'd prefer to stay as far away from them as possible
not sure if any of those answers actually count but whatever
truth or dare?
( he's cheating for this because i feel like it. only sending manuela's reaction to a ridiculous photo he sent her, he considers his dare fulfilled. he's embarrassed himself enough today between the two of them. and he'll certainly not be telling oushi he thinks he's a little bit cute. )
Your proof.
Your proof.
[Vanitas has a hard time believing that this version of Oushi that he knows--not very well, obviously-- could ever not treat someone well. Especially a girl. It's hard to build up a reality in his mind to fit the situation where Oushi has been cautious, and considerate to him. Well, until Vanitas finds various ways to ruin those moments, anyway.
I feel less bad being mean to you.
I'm going to be your karma and your reckoning incarnate.
[Vanitas takes it upon himself to be the one to make this man's life difficult from this moment on. He doesn't have to words or the ability to express that he really just likes Oushi as a person and Vanitas likes being around him and talking to him even if it's just in the form of antagonizing the guy.]
Dare.
I feel less bad being mean to you.
I'm going to be your karma and your reckoning incarnate.
[Vanitas takes it upon himself to be the one to make this man's life difficult from this moment on. He doesn't have to words or the ability to express that he really just likes Oushi as a person and Vanitas likes being around him and talking to him even if it's just in the form of antagonizing the guy.]
Dare.
[ now, see, being told something like that should bother him... maybe even rattle him... oushi believes in karma, to an extent, and while he definitely thinks he's deserving of some trials and tribulations for how shitty he was to yuki, being told that by someone else is an entirely different thing. and there's a part of him, the part that defaults to being contrary, that wants to protest out of principle...
but honestly? he can think of worse comeuppances. ]
i was pretty shitty
so make sure you're up for the task
[ (and maybe there's something about this place that makes one's loneliness feel that much more immense.) ]
you still haven't done my first dare yet
[ just saying. ]
before i give you your next one...
do you know what aikyo is
but honestly? he can think of worse comeuppances. ]
i was pretty shitty
so make sure you're up for the task
[ (and maybe there's something about this place that makes one's loneliness feel that much more immense.) ]
you still haven't done my first dare yet
[ just saying. ]
before i give you your next one...
do you know what aikyo is
Haha, nice try. More like why should I bother risking it for something that can be handled with a little extra makeup? Plus no recovery time-- I'm not really the sort of person who can afford to spend a lot of time laid up in the hospital.
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