destinystrings | Backdated to Saturday 11/17

Who: Rise Kujikawa, Yu Narukami, anyone else who'd be hanging around a demonic nightclub with a drag show
Where: Nyx's Nightclub
Summary: Ironically, Yu is bad at keeping his mouth shut. Unironically, Rise spends a lot of money.
Warnings: Demonic nightclub with a drag show
Rise came to a realization after a day or so of retail therapy (and evenings of thankfulness that she didn't have to commute to do it here): the government stipend here didn't amount to much, at least if you were used to smartly-saved idol salary.

Rise was smart, though. She'd left applications most of the places she shopped once she started looking at her receipts, as well as that nice-if-kinda-bland tofu place where she'd had lunch. It paid to keep your options open, or so she had learned. Plus, for some reason, with Kanzeon kicking around at the forefront of her mind all the time now, the idea of trying out for different roles suited her...

That said...a part of her wanted to go back to some kind of performing. This was probably a stupid idea - okay, definitely stupid, when she thought about it, but she was already on her way. If nothing else, she could check out this place and why Senpai seemed stupidly nervous about it. And maybe see if it was suitable to drag her friends here for a party.

Regardless, Rise entered the Taurus district in a set of her more conservative clothes - she was here on business, after all - and made her way to Nyx's, which was fortunately fairly prominent. After a few minutes of hopefully unseen-by-anyone-she-knew hesitation, she headed in, flashed the bouncer her best "I belong here, I'm a celebrity" smile, and made her way into a room full of demon dancers. And demon patrons. And...

Welp.

Steeling herself, she wandered for a bit, looking for the proprietor...and maybe whatever it was Senpai was trying to warn her away from.

Oh. Maybe it was that...

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Thank goodness she did not have a drink on hand otherwise the contents would have been all over the younger classmate.

"Please don't do that, you nearly scared me."

If it helps, she found out on accident and way before they were dating. But...pardon her language but...damn. The moves she was seeing was making her go red in the cheeks and Amaterasu wasn't helping by hiding away.

Drink-flailing combined with that expression would have almost been worth the extra dry-cleaning.

"Sorry...mind if I have a seat?" she asked. This might not be the best place to have a serious conversation or anything, but she could put that off long enough to ogle guys with a friend. Or forever. She'd already talked to Yu about it, and she wasn't sure what the etiquette was for talking to your friend when she started dating the guy you liked.

Maybe not. Who knows what kind of drinks demons make.

"I don't mind. There's plenty of room."

Because most of the patrons were too busy paying attention to the guy-girls and moved to the front.

Rise took a seat, turning a chair toward the front. She couldn't argue with Yukiko's focus on the show, if nothing else.

"Sooo...been coming to see this often?" she asked. "You guys could have told me you've been here for months, by the way."

"N-not really, this is only my second time here. The first time was because I was exploring the city."

You won't let it go, will you Rise?

Letting her friends not be embarrassed? What kind of friend would she be then?

"Actually, I'm kind of surprised they let this many students in," she said, noticing another girl in what was clearly a school uniform over by the bar. "Or that they let Yu-senpai work here, although I guess he's eighteen now, right?"

"I...don't know how that happened either. You might have to ask him."

Perhaps Hinoto-Ri had its own rules or that Nyx was fine with anyone coming in without a problem. Did she think they bring in good business?

"Yeeeeah, I get the impression I'm going to need to ask about a lot of things," Rise said.

She paused for a second, awkwardly. It wasn't in her nature to be awkward, but sometimes you run into situations and conversations so bizarre you don't even notice how weird they are until you're halfway through them.

"So...you and him are serious, right?"

A lot of things? Has he been hiding something lately? The thought goes out the window until Rise asked about...well, that. Wasn't everything she did being serious? Of course she had strong feelings for Yu way before coming to the city but acting on them was a little different.

But how could she word this to Rise?

"I...don't know how much since we just went out on one date. I would like it to be that way though."

She doesn't want to say 'one date= super serious' because that might seem a bit too much and she's still new to the idea of going out with a guy. But Yu is different than most of them: he's kind and generous and always determined to do what's right. When he was poisoned that night, it wasn't the leader or the friend she wanted to protect: it was all of him.

Strange to think but it makes sense in Yukiko's head. But if you really want to know, her face says it all because her face got red again.

Rise, for her part, can't get over how cute everyone she knew got when they were talking about someone they liked, whether it was Yukiko or Kanji or anyone else. Yeah, she was still jealous, but watching Yukiko right now...the shy (usually) demure (sometimes) young lady experiencing her ~first love~...it's the kind of thing she at least knew the TV version of from playing the role herself.

"I hope it works that way," she said, surprising herself by meaning it.

"You really like him, so it ought to," she added with a nod, accurately summarizing what she actually knew about dating in about a sentence.

"Just uh...let me know if I do anything out of line, okay? I've never been in this situation before."

"That'll be the two of us then."

It's all new experiences for both of them and maybe they could learn something along the way. Who knows, Yukiko might ask Rise for advice on the subject later on...if it wouldn't get so awkward.

Because after sitting with your friend watching her boyfriend - whom you have a crush on - do a dance routine in a demonic nightclub, things can only get less awkward from here.

"...want anything to drink?"

More awkward when said boyfriend was doing moves that would make someone (in their case, Yukiko) blush madly. Then again, not much needed to be done in order for her to do that. However, she will say this:

"...make it two for both of us and I will pay."

"Ah...got it, senpai."

Although walking over there with her eyes glued to the stage might take a while.

Backdated to Saturday 11/17

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