[CLOSED] Celebration Time, COME ON!

[drakenguard]

Who: Yamato Hotsuin and Shura demifemme
Where: Taurus Ward
When: Night on the day of Shura's Tournament Match
Summary: Celebratory night out on one of Yamato's rare days off
Warnings: Taurus ward so...yes.

The sky was completely dark at this time in the early evening, and the temperature was dropping with each passing minute. Yamato was not in his usual long coat, but instead in a warm looking winter coat with a thick, pale coloured scarf topping the ensemble. His JP's uniform was mostly for show, not for warmth, and he didn't do too well in the cold.

He was standing on the edge of the Taurus Ward, looking as severe as usual. He was ten minutes early for his and Shura's meeting time, waiting beneath a tall looking street lamp. He didn't look impatient, and actually seemed to be lost in thought, gazing up at the dark sky with his arms crossed over his chest.

Hm, it was even starting to snow a little...

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[demifemme]

"... something happened?" Hopefully it was not something bad...

[drakenguard]

"I'm not entirely sure," Yamato admitted. "It involved Kaito - it was during that New Years party."

[demifemme]

"Oh... that kinda sucks. I hope it wasn't anything bad..."

[drakenguard]

"I don't think it was," Yamato shrugged his shoulders, looking like he'd rather change the subject. "...in any case, I suppose getting a bit tipsy would be fine."

[demifemme]

Shura nodded with enthusiasm. "Yeah! Not drunk, just a little warmed up." She called the waitress for a Sex on the Beach. "I don't do drunk very well anyway I'm afraid."

[drakenguard]

Yamato rubbed his chin in thought. "Is that so...? I seem to recall you being a very, ah, affectionate drunk on your birthday."

[demifemme]

Shura stared at Yamato open-mouthed, then hid her face in her hands, blushing at the implication.

[drakenguard]

Yamato chuckled quietly at Shura's embarrassed show, leaning back in his seat. "It was a bit awkward to watch, admittedly."

[demifemme]

Shura shook her head, still holding it in her hands. "Do I even want to know?"

[drakenguard]

"Probably not," Yamato said, deciding to be somewhat merciful. "Although I will say it is lucky that our waitress from that time is not on duty - from what I can see, anyway."

[demifemme]

Shura groaned as her drink was brought to her. "Definitely not getting drunk then."

[drakenguard]

Yamato laughed a little, genuinely amused as his own drink was set down as well. "You can if you want, if you trust me to control your drunken affections."

[demifemme]

"Oh I trust you, I just don't wanna start lavishing my affection on you. It'd be super awkward afterwards... and Ideo might get jealous." She grinned.

[drakenguard]

Yamato looked a little puzzled. "Hm? Awkward? Jealous?"

Shura would be influenced by the alcohol, so there would be no point getting jealous over such a thing- not that Ideo of course had any reason to get jealous. Yamato was not unfaithful- not that there was anything to be faithful over.

Just friends.

Yes.

[demifemme]

Shura chuckled in her drink. "I'm just teasing you, Yamato."

[drakenguard]

"I see..."

Yamato still looked confused, but he let the subject drop, taking a little sip of his own drink. Although he suddenly paused and lowered his drink, slowly turning the glass between his hands.

"Actually, there is something I need to ask you."

[demifemme]

"Hm?" Shura put her glass down. "What is it?" Maybe he had found something odd in her results...

[drakenguard]

"This is a personal matter, so I will appreciate it if you keep this between just us," Yamato said, looking very stern when he said this. After delivering that command, his expression eased into one of mild...uncertainty?

"...you are probably more knowledgeable than I in these matters, so let me put forth a hypothetical question. If someone rejects, ah, affections you have for them, and even confesses that they are somewhat nervous about you, due to something an alternative version of yourself had done in their world, but then they immediately tried to establish a friendship with you after admitting their wariness - what is the proper thing to do in that scenario. Hypothetically?"

Oh yes, that thing with Kaito. Although he was no longer avoiding his ex-crush (oh, still current crush, those feelings just don't go away), and it had been apparently resolved during the New Years... he still didn't remember the actual resolution, or what was said or done, and the uncertainty of his position did make him wonder how on earth he was to handle that whole...thing.

[demifemme]

Shura was silent for a good minute, thinking hard. "Oh, wow, that's... complicated." She tried to think about it. So let's say she met a Futomimi from a world where the Demi-Fiend is a Yosuga supporter... Oh man, her stomach knotted just thinking about that possibility. But despite being wary, she wanted to stay friends..

"Hypothetically. I. Well. It'd be a good thing that someone would want to stay friends, I think? Would you want to stay friends? Hypothetically."

[drakenguard]

Welcome to Yamato's soap opera of a love life.

"Well, yes," Yamato said, starting to feel a bit silly at proposing this as a hypothetical scenario when it was obvious to both of them that it was actually happening. It felt easier asking it in a hypothetical way though, rather than outright advice.

"It is puzzling because I am uncertain on what is and isn't appropriate. If someone is wary of you, isn't it best to maintain distance? Or should you try to prove your innocence? It is something only time would heal, I fear, but I feel like my actions would be closely scrutinised, and that I would have little room for forgiveness if I do something morally wrong."

Not that Yamato cared about being morally right but, urgh. He took a drink to try and clear his head. It didn't work.

"But even then if wariness is gone, would that mean that there is a chance of being accepted if that was the only reason or...should I just expect that venue close to me permanently? Ah, hypothetically..."

[demifemme]

Welcome to teenagehood, Yamato.Shura pushed her drink aside and put both hands on the table.

"Okay. I don't have all the answers, but, I think that, hypothetically, if the person was not interested, you shouldn't press the issue because that would make you a creep. No one wants that.

"I think..." Shura looked lost in time for a moment. "I think that... if they wanna be friends, be a friend. You can't justify yourself for someone in another world. They could be very different from you. The point of different worlds is that shit goes down differently. That's my opinion on the Amala Universe anyway.

"So... hypothetically, if they want to be friends, and you want to be friends, be friends. They're giving you a chance to show you're... not an asshole. So don't be an asshole. And if it hurts you to be with them, you can tell them, you know. Friendship should make both people happy."

With all that said, Shura took a big gulp of her drink.

[drakenguard]

Don't be an asshole, huh?

Yamato was well aware that he more than qualified for that label. He didn't care, since he had to be harsh and merciless as Chief of JP's. He didn't like sending people to their deaths, but if it was necessary he didn't lose sleep over it. They had been too weak to stay alive, and if they died fulfilling their duty, there was no less admirable death.

However, that didn't mean he wanted to be an asshole to Kaito. Well, not to the extent where it would damage their already delicate relationship even more. As much as he was confused over him, he - well, he felt that avoiding him at being rejected would be the appropriate thing to do, but apparently Kaito didn't want that so-

Urrrrrgh. Relationships were hard.

"...I see," he murmured quietly, taking a contemplative sip of his drink. "I do not want to chase him away, but neither do I feel it is appropriate to... pretend as if there isn't anything there either. Hypothetically," he added belatedly. "I... don't know how I feel about it."

He suddenly laughed, and rubbed at his forehead. "My apologies, this isn't a very celebratory topic..."

[demifemme]

Shura waved a hand. "S'all right. We don't see often these days, so now is as good a time as any, right? Anyway... time would eventually heal the rejection, hypothetically.." She sighed. "Feelings are complicated."

[drakenguard]

"They are," Yamato grumbled. "More trouble than they are worth, actually."

[demifemme]

"Mmmm..." Shura played with the straw in her glass. "I'm not sure I would have gone as far as I have without feelings."