destinystrings | [CLOSED] The Date (April 12th)

Who: Miyako Hotsuin (

djvelvet).
Where: Cancer, arcade and possibly food and music store later?
Summary: After doing her research and making plans, Miyako takes William out on a date.
Warnings: Derp and awkward?

Her questions and research lead to this.

A week after her field research with her brother, Miyako went through her notes and answers. There’s quite a bit of it, but she easily cut them down to what were fitting and easy enough to do based on what she knew of William. And her own tolerances, of course.

Once she finalised her plans, it’s time to enact them on a day with good weather. The past week was a mix of either sunny or raining. Today’s Friday and the sunny spring weather was quite ideal for what she has in mind. Anything was better than rain, in any case.

In the morning, she made her way toward the Velvet Room and picked up William the DJ, after telling him she wanted to take him out. From there, she led him toward one of the arcades in the Cancer District. With the number of games inside, there might be something that appeals to him. They can spend few hours inside before going out to eat lunch, and then...possibly check the music shops?

That depends on how well their arcade experience will go.

Standing outside of the arcade, she looked at her companion for the day.

“Are you ready, William?”

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Had Miyako expected him to be so quiet? William hadn't said a word (but then again, when did he) during their entire walk from the Velvet Room into the arcade. She might have noticed that once in a while, someone would give William a wave as he passed by.

When she asked his question, William gave her a nod, the helmet flashing a "YES" across the screen for a brief second. Actually, that giant helmet over his head was making it hard to judge his face and expression. But no worries! It's time on the Velvet Room Attendant's head was going to be short-lived. At least as soon as he presented to her with an exaggerated flourish, a card. On it she could read;

I have a question for you. What color is my hair?

Don't worry, he did that to everyone.

She wasn't sure what to expect of him. So far, he didn't talk like his sister. While Miyako didn't mind the occasional quiet person, his helmet would make it slightly difficult to gauge his reaction.

Well, until his helmet flashed "YES", followed by the card. With a blink, she read the card and looked up at William with a raised brow. He's asking her to guess his hair colour, when she never seen him take it off?

Was this question some kind of test?

"Blond. I assume it's similiar to Caroline's hair."

Not a test. More a form for amusement for him. As soon as she had picked a color both of his gloved hands were already over the helmet and--hey it just disappeared as he moved it up (cheater). And indeed, he had a golden blonde color, much like his sister.

With a grin (which was much easier to see now) he handed her a card.

A good guess. Now, shall we?

How he managed to write all of that without her seeing anything was anyone's guess.

"I LIKE YOU BETTER WITH BLACK HAIR, WILLIAM-SENPAI!" someone yelled from farther away.

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Cheater, indeed. Miyako thought it might be a quirk of his if he can just make his helmet disappear like that. She did raise a brow when she heard that person's yell, mildly bemused by it.

As for the card, she wondered if he wrote them very quickly or have them pre-written.

With a nod, Miyako entered the arcade with William. The sounds and musics of the various games coming from almost around them. She scouted this arcade earlier in the week, allowing her to know the general layout and most importantly, their selection of games.

She has a few games in mind, but one of them stood out the most from her earlier survey.

"Come. There's a game I thought you might like."

Wow, way to be a little awkward, Miyako.

Wonder all you like, William would never tell you exactly how he could do that ~~with his ninja info cards~~.

William didn't seem to fret back at her choice of location. In fact he almost seemed positively happy as they walked in, him following behind her silently. As they passed by a girl who needed another hundred yen to play a game, he quickly extended two fingers and handed one to her.

When she spoke again, he nodded, smiling, and with the usual flourish, he extended his hand.

Very well, lead him, where you wish to go, he was all yours.

Miyako was about to walk and lead him toward a game. However, when William extended his hand to her, she paused and looked down at it. The gesture was almost lost on her, but she realised what it meant.

Taking his hand and lead him.

After a moment, she slowly place her hand on his and hold it. Her hesitation and awkwardness showed, before she looked away to hide her expression from him and lead him. It's been too long since Miyako held anyone's hand or had anyone held hers, as the Hotsuin clan wasn't the most affectionate group and she was bound by secrecy in JP's. With the sole exception of her brother, there was one other person.

But she's not here to think about Alcor.

She lead him toward one of the games she has in mind, passing by a few people who seemed to know him. When they arrived, someone was already playing a song on the machine. The top screen was showing their live progress, the notes being hit to the beat. Or breaking the combo when they missed.

At the end of the song, the boy get off and walked away, muttering to himself.

He was used to holding hands, really. At first it had been idle curiosity that an attendant would show a guest, but eventually it turned into children laughing as they dragged him around in the hospital.

And really, what attendant would be be, if he didn't follow a guest's request?

There was much to analyze from simple hand-holding. The pressure of the fingers, the way they held his own, how they controlled how their fingers intertwined, how often their hand moved...they could all be used to judge a person's personality.

And by now, he was pretty good at it.

When they arrived to their destination, he couldn't help but grin a little. Of course he knew this very cabinet. Musical combo games were his favorite. Look at him enough, and it might be easy to know that. Proof that she had done her research.

He was impressed. Very few had taken him to this location before on their first outing. He took out a card from his free hand, and presented it to her.

I insist that you go first.

Then he can tell how unused she was to holding hands, even after her grip became a little firmer with a purpose. A purpose to lead him over to a game, but a purpose nonetheless. It's always easier to focus when she have an objective on her mind. Plus, she somewhat grew used to the simple act of leading someone by their hand.

She let go of his hand and looked back at him, noting his grin. Good, it seemed like he approved of it. Miyako wouldn't like it if she did all of that work, and dragging her brother along for it, for nothing.

Miyako read the card, blinking once before nodding.

"Sure."

Fortunately, she did a few practice runs on the game to familiarise herself with the game mechanics. Stepping onto the platform and inserting a coin, Miyako started tapping the screen and selecting her gameplay mode: Popular Mixing.

She doesn't have the ID card to access Platinum and she's not good enough for Technical, yet.

After picking her first song, Miyako started playing when the notes appear. The top screen show her progress as she hit the notes. Her mouth quirk a little, almost smiling. Sometimes, she would frowned when she miss a note and became more determined as a result.

If there's one thing she thrive upon, it's being challenged.

(There was another, but that would be too personal for her to admit.)

When she was done, he clapped in approval at her, a small crowd having gathered behind them both to watch her and then see what William would do.

Surprisingly, the Velvet Room resident didn't have a platinum card either! But that was mostly because they were impossible to get in Hinoto-Ri. Instead he picked the World Tour and proceeded to do well for the difficulty level...but not perfectly. And while most would be happy with the A average score, he did frown at the end when the two B's stared back at him, even if this stage was incredibly hard and long.

She wasn't the only one who was competitive, it seemed.

The crowd looked pretty enthralled anyway. "He's so good" with "he's so cute" could be heard amidst the sounds of the arcade machines. And despite his frown, William did seem to be back to his good mood afterwards.

I suppose I shall take my grade...for now.

You can bet he would be coming back here for a few days so he could get nothing but a perfect mark.

Regardless, that was fun! Do you wish to do another round, or shall we switch games?

Well, at least that achieved her objective of getting William to come out of the Velvet Room more often. Granted, it's for a game, but Miyako planned to show other things to...vary it up, so to speak. If he need to get outside, William don't need to stick to one activity.

She ignored the crowd, watching his progress and score on the top screen. If he have any competitive streak, those B's will be a good motivator.

"Let's go and play other games, William."

Miyako have some other games in mind. Musical, competitive or both. After this, unless something came up, they can go and eat ~~yakiniku~~ lunch.

[CLOSED] The Date (April 12th)

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