And another birthday to ignore.

[electricyousei]

Who: Ruri and Open
Where: Virgo Ward
When: July 7th
Summary: Ruri is going to get a birthday cake for herself, mostly because she's afraid if she doesn't the people at home would be mad at her.
Warnings: None of note?

Ruri was out, out of her ship, out on the town, out of uniform in a simple dress. She was looking from bakery to bakery and after the 5th or so one she purchased a cake and some candles and moved away from all the hubbub of any festivals to sit down and light them.

"....This seems like such a waste, but I think Minato would be mad if I didn't. Not that it really matters here I guess."

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[unbroken_chain]

"Hm...I guess not! Really, the only point for candles is to make a wish, isn't it?"

[electricyousei]

"And I don't have much faith in wishes. I hadn't heard of that tradition though."

[unbroken_chain]

A slight pause.

"Really? Huh."

A shrug and a grin as she dismisses it.

"Oh well. Happy birthday, Ruri!"

[electricyousei]

She smiled a bit and nodded.

"Thank you very much."

[unbroken_chain]

Kotoha smiles happily, and then her eyes brighten as she realizes something.

"Oh! I know!"

With that, she leans in and plants a kiss on Ruri's cheek.

"There, your present!"

[electricyousei]

Ruri blinks and turns bright red, her deadpan breaking with actual embarrassment.

"Um... I've never..."

[unbroken_chain]

Hm?

"Never what?"

[electricyousei]

"Been kissed."

She still looks a bit confused.

[unbroken_chain]

...Kotoha is starting to have a sneaking suspicion.

"...Ruri, was our date the first time anyone ever asked you out?"

[electricyousei]

"...That was an actual date? Not just using the term its a date?"

[unbroken_chain]

Suspicion confirmed. All Kotoha can do is laugh helplessly.

"You didn't even realize I was flirting with you, huh?"

[electricyousei]

"You were flirting with me...."

She blinks, more processing this than anything else.

[unbroken_chain]

Kotoha will just wait for you to finish processing this.

[electricyousei]

This could be a while, she's not used to these sort of things.

[unbroken_chain]

That's fine, Kotoha's got time.

[electricyousei]

"You... Like me... Like that?"

[unbroken_chain]

"Yeah."

She thought it was obvious.

[electricyousei]

Now here Ruri is pretty dense, she never noticed half the fleet at home views her as an idol or that half her crew would ask her out if they had any idea how.

"Really?"

[unbroken_chain]

Kotoha giggles involuntarily.

"Really really."

[electricyousei]

"....And I completely missed it."

[unbroken_chain]

Kotoha smiles gently.

"Ah, well, don't worry about that too much, okay? Frowns don't suit that pretty face."

There's a slight pause as she considers something.

"...um. It, uh...doesn't bother you that I'm a girl, right?"

[electricyousei]

More confusion on her face.

"Why would it bother me? Its fairly common with the Jovians and have several of them on my crew. Well the men, and the one Jovian girl I grew up with come to think of it."

[unbroken_chain]

A shrug and an easy grin.

"If you didn't realize I was flirting with you, then there was a decent chance you weren't actually interested in girls. But if you're fine with that, then there's no issue, huh?"

[electricyousei]

"Oh, I've never really considered anyone. I really just do my work and that's about it. That and I've had bad luck with people in general."

[unbroken_chain]

"No worries! I have amazing luck!"