Cafe Fina, Sunday

[mistressofblack]

Lulu... wasn't one for Valentine's Day.

She was, however, one for the business opportunities offered by Valentine's Day. As such, she'd spent a bit of time before her shift today conscripting the dishes (and a few of her dolls) into setting up some subtle, tasteful Valentine's-themed decorations. Cafe Fina was, as always, the best casual-upscale

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[living_endless]

Didi eyed the menu hungrily as she watched for Jono, blue rose ever-so-casually tucked into the twist she'd pinned her hair up in.

He'd told her he loved her last night, and gotten her flowers. She hadn't ever had a birthday before, but she was fairly certain this one would be at the top of the charts even if it really was her seventeenth.

[living_endless]

"I play a mean hand of poker," Didi said calmly, as she slit the envelope open and pulled out the contents. "But I'm thinking these are better than poker."

[furnaceface]

//And there's th'hope,// Jono agreed, leaning forward a little to get a better view as she opened her gift.

Portalocity tickets. And was that an entrance voucher for the front gates of Disneyland? Why Jono, you shouldn't have!

[living_endless]

Didi started laughing as she pulled the tickets out of the envelope. "Jono Starsmore is taking me to Disneyland," she said, sounding utterly delighted and fairly gobsmacked.

A beat.

"Seriously?"

[furnaceface]

//Seriously,// he replied, sitting up all at once with a single pleased clap of his hands. //Here's where yer tell me that yer haven't got any plans for Friday and Saturday, so that I don't feel like a complete plonker for going ahead and buying th'tickets before asking.//

If she asked him really nicely, he might even pull on mouse ears.

[living_endless]

"Nope, I am totally free from Wednesday until we leave for spring break," Didi said. "And even if I wasn't? This would win."

She eyed him. "You aren't afraid of fast rides or anything, are you?"

[furnaceface]

And now, he was going to eye her back.

//Didi, luv? I fully expect yer to drag me around on every fast ride in th'park until one or the other of us has to stop to vomit.//

Hint: It wouldn't be Jono.

[living_endless]

"That's so not fair," Didi said, pausing to sip at her soda. "You ... kind of lack essential equipment, there."

[furnaceface]

//Then I expect we could be going for a very long time, depending on yer constitution, couldn't we?//

Jonothon didn't seem too terribly heartbroken over his inability to puke, no.

[living_endless]

"I have," Didi purred, "a very hardy constitution."

"Or we could just go see shows with singing animals."

Possibly as penance after he made her ride something until she puked, yes.

[furnaceface]

Jono was pretty certain that he could handle a show or two with singing animals.

//Is that 'Small World' ride at Disneyland, or the other one?//

He was praying that it was at the other one.

[living_endless]

"I think they have it at both," Didi said brightly. "So we can spend a whole morning on it. Won't it be awesome?"

... she was kidding. Probably.

[furnaceface]

//I can hardly wait,// came Jonothon's reply. Either he was calling her bluff, or else he was hell-bent on getting his money's worth. //I'm certain that by the end of it, we'll be able to sing every last syllable along with it.//

Well, he'd at least know the lyrics. Which wasn't necessarily something to be proud of, come to think of it.

[living_endless]

"I can hardly wait," Didi said, either double-bluffing him or because she liked the song just that much. "Can I make you wear mouse ears?"

[furnaceface]

//Only if yer ask really, really nicely.//

He'd get her a pair, too. With a little red polka-dot bow stuck on.

[living_endless]

Did grinned innocently at him. "I could bat my eyelashes, too. And we have to pose with Snow White, if we see her."