An Outing Overdue [active]

[maybeimaleon]

Character(s): Squall, Rinoa, and Zack
Content: Lunch, and discussions about the Resistance
Setting: Café Ersesat (K7)
Time: Midday
Warnings: None!

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[timberwings]

Well, it couldn't be said that Rinoa hadn't been surprised the moment Squall had taken the initiative and asked her to go on a walk. Though in the end, all she could think of it was that it was a pleasant change of events, and she was glad that he seemed to be learning.

However, though Squall had managed to step up in one direction, there was still a great lack of conversation, and Rinoa couldn't help but feel a need to break the silence between them as they sat at the café table.

"It's nice today, don't you think?"

[mustcatchme1st]

Just a SOLDIER strolling along, nothing to see here.

At least, nothing to see on the part of the random passerby. For Zack, there was plenty to see, and if he was going to be even vaguely useful to the Resistance, seeing things and gathering information was kinda vital. Five minutes into his impromptu mission and he'd already spotted something more than vaguely interesting.

Was that...? Could he really...? Seriously?

Less than a block away, the familiar gunblader was seated by a sidewalk cafe table, a petite brunette opposite from him and obviously an acquaintance by the sheer fact that he wasn't straight out ignoring her. Better than ignoring her. Actually, if he tilted his head just right, it might even look like they were...Wait. Waiiiiiiit...

Since when did Squall have a libido?! If Zack didn't know better, he would have come to the conclusion long ago that Squall couldn't get it up for anything besides steel. Squall's level of excitement, that is

[maybeimaleon]

...Of all the people who had to wander by it had to be the most annoying one. Just great. Not that Squall wasn't unused to to annoying. It just wasn't what he needed or wanted at the moment.

The questions weren't precisely what he wanted to have to answer either. Although they did give him a reason to not get to Rinoa's question right away. Not that he hadn't intended to, of course. It was just there was quite suddenly any number of things that were slightly more important.

Shoving Zack off his his shoulder, for example.

"I'm not giving anyone lessons," he answered with a sigh. "And it's not really a date." Just a sort of impromptu outing. Dates needed actual planning. Or at least they did in his mind.

[timberwings]

"You know Squall, asking your girlfriend to go for a walk and then stopping at a cafe usually means it's a date." She told him with only slight annoyance. She couldn't completely blame him for not thinking of it that way since it was Squall, but that didn't mean she couldn't be just a little upset about him saying that.

She turned to look at the other man that had joined them with a smile. "You could take lessons from him, but you probably wouldn't get anywhere with it." she told him in a joking manner. Hey, she might be Squall's girlfriend, but that didn't mean she couldn't joke about him.

[mustcatchme1st]

And wasn't it convenient that Squall's shove sent Zack straight into the chair sitting adjacent to him? It might have been suspicious how quickly Zack settled into his new resting place, considering he'd just been recently manhandled.

He waved down the waiter and with a few curious hand signals that probably meant absolutely nothing to the worker, was able to order a drink. Half the fun was in seeing what they'd bring him anyway.

"She's right, you know. It's definitely a date," Zack declared, grinning in a friendly manner at Rinoa, then back at Squall. "Well, I dunno about those lessons. He seems to have done well for himself." He stuck out a hand, grin turning softer. "Zack Fair, at your service, ma'am."