[Closed] Proposals in Flowers

[pishirogane]

Who: ziobrawler and pishirogane
What: The Talk... about a year in the making.
When: Some time after the Pony!Event conclusion
Where: Astronomy Deck (There would be one, right?)
Warnings: Two teens who flail at romance, what else?

Comments

[ziobrawler]

Of course he would. Actually Kanji would have vastly preferred this to already be over with but between Naoto's job and the ponyfication of some of the ship's residents things just seemed to have conspired against them. That, and it just seemed a better idea to follow Naoto's lead instead of trying to lead himself and possibly blowing things for good.

Of course, he was nervous - after the garden party where he had so freely spoken of his feelings for her, he was terrified she was about to tell him to leave her alone, permanently. And without the pollen, he wasn't sure he'd be able to express himself - eloquence hardly being a strong point of his, after all.

Still, he made his way to the meeting point, hoping he wasn't showing up too quickly and thus seeming too eager. He soon saw Naoto and made his way over.

"Um...hey."

[pishirogane]

From an honest standpoint, Naoto wasn't sure if she would be able to articulate anything properly today. Talking with Polly still confused her quite a bit and she wasn't able to bring this up to any of their senpai.

His voice startled her, but she didn't show it. She took a moment to herself to ease her breathing before turning to him and nodded.

"Hello, Kanji-kun... thank you for coming."

... Ah, how should they go about addressing this again? How could she forget?

[ziobrawler]

"Uh, sure."

Not the most assured response to her comment but Kanji was rather busy trying to figure out where to stand, how to hold himself and, of course, what to say. This was a whole new situation for him and he wasn't sure he liked in, particularly with such an uncertain outcome.

Still, he felt it was down to him to break the silence. He was a tough guy, he could handle one incy little talk...couldn't he?

"So, uh...you wanted to talk about the party?"

[pishirogane]

"Oh... yes, I do."

Naoto paused again, trying to get this just right.

"Now that we're not under the enchantment of flower pollen, I wanted to know about the bouquet again; at least, the meaning behind the flowers."

Naoto was aware that Kanji liked her now, but love... they just knew each other for a year. Well, probably less in his case. Still, that was a short time to fall in love in any standards and... why her?