Having wrangled his way into an invitation to the festival on Minato's world, Itsuki arrived at the designated meeting spot a few minutes early, dressed in a dark green yukata and wearing his typical vaguely cheerful expression.
Minato himself is in a staid navy yukata. Linefacing as always, he's holding an unwrapped box, taller than it is wide.
Slowly he was coming to trust Itsuki more, but the level of understanding was still low. He couldn't figure out why he insisted on pretending that Minato couldn't see through him. It clearly wasn't something he wanted to discuss directly, however - he'd tried that - so it was pointless to dwell on it. Maybe he thought it was fun.
"Hello," he replied, looking a little curiously at the box. He couldn't think of anything remotely like it that people would need to bring to festivals, and Minato never did anything without a purpose. He supposed he'd leave it for now; he had no doubt that he could get it out of Minato if he wanted to, it would probably be more interesting to watch how things developed. Not that he was above prodding at him if the conversation died, of course. "I'm glad, I was a little worried that festivals on your world would have a different style of dress, but it seems that's not the case."
"It's Japan," said Minato noncommittally, not buying in the least that he was worried.
Was this a date? It'd always been girls that asked him to festivals before. He'd brought a present just in case - most of the stuff he had was too girly to give to Itsuki, but he thought this was alright. If it turned out that this was date-like, he wouldn't chance reversing the Social Link by not giving him a gift.
"...What do you want to do first?" That was always an appropriate question, date or not.
"I suppose so." He shrugged and smiled. He hadn't been particularly worried, it was true; more curious than anything else, really. But it was a conversation starter. (A conversation starter for people other than Minato.)
"I'll let you be my guide. I really don't have much of a preference, and I'm sure you know this place far better than I do."
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Slowly he was coming to trust Itsuki more, but the level of understanding was still low. He couldn't figure out why he insisted on pretending that Minato couldn't see through him. It clearly wasn't something he wanted to discuss directly, however - he'd tried that - so it was pointless to dwell on it. Maybe he thought it was fun.
"Hi," he said tonelessly.
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Was this a date? It'd always been girls that asked him to festivals before. He'd brought a present just in case - most of the stuff he had was too girly to give to Itsuki, but he thought this was alright. If it turned out that this was date-like, he wouldn't chance reversing the Social Link by not giving him a gift.
"...What do you want to do first?" That was always an appropriate question, date or not.
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"I'll let you be my guide. I really don't have much of a preference, and I'm sure you know this place far better than I do."
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