Room 308, Friday Evening

[the_merriest]

Rikku had a dress. A freaking awesome dress, thanks to Dōjima, and one that looked nothing like anything she usually wore, and made her look like a sophisticated grown-up sort of person and .... that was sort of the same thing.

And Rikku had shoes. Nice ones. They were all strappy and coooooool

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[raspberryturk]

Reno, wearing his usual except with the tie included and the buttons all done up, was standing outside the door to Rikku's room. Fidgeting. As well as one could with a small box containing a corsage in it. He was fairly certain that it was a nice corsage. It had red roses and something or other called baby's breath with sounded more nasty than it actually was (it involved less baby-puke, Reno was pleased to learn), and... he was supposed to pin it to her dress or whatever.

He could handle that. That was the easy part.

Knocking on the door? That was the difficult part.

........

Knock Knock!

[the_merriest]

She could answer the door! She wasn't flailing! Much!

Okay. Deep breath, Rikku. Smooth the hair down. Smooth the dress down. Do not trip and fall on your own skirt or anything.

"Hi," she said, opening the door and - her breath caught a little. He had the tie on and his jacket buttoned and ... "I-is that for me?"

[raspberryturk]

Reno's response was going to take a moment. He was busy staring slack-jawed in appreciation at what he was certain was Rikku, standing there, making his brain explode.

"Whoa." Pause. "I mean. Yes."

Yes, it was for her. See? He'd hold it toward her and pick his chin off the floor and.

Whoa.

[the_merriest]

She blushed, furiously, because ... she hadn't actually expected ... he usually smirked and told her she looked hot, and she scuffed her toes a little and ...

"Dojima helped," she said quickly. "M-me pick it out. I, uh. Wanted. Something ... different? Do ... you like it?"

Stupid question but you had to ask. It was a rule.