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Characters: Yu and Roze
When: Shortly before the Translation event
Where: Starting at Roze's place
What: Yu finally makes good on his promise for a date he made when he first arrived: when Roze least expects it.

Yu didn't know why he chose today to finally take Roze out: it was a throw away comment made weeks ago, after all. But he liked to think of himself as a man that kept his word, even made flippantly. Plus... he had a feeling that Roze didn't get woo'd very often, and might appreciate a day out.

He gave her only 15 minutes, exactly what she'd asked for in her text, then knocked.

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He didn't have long to wait, the door making a low whooshing sound as she yanked it open, grinning brightly and cocking a brow.

"Nice enough?" she asked, doing a quick turn on one foot. The heels she wore were shorter than usual, though it didn't change that she was still inordinately tall. The green dress she wore was light and delicate-looking, like sea foam on a breeze, and her hair wasn't in its normal tight twists and braids. Instead, it was piled lightly on her head and pinned in place with damp curls falling around her face.

All in all, she took the date thing as seriously as any teenage girl.

"Better be. I ain't got a whole lot of stuff. Three dresses. I'm runnin' low. The rest is probably too much for your delicate sensibilities," she murmured, wrinkling her nose in a half-smirked smile.

Yu himself was dressed nicely in a light gray turtleneck and slacks: but Yu tended to dress as such often enough that it didn't really stand out. He gave her a slight look over, smiling.

"You look lovely. I brought a gift." He held up a honeydew melon, wrapped in pale green cellophane and a ribbon on top: Yu had his traditional habits, after all.

"Does Mushashi know you're going out. I wouldn't want him getting... worked up." As if asking after her dad.

"He knows," rumbled the irritated voice from deeper in the apartment.

Roze rolled her eyes and sighed before looking down at the melon, tilting her head and reaching out to take it. It was an odd sort of thing to give - how did he even know she liked melons? Maybe she hated them or was allergic? She wasn't, but what if she had been?

"Uhh...thanks?" she mumbled, stepping back into the apartment and setting it in the middle of the coffee table. She didn't want to seem ungrateful, but then it was odd and a bit more traditional than she'd really expected. And really, a melon?

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"So! What's the deal? You told me to get dressed up, I am. I'm ready when I said I'd be. I uh...got your melon. Now what?"

Yu smiled, the expression on his lips soft but the glint in his eyes amused and sharp. He knew he was being a little... obtuse, not explaining himself and being somewhat ridiculous. But the game was exciting to him- nothing mean. He really was interested in taking Roze out. but seeing how she reacted to him was too fun.

"I promised you a date, didn't I?" Said with all the carelessness. As if this was something he had mentioned days ago, not months. As if this was expected and with good understandable reasoning.

It really wasn't though.

Fortunately Roze was an easygoing, laid-back sort of person when it came to things like relationships, dating and such. She didn't think anything particularly odd was going on - only that it was a bit sudden.

Then again, she'd kind of ditched on his at the part last month, drunk as he was. She was fairly certain he didn't even remember the evening.

"Well, I suppose you did, in a way. Figured it was kind of a laugh, honestly. We've talked a couple times but you tend to be kind of elusive!" she laughed, looking off to the side and clearing her throat.

"So then a date-date? Like a real date? Uh...sure, yeah? Lets do it. I'm free and dressed. Ain't no reason not to."

He tilted his head slightly, looking (and feeling) a bit ashamed.

"It's true, we haven't talked much since the party... I kinda wandered away from you and Dante. My senpai took care of me after, but everything was a little... foggy after that. I want to make it up to you. But... please, don't feel obligated."

"Oh! Uh, no no no. Nothing like that. I don't mind, really. I just figured you'd gotten a little tired of me. I know I can be a bit off-putting, maybe? Or just really fuckin' annoying, y'know?"

She coughed, cleared her throat, shuffled her feet and looked about as uneasy as she sounded.

"I don't really do obligations, Silver. I just go with the flow and do what feels right. I ain't got any plans. A date...well, I guess it'd be kinda nice. 'Specially since I didn't have to beg for it," she muttered, eyes narrowing slightly. There were a lot of people she had to push and cajole for time.

"Trust me, I only consider begging a bonus, never a necessity." He said, his tone bright and airy and not at all as sexual as his words could easily be. Her awkwardness was charming as hell, and with a relaxed posture he offered her a hand.

"Did you know a version of the Rainbow Bridge is here? I've been meaning to go see it and would love company."

She blinked, head having cocked in curious scrutiny at the comment on begging. She wasn't sure what to make of it, and was about to make a lewd comment in response, test the waters as it were, when he held a hand out.

"Rainbow Bridge. You...want to go see a bridge?" she asked, without a hint of disappointment, only bewilderment. Even so, she reached out and took his hand, because it was offered.

"Yeah. Yeah, we can go see it. I wonder if its at all like the real thing, actually. Stuff is pretty iffy around this place."

Really, what else did you say? She couldn't imagine Squall or Dante asking something so strangely mundane. Seifer maybe, but even then, she thought he might see fit to add flourish and make is sound bigger than it was just for effect.

Yu wanted to see a bridge with her. Well...alright.

Yu chucked, looking for all the world like he knew something she didn't. If her confusion was bothering him, he certainly didn't show it. He instead took her hand, gentle but firm.

"...trust me. I don't want to give too much away. I might not be as exciting as some, but I try. So give me a chance."

Oh. Crap, she was being rude. Wasn't she?

"Am I bein' rude?" she asks, cocking her head to the side and furrowing her brows uncertainly. "Its kinda hard to tell sometimes what's gonna come off as rude and what's just gonna come out as 'oh haha that Roze, she's such a pill', y'know? I promise I'm not tryin' t'be. Just kinda weird, I guess..."

It struck her then that this was, technically, turning into her first ever actual date.

That made her face turn rosy quite suddenly, though she said nothing to explain the suffusion of color.

He smiles, shaking his head.

"No, you're not being rude. Just understandably confused. I can't help it, I like spontaneity. And melons."

He tugs lightly on her hand, leading her out into the hall and down towards the building doors. "I know our tastes in these things might not mesh up well, so if you get bored, let me know. Okay?"

"You know if you're the one that likes melons its kinda more customary for someone to give them to you, not the other way around. So next time, try bringing over some kiwi," she remarked with a cocked eyebrow and soft laugh. Shaking her head in amusement, she allowed him to lead her, fingers curling slightly in his grasp to hold his hand in return. She'd been a little thrown off, but adapted well.

"Silver, I really doubt I'll get that bored. Anything is better than sitting around the apartment watching the same movies over and over alone. So frankly, if you wanna see a bridge, then we're gonna see a fuckin' bridge, and have a great goddamn time doin' it."

As simple as that for her to be on board with his plans. She didn't really know what she was supposed to do on a legitimate date, or how to behave, but she felt that if she couldn't just be herself and have a good time, it wasn't worth it anyways, so worrying over the details and what might be expected was foolish.

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