catchall mineo

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[sengokus]

I'll meet you there
I was just finishing my rounds

[just in case he'd see anything but no just one lucky group in the garden

eventually he will run into her though and - well, despite the conversation, there is a healthy amount of both caution and anxiety from mineo. that's just the friday vibe. like he's working on the job.... though he does seem relieved when he sees her, looking her up and down for injuries just in case]

Hey.

[alteracion]

[ grace feels very neutral, like when you're spacing out drinking a smoothie in a kitchen, and does not seem injured. although there may be a hickey on her exposed neck but that's neither here nor there. though he'll feel the generic fondness when she notices him ]

Hey yourself. Want one? [ she shakes her smoothie a little ] They're an easy breakfast even when you're feeling all blergh over this place.

[sengokus]

[






sorry as he's giving her a look-over he does notice the hickey and just manages an appreciative]

Good for you.

[in honor of equivalent exchange i'll say mineo doesn't fucking button up all the way anymore so he does in fact also have hickeys]

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[ there's a second of confusion and then amusement in response, and grace's eyes pointedly drop to mineo's own hickeys before lifting back up to his face

she raises her eyebrows and pointedly drinks from her smoothie loudly ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . . . HE COUGHS SUDDENLY, FLUSTERED AS HE LOOKS AWAY]

W-Well! You know! Indulgence or whatever!

[why does he try to dish out what he can't take]

[alteracion]

[ she's immediately laughing ]

You don't have to share if you don't want to, don't worry. I think it's cute, though.

[ that he gets flustered. this is apparently a genuine feeling! horrid ]

[sengokus]

[weglkjegewg that is horrid and he just flusters worse]

W-Well... It's fine.... I don't really want to kiss and tell or anything...

[alteracion]

You sure? I'd be willing to listen if you want to talk about your relationship.

[ bats her eyelashes. her fond amusement only gets worse when he flusters im sorry ]

[sengokus]

[grace is a gremlin and mineo is just the easiest target as he continues to get embarrassed]

There is no relationship?! Grace....!!

[alteracion]

Your friends with benefits situation, then!

[ yeah this is. is so easy. she's delighted. ]

[sengokus]

[he nearly chokes]

I don't have one of those either!

[alteracion]

So are you just having one night stands?

[ ~pensive~ ]

[sengokus]

[oh my god he's literally beyond speech at this point]

Do I look like someone who could manage that?!

[alteracion]

So what do you call it when you have sex with someone, you're friends with them, but you're not dating...?

[ she's really just fucking with him now. im sorry. hes so funny ]

[sengokus]

[oh god

this looks like the most

difficult question to him in the world]

Do... Do you have to call it something... Can we add the context of an indulgence race where if you don't do that then some people might not get their wish....

[alteracion]

[ oh my god. she reaches up to pat mineo's head ]

Relax, I'll stop teasing. You know it's not a bad thing you're doing it, right?

[sengokus]

[he leans into the touch and just accepts it - he's still clearly confused and spiraling but he likes attention]

.... I know but it still feels embarrassing....

[a beat]

Um. Not to come off weird but - are you doing okay? I know you said you hadn't gotten an item yet....

[alteracion]

[ he gets some more pets because he seems to like it ]

Hmm? Sure. It's not like not getting an item has an effect on me or anything except being a little annoyed.

[sengokus]

[he does like it..... there's a soft fond feeling from it]

Yeah...? You're not worried about your wish?

[alteracion]

[ oh, emotion week is bad, because when grace looks away with a one shouldered shrug he can probably feel the hesitation and a trickle of fear and guilt leaking out? hm ]

I guess, but... It wasn't that big a wish. [ so maybe she won't need much? and, after a pause: ] And... it's something I should be able to fix for myself even if I can't get it from here.

[ she does not feel sure even if she sounds it! ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . that.

that manages to get him to pause entirely then, his brow furrowing as the concern starts to slip in]

... hey. It's okay, if you need more help. Or if you need something else to try to get the wish. You can tell me, and we can make something work.

[alteracion]

[ there's something like a sudden seizing of-- fear? like a burst of anxiety before she grins and shakes her head ]

It's fine! I've indulged a lot this week already, and asking someone else to wish it for me is asking a lot. Everyone's got their own thing they came here for and all that.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . the fear only just manages to make his own concern worse, and he reaches out to place a hand on her shoulder - otherwise trying his best to be calm for her, to share that out.]

.... you don't have to force yourself.

I... I feel bad, infringing on your privacy like this but... what've you got to be scared of? [softly] It's just me.

[alteracion]

[ alas, the calm does not seem to work, as instead she just seems to feel-- defensive? and sounds and looks it too, crossing her arms. unfortunately for her proximity makes the undercurrent of anxious fear all the more present. hm. ]

I'm not scared. It's my wish, I don't have to share what it is with anyone.

[sengokus]

You don't.

[he nods, understandingly. he pulls his hand away as she seems to get a bit more defensive. he still worries a bit, but...]

You don't have to tell me what it is. I just want you to get it. It's important to you - I can tell that much. I don't need to know anything more than that.

I just want to help.