Private to Shiki; Voice

[scratchitti]

Hey, eh... can I talk to you for a sec?

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[scratchitti]

Wha-? No?

Anyways, uh... you heard about Roze's party-dance-festival thing, right?

[headseraph]

. . . Yes? Didn't everyone get an invitation?

[scratchitti]

Well, yeah but are you *going*?

She wrangled me into DJing- well not really DJing cuz it's all stuffy classical dance music, but you know.

[headseraph]

If you're in charge of the music, then of course I'll be there.

Lalamon would make me go if I wasn't anyway, because I bought . . . something . . . a while ago and I don't wear it.

[scratchitti]

Cool. I'll be working a lot of the time but on breaks... I'll come see you.

[Awkward cough]

Oh yeah, erm... you doing anything on Christmas Eve?

[headseraph]

[Shiki's just silent for a while, because it takes a second to parse the sudden shift in topic and then another ten seconds to come up with an answer.]

Are you . . . asking me out?

[scratchitti]

No!

[Said so suddenly it's obviously a knee jerk reaction. God you can see the red growing deeper, to the point his hair looks on fire. Oh and he's slowly sinking into his shirt collar. To the point he might literally be trying to crawl inside his own oversized clothing to die]

Maybe? I dunno!

[headseraph]

You can't just ask a girl to do something on Christmas Eve on a whim! Does Christmas Eve work differently in your Shibuya or something?!

[She's not really mad. Just flustered.]

[scratchitti]

No, it means the same thing! I think...

I just... Okay fine! Yeah, I wanna go out. You're not obnoxious like a lot of people are and I like being around you.

[headseraph]

I'm not her. I just . . . need to know you're asking me and not her.

[scratchitti]

Shiki, the one from my Shibuya, is really.... important to me. She was my first friend in a really long time. Hell, she saved me.

But... you're the person I've gotten to know here. Not her. I know you're not the same person. I'm NOT replacing her. Joshua was right, I was... a huge jerk when you first arrived...

[headseraph]

I'm used to it. Every version of you is kind of a jerk. [The amount of fondness in her voice when she says that it probably at odds with what she's saying.] And yes. I'll go out with you. Just don't tell Lalamon or I'll never hear the end of it.

[scratchitti]

[Neku makes a small excited noise, bitten back in his throat: a sound she might recognize from Blue when he won an especially rare Pin, but from this Neku the sound is almost foreign.]

A-alright. Cool. I'll.... see you at the dance, then?

[headseraph]

Unless you totally blow our first date. [She only manages to stay serious for a split second.] Just kidding. I'll be there no matter what.