[Oh haha look it's Rui. Rui. Suddenly his throat feels impressively dry and he has to drink like five glasses of water before he can respond to that video.
Eren kind of looks horrified. His hands rub together between his knees and he looks steadily at the edge of his device.]
Yes. Everything is fine.
[Except he felt like everything was out of his control. Jesus.]
Rui I...I really need to let you know something. Fuck. Hold on.
[He leaves the screen for a moment because haha what that water came back to haunt him. He returns a moment later and sucks in a deep breath. All or nothing.]
Listen, I'm just going to spill it out because I have no clue what I'm doing and I'm really sorry if I sound dumb but I don't - I really like you, Rui. You're the prettiest girl I've ever met and I've- I really want to take you out some time!
[Whoops shouted that bit at the end a little but-. It was out now. In the open.]
[OHHHHhhhhhhhhhhh. Eren thinks he's a girl. All right. Rui understands now.
Yet it still doesn't occur to him to correct Eren, at all. He just rolls with it. It honestly just doesn't even enter into his mind. Besides, there are more important things to focus on - like what Eren's just said. They've gone out for lunch together before, but...]
[Not.........an outright rejection. So that's good. There wasn't really any excitement there either. Eren didn't know what to expect though and so he just stares at the camera, his expression blank.
At least it was.
Then his cheeks start to redden again and he bobs his head up and down stupidly.]
Y-yeah. Yes! I mean. Yes. It would be. If you wanted to. With me.
[Eren's not expecting rejection necessarily. He is a little uncertain because gosh. This really was all so very new to him....What if Rui thought he was a joke?
But then..
Then Rui's saying yes and Eren's not so sure if he's ever felt the feeling he's feeling before in his life. No.
He's definitely never felt like this before. His heart actually felt like it was about to break out of his chest.]
Oh, um... These days I mostly read and tinker... I haven't played a game in a while, though, it feels like. Well, not outdoors, anyway. Have you ever played Downtown Hide-and-Seek?
It's really fun! It's mostly like regular hide-and-seek, but with some special rules. You go down to a crowded place - usually downtown, hence the name - and then you start a game of hide-and-seek. But since there are more places to hide, the game is harder, so there's extra incentive. If you find your partner within ten minutes, you get three wishes from them. Fifteen minutes and you get two. If it takes you longer than twenty minutes to find them, you get one wish. When you decide to stop playing, the one with the most wishes gathered up is King!
Anything! Well, anything that that person can do, anyway. I haven't played it in a really long time... It wasn't really one of those games that X could play with me.
[Holy shit he really wanted to be there with Rui just then. The thought occurred to him sharp and sudden and nearly knocked him over. He wasn't used to those kinds of reactions towards a person.
It made his chest constrict. She just looked really fucking pretty when she was so excited. His expression softens a bit into an open look of admiration because yeah.
This was the girl he liked.]
Then I can play it with you. When would you wanna do this?
[This is really the sort of thing that makes Rui achieve his livelihood: when he's not brooding about how he hasn't become humanity's savior yet and stuff, he can be bright-eyed and flush-faced, all warm and glowy.]
Really, you will? All right! I - I'm making a library run really soon here but I'm free any time after that, I mostly planned on staying inside with the books for the rest of the week... So... Anytime you want. I'll be looking forward to it.
Yeah, of course. Really I wouldn't care what we're doing so long as I'd get to spend some time with you but it's nice to know that we'll be doing something fun. Not that uh- hanging out with you is ever anything but.
[Awkward stumble there and Eren clears his throat. Stop looking so cute like that, Rui.]
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Eren kind of looks horrified. His hands rub together between his knees and he looks steadily at the edge of his device.]
Yes. Everything is fine.
[Except he felt like everything was out of his control. Jesus.]
Rui I...I really need to let you know something. Fuck. Hold on.
[He leaves the screen for a moment because haha what that water came back to haunt him. He returns a moment later and sucks in a deep breath. All or nothing.]
Listen, I'm just going to spill it out because I have no clue what I'm doing and I'm really sorry if I sound dumb but I don't - I really like you, Rui. You're the prettiest girl I've ever met and I've- I really want to take you out some time!
[Whoops shouted that bit at the end a little but-. It was out now. In the open.]
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Yet it still doesn't occur to him to correct Eren, at all. He just rolls with it. It honestly just doesn't even enter into his mind. Besides, there are more important things to focus on - like what Eren's just said. They've gone out for lunch together before, but...]
That would be... a date?
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At least it was.
Then his cheeks start to redden again and he bobs his head up and down stupidly.]
Y-yeah. Yes! I mean. Yes. It would be. If you wanted to. With me.
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But then..
Then Rui's saying yes and Eren's not so sure if he's ever felt the feeling he's feeling before in his life. No.
He's definitely never felt like this before. His heart actually felt like it was about to break out of his chest.]
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[His voice spikes up again and there's a smile gradually taking over his face as he swells up with a ridiculous amount of joy.
Ah.
So this was why people dated.]
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[There's something curling warmly inside of Rui. He thinks all those things about me. For once, being noticed is really nice.]
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Yes. Definitely. We will. Ah-
[Allow him to swallow a deep breath before he gets too excited. He can't stop smiling and that's a new thing for him.]
I'll think of something nice to do. Is there...is there anything you maybe would like to do with me, Rui?
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...No, I haven't.
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I think that'd be a lot fun, Rui. What can the wishes be?
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Anything! Well, anything that that person can do, anyway. I haven't played it in a really long time... It wasn't really one of those games that X could play with me.
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It made his chest constrict. She just looked really fucking pretty when she was so excited. His expression softens a bit into an open look of admiration because yeah.
This was the girl he liked.]
Then I can play it with you. When would you wanna do this?
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Really, you will? All right! I - I'm making a library run really soon here but I'm free any time after that, I mostly planned on staying inside with the books for the rest of the week... So... Anytime you want. I'll be looking forward to it.
[These are the times when Rui's most open, too.]
Um, Eren?
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[Awkward stumble there and Eren clears his throat. Stop looking so cute like that, Rui.]
Okay. I'll let you know then.
[Eren blinks at his name and angles his head up.]
Yeah, Rui?
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Thank you very much.
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Huh? For what?
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I like you, Eren.
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oh..
this was
so much more different than having her agree to go on a date with him
oh god.
Eren didn't realize he was staring until his eyes began to sting from lack of blinking and his cheeks were fully red and God.]
I really, really want to fucking kiss you right now.
[A sheepish smile is flashed and he tries so hard not to topple over right there.]
But I- will save that for our date.
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No! He's going to be just as frank!]
If you win the game and you're King, you can kiss me. But if I'm King, I'll kiss you.
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