( crau ) beau

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[haw]

[ he's hanging out at the petting zoo, actually! he's got a baby tiger in his arms who keeps trying to bat at his eye rose. stop that, impudent child. he doesn't look bothered at all, though, and it's with surprise that he turns around to see beau. ]

Huh, someone's lookin' chipper. 'Sup?

[disreguarded]

[ somehow beau is not entirely surprised to see him hanging out with a tiger. anyway, she comes up to the fence and settles there, giving him a little grin. ]

Hey. I went on a date. [ she's - proud of herself? she's very proud of herself, be proud of her majima ]

[haw]

[ !!!!!! ]

Holy shit—a real date, not just a Director-mandated one?

[disreguarded]

I - yeah, kinda. I mean, I used the task as an excuse but like. [ she says, flushing a bit. ] I think, I think so? I don't think she was just humoring me.

[haw]

Oh my god—c'mon, ya gotta dish. I know there's only so many people to choose from, but—who's the lucky girl?

[disreguarded]

Shinobu. [ beau says, and the flush just gets worse. ] She and I went to the koi pond through the portal.

[haw]

Ooh, goin' traditional. Her choice or yours?

[disreguarded]

Mine. Like I said, she - she seemed to like it. I don't know, man, it was...

[ her first serious date? yeah. ]

[haw]

[ he very lightly jabs at her good shoulder. ]

Wow, ya even appealed to her style! Ah, to be young an' in love...

[ majima stop sounding like you're an old man you're barely an adult ]

[disreguarded]

[ it makes her laugh, slapping at his arm. ]

Shut up, you're like the same age as me. [ she huffs. ] ... It was nice to have. Kind of a nice ending to the week before - you know.

[ shit goes crazy. ]

[haw]

[ he gets what she's implying, but he's deliberately choosing to ignore it; beau's clearly happy about this, and he wants to keep it that way. ]

Yeah, I getcha. Think there's gonna be a second?

[disreguarded]

[ it is a sight to see beau actually embarrassed and flustered. ]

No? No. Probably not. I don't see why there would be. It was for a task, there's no way I'm gonna be able to get her to do another one.

[haw]

What? Yer not even gonna try?

[disreguarded]

[ she makes a face. ]

No, what am I gonna do, like -- I can't take her home with me!

[haw]

Look, that's what I thought, an' I ended up gettin' to do just that at the end...

[ ... he's, again, ignoring the fact that even that's not a guarantee anymore. shh. ]

[disreguarded]

[ she's also going to pretend like that ending won't happen, thanks ]

Yeah, but you're you.

[haw]

Thought we established we're, like, the same person from alternate realities.

[disreguarded]

Well, yeah, but you're way better at romance shit than I am.

[haw]

Wh—how are you the judge of that? Not my fault I just so happened to hit Mizucchi's very specific niche of "dumb, funny, and handsome." In that order, by the way.

[disreguarded]

You're better at romance shit because you have someone waiting for you.

[haw]

Oh my god.

If you don't ask her out again, then I'm askin' her for you.

[disreguarded]

No! [ WAH ] Don't do that!

[haw]

Why not? I promised I'd help get you a girlfriend!

[disreguarded]

Not like that, that's so fucking embarrassing! You can't ask someone out for me, what are we, ten?

[ the obvious answer is to ask her out herself but like. ]

[haw]

Better than what you'd do which is fuckin' nothing, apparently!