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CHARACTER NAME

Winter

CIVILIAN NAME

Kai Blue

TEAM

Everlight

HOUSING NUMBER

017

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[icyspicy]

[ Oh, this isn't just emotional help. It's romantic help. ]

We were friends first. We'd known each other a couple of months before we became romantically involved. Though, it does work a bit differently for everyone.

Why?

[bowtography]

[ Don't you dare tell your boyfriend about this ]

Well... [ She lowers her eyes. ]

One of my friends kissed me. I didn't see it coming at all.

[icyspicy]

[ All bets are off. Astarion has special boyfriend privileges. ]

Oh? And how did that make you feel?

[bowtography]

[ He'd just give her more grief!! She doesn't need more grief!! ]

If I knew exactly how it made me feel, I wouldn't be asking for help... or more like, I felt way too many things to make sense of it...

[icyspicy]

[ No promises!!! ]

Then give me the broad strokes. Were you surprised? Anxious? Confused?

[bowtography]

Surprised, confused, a little overwhelmed, dizzy...

[icyspicy]

Dizzy like "I'm going to be sick" or dizzy like "I don't feel like the ground is underneath me anymore"?

[bowtography]

[ There's a short pause to consider this, but thankfully, she hadn't particularly felt like barfing on Izou's foot, so-- ]

The second one.

[icyspicy]

Well, that's something.

[ More promising than feeling like throwing up! ]

Before the kiss, how did you feel about this person?

[bowtography]

He's my friend. [ promptly. ]

He's kind of rough around the edges, but he's pretty sweet, too. I like hanging out with him.

[icyspicy]

Would you like hanging out with him in a romantic capacity, too?

[bowtography]

... I have no idea. [ honestly. ] It took so long just to get him to accept friendship...

[ And yes, he's definitely made the first non-friendship move, but still?? ]

[icyspicy]

It seems to me he accepted more than you thought, if he's up and kissing you.

[ He takes some pocky for himself, biting off a piece. ]

Some people just have difficulty showing it.

[bowtography]

I really had no idea until this...

[ A little bleakly, through the rest of the pocky stick. ]

[icyspicy]

Do you really find it so surprising that someone would develop feelings for you?

[bowtography]

Of course not, I'm adorable!!

[ She almost made it through a whole conversation. She really almost made it. ]

I didn't think he would, that's all!

[icyspicy]

I guess I should really ask: who is "he," anyway?

[ He'd been hoping she'd drop a name but she hasn't so!! ]

[bowtography]

[ Yeah, use your words-- ]

Oh. Izou.

[icyspicy]

Oh.

[ A beat. ]

Oh. March, he's had it bad for you for a while now.

[bowtography]

[ She's just staring at him. ]

...

[ And then she just stares some more, just to make sure he's not actively messing with her.

And then, slowly, dropping her face into her palms, muffled-- ]

Am I blind??

[ WHAT DO YOU MEAN "FOR A WHILE"?????? ]

[icyspicy]

[ Gently pats her back. There, there. ]

In some fairness to you, I got the sense from our brief interaction that he's not the best at expressing that sort of thing.

[bowtography]

But you figured it out after a "brief interaction"??

[ Can she slump sideways against him, she's gonna. ]

This is so embarrassing...

[icyspicy]

I... ah. He was sort of polling all of us at the onsen on what would be a good gift to give you.

[ What a way to find out... (Also yes she can slump and I can definitely read.) ]

He was also, perhaps, a wee bit drunk.

[bowtography]

[ Wow Ramey maybe you should sleep soon ]

... I was gonna say, that doesn't sound like him. But I guess he does let his guard down a lot when he's drunk.

[ She sure found that out fairly early on! ]

I didn't know he was that worried about it... I told him he didn't have to repay me.

[icyspicy]

[ NO. ]

That's the thing about caring for someone. You'll want to do something nice for them regardless. Clearly he thought you were worth it.