The Day Being Blunt Became a Pro (Kyo)

[Kyo]

Tora looked down, trailing little circles in the dirt with her fingertips. She was thinking about the current situation, assessing it. 'Here I am, talking to some boy I just met, actually having a conversation, which is impossible for me for most people. On top of it, my cat is being incredibly moody and annoying today,' she thought.
'How strange.' Tora's thought continued.
Tora rarely ever feels like she can talk to anyone, in fear of being misunderstood or made fun of. But with her new 'friend,' Daisuke, Tora felt nearly at ease, but still on guard. Ready to just walk away if any problems arose.
She watched as Daisuke extended a hand up towards Rai. Rai swished his tail back in forth through the air, pondering whether or not he should jump down. He gave Daisuke the kitty equivalent of a look that said, 'Oh, so now you pay attention?' and jumped down, landing lightly on the top of Daisuke's head.
A small giggle escaped from Tora's lips, and Tora herself looked appalled that she had let herself laugh.

[Kira]

Diasuke felt a small thump on his head, but he didn't mind letting the cat stay on his head. He silently wondered how his annoyingly long-ish hair felt as a cat-bed...haha.

he heard Tora giggle slightly and again, he smirked his annoyingly -Daisuke-esque smirk. Sarcastically, he remarked, "Ah! So it can giggle too?" He almost hoped that Tora knew he was joking.

Silently, he took a seat in a neat patch of emerald green grass, next to her. He leaned back on one arm, using the other to pet Rai. It seemed odd, seeing as he almost seemed like he was stroking his own absurdly long hair. No...his hair wasn't THAT long, but just long enough to irritate him.

He sent a sideways glance over at Tora, as he commented, "You have a nice laugh." He mentally smacked himself for that comment. Yup, go up to some random girl you just met and use a cheesy pick-up line....Not that he was trying to ask her out or anything.

Heavens know that the day DAISUKE asks someone out, is that day Katsuo decides to prance around like a ballerina, and Kuri meets a girl and suddenly turns into some hero sort of guy, going, 'Oh, my love! I can only remain loyal to you!'

A mental image of his two close friends wearing leotards scarred its way into his brain, as he twitched uncontrollably, but mentally of course. Ballerinas tend to wear leotards, but only girls seemed to actually look good enough to wear one. On the other hand, the stupid line Daisuke made up made it seem like some corny play where the guy acts all Romeo-like, going on like their so absolutely in love. In present-day, there was no guy in his right mind that would do that....well....at least no one Daisuke knew.


((OOC: Lol, this post is sort of funny...I mean seriously, Katsuo and Kuri in leotards? XDD Err...ahem, sorry.))

Daisuke waited for Tora's reaction. He hoped that he matched how blunt she had been before and would joke back or something. Anything but suddenly swooning and sighing and going, 'Oh! Dear, you so sweet! Let's run off and get married!' Okay...so maybe that was a bit over-exaggerated, but he just didn't want to insult Tora with her so-called pick-up line or anything. he wanted to sigh. His imagination was was just absolutely vivid today, wasn't it?

[Kyo]

Rai swished his tail back and forth, squirming a little as he tried to get his bearings on Daisuke's head. Inching forward slightly, he peeked over the top of Daisuke's head. He jumped lightly off as Daisuke moved, not wanting to fall off. Flicking his tail, he went and settled into Daisuke's lap, enjoying being petted.
Tora raised an eyebrow at Daisuke. Apparently he had his own little sarcasm bug himself. "Yes, it can giggle. Just it prefers not to, seeing as it gets pretty annoying when its friends do nothing but giggle."
Her eyebrow raised higher when he complimented her giggle, though a slight blush crept into her cheeks, barely noticeable. Tora didn't really get complimented much, and never by a boy other than her older brother. Who, of course, is out of the picture by now, regrettably.
She looked sideways at him, wondering if he meant what he said, or if it was just some way to get under her skin. She chuckled as she contemplated Daisuke's words. "I'm sorry, but that was incredibly cheesy. I appreciate it, but jeez, Daisuke. I thought you'd be able to come up with something better than that." Tora barely cared if she sounded rude, it was just how she went.
"You have nice hair, by the way."

[Kira]

Daisuke grinned like a schoolboy at her comments. "My hair's pretty annoying. It likes to poke me in the eyes, though thanks for the compliment."

For a second, he looked at his lap to make sure the small cat was comfortable. After seeing the tiny, furry face seem content, he turned back to Tora.

With sarcasm still evident in his voice, he replied, "Well, Miss Tora, I apologize for my cheezy jokes. It's not everyday I get to talk to a pretty girl such as yourself."

He almost scolded himself. Yup, the completely blunt Daisuke was currently somewhat flattering a girl and possibly flirting. It seems that everything has a first to it. He thought back to the tutu memory. Well...perhaps not everything.

But, this was a first for him. Actually feeling relaxed and having a nice, somewhat sarcasm filled conversation with a girl. With many other girls he's spoken to before, he always wound up getting in trouble one way or another. Either the girl herself would try to kill him. Or perhaps the girl would be overly sensitive and cry buckets. or perhaps the girl got her boyfriend or friends tom chase after Daisuke. It was nice, talking to a female who could accept his sarcasm and bluntness. After all, Tora, herself, had a sarcastic side, and that's what Daisuke liked about her.

[Kyo]

Tora smiled to herself as Daisuke called her 'pretty.' But he also called her miss. She furrowed her eyebrows, wrinkling her nose. "Miss? What am I, forty?," she said sharply, but then she grinned.
Yes, Tora actually grinned.
Going out on a limb, she scooted herself a but closer to Daisuke. She felt a bit awkward, not having any experience with this whatsoever. She internally winced, realizing that she was developing a crush. 'A crush!,' she thought. 'Sure as hell never saw that coming.' Tora mentally shrugged. 'Well, s'not like it matters, anyways. Maybe it will turn into something.'
Tora gathered her thoughts, then said, with no hesitation, "I like you, Daisuke. Just to let you know. But I sure as hell am not going to turn into some blushing little girly girl."
That was Tora being relatively nice. Telling her feelings, but still laying down the law as she saw it.

[Kira]

Daisuke raised an eyebrow. Like...? He definitely didn't expect hearing a confession from Tora.

He'll admit, she was pretty and he absolutely loved her personality, but to go so far as to dating?

He wondered if she'd still like him if she knew he had absolutely no dating experience. That if he were to take her out on a date, he wasn't the sappy, romantic type that most girls dreamed about. he wondered if she liked the Daisuke he was now.

He scanned over her pretty face to look for any sort of doubt, almost surprised when he found none.

He almost wondered if he'd started blushing, but felt his face was just normal.

He had to admit, he liked the way her confession was. She simply stated that she liked him, and that there was no way in hell that she would change for him...Yup, he liked taht sortof confession.

After a few seconds passed by, he muttered, "I like you, too...But I have no dating experience and if you're looking for some sappy, romantic fool, then you better go searching somewhere else." Yes....Like was a very loose word. It wasn't like he said 'love' or anything. And he stated as bluntly as he could, Daisuke-style of course.

[Kyo]

Tora raised an eyebrow. "Thank goodness," she said. "Sappy romantic fools make me barf. I've been dragged off to more romantic comedies than my stomach can handle since my friend, Ai, discovered them." Tora paused. "And the whole dating experience thing? I've got none whatsoever. Anyway, I wasn't implying that we have to date or anything."
Tora sighed. "I was just telling the truth, is all." Rai got up from Daisuke's lap and padded the short distance over to Tora. Tora picked him up and gave him a hug. Rai squirmed uncomfortably, and Tora set him down lightly in her lap, stroking his fur with light fingers.
With the other hand, she continued drawing her little picture in the dirt. It was merely a bunch of circles, nothing too complex or not anything at all, really.

[Kira]

Daisuke chuckled a little. So the type of fool he absolutely refused to be, Tora hated. He wasn't exactly surprised. You could say he almost expected it.

Seeing as Rai headed for Tora, he leaned against both his arms and looked at Tora. "We could date if you want, but like you, I have zero dting experience."

Perhaps he should go ask Kuri? He was always going out with a variety of girls. The last girl he mentioned was named Kiko, and at that time he seemed love-struck. Daisuke silently wondered if he'd heard of anymore dates since then.

It wasn't as though he cared though. It was merely curiosity.

Awkwardly, he asked, "Want to go out to eat or something? My treat. Think of it as a sort of 'celebration' for out new found 'relationship'." He stumbled over his words slightly, unsure of waht to say.

[Kyo]

Tora shrugged. This whole thing was fairly awkward. It was never like that in the movies. Tora mentally hit herself. 'Of course it's not, that's the movies...' "Yeah, I suppose the whole...Dating thing would be nice," she said.
Tora knew she sounded..Unsure, but that was just because she had no idea what to say. Which was a first for Tora, that's for sure.
Tora nodded. "And yes, I would like to get something to eat. That'd be nice." She chuckled dryly. "To celebrate this...Whatever we are."
Rai leaped off Tora's lap, sensing that she was going to move soon. Tora indeed got up, her legs were beginning to hurt from being seated so long. Stretching a bit she stood and held a hand out to Daisuke, to help him up.

[Kira]

Dasuke grinned as he gripped Tora's hand and pulled himself up. "Don't the movies say that the guys are supposed to help the pretty lady up, and not the other way around?"

He stretched out his long legs for a second, shaking the tension that had built up from sitting so long. When he felt the blood start pumping through again, he stopped.

He stood, facing Tora, and forgot he still held her hand in a loose grip. "So, any idea where you want to go to eat?"

[Kyo]

Tora still unconciously gripped Daisuke's hand lightly. "Well, yeah, but I highly doubt that we qualify to be in a movie," she said. "We're not exactly the most normal people in the world."

"Oh, wherever's fine with me.." Tora trailed off as she answered Daisuke. Tora isn't a picky eater, she couldn't be with a best friend like Ai. Ai always wanted to try new places, always dragging someoen along with her, usually Tora. Usually a new food was tried.

((ooc: sorry it's short, dad's making me get off now))

[Kira]

Daisuke shrugged. "Well, it's your choice. And who cares whether we're in movies or not? It's more entertaining being original."

He let a teeny, tiny smile gaze his lips as he started dragging Tora along in any random direction.

He let her pick where she wanted to eat, simply because he didn't go out much. Usually he just ordered at home or made one of his friends take home something for him to eat. He wasn't really the social type. He'd once heard about chef's spitting in the food of rude customers and knew that he was seem as a generally rude person. That was why he forced his friends to get him food, though he doubted how they acted around the chef.

But today, he would be treating Tora to somewhere to eat, and he wanted her like like the meal, so he didn't just want to take her to some random ramen place.

He felt that this meal had to be somewhat special, since this would be the first time he's had a relationship with a girl that could be more than friendship and took her out to dinner. Yup...today was filled with firsts. Today was also a surprisingly nice day, and he never thought that being so blunt could be such a pro.

[Kyo]

Tora has a place in mind. "Well, there's this place that me and my friends go to frequently," she said. "The food's really good, and they have a variety of stuff there to eat. It's nice and normal, not like the stupid exotic places Ai always forces me to go with her."

Tora began taking the lead, pulling Daisuke along behind her. She had to turn in the opposite direction that they had been going, but she really didn't mind all that much.

'Oh, I really hope Kyo's not there...,' Tora thought desperately. 'She'd be sure to irritate the hell out of Daisuke and me.' Tora winced slightly, just imagining what would happen.

Kyo would probably stare for a while, and then come over and sit with them, and start being all annoying, and totally ruining their nice meal. Tora stopped outside, letting go of Daisuke's hand. "Here we are.."

[Kira]

Daisuke curiously looked around the foreign place he was led to, not quite comprehending how he'd managed to pass so many shops along the way. Shops that he never heard of. It looked like the type of place where Kira could possibly be found pigging out at, or Kuri going on a date.

He was fully aware that Kira was busy training with someone somewhere, though he forgot all the details and Kuri...

Well, somehow, the thought of Kuri being here was the worst thing in the world. He felt a tiny, tiny prick of jealousy, knowing that if the red-headed teen was here, he'd probably try to flirt with Tora as much as possible.

As if Fate was deciding to play a cruel joke, a familiar voice suddenly rang out, "Hello, Please follow me to you table. Thank you for waiting."
Daisuke could feel a shudder run up along his spine, as he almost snapped, "Kuri, what are you doing here?"

The reddish-brown haired teen smiled in a charming manner, as he replied, "Daisuke, I just got a job here. Now would you and your girlfriend please follow me so you can be seated?" his smile turned into an impish, sly grin.

Daisuke reluctantly bit his tongue from blurting out, "Tora's not my girlfriend!" He didn't know. Plain and simple. He reluctantly led her to the table, pulling out her chair for her like what the guys in the movies did.

Yup, he was sure this "date" was ruined...and he almost blamed Kuri for it. But these were just predictions. Daisuke prayed to whatever higher eing there was for Kuri to, just this once, not act like a moron. Yes, they were best friends, but they completely contrasted in personalities.

Kuri left the two 'lovebirds' to go back to the kitchen. He was almost disappointed. It seemed like Daisuke already had a girlfriend, while he was still hung up over Kiko. How long had it been now, since he'd last seen her? A while, he was sure, but just didn't know that exacts amount of days.

He thought it was almost pathetic that he thought of her so often. Yes, he still flirted shamelessly with any datable girl that passed him by, but something told him that no girl could ever compare to Kiko. As cheesy as that sounded.

((OOC: Sorry, but I figured that since I was going to ask you to RP with me in KuriXKiko thread aain anyways, why not just merge theses two? I hope you don't mind >_<))

[Kyo]

Tora watched silently as Daisuke spoke with the new waiter. He seemed to know him. Tora was kind of hoping that Kria would be their waitress. Tora liked Kria, she was pretty cool.

Tora waved to Kria as she walked by, following Daisuke to the table that his friend, Kuri, led the pair to. She sat down as Daisuke pulled out the chair for her, staying silent as she sat down, feeling more than a little awkward.

The door opened, Tora looked up automatically to see who it was. A girl with long, silver hair and deep purple eyes walked in, smiling. Tora vaugly recognized her as Kiko, someone who hung out with Kyo a lot.

Kiko walked in, pausing at the door and waving to Kria. Kria smiled at Kiko, pointing to a familier-looking boy. Kiko immediately recognized him as Kuri, the boy who she could not get out of her mind since their first encounter.

A pink blush automatically spread along Kiko's cheeks. She'd recognized him immediately, recognizing the familiarity of his reddish-brown hair and inviting smile. "Hey, Kuri!," she said brightly, swallowing her blush and her feelings. "Long time no see." She smiled warmly at him.