[ What is that second question?! How can someone just be so clueless about it -- or maybe he's just insecure, is that it?! Despite how overconfident Minako acts usually, she's staring at the phone in a total panic, hands in her hair for a moment.. ]
Well, of course it means you're together! And you like each other enough to stick together like that! And.. um, sometimes you have dates and hugs and kisses and you give each other Valentine's Day and White Day presents..
And you go watch the sunset together and take a long walk on the beach and have candlelit dinners.. [ Now she's just daydreaming off into her love-love land. Probably. It's one way to deal with the stress of the moment. ]
[ He's not insecure!! Just clueless, that's it. Yep. Clueless to the max. ]
it kinda feels like we've done most of that stuff except the kissing and probably white day i don't always do white day[ Hong Kong, you never do White Day. ]
It must've been the k-word. That had to have been it.
171 Year-old Virgin, right here. Never Been Kissed. There's an entire anthological collection of filmic representation here. Multiple generations worth, even.
Give him a minute to get this reply sent off: ]
you want to date me for real i mean officially or something
[ .. Way to make her seem desperate.. she stares at the message for a few moments, and she's tempted to just answer the question directly but more than that she has a question about it in turn.. ]
[ This is so cryptic.. even for her standards this is getting downright weird, so much that she has to read the message over at least three times. What is even going on anymore, she just answered honestly..!! ]
So are you trying to ask me to date you and then reject me right after?! Is that what's going on here?! [ He didn't even reject you, Minako.. but she's interpreting the last part that way. ]
[ The truth comes out!! But Hong Kong does not....
You do remember he said he liked the boys, right? Right, Minako? Well, he actually didn't say it, but you inferred it. This is where he's getting hung up. Except, then again, he's never dated a boy.
Or dated a girl.
Or dated anyone.
Ever. In all his 171 years (of recorded memory). ]
but then he asked her that... he can't ask her that if he doesn't at least think it's somewhat possible, right?! And if Minako smells a chance, then she has to go for it. Or at least try. ]
.. So why not try it with me? Am I too ugly?! Too annoying?! Or are you just cruelly toying with an innocent girl's heart?!
[ Well, see. He can't just rule it out. Because he hasn't tried. So it's not really fair, right? And he does really like Minako! They definitely have fun when they hang out and they have (a surprising) lot in common when you think about it. But does that mean he wants to date her?
It doesn't exactly help that he's probably not totally clear on what defines "dating." She just said a bunch of things and he feels like they're all pretty doable, even if his clueless self is pretty unsure about kissing and doing other couple-type things. But then again, he's like, 99% sure that would be true with anyone, for anyone, if they'd never done it before.
Wow, suddenly all these confusing feelings?! He came into this thinking she'd just (probably) say no and that'd be that. But now it got a bit more Complicated.... ]
no way! you're definitely pretty and you're totally not annoying that's the truth i swear
It takes a while before she even sends the next text. Probably since she's been staring at his last one for so long in combination with all the others - she's just flopped down on her bed by now, lying on her back with her phone held above her with both hands. ]
.. promptly drops off the bed. Okay, half-climbing back up there as she quickly tries to text back. ]
That's great! I mean, you know how much of an honor it is to date the great goddess of love and beauty, right? [ .. wait, that doesn't sound entirely right.. ]
[ Don't hurt yourself there, Minako! Hong Kong, meanwhile, is just kind of... staring at his phone. Trying to process what just happened. It's a confusing time in an old man in a young man's body's life. Actually, not really much of an old man. Just an embarrassingly old person to never have dated anyone before. ]
Right, that sounds like the right emotions in the right order.. I think. [ Spoilers: although Minako has been on dates, she's never.. actually.. dated anymore before either... mostly since her love life is cursed. But hey. Got to grab chances while they're here, and if she can date someone for the duration of her stay here? Then that's totally awesome to her. ]
So now we can go on more dates! And try the kissing thing if you haven't yet..!
[ He just wants to get this totally straight, you know. He wants all his ducks in a row. Gonna do this dating thing right. Gonna take notes and yeah. It's gonna be awesome. ]
oh yeah i guess if we're dating we should probably date
are you free this weekend
[ He's too flustered to talk about kissing. Too flustered!! ]
Nope, this sounds about right! [ Oh gosh, she's so giddy. It's taking everything to not hit about three other keys along with the letter she wants to type, thank god for autocorrect or it would just be a group of letters mashed together.. ]
I totally am! In fact, now we're dating, it means I'm always free for you, you know! You can come barge in whenever! [ I don't know if your "father" is going to like that, Minako.. ]
all right as long as we're all good on that because i'm not super awesome at the whole emoting on my face thing
[ She can't see your face, dork. Why does it matter? Maybe he's sensitive about his linefacedness. Not that he's ever given any indication that he was... but then again, even if he did, with a lineface like his, would you be able to tell?
Spooky, ain't it. ]
i guess that goes for me too then i'm at work a lot though so if i'm not at home you can always come see me there
[ Don't worry, Hong Kong, she'll love you regardless of how well you are at twisting your face into various emotions.. since she apparently doesn't seem to mind any of it at all. ]
Oh, right!! I totally forgot about my own work! [ Good job, Minako. Then again, dates > work. ] I guess you can come over whenever there too! I'll give you free tomatoes!!
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He has to think.
Because he has a few questions that rise to the forefront of his mind right off, see? ]
well i mean
it would totally depend on what you wanted too obviously
and like
what you think it means
to say that
about someone
well
and yourself too i guess
yeah
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Well, of course it means you're together! And you like each other enough to stick together like that! And.. um, sometimes you have dates and hugs and kisses and you give each other Valentine's Day and White Day presents..
And you go watch the sunset together and take a long walk on the beach and have candlelit dinners.. [ Now she's just daydreaming off into her love-love land. Probably. It's one way to deal with the stress of the moment. ]
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it kinda feels like we've done most of that stuff
except the kissing
and probably white day
i don't always do white day[ Hong Kong, you never do White Day. ]
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[ .... ]
And especially do the kissing thing sometine soon too!
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It must've been the k-word. That had to have been it.
171 Year-old Virgin, right here. Never Been Kissed. There's an entire anthological collection of filmic representation here. Multiple generations worth, even.
Give him a minute to get this reply sent off: ]
you want to date me
for real
i mean
officially or something
you want to
date me
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Is it that weird?! You're a nice and cute guy!
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no way it's not weird
i mean
thanks that's really nice of you to say
i just didn't know if you'd think of me like that
because of you know
some other stuff
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So are you trying to ask me to date you and then reject me right after?! Is that what's going on here?! [ He didn't even reject you, Minako.. but she's interpreting the last part that way. ]
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no
it's just i've never done this so
[ The truth comes out!! But Hong Kong does not....
You do remember he said he liked the boys, right? Right, Minako? Well, he actually didn't say it, but you inferred it. This is where he's getting hung up. Except, then again, he's never dated a boy.
Or dated a girl.
Or dated anyone.
Ever. In all his 171 years (of recorded memory). ]
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but then he asked her that... he can't ask her that if he doesn't at least think it's somewhat possible, right?! And if Minako smells a chance, then she has to go for it. Or at least try. ]
.. So why not try it with me? Am I too ugly?! Too annoying?! Or are you just cruelly toying with an innocent girl's heart?!
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It doesn't exactly help that he's probably not totally clear on what defines "dating." She just said a bunch of things and he feels like they're all pretty doable, even if his clueless self is pretty unsure about kissing and doing other couple-type things. But then again, he's like, 99% sure that would be true with anyone, for anyone, if they'd never done it before.
Wow, suddenly all these confusing feelings?! He came into this thinking she'd just (probably) say no and that'd be that. But now it got a bit more Complicated.... ]
no way!
you're definitely pretty and you're totally not annoying
that's the truth i swear
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It takes a while before she even sends the next text. Probably since she's been staring at his last one for so long in combination with all the others - she's just flopped down on her bed by now, lying on her back with her phone held above her with both hands. ]
Then what is it?
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i mean
i guess there's no reason we couldn't
try
[ THERE HE SAID IT. ]
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So... that means we're dating.
Right? [ More like a disaster. ]
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Wow, he really said it. ]
okay yeah
sure
right
we're dating
[ .... HE SAID IT. ]
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.. promptly drops off the bed. Okay, half-climbing back up there as she quickly tries to text back. ]
That's great! I mean, you know how much of an honor it is to date the great goddess of love and beauty, right? [ .. wait, that doesn't sound entirely right.. ]
And I mean
well
I'm happy too!!!
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i'm honored
[ ... ]
and happy too
of course
[ Nice save there, Honkers. ]
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So now we can go on more dates! And try the kissing thing if you haven't yet..!
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[ He just wants to get this totally straight, you know. He wants all his ducks in a row. Gonna do this dating thing right. Gonna take notes and yeah. It's gonna be awesome. ]
oh yeah
i guess if we're dating
we should probably
date
are you free this weekend
[ He's too flustered to talk about kissing. Too flustered!! ]
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I totally am! In fact, now we're dating, it means I'm always free for you, you know! You can come barge in whenever! [ I don't know if your "father" is going to like that, Minako.. ]
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because i'm not super awesome at the whole emoting on my face thing
[ She can't see your face, dork. Why does it matter? Maybe he's sensitive about his linefacedness. Not that he's ever given any indication that he was... but then again, even if he did, with a lineface like his, would you be able to tell?
Spooky, ain't it. ]
i guess that goes for me too then
i'm at work a lot though so if i'm not at home you can always come see me there
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Oh, right!! I totally forgot about my own work! [ Good job, Minako. Then again, dates > work. ] I guess you can come over whenever there too! I'll give you free tomatoes!!
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[ Okay, be a man, Honkers. Just go ahead and... be a man. ]
what if i asked you over for dinner this weekend
would that be okay
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[ Sorry, she's very much a helpless romantic. ]
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