(semi-open) you're such a delicate boy

[flatteries]

Who: Inigo and anyone who has CR with him (basically, as long as you've talked to him before, it's cool!)
When: The day after the party
Where: Everywhere on the train. Nowhere is safe. Hide.
What:
Warnings: There should be nothing to warn about other than terrible, terrible secondhand embarrassment. (Now there's also some slight mentions of alcohol.)

Really, the party was pretty fun. Inigo had fun, at least! Except for one weird thing that happened that he still can't quite place, no matter how much he thinks about it. So clearly he just has to ask someone else about it, right? What's the worst thing that could happen?

So people who know Inigo most definitely aren't safe the day after the party. It doesn't matter if you're in the middle of something, Inigo is going to approach you anyway as if you look like you have all the time in the world for him.

"Hey! I need your help for a moment. It's really important." He pauses, seems to realise something, and makes a vague hand gesture. "Or at the very least mildly important! I'm not dying though, don't worry!"

(No one would assume that's what you were going to talk about, Inigo..)

"So c'mooon, hear me out?"

Comments

[les_magique]

"Is the problem that you're only interested in girls?" That would definitely put a damper on things.

"If you're not interested you should probably let him know and not string him along or leave him confused."

[flatteries]

"What? No!" That makes his head shoot up again instantly, cheeks red and his jaw hanging open, but sounding pretty sure about that one. "I am an equal opportunities kind of guy!"

.. granted, it's hard to tell that when he's only constantly flirting with girls and not with guys, but it's not like he likes telling people that's just a coping strategy for dealing with shyness.

"I just.." His tone trails off. He just what? Inigo knows he's definitely not not interested in Yuki. But the idea of it feels so overwhelming. "There's.. There's no way that really is the case, right? I couldn't imagine he's interested in me. Maybe I told you the whole thing wrong."

[les_magique]

“Can’t rule that out I guess. The way you said it, it sounded a lot like he thought you were flirting with him.” Had she been this stubbornly unwilling to believe what she experienced at his age? What an appalling concept.

“If you actually want my advice on what to do here, here it is: don’t worry about what he wants until you have a better idea of what you want. It sounds like you’re still working that out.”

[flatteries]

That last part definitely feels like a callout to poor Inigo's mind, and he blushes a bit in shame. Mostly since he knows she's right. How can he even begin to expect Yuki to like him when he himself is still so confused about all this?

"Well, I just.."

He pauses. This feels shameful to admit, but if he's having this whole dumb conversation with Samata already, he might as well admit to the whole deal.

"I've never done this before. Being in a relationship, I mean. I don't even think I've ever felt this deeply for anyone before. It's strange."

[les_magique]

"Sounds to me like you already know what you want to do, you're just too nervous to do it."

She flipped her book back open, ready to start reading again. "But you probably want to hear it from someone, so: Go talk to this mystery boy of yours. Tell him how you feel. Give him lots of kisses if he seems amenable to it. Et cetera et cetera."

[flatteries]

"He's not a mystery boy, his name is Yuki Soh--"

He mumbles, but then halfway through the full impact of what she's saying finally seems to hit him.

"W.. Wait, hold on a moment! How did this move straight to kisses?! That's..!" Oh Naga, he's totally imagining kissing Yuki now. Nope. Stop. His heart is racing so fast, he needs to focus on anything other than that! "I-- Um.. Erm! T.. Thank you for your advice, t.. then!"

[les_magique]

“You’re welcome!” She said, with deliberately oblivious cheeriness. Hopefully what she said would have had SOME kind of impression on him.