kuroo | holly heights ic inbox 1436

why do i need to meet you there?

because you're trying to trick me into going there and wandering around alone like a loser.

how is that different than what you already do?

but i'll be magnanimous today since i'm in a good mood. meet me there in 10.

if i'm doing it anyway, i wouldn't need an invitation from you.

see you soon!

[ Nonon is waiting by a food booth across from where Single Cemetery is located. She has a stick with half of a cotton candy heart on it, the other half already on its way to her stomach. In her other hand, she's twirling a pink rose around her fingers.

She'll raise her hand with the rose halfheartedly whenever she spots Kuroo, her mouth full of sugar and food coloring. ]

[Truly a sight for sore eyes.

He's wandering over, without dessert. He's got an orange flower in hand -- a rose to be more precise. He started with a foursome, might as well pan this one off on Nonon, and if she weren't comfortable with accepting...

Surely someone else lurking around Single Cemetery would appreciate it.]

So you showed up after all.

[With a mirrored gesture, offering a slight wave with his unoccupied hand.]

Oh? Do you want me to stand you up? I'll do that next time.

[ If he mirrors her gesture, she'll mirror his expression. After all, she could do other things than meet up with Kuroo on Valentine's Day, but it's a testament to how she regards him that she even agreed to meet with him.

She points at his rose with her rose. ]

Let's trade.

[ They're both so opportunistic on this holiday meant for love. ]

Don't assume there's gonna be a next time.

[TRU LUV and perfect rivals.]

Huh, really? I thought I'd have a hard time trying to give this one away.

[Mostly because propositioning strangers with a sign of...not intimacy, but affection? Something like that, is weird. Truly he just wants to be rid of these free roses. Letting them wither on the coffee table is too tragic of a fate, especially on this particular day.]

I'm okay with it if your girlfriend is.

Edited (WHEN U FORGET TO REBUTTAL A REBUTTAL) 2016-03-20 04:37 (UTC)

Don't push your luck when you're already lucky that I agreed to this time. Black cats are unlucky in the west, you know.

[ They're a perfect something, for sure. ]

Everyone has something they want, and it's temporary. It shouldn't be a problem. [ This is not going to be something she'll say once Satsuki says Momo gave her a rose, but what she doesn't know now won't hurt her until later. ]

I want to get rid of my roses, so let's go.

[ Without waiting, she plucks the rose out of Kuroo's hand, and her face instantly contorts into an expression of disgust. She crushes the stems in her hands before she throws both roses at Kuroo. ]

Ugh!

[ Who's unlucky today? ]

It doesn't count if I'm not from there.

[R...ight? He can only hope. Her logic isn't entirely flawed -- it make perfect sense, actually, which is why he moves to accept her offering but..

Too slow?! Jfc. He bobbles it, but at least manages to catch her rose. No takebacks.]

What now? You wanted to trade. [With a frown, totally bothered by that outburst...but more than that:] How many others have you given these to anyway?

[ Does he have the right to ask her any questions like that? No, of course not. Her lips pull away from her teeth in an ugly sneer. Everything about her right now is ugly, ugly, ugly. ]

I was dumb for wanting to do a trade at all. This is worthless! You don't deserve an answer.

[ Every word out of her mouth is heated and comes out like a hiss. She's torn between never wanting to see Kuroo again and wanting to crush him into smithereens. ]

Aren't you overreacting?! If it was the color, I'll get you something different.

[He's so concerned, extremely startled. As startled as Kuroo can get. Doubled by this intense desire to please her, or at least be regarded as a little more than a pin cushion.

At the same time, if she wants to break his neck, if she were to do it...

No, no no. He's got a team to take care of.]

I'm NOT overreacting! I don't want another flower from you! I don't want anything from you or anything that's touched you!

[ The words spew without second thought, too automatic, too visceral.

She takes two, three, five wide steps away from Kuroo. ]

In fact, I don't want to SEE you! Get out of my sight!

[ She says, but she's glaring at Kuroo like she could kill him with a look alone. ]

[That's abrupt?! Surely she saw him holding before she suggested they trade. That might even be why she suggested it?!]

Aren't you overreacting?! You completely ruined it but -- I'll cherish yours.

[While fondly twirling it between his fingers. It's like he's trying to woo an angry bear, and yet, he doesn't seem to realize it himself.]

I was thinking we should start spending more time together, actually. Is that why you're upset, because we haven't seen eachother in a while?

[ She did, and it was, but what's rational when there is no reason to be had for these feelings? Even if she knows at the back of her head that she's never felt this way about Kuroo before... it doesn't stand a chance in the here and now.

Nonon balks and shudders. She wants to puke. ]

WHAT THE HELL? Gross! That's gross! That's a disgusting idea! Why would I want to hang out with someone like you? You're worse than the cockroach and gorilla combined!

[Where Kuroo wouldn't typically be pretty irritated by all of the yelling and overreacting, he's...

Somewhat hurt. He's being monopolized by his flower, to sort of accept her outburst and continue pushing on optimistically.]

Are you sure you're not just saying all of this to cover up for something else?

[It's a sincere question, one coupled with an uncharacteristically warm grin. Nothing coy about it.]

Let's head over to the festival stuff and play a game together, if you lose, I'll forget about winning your affection.

[ On a normal day, Nonon would make fun of Kuroo, tell him he didn't stand a chance but play the game without too much actual protest. Valentine's day is never a normal day in Holly Heights, however, so she's revolted. So much so she spits. Literally. Saliva flies to the ground. She's disgusting. ]

Why the hell should I even give you the light of day? You really must be a black cat to be this lucky. I'm surprised you've lived to see today.

[ She points a damning finger in his direction. ]

There's no affection for you to win!

[If only he'd been her for Valentine's Day's...pas..t. He might've been more prepared, except this rose-possession hoopla is killin' him.

He almost jumps at the saliva?!]

Now you're just talking like a witch, it's not like everyone wants me dead.

[Another near-jump?! He can practically feel the weight of her hatred by that simple gesture?!]

You're putting up a serious fight...

[She has to be in mega-denial. This is what it looks like to make Nonon crack under the principle of crushes and love.

Girls are weird.]

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