[HIS CLOTHES ARE ALREADY ON, RISE. But he will let her live.]
Comin'!
[He doesn't keep her waiting long, jacket in one hand as he gets up to open the door, leaving the pair of Emotion Socks he's been working on unfinished on the work table behind him.]
[Hmm. It's not unheard of for Rise to lose some of her bright energy from time to time-- nobody can be one-hundred-percent on every single day, but he figures it means she must be thinking about something pretty hard. He nods, willing to go along with the plan, stepping out into the hallway and closing the door behind them.]
Alright, food first. I'm starvin'.
[But being a teenage boy, that's almost always the case? He smiles, letting her take his arm without hesitation-- a lot of girls still make him blush, but Rise is so firmly fixed in his life as his friend that he doesn't lose his composure around her anymore.]
no subject
she shows up about ten minutes later and knocks on his door. ]
Kanji! I'm here!
[ she's so excited. let her live. ]
why is she SO CUTE
Comin'!
[He doesn't keep her waiting long, jacket in one hand as he gets up to open the door, leaving the pair of Emotion Socks he's been working on unfinished on the work table behind him.]
Told you I'd be ready.
BECAUSE
Good.
[ she looks impressed! her hands are laced behind her back and there's a definite mischievous sparkle to her eyes. ]
Can you keep a secret?
no subject
He raises both eyebrows at her, curious.]
Uh-- yeah, of course. Somethin' on your mind?
[He doesn't trust that look in her eyes. Not one bit.]
no subject
A bit, yeah.
[ but she quickly looks back up and smiles, hooking her arm with kanji's. ]
But first, food!
no subject
Alright, food first. I'm starvin'.
[But being a teenage boy, that's almost always the case? He smiles, letting her take his arm without hesitation-- a lot of girls still make him blush, but Rise is so firmly fixed in his life as his friend that he doesn't lose his composure around her anymore.]
Where d'you feel like?