[Day 187]

[coolerthansora]

Who: Roxas and you!
Where: Vicinity of the ice cream shop
When: Afternoon
Style: I'll match~
Status: Open!

It's not exactly unusual to see Roxas in the vicinity of the ice cream shop. He's probably one of its top customers, aside from the not-having-to-pay part.

What is a little unusual is that he's eating... strawberry ice cream. It's gotten to the point where he doesn't have to say what flavor he wants, but this time the lady at the counter gave him something different, remarking she heard it was his favorite. He's overheard a few similarly strange things from the natives, but mostly harmless stuff about people he doesn't know and he dismissed most of it.

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with trying new things, right? Actually, strawberry's not bad.

((Another rumor going around which Roxas hasn't heard is that he likes kissing folk. Vanitas sure got all the important parts out of that diary. So be forewarned your character may be subjected to kissing... on the cheek.))

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[demonicbookworm]

Ruca didn't pay much attention to the rumors. Even if they were about someone he knew, he would just shake his head and dismiss them. Though, the number of rumors that where spreading lately was... strange to say the last.

Upon seeing Roxas, Ruca waved to him and smiled.

"Hey, Roxas! It's good to see you!"

After the last curse Ruca was really worried about his friend.

[coolerthansora]

Roxas perked up on seeing his friend. He still hadn't actually seen too many people since getting back into his own body.

"Hey, Ruca," he said in reply as he came closer.

...and for some reason, he didn't really stop coming closer but just walked right up and gave Ruca a peck on the cheek, like it was what he always did on saying hello.

[demonicbookworm]

That was not something Ruca had excepted to happen. He blinked, then stared at Roxas, absolutely confused and stunned.

"...Er... R-Roxas?" he managed to stammer eventually.

He looked at the other hoping to hear some kind of explanation.

[coolerthansora]

Immediately once he drew back, Roxas realized what he'd just done, and that was when the blushing started.

"I, er..." He took a step or two back, looking equally confused. "S-sorry. I didn't really mean to... uh..." It really wasn't like he'd intended to, it had just... happened?

[demonicbookworm]

Ruca also started to blush a little, looking away. Suddenly it felt really awkward.

"...You didn't mean to..."

Either something's really weird is going on here or... okay, he doesn't know what else could it be.

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[sonlight]

[Roxas is not long without a companion! After all, where there is food, Chibiterasu is soon to follow, and he is quite interested in that strawberry ice cream you've got there.

Sharing is caring, right? :3]

this is all part of his master plan isn't it

[coolerthansora]

[Roxas doesn't notice him at first. He's just looking for a good place to sit down. There seem to be more locals out and about than usual and the bench he usually grabs close to the ice cream shop has a little too much traffic going past.

But a little farther away he finds a good spot and settles down. Not that he's exactly tall or anything, but that probably puts the ice cream in easier reach to certain littler friends.]

he is as predictable as ever

[sonlight]

[Sensing an opportunity, Chibi takes his chance to strike! He sneaks up from behind, slinks along the side, and goes for the kill!

And by goes for the kill I mean very unsubtly leans over and licks up some ice cream. :9 ]</small.

[coolerthansora]

[Roxas finally sees him as he's stealing that taste of ice cream. He blinks, and then laughs a little.]

You didn't have to try being sneaky about it, you know.

[topsseifer]

This is going to be pay back for all the puppy kisses from before, huh? Hayner had decided to hit the shop actually to see if they had an ice cream machine in the back. It would be majorly cool if they had made their own ice cream in the shop! He wanted to try making his own some day. Could you imagine if there was maple and bacon flavored ice cream?

Was that Roxas? With pink ice cream? Huh.

"Hey Rox. What flavor are you trying?" Not like he has anything against trying new things, but he's always linked Roxas with light blue.

[coolerthansora]

Can you call it payback when it will be very awkward for both parties? Oh well.

Roxas waves to Hayner with his free hand as he sees him headed for the shop.

"It's strawberry. You wanna try some?" ...Roxas, strawberry is like a standard flavor, most people have tried it at least once.

[topsseifer]

It’ll just be part of the list of things they never talk about. Well, at least Hayner won’t talk about it. He’ll think it over a moment before deciding sure. Trying something new was always worth something, right? Crossing over to where Roxas is without even thinking about personal space. This was Rox, and he was used to, even if the memories were fake, being close to him. It was natural.

“Sure.” He probably has tried it, but if Roxas was dropping Seasalt for it, it might have been better? Hayner will help himself to a quick bite of the blonde’s ice cream.

[coolerthansora]

Roxas doesn't think anything of the proximity either. It might not all be real, but he's used to Hayner doing things like slinging an arm around him or roughhousing, and it's no big deal.

At least, doing that kind of stuff, the platonic, friend kind of stuff, is no big deal.

But this next part? Not so much. As Hayner's starting to pull back with his bite of ice cream, Roxas leans in again to kiss him on the cheek.

Yay! Curse!

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie's off to get icecream too, but then she spies Roxas and she stops to wave. "Hey!~" Yeah, she just rushed over and took a peek at his icecream. "Mmm...strawberry! I might get that too!"

[coolerthansora]

"Oh. Hi, Selphie."

Why is it all his encounters with you seem to involve sweets of some kind?

"I've never had it before, but it's good."

[booyaka_boom]

"Hiya Roxas!"

Yeah...Selphie's encounters with most people seem to involve sweets. Just ask Yukari.

"You'd never had strawberry icecream before? Why the heck not? What other kinds haven't you tried?"

[coolerthansora]

"Well, we always had sea-salt back home, and they have it here, too, so..."

So he really hasn't tried other flavors.

[thebloodyoriginal]

[Asch is just passing by -- quickly, too, considering he doesn't have anything to be in a hurry for. He's heard enough about the nature of the rumors going around that he doesn't care to spend any more time in public than he has to. He slows down for a moment, however, when he spots Roxas, mainly because it takes him a sec to remember where he knows him from. Right -- when he first arrived at Vatheon.]

[Overhearing the comment from the sales lady reminds him that yes, rumors, and he was heading home. Asch starts to walk on by, only to nearly collide with Roxas as he turns away from the counter. He flinches away quickly -- please tell him he didn't get any pink ice cream on his clothes, that would be a mess. Yeah, uh. Oops?]

[coolerthansora]

[Roxas turns and-- woah! What are you doing standing right there? Luckily Roxas has strong protect-the-ice-cream instincts and although there's a bit of flailing, that pink ice cream manages to stay in its cone.]

A-asch! Hi.

[thebloodyoriginal]

[He was just trying to leave!] ...Hi. [He could probably sound less thrilled and more awkward, but it would be hard. At least he's not covered in ice cream. He glances around for lack of anything to say. There's an ice cream shop here? Seems pretty frivolous.]

[coolerthansora]

[He's picking up on the awkward, but he figures it's just that. Awkward.]

Um... are you here for ice cream, too?

[flared]

He's still annoyed with the whole rumor thing suddenly appearing on the network earlier - he's so sure that's Vanitas, and even if it isn't, then Vanitas has to be linked with it, so help him god - so he'll be needing an ice cream for sure. ... Without or without anything on under his coat, he'll get that ice cream, just you watch.

He's just about there when he spots Roxas up ahead, eating what definitely doesn't look like Sea-Salt Ice Cream at all. He blinks before walking up with a wave.

"No Sea-Salt, Roxas?" he asks once he's close enough. "You gettin' sick or something?"

[coolerthansora]

Roxas smiles and waves back at his friend. Despite some of the things going on lately, he's in a pretty good mood himself.

"I'm fine. The lady at the store just said- she heard I liked strawberry." He gives a shrug. He doesn't understand where she got that either since he always gets sea-salt and she knows it. "It's pretty good, though."

[flared]

There's nothing wrong with a change now and then. He smirks and then glances over towards the ice cream shop. "Wonder where she heard that from. Lots of people are awfully talkative today, y'know?"

He shrugs and looks back over to Roxas. "Ah well. Nothing wrong with that, I guess."

[coolerthansora]

"I haven't been paying too much attention, but it seems pretty silly. Talking about people dancing around in their pajamas and wearing cat ears and stuff."

Roxas takes another lick of his ice cream, looking curiously up at Axel to see if he has any explanation. ...some unconscious part of him is probably gauging the distance to Axel's face. Bestie, you are too tall.