Seventh Rose: Carnival

[formerabyssinian]

Who: Aya & Selphie
When: March 26th
Where: The Carnival
Style: Action or prose. We didn't decide.
Status: Closed


They had decided to meet at the carnival, so Aya arrived early with a small bouquet of flowers he made himself. That was the perk of owning your own flower shop.The flowers were an assortment of yellow carnations, pink daisies, and white baby's breath. He was dressed in black jeans and a blue long sleeved shirt. Nothing too fancy in case since this wasn't the best place for slacks and dress shoes.

Aya kept his eyes on the lookout for Selphie, not all that nervous about their date. He was hoping they'll actually eat something together, and enjoy each other's company, not have this date become a regretful mistake. 

But not nervous at all.

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[booyaka_boom]

Selphie kept her head bowed, looking at her flowers instead. This was totally her fault. "Nahh...I'm sorry. I shouldn't have got in the way..."

But when she looked back up at Aya she was smiling, and she moved with an arm outstretched to measure a distance between them. Once she was exactly an arm's length away, Selphie nodded towards the booth, "Okay! This time I'll stay right here, and I'll cheer you on, but silent!"

[formerabyssinian]

"Oh, no, this time, it's your turn." Aya stepped behind her and gave her a gentle nudge, smirking. "Don't worry, I'll cheer for you in spirit."

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie hadn't expected that, jumping slightly in surprise at the little nudge, "Me? Uh...okay." She handed over her little bunch of flowers to Aya to take before she stood at the game, picking up the gun. She'd had a shot once or twice, but wasn't really the best aim. Still, she tried, closing an eye to try and see better.

[formerabyssinian]

Aya watched as she settled herself into the seat and started to aim at the target. He held the flowers, looking at them and hoping they didn't get damaged in her little tumble.

The countdown began and other contenders were ready to go as well. Three, two...one!

[booyaka_boom]

One eye was closed for aiming, but at some stage the other eyes closed too. So she was shooting just at random, but then... The game was over. Selphie opened her eyes, only to discover that she'd actually won. Nothing big, not that starfish, but a smaller prize. Selphie turned excitedly to Aya and waved him over, "Look! I did it!~ I did it!~"

[formerabyssinian]

He was watching her more than the game, and he saw that she closed both eyes. Would that even work? Then the alarm sounded and...she won?!

"No way..." Aya looked to Selphie with surprise. How did she do that...

[booyaka_boom]

There was way too much excitement going on there. Selphie was on her feet, bouncing up and down, frantically waving at him, then pointing at the game, "Come on, come on, you gotta help me pick a prize!"

[formerabyssinian]

There were a lot of prizes to choose from, but none seemed all that interesting at first glance. "Maybe you should pick one." He didn't usually pick things out for himself, at least in the case of stuffed animals.

[booyaka_boom]

Hmm...What to choose.. They weren't quite the big starfish, but she finally settled on a small red seahorse plush. She grinned as she turned round to Aya, offering it to him in both hands, like a triumphant trophy, "Here ya go! Ya know, since I put you off what you were doing the first time round."

[formerabyssinian]

Aya just shook his head in amusement at the comment before taking the seahorse and trading it in for her flowers. "I'm just not really used to having cheerleaders." It really wasn't common for assassins to have a cheer squad. "Where should we head to next?"

[booyaka_boom]

That was a pretty good trade, Selphie thought. She gratefully took the flowers back and smiled, "Well, you'd better get used to it!" But as soon as she says it, she's not really sure what that means, so she blushed slightly, making a point of turning her face in a direction, "Uhm. More games? Or some food?"

[formerabyssinian]

Get used to cheers? He wasn't sure about that.

"You did want us to eat something together, so maybe some food..." He dug into a pocket to take. Out a brochure, which turned into a large map once unfolded. Aya studied it for a moment, making sure that Selphie could see it too. "There should be food stands down the middle over there." He pointed toward the left.

[booyaka_boom]

Well, eating together was just what Selphie assumed that people did on dates, so that had been her starting point. She turned around to suggest somewhere, then noticed the map. Selphie blinked at the paper, then up at Aya, with an expression that said You Clearly Haven't Been Here Before Have You. Grinning, Selphie shook her head and, with her free hand, grabbed one of Aya's, leading him in the direction he had pointed. "This way."

[formerabyssinian]

"...what's with the look?" Didn't everyone have maps of carnivals?! Of course he hadn't been there before! He didn't even have time to fold the map back as he was tugged in the direction he pointed to moments ago. There wasn't much point in complaining about being lead, but the hand holding...

Well, there wasn't much reason in pulling back, either.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie had just grinned in response to that. Here was hoping he could hold onto the map and his seahorse in one hand while she had the other. She was so focused on walking him towards the food area that, actually, she hadn't really thought about the fact she was holding his hand - she was just taking him somewhere.

They reached an area with various stalls, each with benches and tables around. It was only when she stopped that she realised she was still holding his hand, and she slowly let it go, letting her arms just dangle, "Here we are! There's a bunch of different stuff but... I recommend the candyfloss, especially."

[formerabyssinian]

A lot of things were blurred as they ran past them. Aya could have sworn they saw a haunted house, a ferris wheel, another target game, and a basketball game booth on their way to the food stalls. His grip on both the seahorse and map were tight, which might lead to one of the two becoming crumpled later on. Oh well.

Once Selphie let go of his hand, it was then that he realized that she didn't realize she was holding onto it. It felt oddly cold after she let go.

"...candyfloss?" He may not really know what that is. Even in Japanese, that wasn't a familiar word. It also wasn't something he would have looked up once he lived in the United Kingdom.

[booyaka_boom]

Good that you noted the haunted house, Aya - that's one of Selphie's favourites! She noticed the difference too after she let go of his hand, but it would be weird to let go, and then to hold on again, wouldn't it?

"Sure! Ya know, cotton candy?" Cause don't tell her that you don't know what that is either, though she knew some people from other worlds didn't. "It's just round here." She pointed to a small stall not far off, and walked towards it, though this time not leading him by the hand.

[formerabyssinian]

It would be pretty awkward, yes. Oh well.

"Ah, that." The recognition in his voice made it easy for Selphie to see that he knew about it. He followed her to the stall, seeing that there were various colors there. Some the usual of pink and blue, but there were shades of orange, purple, yellow, green, light brown, and white. "Is it supposed to be easy to guess the flavors?"

[booyaka_boom]

"Hmm... I guess the orange and yellow must be orange and lemon? But why is there light brown?" Selphie wasn't used to such bizarre kinds of cotton candy. Unless the brown is chocolate somehow. Still, she looked pretty interested, smiling as she turned to him, "Should we try some?"

[formerabyssinian]

He thought along the same lines, but he thought the brown one would be a coffee flavor.

"...could we share one?" Aya wasn't big on sweets, but he would be willing to try some.

[booyaka_boom]

"Alright! That's a good idea. And don't worry, you don't have to eat it all!" She remembered how he felt about sweet things, and trash foods, etc. But this was more like an experiment. She stood in front of the stall, and turned just a moment later with a stick of the brown stuff. "Okay. I say we both take some, and we eat it at the same time. Deal?"

Selphie held out the stick with one hand, plucking some off with her fingers.

[formerabyssinian]

"Fair enough." He took some as well between his fingers, looking at it curiously. "On three? And this time I'm counting." He learned his lesson about letting Selphie count for them.

"One...two...three." It was a pretty anti-climatic countdown. Aya went to put the treat into his mouth, watching for Selphie to do the same.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie grinned, much more patient with his countdown this time than before. She waited, in fact, until Aya looked like he was definitely going to eat some before she did. And after the three, Selphie popped the floss into her mouth. At first, she smiled, because it was sweet. Then she pulled a face, because the taste became more bitter.

[formerabyssinian]

Aya didn't think the flavor was all that bad, and went in for another piece. The sweet and saltiness was a nice combination to him. But he did notice Selphie's face.

"Lookd like I might have to finish the rest." Which was amusing to him.

[booyaka_boom]

Selphie took another small pinch to try again, just in case. But nope, her reaction was just the same. She laughed and held a hand out to take the seahorse ans the map, so they can swap over and he can hold the stick while he eats. "Will ya still be hungry after all that?"