[ we can be cute sibs and potentially get vored by a house at the same time!
Shinobu is responsible and does her allotted duties, but she will always carve out time for Wen Ning if he asks. There's no ands or buts about it. She will make time for him.
This isn't quite the question she thought he'd ask (not that she had any question in mind), but she smiles, not unkind. ]
He will. [ Royce is transparent. Wen Ning is transparent. They're both fools. ] You ask him plainly, so you can't be confused asking him for something else. [ Since, you know, they're both fools. ] Unless you'd like it to be more romantic?
Do you think so-? I didn't think it... sounded like the sort of thing he would like.
[he's dancing a bit around the rest of the problem, which is that he's also not positive royce would say yes to him if he did want to go-- because yes, they're both fools, and wen ning specifically is one with very little confidence.]
Romantic m-might be-- too much. We're not... seeing each other.
[-ah. he ducks his head at that, hair curtaining his face briefly. it's not like he didn't expect her to be aware of how he feels, but it's... still a lot to think about it. it's a lot to say.
[they're friends, at the least. wen ning's cat has decided royce is its favorite person. royce took him to get ice cream and remembered his favorite. he's there whenever wen ning needs him to be.
but it's hard to jump from friendship to thinking he might be interested. it's not like royce has a ton of friends to compare to.]
[he's fidgeting, a little. it's not a thing he often does, since he lost much of the feeling in his hands, but it's a habit he returns to occasionally.]
But I don't want... to lose his company, either, if it-- goes poorly.
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Shinobu is responsible and does her allotted duties, but she will always carve out time for Wen Ning if he asks. There's no ands or buts about it. She will make time for him.
This isn't quite the question she thought he'd ask (not that she had any question in mind), but she smiles, not unkind. ]
He will. [ Royce is transparent. Wen Ning is transparent. They're both fools. ] You ask him plainly, so you can't be confused asking him for something else. [ Since, you know, they're both fools. ] Unless you'd like it to be more romantic?
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[he's dancing a bit around the rest of the problem, which is that he's also not positive royce would say yes to him if he did want to go-- because yes, they're both fools, and wen ning specifically is one with very little confidence.]
Romantic m-might be-- too much. We're not... seeing each other.
[would it be appropriate??]
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But you'd like to be. Am I right?
[ Seeing each other. And/or romantic. Both. ]
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he nods, though, finally.]
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[ She knows it doesn't come easy to him. That's why she tries to push him, little by little.
He deserves to have confidence in himself. He deserve to know he's liked and loved and appreciated. ]
He cares for you. You believe at least that, don't you?
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[they're friends, at the least. wen ning's cat has decided royce is its favorite person. royce took him to get ice cream and remembered his favorite. he's there whenever wen ning needs him to be.
but it's hard to jump from friendship to thinking he might be interested. it's not like royce has a ton of friends to compare to.]
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[ She doesn't know all those details about Royce, but she does know her brother.
She knows he's struggling to consider it could be what it is, which is more than what he thinks it is. ]
Please take a chance. I want you to be happy.
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[he's fidgeting, a little. it's not a thing he often does, since he lost much of the feeling in his hands, but it's a habit he returns to occasionally.]
But I don't want... to lose his company, either, if it-- goes poorly.
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Do you think he's the type of person who would avoid you, if he didn't return your feelings?
[ She sounds very neutral, but the curve of her lips hint that if Royce is the sort of person who'd do that to Wen Ning, there may be repercussions. ]
Unless you'd be the one to avoid him, if that were the case?