colony_brat | Déjà vu this wall.

[She's had good luck in Luceti; she didn't even brainwash him to get him to agree!]

Go ahead - bring some.

[Wait, she can brainwash people? Oh dear. Nope. She won't have to do anything like that. Duo's happy to eat with a pretty girl.]

[He dashes into the back and he's back with a few colas that he sets down before taking a seat across from her.] Alright. Now that I've been a good waiter, I can be a good date and ask the pretty girl her name.

[She did it to her school class to make things more comfortable for herself socially - and to shut out and alienate Usagi from them.]

I'm Mizuno Ami. But isn't it polite to give your own name first?

[Oh that's interesting. He had a date with Usagi too. How ironic. He's a teenage boy though. It doesn't take much to get him to do what a pretty girl wants within reason.]

Thought it would be more polite ta ask the girl first. I'm Duo Maxwell. You can just call me Duo. Should I be callin' you Mizuno-chan or should I stick with doll? [He grins more, thinking he's pretty smooth with the honorific. He also pushes the pizza toward her to encourage her to eat it. It would be rude to take the first slice himself, right?]

[Oh, Duo. Shoulda studied those honorifics more.]

Mizuno-san is fine.

[There's a slight emphasis on the 'san' oh yes there is]

[Damn. He thought that would be cute since that's what he called Kamui when he was stuck as a girl for a while. Better talk his way out of this one quickly.]

Yeah, shoulda known I wasn't good with the Japanese stuff. Sorry, Mizuno-san. Don't wanna offend the pretty girl and before she's even had a bite of dinner. Go on. Try the pizza. 's good and 'bout the only thing this American can actually cook.

[Psh, you want her before the whole brainwashed-and-turned-evil-to-kill-her-friends thing if you want cute.]

I'll forgive you if the pizza's good enough!

[takes a bite; cue dramatic cliffhanger moment]

[Damn. Too late for the party again.]

Should be. 's best there is!

[He's also the only pizza shop in Luceti. He looks pretty sure of himself, but he really is secretly hoping that she likes it.]

[She chews... she chews... and she smiles! It's good!!]

I really like it. It looks really cute, too!

[Duo brightens and then looks very confused.]

Wait, pizza's cute? [Confusions no reason not to eat some pizza himself though. He'll snag a slice for himself and eat it in the way of all teenage boys, in about three bites.]

[Have a smile! Do not have an explanation.]

Are you comfortable here?

[He shrugs and drinks some of his soda.]

Comfortable 'nough. Got plenty of food. Some friends. A place ta sleep every night. 's not so bad, but I'm not used ta stayin' in one place this long. Gunna be two years before too long. You're settled in, right? Not so bad?

My friends are here, so it should be pretty exciting.

Yeah, makes a difference. Can't say I'd like ta see the guys from my world here, but I do miss 'em. Who ya friends with?

Usagi. Usagi, Makoto, Minako, and Chibi-Usa.

[Duo brightens up a little at a recognized name.]

Hey, I actually had a date with Usagi too. Talked ta Makoto. You have very pretty friends, but that'd be expected.

I'm so glad to meet their other friends!

[Smile smile. She is considering the likelihood of making you not like them much.]

Well, I don't talk to 'em nearly enough, but I'd be happier havin' more pretty girls in here more often.

[Oh don't do that. It would be so strange for Duo not to like a pretty girl.]

What's wrong with just me?

Absolutely nothin', 'specially if ya plan on comin' back here for a slice and some conversation~ [Duo leans onto his hand a little as he stares at her with a silly smile.]

I'll come whenever you want!

[Have a smile in return! And no, she doesn't realize this is flirting. But at least she's enjoying herself too much to do any tampering; isn't that nice?]

Pretty girls are always welcome when they're hungry and welcome even when they aren't. 's long as the place is open, I want ya to come in.

[Duo's bad habits pay off! It just figures that something that often gets him into trouble would keep him out of trouble for once. If only he could know.]

[Change subject time, because she's not really sure what to do with this vague sense he's saying something she's not totally grasping.]

Hey, do you know something about the ones suddenly appearing without wings?

Not really beyond this sense that it's happened before and makin' pizza and tellin' people ta come in here's a lot more fun than hidin' under the counter. Not sure why I think about hidin' under the counter, but I do when I think 'bout this happenin' before. Also pretty sure they won't be stayin'.

They're not staying?

Then we should stay near them to find out how to go back.

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