[ Well that makes it quite plain. Rapunzel, roundly chastised, drops both hands to her sides and nods, guilt creeping slowly up her legs and pooling like an iron weight in her stomach. She moves over to the couch, though she doesn't quite sit yet. ]
I'm sorry, Weiss. You're - you're right! Heh. I asked you over and now I'm wasting your time. I'm sorry.
What do you mean? Ask you out where? Is that strange? [ She turns to face Weiss intently, suddenly seizing upon the fact that holy shit Weiss must be a great source of intel on Jaune!! If she pulls some strings and plays her cards right (ooh that would be fun to do, does Weiss like cards?!), maybe she'll get something good out of her...
Not to mention: it's sort of an honour to have her here right now. Not that Rapunzel would ever give Weiss the satisfaction of knowing that!!! ]
Dates, dances, whatever vaguely romantic thing was happening at the time.
[She shrugs her shoulders.]
It's... not not strange? [Wow that was strangely poor grammar for the heiress.] I mean, it's annoying, but its normal for a guy to like a girl, I guess.
Okay– Wait, wait, wait, wait. [ She puts both hands FIRMLY ON WEISS'S SHOULDERS. ] Stop. What are those? I know what dancing is but I need you to tell me exactly what dates and romantic things are and exactly what Jaune did to you.
Well– [ Thinking back, she's startled to find a memory surfacing. Slowly, Rapunzel sits up and scoots to the edge of the plush couch, staring at the blank plasma screen. ]
There was... one. A book. Mother said it was water damaged so we had to throw it out. It was about - people. Other people being together. I don't know if that's what you mean but - I think there was a princess.
[ It's then that Pascal decides to wander out from wherever he'd been hiding this whole time, yawning and stumbling his way to Weiss's foot rather than Rapunzel's because it's new and looks cozy as hell. ]
[Throw out the book? She thought Rapunzel's mother was controlling, but not wanting her to read? That's just... well, a lot of things really, but she'll settle for "disgusting".]
Well its kinda like that. The guy takes the girl out on a date as an attempt to impress her. Things like expensive dinners, trips to the carnival, anything that gets the two of them alone.
[The carnival might be something on her mind. She's seen the posters, and she can't help but be interested. As shabby as it might seem, she's never been before. Could be fun.]
Jaune was always trying these dopey stunts to get my attention, I never really understood what he wa-- aaah!
[What is that crawling up her foot?! At first she thought it was just the wind, but its not going anywhere! And it's green! FLINGING YOU NOW grossgrossogrossgrossgross]
[ AAAAAAAnd Pascal goes flying into one of the pillows. Hitting it and landing on the straw chair beneath with a bounce. Luckily he's pretty resilient when it comes to low-level gross-out flings and rather than being hurt he just seems resentful. A clicking sound - the chameleon's answer to a growl - comes out as, huffing, he stomps back to the couch to sit next to Rapunzel instead, glaring daggers at Weiss as if nothing happened. ]
[ Rapunzel isn't paying any attention to any of this. She's staring at her hands because the world has frozen around her and her body has gone numb, cool and hot at once. ]
Because... because he likes you. [ That's what she remembers from the book her mother destroyed, speaking to Rapunzel with cold, hard words that romance was a waste of time, a deceptive trick that could feel like joy but which ultimately always lead to agony.
If a person makes you feel like gold and happiness - "shining and full of airy bubbles" - it means you like them.
If you like them, you're supposed to spend time with them, and then kiss them to show them that you care.
That's the extent of what she remembers from the book about romance and the extent of Gothel's instruction. That's what she knows about love. ]
She's gotten it all wrong! So what if Jaune asked Weiss to a carnival? (He didn't.) She'd probably ask other people too if she got the chance! Probably, she'd even ask Weiss! That's all right, isn't it?
It... doesn't mean he doesn't like her too. Right? ]
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Date: 2016-01-26 04:30 am (UTC)[ Well that makes it quite plain. Rapunzel, roundly chastised, drops both hands to her sides and nods, guilt creeping slowly up her legs and pooling like an iron weight in her stomach. She moves over to the couch, though she doesn't quite sit yet. ]
I'm sorry, Weiss. You're - you're right! Heh. I asked you over and now I'm wasting your time. I'm sorry.
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Date: 2016-01-26 04:33 am (UTC)[She leans forward, patting the cushion in front of her.]
Come on, what's got you so worked up? You're always so brave and bold until today.
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Date: 2016-01-26 04:49 am (UTC)Where to begin ugh. ]
You... know Jaune. Jaune Arc. Right?
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Date: 2016-01-26 04:51 am (UTC)[But she'll blink at the name.]
You met Jaune? Oh, you met Jaune.
What did he do this time?
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Date: 2016-01-26 05:20 am (UTC)This time. [ ... she grins.
It's not a nice grin. ]
What do you mean this time?
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Date: 2016-01-26 05:34 am (UTC)He just kind of love-obsessed? He's been trying to ask me out for about as long as I've known him.
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Date: 2016-01-26 05:45 am (UTC)[ Okay hold the phone.
...Now give the phone to me. ]
What do you mean? Ask you out where? Is that strange? [ She turns to face Weiss intently, suddenly seizing upon the fact that holy shit Weiss must be a great source of intel on Jaune!! If she pulls some strings and plays her cards right (ooh that would be fun to do, does Weiss like cards?!), maybe she'll get something good out of her...
Not to mention: it's sort of an honour to have her here right now. Not that Rapunzel would ever give Weiss the satisfaction of knowing that!!! ]
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Date: 2016-01-26 05:50 am (UTC)[She shrugs her shoulders.]
It's... not not strange? [Wow that was strangely poor grammar for the heiress.] I mean, it's annoying, but its normal for a guy to like a girl, I guess.
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Date: 2016-01-26 06:31 am (UTC)Okay– Wait, wait, wait, wait. [ She puts both hands FIRMLY ON WEISS'S SHOULDERS. ] Stop. What are those? I know what dancing is but I need you to tell me exactly what dates and romantic things are and exactly what Jaune did to you.
...From the beginning to the end. All of it.
...Details too.
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Date: 2016-01-26 06:39 am (UTC)Wait you don't know what dates are?
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Date: 2016-01-26 07:15 am (UTC)My birthday is June 21st!
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Date: 2016-01-27 03:21 am (UTC)[Taking out her phone and click click click, nice shiny cake sticker on her calendar.]
But not the "date" I meant. Romantic dates like... boyfriend-girlfriend stuff?
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Date: 2016-01-27 07:21 am (UTC)I– Hm. [ Something is telling her she and Weiss might not be on the same level, conversationally speaking... ]
I don't know. What's a romantic date?
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Date: 2016-01-27 07:24 am (UTC)Did you... ever read any stories when you were little? Maybe a prince wooing a princess? It's kind of like that.
But less dramatic mostly.
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Date: 2016-01-27 08:05 am (UTC)There was... one. A book. Mother said it was water damaged so we had to throw it out. It was about - people. Other people being together. I don't know if that's what you mean but - I think there was a princess.
[ It's then that Pascal decides to wander out from wherever he'd been hiding this whole time, yawning and stumbling his way to Weiss's foot rather than Rapunzel's because it's new and looks cozy as hell. ]
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Date: 2016-01-27 10:07 pm (UTC)Well its kinda like that. The guy takes the girl out on a date as an attempt to impress her. Things like expensive dinners, trips to the carnival, anything that gets the two of them alone.
[The carnival might be something on her mind. She's seen the posters, and she can't help but be interested. As shabby as it might seem, she's never been before. Could be fun.]
Jaune was always trying these dopey stunts to get my attention, I never really understood what he wa-- aaah!
[What is that crawling up her foot?! At first she thought it was just the wind, but its not going anywhere! And it's green! FLINGING YOU NOW grossgrossogrossgrossgross]
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Date: 2016-01-28 12:23 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2016-01-28 12:28 am (UTC)Jaune...
Jaune asked you to a carnival?
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Date: 2016-01-28 12:36 am (UTC)Not specifically, just an example. He's asked me to dances, dinners, any random little thing that was going on.
[Shrug.]
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Date: 2016-01-28 01:08 am (UTC)Because... because he likes you. [ That's what she remembers from the book her mother destroyed, speaking to Rapunzel with cold, hard words that romance was a waste of time, a deceptive trick that could feel like joy but which ultimately always lead to agony.
If a person makes you feel like gold and happiness - "shining and full of airy bubbles" - it means you like them.
If you like them, you're supposed to spend time with them, and then kiss them to show them that you care.
That's the extent of what she remembers from the book about romance and the extent of Gothel's instruction. That's what she knows about love. ]
Is - is that right?
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Date: 2016-01-28 01:17 am (UTC)She's gotten it all wrong! So what if Jaune asked Weiss to a carnival? (He didn't.) She'd probably ask other people too if she got the chance! Probably, she'd even ask Weiss! That's all right, isn't it?
It... doesn't mean he doesn't like her too. Right? ]
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