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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 12:43:13 GMT -4
Fukurou didn't understand it, but he caught the shift in tone. "Are they... Unwellcomed?" he asked, studying her reaction as further research into his personal study in sociology...
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Oki
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 12:51:35 GMT -4
"They aren't... appropriate," she said carefully, handing Fukurou the card that had gone with them. "He means well, but I just... need time and space to figure myself out, so I'll probably be finding a new home for these before the day is out."
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 12:55:17 GMT -4
Fukurou frowned at the statement that Oki's brother could be right about anything. "I am to understand then, that your brother has not fulfilled his intentions towards Mr. Yuki then?" he asked, still not entirely seeing the inappropriateness of the flowers, but at the same time, understanding Oki's judgement of them as such...
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Oki
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 13:02:15 GMT -4
"That was just talk, Fukurou. Suoh was upset, and I can't say he had a very enjoyable weekend with everything that happened. But, no, he hasn't done anything to Yuki. I don't even think he's seen him, and Suoh's not going to go out of his way to look for him so breathe easy. He's just trying to look out for me, and he's not sure how..."
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 13:58:04 GMT -4
"Well then, I can find that trait in Mr. Suoh admirable at least. Though he does have some other less than appreciative habbits..." Fukurou shook his head, dismissing it as not the point of the visit.
"The main reason I've come by, Ok, is actually to assure myself of the same I guess you might say. I've not seen trace nor glympse of you in days, and the last time I had, had not been a pleasent evening for you. I had stopped by your house with the tea, and Ruu informed that you had indeed returned to work. So it is then, that you are feeling at least marginally more, how do you say, yourself?"
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 14:09:37 GMT -4
Oki thought for a moment about how best to answer that.
"Not really Fuk. There's really nothing I'd like better than to be hiding away in my apartment from the rest of the world right now, but I can't. I have responsibilities," she said, spreading her hands to indicate the office. "I can't just abandon my class because my heart is broken, that's not fair to them. Suoh thinks that getting back to work, back into my routine, will help. He pointed out that the only truly major change is that I won't have to expect Baoh at any given time, so I can start locking the balcony door again. So here I am, trying to keep myself together long enough to get through the day so I can go home, curl up with a blanket, and maybe listen to Suoh play his guitar for a while."
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 14:44:41 GMT -4
"I have a much better idea, if I may be so bold. It requires comprimise on each of our parts, but the sum of our comprimise may in turn be greater than our deficits as a whole." Fukurou figured he'd lost her, but continued at any rate. "This evening, a truely splendid singer will grace the opera house, in the midst of a ballet. I must admit a rare and intruiging combination. I will put on the table the comprimise of my uncomfortability of crowds, if you agree to table your comprimise of your uncomfortability of being outside of your bed and blanket. Together, we may each overcome something in this regard." Fukurou looked at her, waiting to see if she would except his bargain...
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Oki
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 15:00:52 GMT -4
"Fuk, I don't know," Oki hesitated uncomfortably. It sounded a lot like a date, although Fukurou may not be aware of it. Oki was pretty sure he wasn't. But she did very much enjoy dance and music, and maybe it would be good for her. On the other hand, if Baoh saw her out with him, he was sure to jump to the same conclusion he had the night before. It seemed like the was damned which ever she decided to do. But why should any of that matter?"
"It's not a date, is it Fuk?"
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 17:08:59 GMT -4
Fukurou straightened up and pulled his head back fast enough to actually bounce it off of one of the walls as all of the connotations that Baoh had taught him were associated with a date ran through his mind. He simultaniously turned so red it was almost purple and had to look away from Oki... "I... well.. No.. I mean that... I wasn't insinuating that... I was only... but," he continued to stammer somewhere between the fact that he had not intended it to be a date, and reversing that with the fact that he meant no offense to Oki by not asking for a date, and the string incomprehensible bursts of words continued with no grounding...
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 17:22:08 GMT -4
"Fuk... Fuk, honey, you're gonna hurt yourself if you don't stop trying to explain," Oki said gently, reaching out to lay a hand on his shoulder. "It's okay, really, I understand. It's fine. "I just... I don't know if I could handle it tonight. I look pulled together, but I'm really not. And I'll have a class to teach tomorrow morning..."
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 17:24:32 GMT -4
Fukurou tried to compose himself. "Ms. Oki... I... It has nothing to do with you, I mean, you are a very beautiful woman, but as I understand dates..." He thought of how Baoh taught him what one was and blushed deeply again. "I... Don't think I am ready for them... But... As for tonight..." he said trying to gain control of himself... "That is what the comprimise is about..."
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 17:31:03 GMT -4
"It's a big compromise, Fuk," Oki sighed, resting her elbows on her desk and lowering her head into her hands. Kovu stood, placing his paws on her knees and gazed up at her. "You're not ready for dating, and I'm not sure I'm ready for anything that even resembles it, you know?"
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 17:32:25 GMT -4
Fukurou seemed to relax at the apparant understanding between them. "Excellent. Then we've arrived at a concensus, and it is not a date. That also means, that I will pick you up at seven o'clock." He asserted.
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Post by Oki on Sept 30, 2009 17:35:29 GMT -4
Oki's head snapped up, startling Kovu back under the desk. "What? Fukurou, I..." It was Oki's turn to stammer while she tried to find a reason that didn't sound like an excuse. How did she find a way to turn him down without hurting him?
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Post by Fukurou on Sept 30, 2009 17:36:57 GMT -4
Fukurou looked at her questioningly. "Wardrobe is not an excuse Ms. Oki," he said, inferring, incorrectly, where she was going with that....
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