This was not what Euphemia had expected. None of this had been. To go back to her world, to the opening day of the SAZ, only to have it end in (apparent) catastrophe, the memory of Zero-- of Lelouch-- raising his gun and the hammer's blow to her chest. Lying in the hospital bed with Suzaku at her side, feeling the world grow cold around her and then go dark entirely.
And then to be asked on a date. By a rough-and-tumble young Japanese boy who had every right to hate her and her family because of what she'd told him.
She's dressed far more subdued now than she had before; a plain ruffled blouse and knee-length floral skirt, with her hair pulled back in a single ponytail. She suspects Kaneda will want to take her out on his motorcycle again, and she wants to be ready for that (and not look like a disheveled mess at the end this time).
When the knock comes at the door, she's there after only a few moments, pulling it open; her face-- eyes that look tired more than optimistic for perhaps the first time-- turning into a small smile when she notes who it is. (Though, who else would it be?) "Kaneda... thank you so much for asking me."
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And then to be asked on a date. By a rough-and-tumble young Japanese boy who had every right to hate her and her family because of what she'd told him.
She's dressed far more subdued now than she had before; a plain ruffled blouse and knee-length floral skirt, with her hair pulled back in a single ponytail. She suspects Kaneda will want to take her out on his motorcycle again, and she wants to be ready for that (and not look like a disheveled mess at the end this time).
When the knock comes at the door, she's there after only a few moments, pulling it open; her face-- eyes that look tired more than optimistic for perhaps the first time-- turning into a small smile when she notes who it is. (Though, who else would it be?) "Kaneda... thank you so much for asking me."