open | come bury your toes in the sand

[redigere]

WHO: Naminé and friends; open to passersby
WHERE: Beach near Heropa
WHEN: October 15th
WHAT: BEACH PARTY! Feel free to create a new prompt if the ones below don't appeal to you.
WARNINGS: None for now!

It'd taken a lot of last minute scrambling, a lot of runs to the grocery store, and a lot of help from her friends. But as Naminé steps back from the set up, she smiles. Allows herself a little bit of pride in what she's accomplished.

The home tent is where all the food is. Fold up tables have been loaded with an array of sandwiches, finger foods, and drinks, and a cooler nearby has fish and other seafood goodies to be grilled at the bonfire once someone gets hungry for it. This is also where she'll direct friends to drop off snacks and homemade goodies. Please do not sneak any of the chocolate and marshmallows meant for s'mores later.

Close by is the rest area, which is really just a big spread of blankets and a couple fold up chairs on the sand. She doesn't expect everyone to want to stay standing up all day, after all. Naminé knows she's going to be there for a bit, chatting with friends who are visiting, and she may have started a tiny sandcastle and collection of sea shells at the edge of the blankets as well.

The volleyball net and accompanying volleyball are borrowed from a co-worker, so it definitely needs to get back to her in one piece. There's plenty of space for other sports and competitions though...perhaps a game of soccer? And how could anyone ignore the ocean? She and a few others will likely be waist deep in it, learning and practicing how to swim.

Not bad for her first party. Now all she has to do is wait for her guests.

Comments

[historiology]

...Oh, no? I just thought then, you reminded me of him.

[That continued flush of Hyunsoo's cheeks might betray him and say otherwise, but Sorey for his part, doesn't push anything. Instead he looks almost sheepish for a moment.]

Sorry. I don't...Mikleo and others have said I was here before but I don't remember.

[valuemeal]

[ At least that's one awkward subject dropped. Hyunsoo's ego thanks you, Sorey.. Just not out loud, because that would go beyond his tsun capacities. ]

.. you don't remember? [ That's something new to him - he's seen others disappear and return, but usually they.. knew, right? Hence why he actually looks pretty openly surprised. ] Nothing at all?

[historiology]

No. But you're not the first one to recognize me and all. It doesn't mean we can't still be friends.

[It'll just be. All over again, getting to know each other. And with Sorey having no clue he was previously running around as a five year old here.]

[valuemeal]

[ It's.. weird. The idea that someone just could stop remembering things like that. Not that he was super close with Sorey or anything, and it does erase some embarrassing talking-to-a-five-year-old things that he wouldn't mind the other forgetting about, but still..

.. it's weird.

Not that it stops Hyunsoo from letting Sorey get to know him again - even though his reaction is very.. Hyunsoo-y as always. ]

W-who said I wanted to be friends? [ The f word. Deadly to tsunderes. ]

[historiology]

Oh, you don't? I just thought we might have been before, if you were worried about me before.

[Which it sure seems like. Sorey doesn't think that is wrong, anyway. But regardless, it won't stop him from reaching out and offering the hand of friendship to Hyunsoo or anyone else anyway.]

[valuemeal]

That's...!

[ He almost denies having worried again out of sheer instinct, but then again... if Sorey could sense before that he was lying about it, then he probably could do the same thing again now, huh. So even though Hyunsoo's cheeks grow a little red in embarrassment, he at least lets it out - and with that wordlessly and reluctantly admits it. ]

I dunno if I'd call it friends.. You're just-- just an okay guy, I guess. That's all. [ Tsun tsun. ]

[historiology]

Heh. Well, you're an okay guy too!

[Sorey comes back with that so easily. So casually. But....well, it's the truth. He can tell, somewhere under the bluster and tsun. Still, his bright smile and easy come back to this has to make up for possibly making the other flustered, right?]

[valuemeal]

[ The smile only flusters Hyunsoo more, honestly. But.. at least it's not completely in a bad way. It's not often that he gets compliments from people - hence why he deals with it so badly - but it's not a bad thing. It's.. nice. Yeah.

Not like he can ever admit that though. ]

You sure decide that easily. [ He's not still blushing. Not at all. Except he obviously is. ]

[historiology]

You think so?

[Sorey is naive and optimistic enough to want to believe the best of most anyone. To try see beyond their facades they present to the world. He's used to being blunt and honest, given he was raised by the seraphim and all. And seraphim don't lie.]

[valuemeal]

Yeah! There's a lot of people out there who pretend they're okay but are actually just trying to screw you over.

[ Even if they might not in all cases be supernatural.. but then again, where Sorey comes from, they probably are. His world sounds so.. odd. ]

You could get hurt, you know. [ Hyunsoo, you're showing you care... ]

[historiology]

Screw me over? How?

[Sorey isn't quite sure he gets it. Most of the time when he has encountered people doing mean or violent things, it's been through the influence of Malevolence. And, well, growing up with the seraphim, they (and by extension, Sorey himself) just don't lie.]

I'm sure I could manage to defend myself if I had to. Or if I did, I could just have Mikleo heal me, so it's not that big a deal.

[Sorey he is probably not talking about physically getting hurt.]

[valuemeal]

[ Oh god, why did Sorey have to miss the emotionally hurt implications there? Emotions aren't anything that Hyunsoo is good about talking about in any context, and he has to take a moment to swallow and even fully pull himself together before he can even start about it. ]

H-hey, I don't mean people trying to hurt you! [ Geez, Sorey, why does it always have to be about monster slaying or fighting or something? ] People could scam you, or.. you know, that kind of stuff! Do I look like that trustworthy of a guy?

[ No, Hyunsoo, it's more that you look like the weenie you are that could never hurt anyone.. ]

[historiology]

Scam? You haven't given me any reason not to trust you.

[Sorey's just naturally rather trusting. Naturally still fairly sheltered on a streetsmart level in comparison to most, even if he traveled and encountered so many hellions back home and all. There's a reason even with all the humans he purified, he never gave in to the Malevolence.]

[valuemeal]

See, that's what I mean!

[ He lets out a sigh... But he knows it's not too bad. Well, it's bad for Sorey, and it's bad in the sense that it makes him worry and he's not supposed to worry since it'll make him look lame. But it doesn't make Sorey a bad person or anything - pretty much the opposite. ]

I'm not out to scam you though, you're right. [ This time!! ] So I guess we can.. know each other, yeah.

[ He can't say the f-word. Don't make him say the f-r-i-e-n-d-s word. He just can't. ]

[historiology]

Right! So now, we can get to know each other better!

[Which, yes, Hyunsoo, means being friends. Of course. Whether or not he uses the 'f' word to describe their relationship or not. If he wouldn't, Sorey probably would regardless.]

[valuemeal]

[ You're going to kill him with friendship one day, Sorey. One day the embarrassment will get to him too much and kill him.

But for now he.. actually doesn't mind is nearly as much as he's pretending he does. Sorey is a good guy, and not super annoying to be around or anything, and he was willing to help Hyunsoo deal with a shark before. So it might actually even be good to have a guy like him around? ]

As long as there's no sappy talk. [ Please. ]

[historiology]

Ah, I dunno if I can promise that. Mikleo's always teased me about being a sap.

[And a romantic. The biggest naive idealist, given how sheltered the teen is. But all the same, Sorey seems almost amused rather than sheepish as he admits that to Hyunsoo.]

[valuemeal]

Hey, isn't this where you friendship types are supposed to say something like "I'll do my best anyway!" or something like that?

[ He even makes the pitch of his tone a little higher for the imitation part, like he'll seem more chipper that way... but he doesn't seem really grumpy about anything he's saying right now, honestly. Not by Hyunsoo standards, anyway. ]

[historiology]

Hm? I mean, sure I will, but I can't promise that I won't slip up sometimes.

[But Sorey can't help giving a chuckle at Hyunsoo's higher pitched impression. As like Sorey himself when he might try imitate a girl or if others might try imitate Sorey himself when he goes into ruin mode.]