Don't you have a girlfriend. You have to know what the difference is.
[At this rate, he's going to have to advise Xion not to go so he can make sure both of them get lessons on clarifying boundaries and communication. Because he's definitely one to talk.]
No no, there's definitely a difference! I asked Miku and she agreed with me!
[ Never mind that they were still in a clueless state of "will they, won't they"... actually, no, that's not right. It was never a matter of "will they", because that was always a given. It was a matter of "do they know" and "will they figure it out"... ]
Aqua-kun, you're a boy, so you don't get the importance of dates between girls...
Oh yeah? How many of those girls have you gone on dates with, then?
[ ...if even Hibiki is able to rebut that, then you know you needed something better. Well, provided Aqua isn't actually a playboy... which he doesn't strike Hibiki as one, but you never know. ]
My sister has absolutely gone with other girls to karaoke without any of them calling it a date. And believe me, Ruby would absolutely say if she thought she was going on a date with someone.
[Never mind that it was for work. Was it really for work, honestly? Weren't Ruby and MEM-cho mostly having way too much fun?]
[Damn, he accidentally told a personal detail about himself, losing points in the game of Keep-Secrets that no one is playing or has ever heard of but him.]
[Her name is cute. It's a normal enough name, if foreign. No one would ever call Ruby something like "Awkward!" at a coffee shop... because Aqua would kill them.]
...Unfortunately, if you explained it to her, I have a feeling she would.
[They're on the same wavelength. Aqua can only imagine what would happen if Ruby and Hibiki actually met.]
[ Forget just friends, if Ruby were to find out how good of a singer Hibiki is, there's a nonzero chance she'd start trying to recruit her as an idol... not that Aqua knows either. It just hasn't come up yet! ]
But anyways... why were you freaking out so much? Don't tell me... Aqua-kun, are you jealous?
[Hibiki's cute enough. Aqua wouldn't protest. Much.]
No.
[Xion is his new sad twelve-year-old, ugh! (Even if she isn't twelve.) He sighs over the phone.]
Xion-chan and I are friends. She wanted advice about your date, but I remembered you have a girlfriend, so I needed to make sure I understood the situation.
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Date: 2025-03-04 03:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2025-03-04 03:32 am (UTC)[ Aww, good for her! Making friends! Also, good for him! Making friends! ]
What'd I mean...? I meant a date, what else could I mean?
[ Just gals! Bein pals! ]
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Date: 2025-03-04 03:35 am (UTC)Date-date or friend date?
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Date: 2025-03-04 03:38 am (UTC)[ She is answering the question! YOU'RE being weird about it, Aqua!
Don't listen to her.]no subject
Date: 2025-03-04 03:45 am (UTC)[At this rate, he's going to have to advise Xion not to go so he can make sure both of them get lessons on clarifying boundaries and communication.
Because he's definitely one to talk.]no subject
Date: 2025-03-04 03:47 am (UTC)[ How DOES Miku put up with her... or maybe that's not the right question here, since Miku herself seems to have only reinforced this idea. ]
I mean, I guess it's different for a guy and a girl? But when two or more girls hang out, it's called a date.
[ IS THAT... REALLY CORRECT... ]
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Date: 2025-03-04 03:59 am (UTC)No it isn't.
[Aqua may not be on top of all the slang of today, but that is just patently false. There's no way.]
A date is a date, however many guys or girls are involved.
[Should he just tell Xion it's a friend date. Signs point to yes.]
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Date: 2025-03-04 04:11 am (UTC)[ Never mind that they were still in a clueless state of "will they, won't they"... actually, no, that's not right. It was never a matter of "will they", because that was always a given. It was a matter of "do they know" and "will they figure it out"... ]
Aqua-kun, you're a boy, so you don't get the importance of dates between girls...
[ We apologize on behalf of her. ]
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Date: 2025-03-04 11:56 am (UTC)[A-Aqua, what kind of rebuttal do you think this is?]
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Date: 2025-03-04 12:08 pm (UTC)[ ...if even Hibiki is able to rebut that, then you know you needed something better. Well, provided Aqua isn't actually a playboy... which he doesn't strike Hibiki as one, but you never know. ]
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Date: 2025-03-04 12:16 pm (UTC)[Even if he and Akane are only dating for show, the dates are still dates! They count!]
But when the rest of us hang out, or they hang out together without me, they're not dates.
[It's usually work, actually. Hmm. No, wait, Ruby spends legitimate friend-time with her classmates and doesn't call those dates. Haha, checkmate.]
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Date: 2025-03-04 12:43 pm (UTC)[ What she means by that is he seems like the kind of guy who's interested in dating, but... that wording... ]
Well, duh. Hanging out isn't the same as a date. A date is when you go out together to do stuff! Like karaoke, or window shopping, or karaoke!
[ Yes, she said karaoke twice. ]
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Date: 2025-03-04 08:21 pm (UTC)[Putting his delicate feefees aside...]
My sister has absolutely gone with other girls to karaoke without any of them calling it a date. And believe me, Ruby would absolutely say if she thought she was going on a date with someone.
[Never mind that it was for work. Was it really for work, honestly? Weren't Ruby and MEM-cho mostly having way too much fun?]
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Date: 2025-03-04 09:09 pm (UTC)Well, I don’t know your sister, but it’s not like I go telling everyone when I go on a girls date…
[ …Hm? Wait, didn’t she just hear something super interesting? ]
Eh!? You have a sister, Aqua-kun!?
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Date: 2025-03-04 10:08 pm (UTC)[Damn, he accidentally told a personal detail about himself, losing points in the game of Keep-Secrets that no one is playing or has ever heard of but him.]
She's not here, but yes, I have a younger sister.
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Date: 2025-03-04 11:08 pm (UTC)[ She says, having teased Aqua for his name a while back... ]
Well, I dunno much about her, but I bet she'd get it.
[ Because all girls know about girl dates! ]
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Date: 2025-03-04 11:21 pm (UTC)...Unfortunately, if you explained it to her, I have a feeling she would.
[They're on the same wavelength. Aqua can only imagine what would happen if Ruby and Hibiki actually met.]
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Date: 2025-03-04 11:36 pm (UTC)[ Forget just friends, if Ruby were to find out how good of a singer Hibiki is, there's a nonzero chance she'd start trying to recruit her as an idol... not that Aqua knows either. It just hasn't come up yet! ]
But anyways... why were you freaking out so much? Don't tell me... Aqua-kun, are you jealous?
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Date: 2025-03-05 12:09 am (UTC)No.
[Xion is his new sad twelve-year-old, ugh! (Even if she isn't twelve.) He sighs over the phone.]
Xion-chan and I are friends. She wanted advice about your date, but I remembered you have a girlfriend, so I needed to make sure I understood the situation.
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Date: 2025-03-05 03:29 am (UTC)Aww, well don't worry about that! It's just a girls date! I've gone on those with Miku and my other friends, too. It's lots of fun!
[ She even outright calls them dates and everyone just goes along with it! Lots and lots of fun. ]
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Date: 2025-03-05 11:29 am (UTC)All right. Thanks for clearing that up, Tachibana, and you two have fun on your date.
[He's such a dad, gross.]