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.
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
no subject
[ 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... ]
no subject
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.]
no subject
[ 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. ]
no subject
[A-Aqua, what kind of rebuttal do you think this is?]
no subject
[ ...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. ]
no subject
[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.]
no subject
[ 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. ]
no subject
[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?]
no subject
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!?
no subject
[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.
no subject
[ 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! ]
no subject
...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.]
no subject
[ 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?
no subject
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.
no subject
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. ]
no subject
All right. Thanks for clearing that up, Tachibana, and you two have fun on your date.
[He's such a dad, gross.]