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 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.]