16th ☆

[adropofjupiter]

[Action - School]

[Marisa is sitting on top of the table in the cafeteria, legs crossed, as she's finishing up telling a tale to the other students sitting around her at lunch.]

...and that's why you need to be careful when you see lots of flowers just suddenly appearing all over the place, like they did here, ze. They could be a bunch of dead people just waiting for a lazy shinigami to take them across the Sanzu to Higan.



[Action - Makeout Point - Evening]

[Anyone attuned to the flow of magic with the capacity to sense it feel a surge coming from Makeout Point. In fact, this sudden concentration feels VERY much like Shana's Guren no Souyoku Unrestricted Method that grants her wings of flame.

Only it doesn't feel quite right. It doesn't feel like fire, but... starlight? A shimmering yellowish glow can be seen from the Point.]


[Phone]

So who wants to go to the Drive In? It's almost dark and I feel like seeing a movie on that really big screen with popcorn and some friends and b--

[She cuts herself off. No, no drinking tonight because... The phone is partially muffled as Marisa yells something back into her own house.]

Oi! Ciel! I'm taking the car tonight. No, I'm not going to drink. Yes, I know how to drive. And no, you're not stopping me. I already got the keys, ze.

[And back to talking on the phone.] So who wants to come with me? No boring people allowed.

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[adropofjupiter]

[Seeing the look on Patchouli's face, Marisa sighed and stopped looking as upset about it as she really was.]

You've gone and... clarified that it was the flowers, right? That it's me you love... right?

[wizardoftheweek]

I... don't think I really have to. They all know I'm with you, and that the flowers caused trouble.

[adropofjupiter]

I want you to. Especially with your familiar. I'm not worried about Meiling at all, but if you don't say something, Remilia might try to use this against me because she doesn't like me and doesn't like me with you.

Make it clear.

[wizardoftheweek]

-Patchouli's eyebrows knitted.- Hold on, I know Remi hasn't been the most supportive, but that seems a bit harsh of you to assume. And I made things clear with Koakuma when she first arrived. She has no intention of interfering.

Remember, Marisa, I know these people better than you, and you would do well to trust my faith in them.

[adropofjupiter]

I'm upset, Patchy! For all I flirt, I don't cross a line and you crossed it.

[She gripped her apron and pulled a little on it.]

I know you weren't in your right mind, and I don't hold it against you. But it still hurts.

[wizardoftheweek]

I... I know you're hurt, but that gives you no right to order me in how I deal with my family! I wouldn't do the same to you...

[adropofjupiter]

I don't have a family.

[Marisa heads for the window, trying not to cry. And the worst part was... she didn't know why she was on the verge of tears.]

[wizardoftheweek]

-A near panic set in, realizing what she had done. She immediately left her bed, nearly stumbling as she reached for the other.-

Marisa! Wait! Please! I'm sorry! I... I spoke without thinking...

[adropofjupiter]

[She stopped, hand on the window's latch, and just stayed there. Her head was tilted down and she worked on conquering the threatening tears. Deep breaths.]

[wizardoftheweek]

I'm sorry... -She repeated. Again. And again and again. She felt absolutely horrid. She had, without any flowery influence to blame, spoken such a cruel thing to someone she loved so deeply... It was honestly far worse than any holiday mishaps could ever be.-

[adropofjupiter]

[After a moment, Marisa turned around, wrapped her arms about Patchouli, and pulled her into a hug. A possessive hug.]

Enough.

[wizardoftheweek]

-The hug, the word... It was simple enough out of context, but the gesture carried enough weight with it that it was all that was needed to break he bow of Patchouli's emotional control. She began to sob, and in spite of Marisa's simple request, she couldn't stop saying 'I'm sorry'. For the flower kisses, for the cruel reminder of her family, for anything.-

[adropofjupiter]

[That meant, with an internal sigh, the two of them were just going to end up sitting on the floor while Marisa cradled her girlfriend and soaked up the tears. Her hand stroked Patchy's hair and she rubbed her back. She pressed a kiss to the top of her head and held her.

Oh, Marisa was still upset, still hurt, but she was starting to realize what Patchy hurt herself with the damn flowers and stuff.]

[wizardoftheweek]

-It took her a few moments, but eventually she managed to calm down enough to realize that she was... well, being a bit hysterical. Sniffling, she pulled away from Marisa.-

I... I should make this up to you. But I can't think of how.

[adropofjupiter]

[Marisa wiped away the tears on Patchouli's cheeks, not even noticing the few that had fallen on her own face.]

I don't have any suggestions, love. Don't worry so much about it; it's not like I'm gonna break up with you or anything. We both say crap that's stupid when upset.

[wizardoftheweek]

... We could go on a date.

[adropofjupiter]

You want to go on a date?

[Give her a moment to process that.]

[wizardoftheweek]

N-nothing too fancy, just... the two of us.

[adropofjupiter]

So... like dinner and stargazing?

[wizardoftheweek]

Yes... Something like that.

[adropofjupiter]

Then that's what we'll do.

[wizardoftheweek]

Good... -And there's a smile, finally.-

[adropofjupiter]

[And that smile gets stolen by a pair of witch lips in a soft kiss.]

[wizardoftheweek]

-Oh, well that... that's good too. The kiss is returned, Patchouli humming a bit into the gesture.-

[adropofjupiter]

[Marisa savors it a moment.]

...alright, up off the floor, ze. Let's read for a bit and then we can go out.