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(〃＞＿＜;〃) stop stop stop
you know that's not what I'm asking!!
yuri why don't you believe in romance (๑･▱･๑)

wait back up
are you saying romance means you don't have sex
potentially

( STAYING DERAILED BECAUSE THIS IS EASIER )

[why is he like this]

1. (・_・;) stop talking to me about sex
it's weird you're making it weird

2. if I answer your question will you answer mine (・・ ) ?

what the hell is weird about sex
oh my god anya i
m
not

goodbye

( LASDKSJD GOOD WORK ANYA YOU GOT HIM TO LEAVE THIS ENTIRE CONVERSATION BY SAYING HE WAS MAKING SEX WEIRD he don't got time for this princess, sex is normal, people have it, he has heard way too much about this, THIS IS FINE )

uh huh (?・・)σ see you later

[NO, YURI WAS MAKING THEIR FRIENDSHIP WEIRD

but she'll just stare down this text message string

and laugh

because he totally made it weird and then ran

honestly chalk it up as a victory for her but also considering the fact that she had to talk about sex with one of her closest friends is it really

is it really

DECIDEDLY NOT REALLY BECAUSE she mostly forgot about it over the course of her day to be honest, but it's when she's in line getting Yuri's drink that she remembers the note that their conversation ended on

oh boy

which is why Anya's showing up at the ice rink and bringing along her own cup of whatever surprise the barista gave her when she asked along with coffee for Yuri - something peppermint - and then setting it down in front of him]

Happy Valentine's Day! [said one single person to the other, BUT SHE MOVES ON] You know I forgot that you don't have a lot of experience with friends?

So maybe we should clarify something.

[SHE'S BRINGING IT BACK]

Edited 2017-02-19 07:50 (UTC)

( setting it down in front of him because he's currently wearing Comet, the head off and to the side as he sits down and adjusts his "skates" with his flipperhands. he feels like doom is dawning when he looks up, sees Anya, sees the peppermint whatever it is that's probably way too sweet, and she brings up his inexperience.

(with friends.)

does he remember the awkward encounter from earlier? yes. actually no. he's really just deleted that from memory. but he almost remembers, because Anya had managed to make it weird, and now he's looking up at her and trying not to frown, sitting up and then standing, by reflex, to make himself taller.

with the "skates," that means he's got three inches more than normal. #smallvictories )

... About what.

[there is no way that she's the one who made it weird

(teenagers)

but wow Yuri's also actually taller than her right now, even with her heels, and she's kinda pouting about it? Why! Guess who's going to be mopey when he hits his last growth spurt. Anyway she's just going to shake her head and you know, it was weird over text. It's still weird to bring up in person.

And yet.

Forever direct Anya here she is]

We were talking about sex for some reason?

[hopefully no one needs skates or anything from comet]

( and then it was valentines day and yuri plisetsky is being asked by one of his two best friends about sex and it is weird because she made it weird and he is going red in the face and blurts out: )

Anya! We were talking about dating and romance and sex is part of that too, do we have to talk about this here, I'm at work!

[well if she's going to be honest]

Mm? No one else is here.

[in the immediate vicinity anyway?? Yuri eavesdrops apparently, he should be able to tell the difference.]

Obviously it wouldn't be good to talk about when Jade and Dave arrive. It might make them feel awkward.

[IT MIGHT MAKE THEM FEEL AWKWARD]

Weren't you the one who brought it up to me in the first place?

[can you believe yuri plisetsky is running away from a topic that he threw down]

( fact: there are people here.

also a fact: no, not in this front area, because they're all on the ice. it's valentines. there are many couples here all being schmoopy at each other and asking for photo ops with Comet, which he hates, but deals with because he's literally paid to do so.

he is not literally paid to deal with this, but being called out has him gritting his teeth and narrowing his eyes... he can't shove his flippers into his pants pockets. he settles on shoving them into the pockets of Comet's universe spangled jacket. he can do nothing about the fact he's blushing.

but boy, this is not comfortable. it's embarrassing, it's making him irritable, and honestly he's feeling pretty attacked right now? wow. )

I just agreed that dinner dates are considered more romantic!

[can you believe that yuri came out here to have a good time is honestly feeling so attacked right now

meanwhile Anya's going to go ahead and just sip onto her own warm beverage as she listens to him. and then tilt her head in confusion because now she feels like she's misunderstanding something]

Mm? But you also said....

[that those dates lead to sex? and then something something, asking if sex and romance aren't meant to be intertwined and listen Anya doesn't believe that either and she was going to tell him so except he totally dipped from that text conversation

? ?

????

at least she's gotten better at watching him and being mindful of when she's treading thin ice with that temper so she hums]

Should we talk about it later? I'd just thought that now was as good a time as any...

( bluntly: )

To talk about sex.

( he's giving her a pained look. wearing a orca mascot body and giving her a pained look with his hair all pulled back in a sloppy bun. )

Bingo!

[and she's perfectly ok with this for some reason, humming happily. sure, he opened the door after she was trying to close it and now this is where she's just gonna go for it apparently]

Or... talking about talking about sex? Ah - Dave and I haven't talked about it before. That's what I found odd.

[he made it weird]

( what. he does look actually surprised; he stops frowning, for one, looking puzzled instead. )

... Why not?

( what he finds weird is the fact they haven't. don't friends talk about everything? sex is part of life, neither of them are like, twelve, and he knew twelve year olds who were ... okay, he's just going to accept that he's been around enough people to hear enough snippets about their lives as to have no illusions to the role of sex in the world around them. he also doesn't care; he simply accepts that it's there. )

[ . . . . ah, Yuri.

This is where Anya thought he might be getting tripped up. Or maybe Anya's the one tripped up, if she's really willing to open her mind to it - and like most things, she is. So she hums.]

It hasn't come up. He only recently started dating Jade, even though they've been dancing around for years. I never talked to her about it either. I don't know if... anyone's talked to me about it?

[this might be because they're trying to keep her pure and she doesn't realize]

It seems like a very intimate thing to talk about.

( he still doesn't get it. then again, it's not that he thinks sex isn't intimate. it's that he doesn't see talking about it, when it's not personal to either of them, is intimate. he's not asking about her sex life, or talking about his; neither of them have one, but that's not the point. he relaxes a fraction before tensing up again, then breathing out.

relax. Anya isn't about to attack him, and he knows that it's leaving himself vulnerable because no, he doesn't see this as being abnormal, nor have his observations of other people who are friends said it's off base. from what he understands, he also wouldn't want to share personal details in general; he's so private he can't imagine he'd feel comfortable with that. conversely, he'd listen if Dave or Anya ever wanted to... he doesn't know. talk?

it's a muddle in his head, and only muddled because he thought it was clear before. )

It's sex. I'm not asking about what you're doing, and I'm not — Anya, people have sex, I don't see why that's weird. I don't care that people are getting laid, good for them, but I'm not going to pretend dating isn't something people do to get laid. Not everyone? Or not straight away, I guess, but...

( he makes a gesture with his flippers. his whale flippers. his blush is only fading because he's trying to wrangle words here, and he is wearing an orca mascot body while trying to explain to Anya that some people in this world date in order to get laid. )

... sex happens. How is acknowledging that intimate?

[ah yes.

sex happens.

If Anya's caught giggling it's just because he's so articulate. Why. Still though, the worst possible part of this is that Anya's easily convinced. Even though she definitely came in here thinking that it was odd to talk about sex with friends because it wasn't in her worldview before, here she is now happily chirping:]

Yuri's right.

[anya why]

But ah - it was more intimate when you asked if I thought that sex and romance had to happen separate from each other. Oh, ah, I don't. [just because she felt bad for never answering his question in pursuit of her own, but she doesn't care anymore] Though I guess I wanted to ask why Yuri thinks sex is so important to dating when I feel like it's just a small part....

Hmm, so maybe it was more even than I thought.

[yeah

sure

she just convinced herself of that]

( it's actually startling to hear he's right when he was fairly sure Anya was going to do her version of not-yelling-but-now-you-feel-bad at him until he finally apologised and still felt like things were weird, but instead she's agreeing. which has him tuck his chin in... then smile, breathing out in a laugh. great. he'd even gotten Anya giggling.

this is so dumb. )

I — huh?! I don't think it's that important, just that it's usually part of dating. You don't need to date someone to sleep with them, it's just probably nicer if you are?

( he sounds unsure because at this point he's running 150% on other people's anecdotes. )

[this is the dumbest and Anya is just going to blink in confusion at this - because this is something that she finds odd. again. will she change her mind again in record time? WHO KNOWS]

But if it's the first thing you think of when you think of an evening date when there's so much else that can be done... [that it goes movies and dinner and then sex???] You know?

[or maybe he doesn't, but Anya's at least giving the opening for where she's coming from]

I don't think Kiyomitsu meant sex when he said it would be more romantic. But there might be less people around, so you can talk more about the things that... um, matter? Or it feels more intimate. You can talk over dinner! Or - [now she's just getting excited. she'd reach for his hands if they weren't fins but she puts down her drink and sets her hands on the table because she's clearly looking for something to do] you could go stargazing!

[anya

anya do you just want to go stargazing]

So... I just don't know why that's what you thought of first. I didn't mean to assume. I'm sorry.

( he listens, lifting his eyebrows as she sets her hands on the table and announces that someone could go romantic stargazing, because now it just sounds like her wishlist. considering he's dressed as Comet right now? he's a little amused. )

Anya, did you want to go stargazing?

( she should just tell whoever next asks her on a date... he sighs, lifting one flipper and stops before he tries to push tendrils of escaped hair back off his face. the flipper is just too indignity causing. )

Look, it's not like I know personally. Today was the first time I've ever been on a date anyway.

( which was not a dinner date and had zero expectations attached because he sure as hell hadn't wanted to be there. )

Edited 2017-02-19 09:57 (UTC)

I always want to -

[she stops

mid-sentence

because]

. . . . . . . . . Wait, what?

[wait.... what?

it's like watching a nuclear missile cartoonishly go off behind her eyes because she apparently just had this realization and it's dawning on her like a slow-moving storm and she's suddenly grappling with this information that's a little bit like wrestling a bear because it's so unexpected for her]

Your first time?

( this is fascinating to watch in progress. Yuri thought she already knew. how the hell would this be surprising? he barely has friends, he doesn't ever take time off from work or practice unless mandated to do so, when in the world would he have dated?

you know, before he got here, or after.

or at all. )

Yeah. My first time.

( he sounds a little dry in tone. )

[oh my god

oh my god

it was yuri's first date ever and

it was with a stranger and he went to ride on chocobos and he wasn't prepared and he didn't even want to

and Anya is absolutely gasping when this manages to hit her LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN]

Yuri! I'm so sorry...!!

I thought that - and you're just - and didn't realize - I...

[you might be missing some vital words, anya]

Oh no!

[THERE IT IS

THE GUILT

THE OVERWHELMING GUILT]

How is that even possible...

[anya he has like 2 friends]

( he, however, feels no pity for her guilt, or the fact she just destroyed herself. he didn't ask for this, he would have said this if they'd bothered asking, but they hadn't.

she gets to live with her own consequences. at least she should figure out he doesn't hate her. it wasn't the end of the world, just... not expected. planned. or asked for. his date hadn't even been bad. he's just... himself. his interest has yet to be captured by any one person. he doesn't tell Anya this is okay (yet) (and it's not, but it's also not actually a big deal, it's done and over with), but he does lift both his eyebrows... )

Thought what? I'm just what?

( no pity. at least not yet. )

[don't ever ask for anya's direct opinion of you ever

ever

because Anya's just going to look perplexed at the questioning]

Thought that a date would be fun... in the case that you've ever been on one before, since the general agreement is that it's a good feeling. Something sweet, even if nothing comes of it.

[and then a firmer shake of her head because there's? a reason? that Anya can't believe that Yuri's never been on a date before and well]

You're just... Yuri. [honey that explains nothing.] Mm, maybe you turned down everyone who asked you out but [she starts counting off on her fingers, can you believe this] you're smart. And you're funny, even if it's a little mean-spirited sometimes, but never cruel. And you work hard at everything you do. And you're still always striving to do even better than best. And you're thoughtful and you're sweet - even if it takes time to get there, it's always been worth it? And you always look out for me or you share your food. You're really cute about cats and well - ah, I guess you're cute in general too. And -

[she's running out of fingers]

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fuck we're keeping this crazy train going

i'm already dead NOW IM DYING MORE

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