absolutely open to anyone!

[flatteries]

Er-- if you would all excuse me, I am looking for a certain lovely person.

[ And Inigo doesn't know what filtered thinking is. Or trying to think towards one person in general. He's new to all this telepathic stuff, okay.. and sort of an idiot, hence why everyone can just plainly hear this if they don't choose to ignore the voice. ]

I've been having terrible difficulties finding them by myself, so I figured this might be the right approach for the matter. This is about the beautiful Mitsuhide who I was told of! And according to the information I have received, the two of us could start a "beautiful relationship".. if you know what I mean. [ Inigo, that's gay. ]

So it would not do to let you go without my company for much longer! If anyone knows of their current whereabouts, or if you're hearing it yourself, fair Mitsuhide, please let me know!

[ Sounds like someone skipped over a gender detail or two while explaining this to Inigo, huh.. ]

Comments

[flatteries]

Well.. I-I..

[ He can't exactly say anything to that, considering if he'd deny that, he would seem like a total jackass.. and it's true that he really doesn't judge all that much by gender under his stupid playboy act, but he can't say that either.

But mostly-- ]

You called it a relationship, that is the problem! I sure would not have minded being friends with him, but romance is.. i-it is something else entirely, surely you understand!

[succinct]

I do. [ and she says this rather calmly. ]

But you should also understand that romance isn't something you can just throw yourself blindly into.

[flatteries]

What does that have to do with you taking responsibility for this?!

[ Because you sort of shattered his dignity, Kiki..

... or. Well. Anything that might have been left of said dignity to begin with, I guess. ]

[succinct]

I never said that you had to meet Mitsuhide like this.

[flatteries]

You said I should get to know Mitsuhide-- what did you expect me to do?! [ Especially considering the way he approached Kiki, despite her attitude and.. the general.. facial expression she makes.. ]

[succinct]

Introduce yourself and strike up an acquaintanceship. You've already done that, haven't you?

[ and embarrass yourself in the process to keep you from doing dumb things again, yep. ]

1 / 2

[flatteries]

[ KIKI!!! Yells her name from a high mountain with thunder and dramatic rain... ]

But this was not about an acquaintanceship! Did you not hear what I said?! I said..

[flatteries]

[ .. oh god, he's thinking about what he said again and what it must have sounded like to people who knew Mitsuhide is a guy...

Just kill him.......... ]

I said lots of embarrassing things..

[succinct]

And was Mitsuhide angry? [ she highly doubts it. ]

[flatteries]

No, he wasn't.. [ But that doesn't matter. Honestly, he would take Mitsuhide having blown up at him in private over embarrassing himself in front of a large audience.. ]

But that-- that just isn't the point, I..

[ He sucks in a deep breath, feeling his eyes watering up. God, he's so glad she can't see him right now. No one can see him, one small light of hope for him.. ]

.. you wouldn't understand, anyway..!

[succinct]

Maybe not. But I wouldn't immediately flirt with anyone [ ever ] that I hadn't known, or even met before.

[flatteries]

That is exactly why you don't understand!

[ Not that she could understand even if she did flirt a lot - after all, it's not like it's what Inigo really is like. It's just a coping method gone out of control. ]

I doubt you have ever flirted with anyone before at all. I'm spot on, aren't I?!

[succinct]

[ Yeah, see Inigo, you need less suicidal coping methods. ]

Is there a point in encouraging interest in someone I'm not interested in?

[flatteries]

[ cuts down the bridge to safety??? ]

Have you never truly loved anyone?! [ Not even Mitsuhide?? That's pretty cruel, you know, he sounded so into you, Kiki... ]

[succinct]

[ YOU FOOL!!! ]

Yes.

[ yes, she has, yes, she has never-- CLARIFY, KIKI. But from the way her mental tone takes on a slightly different note... ]

[flatteries]

[ Yeah, see-- Inigo might seem like an idiot, but even he catches on to that sort of thing, so he mentally pauses for a moment. ]

.. So you have. [ He sighs a little to himself, careful to not let it slip into his mental tone as well. ] Is it him?

[ Mitsuhide, of course. Who else? ]

[succinct]

Is that really something you have to know?

[ she's a private lady, Inigo. ]

[flatteries]

[ There's a pause, almost eerily so, and when he speaks up again (mentally, but whatever) his tone actually seems pretty different. Much more like the usual than it did a moment ago. ]

My, I may be a man of passion, but I am not one to intrude on other people's relationships! It's merely a good thing to know, isn't it? [ Suspicious bouncing back... ]

[succinct]

[ ... uh-huh. ]

If you're that eager to get into a relationship, see how far friendship can take you first.

[flatteries]

I already have plenty of friends, you know..

[ This is just his weirdass way of making friends, Kiki... don't judge.. ]

[succinct]

And do you romance them so pointedly?

[flatteries]

Why would I do that?!

[ He's mostly saying it though since he's thinking of the guys rather than the girls.. the girls are a victim of this too, okay. Unless your name is Noire, then Inigo himself is the victim. ]

That's-- [ homo, Kiki!! The thought is so scandalous he has to cover up his blushing face for a moment even though no one can see him since this is all a mental conversation.. ]

[succinct]

Is it really so alarming a thought?

[ OKAY, INIGO... ]

[flatteries]

Yes?!

[ ?!?!? ]

Despite what all of this might have sounded like, I don't-- I... I like women!

[ And even then he's just terrified of them half of the time despite his approach.. thanks, shyness. ]

[succinct]

... You're misunderstanding something completely.