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Ever since Roy had taken Tiki to the Host Club, she had taken a liking to it. And while she spent plenty of time around there and enjoyed the company, the idea of a blind date with one of the many seemingly friendly patrons or attendants was something she hadn't thought of. While Tiki didn't know much about courtship, she did know about what a date might entail... two people spending a whole date together as friends! Or maybe... even something more. Tiki didn't know what was appropriate to wear, but was assured that her little pink dress would be good enough.

'Who knows, maybe your special someone will think it's cute.'

She giggled at the thought as she made her way to the east gate, her red arrow risen to face level as she looked for its match. Her childish glee outweighed any doubt she might have had about who she would get, or even that she really had no idea what to do other than spend an entire day with her date. She had never heard of the celebration itself, though of course ideas of dates were not totally alien to her. She knew enough about that, or at least she thought she did. Love or not, what she really wanted was a friend. Someone who would be nice to her, and not move in and out of her life like all the others did. Someone to stay with her and be her friend forever. Perhaps that was too much to ask... but she would never stop trying, as anything was better than a lifetime alone.

She couldn't help but think of her 'big brother' back in Akaneia. If he had been here, would he have allowed Tiki to spend the whole day with him? Maybe he would have let her hold his hand. Tiki would hold one of them, and Miss Sheeda would have held the other. And they could all go on a date. She let out a small sigh.

Her reminiscence and daydreams were interrupted when she caught sight of a bright red arrow, just like hers! It looked like a girl was holding it and... she looked a bit nervous about something. She rushed over to the east gate and her match. She wouldn't want to think about other people when talking to her potential new friend, that would be very rude and Tiki knew it!

She slowed as she got closer and stood by the girl. She kept her red arrow held up, and the little green-haired girl looked up at her date.

"Hi there, nice to meet you!" She said with a smile. "My name is Tiki. What's your name?"

"Damn, did I come back at the wrong time." Rajin muttered himself as he was strolling through the street. His black cloak was covering his body, including his face. Although he didn't dress properly for this event, at least he was covered in rags or dirt. Hell, he just came back from his trip just hours ago.

It was nearly a year after Rajin had taken his business trip. However, he didn't expect that the antique he was to search was in Sentria. No wonder it took him forever to come back so soon, after dodging and hiding from those Sentrian bandits. You'd never know when they would jump at you just to steal your stuff.

Luckily, after finishing his business with his boss, the tiger was going to the bar to drink. However, one of the workers from Hostess Cafe (He believed it was a snake lady) got his attention about having fun and great time. Thinking it sounded fun, Rajin signed up... However, he didn't expect it to be a blind date event. Boy, did that dampen his mood about having fun.

"Pst! As if I'm in desperate to find love." Rajin muttered as he rolled his eyes. Although love was not part of something he wasn't interesting in, at least he could have some fun. Who knew what sort of day he would have with his date. Hopefully, he hoped that his date wasn't some crazy b***h or an ugly hag or even worse, that swindler that was getting on his nerve.

Curious of where he was to meet up his date, he looked at his slip. From what it was saying, he was to meet up his date at the town fountain's edge, matching it with a white carnation. Well, that wouldn't be hard to find. After all, who else would be carrying a white flower on Valentine's Day. People usually carried red or pink flowers.

When he reach the fountain, he saw few people walking by but no flower. Huh, could it be his date wasn't there? Maybe he should wait. After all, he was no hurry to leave.

As the tiger approached to the fountain, he noticed someone was there.Rajin let out a frown. Great, it was that b*****d who broke the tree down at Hog's Head and falsely called him a rapist. What the hell was he doing here? Was the b*****d waiting for someone? Eh, who knew. He didn't give a damn of what he's doing. He had an appointment with his date. Then again, he could just have a light chat with him before his date could arrive.

"So," Rajin spoke up as he approached Lance. "What are you-"

He stopped mid-sentence when he noticed something on the b*****d's vest. In the bomber's vest pocket was a white carnation. Rajin pulled out his white carnation and looked at it. Look back at the b*****d's flower and looked back at his. A minute of silence was passing by before the tiger spoke again.

"I'm leaving," Rajin flatly said out to Lance before turning around to leave. This must be some sort of prank the Host and Hostess were pulling, and damnit, he was going straight at them to get some answers.


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"Eek!" Isadora jumped when someone whispered in her ear and turned around. Suddenly her face began to blush of who her date was. "T-t- Tibarn! You're my date?!"

Oh dear, never would she expect she would be dating with someone from the crew, not after resigning a year ago. This made the paladin uncomfortable. Despite knowing how well she knew Tibarn, she didn't know what to say. She left the crew when there was war going on. She left her work to Amelia since she was no longer a crew. And she couldn't tell Tibarn about the crew stuff either. What she did was like a betrayal. Besides, the paladin still wasn't ready to join back to the crew. It was too strange at the moment. Although it was uncomfortable for the Dame Knight, the Hawk King broke the ice first.

"Oh yes, so do I." Isadora agreed as she looked back at Tibarn and gave a small meek smile. "I didn't expect we will meet like this too."

It was still awkward for the paladin to feel nervous and uncomfortable. After all, she had talked with Tibarn before in the past. So why should she need to feel like this? Well, at least it was better to be set up with a friend than a complete stranger. But still.... It was awkward to be set up with a crew. Suddenly, Tibarn spoke to her.

"W-what?" Isadora gasped, eyes widen. Did she just.... Did she just hear Tibarn purr? And wait.... Was that a wink he was given her? Was the Hawk King flirting with her?

The Dame Knight's face flushed more red. What was Tibarn doing? Had he forgotten he was Ayr- Oh wait, they had a divorce a year ago. So that would make him available just like her..... But still, Ayra was her friend too! Oh.... What had she gotten herself into?

"W-well, I- I don't mind going to the bakery you've mentioned." Isadora replied, nearly choked at the end. Her eyes looked the other way, avoiding the Hawk King's eyes and the last question he mentioned. Oh how uncomfortable she felt at the moment.

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After being... absent and out of reach for so long, it was a complete spur of the moment decision for the Kaua twins to get involved with something like this. Out of all the excuses they could have made to go back to Eyris, this had to be the one they used. After all, if they (Alihi especially) were going to show up out of the blue and start being present and out there again, it might as well be in the classiest way possible.

Alihi walked alongside Akihi as they studied their separate notes. It was hard to tell who was more anxious about all of this, but at least Alihi could keep a smile on her face. "It says I need to head to the west gate with this stuffed dog..." She turns the toy in her hand, idly thinking to herself about how her young daughter would love yet another puppy for her collection. Maybe she'd get to keep it after the date was over? "Where are you off to, Aki?"

"... The barracks." He replied as he adjusted the rather obnoxiously colored top hat on his head. Red really wasn't his thing, but he tried to accommodate for it as best he could. ... of course, the keywords there were "as best he could"; he still was wearing a purple robe so he still felt like he was sticking out awkwardly.

"Sounds romantic." She teased her twin, gently poking at his side when he doesn't stop fiddling with his hat. "You'll sweep the person off their feet for sure."

A blush rose to his face as he weakly pushed her away. "D-don't joke about something like that!" If anything, it'd be the other way around. He sighed a little under his breath. "... A-anyway, shouldn't you be off? You wouldn't want to keep your date waiting..."

"Right!" The smile on her face showed no signs of wavering as she gave him a firm nod and shook his shoulder for encouragement. "I'll catch you later, then! Try to make the best of this!" With that parting note, she turned on her heels and headed to her designated area.

Akihi, meanwhile, was a little relieved to be out of his sister's presence. "Make the best of things"... right. He could try to do that, but there were no guarantee that he actually could. Brooding about it wouldn't get him anywhere, though, so he forced his feet to take him to the barracks.

He felt as if nervousness punched him in the gut when he saw his date already there, waiting. The face seemed familiar... he knew he had seen him before but never really talked to him. Just passing glimpses during battle, he thought. He forces himself to smile, though it comes off as a bit nervous. "S-sorry I'm late... You didn't have to wait too long?"

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For a moment, she felt as if she had forgotten how to breathe entirely. Alihi had been so absorbed in talking with her nervous brother that the possibility that her date was Abel didn't even cross her mind. It was stupid... no, she was stupid, for not approaching him sooner, for not saying that she missed him or anything like that. There was just silence, an awkward and uncomfortable silence, that she selfishly made no effort to break. She brushed it off as needing to focus on Amara, to make sure that she grew up as normally as she could even with the circumstances and past happenings... but as time went on, her reasoning became weaker and she realized just what she was risking by continuing to live in isolation.

Even though she was quick to realize that he wasn't her date (a wooden weapon looked nothing like a stuffed animal), she didn't-- no, she couldn't let him leave yet. What if it was months before their paths crossed again, or longer? She couldn't... she couldn't lose him. Not when he was right in front of her face for the first time in far too long.

"Abel, wait." Instinctively she took a step toward him, reaching to grab his arm but stopping herself before doing so. "You don't... ah..." She found herself stumbling over her words a little. It was unnatural for her, but her nerves were kicking in. "You don't have to apologize. I wouldn't mind the company while I waited."

At first, Abel didn't know what to say or even how to react. She actually wanted him to stay. He looked at her, mouth open, noticeably surprised. He was never good at hiding what he felt. He wasn't even sure why he was surprised or why anything was the way it was anymore. The thought just seemed so distant. Eventually, his face went soft and grinned. "...Sure. I'd like that."

And then again came the awkward silence. A baffling situation, Abel could never see them coming and never knew how to deal with them. At least, not without looking stupid. But he'd grown so much, he'd surely be able to talk to girls by now. And it's not like Alihi was any girl, she was... well, he cared about her. To his distraught though, that only seemed to make him even more nervous.

"So, um... I see you got bigger!" He kept smiling for a couple seconds until he realized... "...I mean, no! Your uh..." He frantically lifted his hands in front of him at chest level and then very quickly realized that was a very misleading gesture. "... ...No! Not those, I meant... head- height! You got... taller..." Abel sighed. "You look nice..."

Everything seemed to be starting off all right! Everyone was coming up to get their items and their instructions, and it was getting easier to go through her practiced speech for every person that came up onstage. She could only hope that no one was noticing possible gender imbalances in the pairings. Well, not everyone is heterosexual, right? I'm sure it'll all be okay. If anything, doesn't have to be romantic, right? At the end, when the area was finally clear, Blossom straightened up and put her hands on her hips. "Well, that's that! Now we just have to hope that everything goes well." She brushed her hands together and moved to clean up after the distribution of all the items. Putting the buckets down on the stage, she was beginning to fold up the tablecloth before she realized something.

"We have another name down there. Did someone not show up?" Blossom knelt down and plucked the little slip of paper out, studying it before unfolding it casually. "Who would sign up and not come here? That's just--" She paused when she unfolded the paper and read the name penned there. The Hero was very quiet for a while, then finally spoke up, voice wobbly. ”Is there someone else around here named Blossom?”

Ganon was all aggravating smiles. He was just glad he’d managed to drop her name into the empty bucket when she wasn’t looking. ”Nnnno, I do believe it’s just you,” he said, picking up a note and a rose he’d set aside. ”You need to get out with people not at work or... yeah, in a social context.”

Poor little Blossom, having to go out and actually interact with people! Her face paled a little as she turned to face the hgi’val, paper held in a death grip in one fist. ”B-But I can’t-- I didn’t think it-- b-but...” she trailed off uselessly, arms dangling at her sides. She glanced out beyond the stage and towards the city, then looked back to her friend. ”I-I don’t... I don’t know if I can...”

”Come on, now,” he said, crouching a bit to put his hands on her shoulders. ”You have a life to lead, Blossom. You need to get out there and have a little fun. Nothin’... you know, romantic necessary, just go out and have a fun time with somebody. And make sure he pays for everything,” he added with a little grin. ”No pressure. You just need to get out there and relax. It’s a good opportunity for you.”

She managed to laugh at that point. It was a little shaky, but it was still a laugh, and that was better than the terrified look she’d had just a moment earlier! ”I... I guess... I mean, if you’re sure about this,” she finally responded, rubbing her arm over her sleeve. She glanced down at her dress, smoothing out an askew fold of ruffled fabric, then looked back at Ganon. The trepidation was still there, but her eyebrows had gone up, chuckling again weakly. ”You wouldn’t let me say no anyway, would you?” And there went a little smile, even better! She looked around, then back to Ganon. ”So where... u-um...”

He ruffled her hair a little, smirking. ”Outside the Watch house. Figured I’d put you on familiar ground,” he chuckled, standing back up and handing her a white rose. ”Go on. I’ll see you around later, kay?”

Blossom took the white rose in silence, studying it quietly before pinning it to the chest of her dress. It even matched. How convenient of him. Blossom looked back to Ganon, standing still momentarily. The Hero then hugged him tightly, getting her arms around him as best as she could. He was a big guy and she was... most certainly not very big. ”I-I’ll be back later, I... I guess. I’ll help, um-- help take down the stage this evening.”

He smiled and hugged her back. ”Yeah, yeah, now quit stallin’ and go,” he laughed, sending her on her way!

And then... with the place empty, he slunk over to a certain red-scaled nagini. ”So... I know a nice... warm... private spot,” he murmured softly, letting his fingers tickle their way down her back. ”What say you and I...”

Regulus
Regulus frowned at his partners over-dramatics. "Hey I ain't exactly thrilled about this either. I was hoping for a lovely young lady to spend the day with, and maybe the night as well if you catch my meaning. Instead I get you." He rubbed the stubble on his chin in thought for a moment and a devious smile spread across his face. "I'm getting a brilliant idea! How about we go out and find some ladies to woo. We can be each others wing-men, anything one of us says to impress a lady the other backs him up on. No one around here knows me other than a few people in the Guard so there would likely be no one to refute any claims I make. No woman will be safe from my charm, or my music. who knows maybe we could get someone for you my friend. What do ya say?" Regulus held out his hand for shaking. "My name's Regulus, what's yours?"