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[mooglebow]

[With how big his bites and chomps of ice cream were, it was only a matter of time. He may be a daemon, but he wasn't immune to terrible brain freezes! As if trying to will one to happen, she's watching him, eyes narrowing.]

Hard not to be when you're laughing at me, Pupperou.

[Yeah, just gonna drop the name here purposefully.]

[rokubro]

What, it's only a brain freeze. [Said with that annoying grin as he continues to push his like with each large spoonful.]

Or does my little Miss Kittyrah need her Pupperou to warm her back up?

[For starting off in a rather crappy mood, he's managed to rebound fairly well.]

[mooglebow]

No, it's too hot for that, even in here.

[HMPH. If he was going to be a jerk, then nope, DENIED.

...even if him being in a better mood was a good thing. NOT LIKE THIS.]

[rokubro]

How can it be too hot when you're ice cr—



[!!!!!!!!!!!

He's making an extremely pained face as he clutches his bowl and hunches over a bit. Did he get a brain freeze??]

[mooglebow]

[...has karma kicked in already? Does he have a brain freeze?!]

I was pretty sure you were going to tell me "daemons don't get brain freezes" but now it looks like you have one. That's karma, you know.

[Just gonna take a nice, not huge bite of ice cream with a smug look on her face. Yep, that's what you get for being mean, Rokurou. Vengeance. Karma. Brain freezes.]

[rokubro]

[DOES HE??????

He actually falls onto his side as he seems to continue to be in agonizing pain, even moaning and groaning as a hand now clutches at his head.]

[mooglebow]

[...was it really that bad? Or was it something else? Or was he just teasing her, trying to get her to worry??? It was one of these things, so she drops most of the pout she had over his original teasing of her, just enough to ask.]

Roku...? What's wrong?

[rokubro]

[There's just a long period of silence...




...Before he just rolls onto his back, opens one eye, and sticks out his tongue.]

Nothing, but I did feel a small, icy tingle on that last scoop.

[...Yeah he faked it.]

[mooglebow]

[...it would be a waste of the rest of her ice cream if she just dumped it on him... and she's not mean enough to dump his all over him. The idea of "accidentally" nudging a bruise comes to mind, but that, too, is too mean for her to do (she would actually Feel Bad if she did that.)

So until she thinks of something, he gets pretty scathing daggers edged into him in the form of a glare, mixed with a whole heck of a lot of being unimpressed with his shenanigans.

BUT WAIT. A moment of idea flashes across her face. There was something in this room that he had wanted. Really wanted. Not her, but...

The Rum.

He was going to find out why it was gone when she takes it, and slowly makes her way over to the sink, maintains eye contact (as best she can with him on the floor,) and tips it enough to where it starts to drizzle out into the drain.

Game on, Rokurou.]

[rokubro]

[Still chuckling a bit as he sits up.]

Okay, so maybe I went a little far... [He starts to say before he notices that...change of expression. And then...


....NO]

....Serah.

[Just. Just an even tone as he watches her take his rum. The rum he's only taken a few sips out of and still had plenty left. The rum that she's now making her way to the sink HE'S STANDING UP NOW.]

Serah, come on!!

[mooglebow]

Hm? Come on what?

[Whoops did a little more splash out than she was expecting? Yes, yes it did. Oh no, that's a travesty, isn't it? She looks over in some surprise that more than just a drizzle splashed on out, but goes back to leveling eye contact with Rokurou.

'A little far' is probably an understatement, but she probably won't dump all of the rum, just... just a little bit of it.

Maybe.]

[rokubro]

[The rum is innocent!!!

He'll just freeze where he is, which is probably a rather comical stance given he has his arm stretched out as if to reach for the bottle of draining rum—]

No—I mean—I'm sorry! I went too far with the joke!

[mooglebow]

[Oh... he apologized quick. She'll just... tip the bottle back so it's only dripping rum now, at least for a few drops. Any that drips down the bottle neck she'll catch with a finger to get so it's no longer wasted, and hands the bottle back to him when she passes him to sit back down with her ice cream.

HMPH.]

If you get a bad brain freeze I won't feel bad for you.

[Just gonna scold him for it that way.]

[rokubro]

[HE WAS GOING TO BEFORE SHE TOOK THE RUM HOSTAGE.

But oh his precious rum. There's just a look of exhausted defeat as he takes it back and sits back down next to her.

...Man. He really does feel kind of bad though.]

Okay, so I just have to get a brain freeze, right?

[He stares at the rest of his ice cream, seems to think about his next course of action for like two seconds, dumps a good bit of rum into his bowl, and just shovels over half of it into his mouth.]

[mooglebow]

[At least it wasn't a huge amount gone! Just a shot glass worth, maybe. That's not that much!!!

His question gets a confused look, but she quickly understands when he starts shoveling the ice cream into his mouth Rokurou what are you doing?!]

Roku-- no, I didn't mean to do that!

[rokubro]

[A shot of rum is like a lifetime of joy or something overdramatic like that.

He just holds up a hand as he shovels one last spoonful—]

Aaah, shit, mmph—!

[Just a very loud hiss as he now suffers a real brain freeze. It's honestly been so long since he's had a legitimate one, and considering how much and fast he had to eat to get there, not surprising. Perhaps it's not so much he's immune and just his daemon constitution allows him to endure a hell lot more before it triggers.

Anyway. Yeah just going to grasp at his bowl and hunch over just a little as it passes through. Definitely a more normal reaction.]

[mooglebow]

Rokurou, you didn't have to go that far--!

[For as much as she said she wouldn't feel bad for him, she does feel bad that he thought he had to do that at all, and that's pretty obvious on her placing her bowl on the table so she can fret over Rokurou doing something that dumb.]

Just you saying you were sorry was fine!

[rokubro]

[Just another heavy cringe before he leans and tilt his head back, clenching his teeth as he feels the last of it finally passing through before he can finally relax again.]

It's fine, I kind of asked for it for being a jerk earlier.

[Just a little strained because man that was one doozy of a brain freeze. But it'll pass quickly.]

[mooglebow]

[Just. Gonna stare at him for a moment, before cupping his cheeks with her hands, leaning in, and kissing his forehead.]

You're so stupid. I said I wouldn't worry, and I didn't, but I am concerned that you just... did that.

[rokubro]

[He honestly wasn't sure where she was going with this, so the kiss on the forehead is a very pleasant surprise. So there's just a light chuckle as he looks at her.]

Hey, I'm a daemon and it's just a brain freeze. It's not the worst thing.

[mooglebow]

Yeah, yeah. You still didn't have to do that, you know.

[The hands that are still on his cheeks give just the gentlest of caresses... before she pinches both of his cheeks and pulls them a little.]

...there. Now we're even, I think. I didn't think I'd be pouring out too much of the rum but I was trying not to. Just enough to scare you a little. I didn't think it was that important to you, but you showed me.

[rokubro]

Ow ow ow—!

[Cheeks pulled!! How mean, especially after he started to let his guard down from that gentle caress!! But also. Fair in the grand scheme of things.

He just kind of winces a little, but at the mention of the rum and its importance, he just pouts a little.]

It's not so much "important" and just... Well it would have been a waste if you really dumped it all, especially since it's actually pretty good.

[mooglebow]

I wasn't going to. I also thought about just dumping your ice cream on you, but that seemed a little too mean. ...maybe nudging a bruise by "accident" but that would have made me feel really bad, especially after everything. So I went with the least mean thing I could think of.

[She'll be honest with him, at least?! But no, actively hurting an injury or doing any of that really would have made her feel terrible for a lot of reasons, but the alcohol could be a casualty, even for just a shot glass worth of it.]

So the rum got the worst of it instead of you. ...I feel bad even thinking about the other two before that, if I'm honest, so... I'm sorry I did.

[rokubro]

...Even if you didn't do it, the fact that you thought of it still says a lot about your ideas of revenge. [A very wry if wary grin. Maybe he should think twice about his pranks—]

But since you feel bad about it—

[Just going to suddenly lean in and steal a kiss.]

—now we're good.

[Cheeky grin is very cheeky.]

[mooglebow]

Yeah, but I feel bad that I even thought of those things in the first place! That isn't what I should think of, those are just mean--

[... you know. She'll let the kiss slide.]

That's all it takes for us to be good, huh?