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[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

When; Feb 19th, afternoon
Rating; G
Characters; rockstar_otouto and mypace_musume
Summary; Jun takes Konata out to lunch. Both assume this will not end well.
Log;

Why did he ask Konata to lunch? Was he trying to show her he actually had some backbone? Maybe he was just insane. But whatever the reason, here he was... 30 minutes early. He paced outside the café, trying to calm his nerves. He got absolutely no advice about video games so he ended up having to research everything himself. Would that be enough to keep things going smooth though? ... And was he dressed right? This was so much easier with the girls back home.

Finally, when those 30 minutes had passed, Jun took a deep breath and stood around, acting casual.

Please let this go alright...

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[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

This is going to go badly.

She was pretty sure of that, but she wasn't sure why. It was just coffee and some food, right? Wouldn't be the first time.

Or so Konata told herself, but she knew that Jun wouldn't think of it that way. He was "asking her out," after all.

She wasn't sure how she felt about it, to be honest. Thinking Jun was cute-- actually, more like, thinking he looked delicious-- and wanting to date him were two different things. Honestly, she didn't know what a dating relationship would look like. She'd never done it before, and as much as she hated to admit it, visual novels were a poor substitute for experience.


As apprehensive as Konata was about treating the lunch as a "date", she didn't want to hurt Jun by blowing it off... So she tried to take a middle road. She dressed cute, in a shirt and blouse, but didn't overdo it. She washed and brushed her hair but didn't do anything with it in particular. She showed up on time. And the entire time she was annoyed that she was going to even that small amount of trouble. Why was she bothering? It was going to be a disaster no matter what she did.

So she wasn't in the best of moods when she walked into the cafe and looked around for a place to sit and wait for Jun, who would certainly be l--

Oh. There he was.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

Jun spotted Konata and waved at her, trying to stay confident.

Don't lose your cool now. You've made it this far...!

Not that it was really that far. He still had the entire lunch to go.

"..Hey!"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Hey." Dear Mokona that outfit was loud. Well, she guessed it was par for the course for Jun, so she forgave him. At least he wasn't wearing, like, a white suit with gold trim or something.

Konata took a seat opposite Jun at the table with a neutral expression.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

Yes. Amazingly, he had left his guitar at home. He had a tendency to hall that thing everywhere with him but decided to spare Konata from it today.

... God. What to talk about now? "That's a cute dress."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Ah-- thanks." This would be the part where she compliments him on his outfit, right? But-- no. It wasn't that bad, but-- no.

This was going to go poorly.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

"You're welcome. ... So.. um.. How're you...?"

God why did he ever suggest this.

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"I'm fine." ... this was terrible.

"... Why did you invite me here, anyway?"

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

Jun's shoulders slouched a bit, ".. Something to do? And to make up for me being stupid."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Oh... That's it? Not a date or anything, just lunch?"

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

He had to think about it for a moment and the more his mind registered this as just hanging out and eating, the more relaxed he felt. ".. Yeah!"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

Huh. Well, if he wasn't thinking of it as a date, then she sure wasn't going to. "Okay," she said, with a bit of a thoughtful expression. Konata took a look at the menu. "What's good here?"

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

"The milkshakes. The subs are pretty good too. I was thinking of trying some hot cocoa since it's still sorta cold outside."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Sounds good." After a moment more of looking at the menu, she glanced back up at Jun.

"So, what have you been up to?"

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

"Being lazy." He nodded. "... Not really much else."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

... dork.

"... dork."

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

That got a pout. "Hey, everyone's allowed to be lazy, right?"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Not really, but okay." That was a cute pout.

"So what, then, have you just been sleeping? What do you normally do all day?"

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

"Watch TV, work on music, check the network..."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"You don't have, like... a job?"

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

"I did but.. both owners left..." He sighed. "I liked playing there too.."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Oh, I see. Should I look out for places that want a musician?"

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

Blinkblink. "... Huh? You mean you wanna help me job hunt..?"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"If you're looking, sure." She didn't want to date a bum--

wait, no, that wasn't it.

Well, it wouldn't kill her to help Jun out. She was still trying to be nicer to him.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

"I might as well. I miss the paychecks," He grinned. "... I'd really appreciate it though if you did help."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Okay, I'll ask around." Maybe Lockon would know something.

"You have to be proactive too, though."

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I don't plan on having you do all the hard work."

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

Konata made a bit of a skeptical face, but let it go for now. Instead, she flagged down the waitress and gave her order.

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

For once, he was serious. A job meant more experience and a way to put his music out there. .. if his new job would center around that.

He gave his order as well, then glanced around for a moment before deciding to bring up video games. "So... the visitors gave you a lot of games?"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Umm, yeah, kinda. I mean, I meant it as a joke, and I think they got that, because the games they left were total crap."

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

"Really? That sucks. Maybe ask for a different system next time?"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Nah, it's okay, I appreciated the thought. It's not like I can't get games I want on my own, anyway."

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

"Oh. Yeah. ... Atleast you can sell them for extra money?"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"I'm not sure... It might be a violation of otaku ethics to sell 'Supermodel Makeover by Lauren Luke' to some unsuspecting chump."

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

Now he was totally lost. "... Eh?"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"I mean, if they're bad, I can get rid of them, but if they're criminally bad, I have to destroy them. I can't try to offload them on someone who doesn't know any better."

[rockstar-otouto.livejournal.com]

"Oh. ... What if they end up liking them?"

[mypace-musume.livejournal.com]

"Then they have no taste and deserve what they get."