Outside the School, Thursday Morning, Before Ethics

[raspberryturk]

Reno was completely casual as he waited around outside the school building, hoping to catch a certain someone before class to ask a certain question.

Totally casual, and not at all antsy, with handwavily acquired tickets in his pocket.

Yep. Standing. Outside. And waiting. He might have gotten there extra-early, just to be sure he didn't miss her.

He wasn't at all nervous. Shut up.

[He's waiting to grab one person in particular, thanks!]

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[the_merriest]

"I don't know," she said irritably. "You're the one with the tickets, it probably says when it starts on there. And where they're having it. Add in enough time to walk there in heels."

She exhaled, loudly. "The date thing was a joke, Reno. I was trying to ask if you were going with me, or if you just picked me up a ticket for the hell of it. Because you kinda didn't say, either way, and ... I didn't realize the word 'date' still gave you hives."

'Girlfriend' was probably off-limits again, then. Fun.

[raspberryturk]

Well.

This was going swimmingly.

He pulled out a ticket and held it out toward her.

"I want to go with you to prom on Friday night. You, me. Us. Prom. I'll pick you up and get you a corsage and all that other stuff too, zoto. You in, or not?"

He was going to mess it up, and it was going to be a grand freaking disaster, and then maybe the ceiling could fall on him and -- dating. Reno had no freaking clue what he was doing.

[the_merriest]

"You ... it's okay if you just ..." Rikku took a deep breath, and looked at him, and the ticket, and him again, and ...

"Us?" she asked, hesitantly.

Are we 'us'?

[raspberryturk]

He licked his lips and nodded slightly.

"Us. I want to go with you to prom. As us. I miss... Us."

[the_merriest]

"I do too," she said quickly. "I'm not saying that I'm ... I don't want to go, hey, back the way it used to be like this never happened. I can't. But ... I ... miss Us, too."

[raspberryturk]

"Nono, I wouldn't want you to just... I mean. It happened. Lots happened. And I can't take it back, and you got every right to. Uh. To hate it or whatever."

Oh boy.

"But, I mean... Even if all you can stand of 'us' is one night, I'd take it."

[the_merriest]

"I think I can stand a little more than that," she said softly. "I ... want to be ... us again. I'm just gonna need, you know. Time to sort it all out. But ... we can be ... us while I'm doing that, right?"

[raspberryturk]

"Right." Reno smiled a little. "So... Us, then? And I can pick you up on Friday, and... Really?"

He smiled a little more.

[the_merriest]

"Friday," she said, with a quick nod. "And ... really."

That had to be followed with a light peck. Just a short one.

"C'mon, dork. We've got a final to take."

[raspberryturk]

"We got a final to take," he agreed, giving her hand a little squeeze.

Maybe he'd even let go of it when they got to the classroom.