forum All my roleplays are dead please give me attention // closed oxo (I'll do more though)

Started November 22, 2021 by @Fraust

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Farah laughed softly and spotted the boy in the grouping of students. "Does he know that you like him?"

"Um… I-I don't think so…" Aiki fidgeted nervously with his hands, still a bit flushed. "I think he's under the impression that we're just… rivals, I guess."

"Rivals?" Farah tilted her head questioningly. "Why in the Otherworld would he have that impression of you?"

"Well… we're from different classes, and we're both fire types, so we get paired up against each other pretty often." Aiki sighed softly.

"Have you ever talked to him about something except school or your powers?" Farah asked.

"Uhhhh…" Aiki considered, and then sheepishly shook his head. "Not really… I'm too nervous to like, actually have a conversation with him."

"What if you had a wing woman?" Farah asked, playfully nudging him with her shoulder.

Aiki looked up at Farah with a soft whine, his ears flattened back against his head. "I-I dunno… what if he hates me? He probably thinks I'm annoying…"

"I guarantee you he doesn't," Farah replied. "It's in your head. Besides, you'll never know unless you ask."

"But I don't want him to confirm that he hates me!" Aiki whined. "Can't I just… I dunno… admire him from afar?"

"No," Farah said decidedly. She rose to her feet and held her hand out. "If you don't take it, I'll simply pull you." She arched her eyebrows and knowingly smiled.

Aiki reluctantly took Farah's hand, his ears still turned back. They were clearly uneasy and hesitant. "Farah, I-I don't know if this is a good idea…"

Farah let go of Aiki's hand once they were up and began to walk at a slow pace, giving them time to talk before they reached Oukami. "You're going to be fine. Just focus on what you want to say to him."

"I-I don't… know what I want to say. I don't have anything prepared!" Aiki whined, hurrying after Farah as they fidgeted nervously with their hands.

"Well, what do you want to tell him?" Farah asked, maintaining her evenly slow pace. "Have some idea of what you want to say, but don't force it out. Let the conversation flow naturally."

"I just… I dunno! I come up with something to say to him and then my mind goes blank as soon as I go up to him!" Aiki insisted.

"You've got this!" Farah enthused. "Just try."

Oukami noticed them and Aiki froze up, not entirely sure what to do. They still hadn't come up with anything to say. "Uh… hello?" Oukami said awkwardly. Aiki glanced up at Farah before he finally blurted something out. "I— um… I think you're hot?" Oukami blinked a couple times, clearly not having processed any of that. "Uh… okay. Thanks?" Oukami's friends snickered and Aiki immediately left the situation with their red face buried in their hands.

Farah's eyes went wide at the surges of emotions around her, but she was quick to follow Aiki as he hurried off. "Aiki!"

Aiki's heart was racing and their face was completely red, and he looked mortified. When Farah called his name, they only picked up their pace.

Farah shook her head and adopted a low jog to catch up with him. "Aiki, wait!"

Aiki glanced over his shoulder, their ears flattened back again. They kept moving, though, wanting to get as far away from Oukami as possible.

"Would you stop running?" Farah called.

"Nooooo…!" Aiki called back, running until they were at the wall where they'd been before.

As much as she wanted to use her magic to make him stop, Farah didn't. When they reached the wall, she slowed her pace and approached cautiously. "Are you done?"