[Kunimi's seated by the shop window, watching the largely quiet and deserted street outside with a now-familiar nervous fluttering in his chest. His clothes are almost aggressively casual, just a simple t-shirt with jeans and an oversized hoodie, to camouflage the intense anticipation he's been coping with all week.
No, he hasn't spent the better part of every single day thinking about this date with Whelk. Of course not. He just rolled out of bed, cleaned himself up, threw on whatever was nearby and clean, and caught the bus.
He's also turned off the ringer on his phone - not just vibrate but full airplane mode silence. The handful of friends he's told about this thing with Whelk have been less than supportive, and maybe he'd see the concern in their questions if he hadn't left Japan with ambivalent feelings about everything and everyone he was leaving behind, but all he sees now is people who claim to care about him being shitty about his happiness. Not a great look.
Ah, is that - ? A familiar car pulls up and Kunimi sits up ramrod straight, then forces himself to relax again. Not overeager! Totally chill! Just here because he didn't find anything better to do in the meantime!!!
Morning gelato
No, he hasn't spent the better part of every single day thinking about this date with Whelk. Of course not. He just rolled out of bed, cleaned himself up, threw on whatever was nearby and clean, and caught the bus.
He's also turned off the ringer on his phone - not just vibrate but full airplane mode silence. The handful of friends he's told about this thing with Whelk have been less than supportive, and maybe he'd see the concern in their questions if he hadn't left Japan with ambivalent feelings about everything and everyone he was leaving behind, but all he sees now is people who claim to care about him being shitty about his happiness. Not a great look.
Ah, is that - ? A familiar car pulls up and Kunimi sits up ramrod straight, then forces himself to relax again. Not overeager! Totally chill! Just here because he didn't find anything better to do in the meantime!!!
Damnit. His cheeks are heating up already.]