[RL with Lancer - first date.]

[unknownrival]

Issei was nervous. He didn't remember being this nervous since his first date with Haruto, years ago. He was fidgeting for reasons other than the mild cold as he waited outside his temple gates.

What was he going to do? He had only a vague idea of what to do and what if Diarmuid didn't like any of his plans? What if he made him upset?

He didn't want to ruin their friendship. Not at all.

Issei let out a sigh. "He should be here soon... I'll have to stop panicking by then."

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[unknownrival]

Please tell him that Lancer knows what fish are.

"I could always order something large enough for two?"

[croibhristeoir]

Don't be silly, of course he does. He lived on an island, the heck do you think he survived on half the time?

"If you'd like, I wouldn't mind that."

[unknownrival]

Time to order a big bowl of pasta to share! That thing of pasta sure is huge.

...Are they going to do the Lady and the Tramp thing.

[croibhristeoir]

What you should be asking is 'can we really afford not to'?

[unknownrival]

Oh, of course! That's what I meant.

[croibhristeoir]

Naturally.

And a diabetes-inducingly adorable moment in 3...2...

[unknownrival]

Squeak. Issei backs off after his lips meet Lancer's, looking incredibly embarrassed. "Th-that doesn't usually happen."

[croibhristeoir]

"I'm sorry. I-I didn't mean to...er..."

Awkward.

[unknownrival]

"I'm not mad. The opposite, really."

Awkward, definitely.

[croibhristeoir]

"...really?"

[unknownrival]

"Really. I promise."

[croibhristeoir]

"Very well, then. I am glad to hear it."

[unknownrival]

"Please tell me if I'm bothering you at all."

[croibhristeoir]

"Don't be ridiculous. Of course you aren't."

[unknownrival]

"It's just as ridiculous for you to suspect you might be bothering me."

[croibhristeoir]

"If you insist."

A laugh, less awkward than it was genuinely amused.

"I truly do not understand you sometimes, Issei. Is everyone in this time so unfailingly kind, or is it just you?"

[unknownrival]

"I'm sure not everyone in this time is as kind as me, just as I'm sure there are those who are kinder." Issei smiled gently. "I've found people I want to be kind to, that's all."

[croibhristeoir]

"I am incredibly grateful for it, at any rate." Lancer replied with a small smile of his own.

"Before I found the community I was truly beginning to worry that most people now were..." he trailed off for a moment, choosing his words carefully. "...less than I had hoped."

[unknownrival]

"That's understandable." And depressing. "But I am glad to have changed your perception."

[croibhristeoir]

When one mainly associates with Kayneth and his crazy fiancee, one is probably going to have a skewed view of people.

"As am I, Issei."

[unknownrival]

Probably.

"Do you want dessert after this?"

[croibhristeoir]

"That sounds nice. I think I will leave the details up to your judgment, however."

[unknownrival]

"Understood! I'll make sure it's well worth it."

Hmmm, what to order, what to order... What about a warm chocolate brownie with vanilla ice cream? Classic. Easily shared. Delicious.

[croibhristeoir]

Flawless planning, Issei.

He has no earthly idea what that is, but it looks delicious.

[unknownrival]

"Dig in and enjoy."