dilettante | ♡INBOX (GOLDEN PEACOCK)

You don't have to do that...

[ That's Red's automatic response. An urge to be self-reliant, maybe. An urge not to trouble others. ]

I'll manage.

[ She doesn't sound angry about it - just sort of distant. Maybe a touch awkward. ]

I shouldn't be burdening a bunch of people with what was going on at home.

Okay...

( it's an awkward response but that's all reira can truly say or do to bring comfort to the other. she was never the best at comforting anyone, always relying on others for her own emotional needs, so she decided this was the best approach. she didn't want to make an enemy of this woman after all...

not when they were having such fun before. )

Well I guess that's enough questions for today, unless there was anything you wanted to ask me?

( she couldn't sit on her lap forever now could she? )

Well...

[ Red frowns. ]

Nothing off the top of my head. But I think we gotta wait for the timer to run out, don't we?

[ There is that. ]

So we might as well enjoy the drinks and just chat...

Fair enough, so tell me Red, how have you been settling in? Are you doing okay so far?

( on that cue, she finally stood up from her lap and reached out for two glasses. )

Whiskey or wine?

...I'm managing.

[ She lets her go and settles, putting her elbows on her knees and her chin in her hands. ]

Eh. Wine for now. Don't feel like getting too much into the hard stuff.

Alright then, one nice cup of red wine for Ms. Red.

( she's quick to serve it, filling up the glass on the heavier end but soon reira is handing it back to red. )

How about another question then? Maybe something less serious.

[ Red takes the glass and sips with a little nod. ]

...I don't know. Most awkward date? Or... what's a dream you have? What do you want to do when you get home?

( all of those questions were quite nice and suitable for anyone other than reira because truthfully it was hard to answer the last two without a few tears in her eyes.

so she decided to focus on the first one. )

I don't count this as a date at all, more like blackmail but the president of my record label back home—

( in case red hadn't been told, reira was a celebrity back in her home. )

This gross old man wanted to discuss some final details on an album but without the rest of the band, with me only, hinting our success banked on it. So I went out to eat with him and he would not stop touching me, making annoying jokes and worst of all...

He kept chewing with his mouth open!

...that's disgusting.

[ Red says and she means it. Especially judging by the expression on her face. It's a scowl. Really almost angry. ]

I hope you told him where to shove it, in the end. I would have.

Unfortunately I couldn't—

( a combination of polite japanese culture [her american side was dying to slam his face into the plate], the pressure of having her band succeed, and of course being coerced into being a good girl.

still there was something good that came from it. )

But I did negotiate a higher pay for myself in exchange for not reporting him for sexual harassment.

...I guess that's something.

[ Red scoffs. ]

Did he try anything like that again?

He always did, but I was quick to stop him. After my band became very successful, he didn't really have a leg to stand on.

( as in he couldn't do much more beyond pestering her with words.

with a bright and almost prideful smile, she took a sip of her drink and laughed. )

Thankfully I haven't run into any creepy old men here...yet.

Weird. This seems like the kind of place they'd love. Although maybe they want you to do this stuff semi-voluntarily... so less creepy old men.

[ Red shakes her head. ]

Or maybe they want people with more stamina...

People with more stamina?!

( although her comment was meant to be serious, reira nearly spat out her drink and bent over in laughter, holding her cup in her hand tightly to avoid spilling it.

truly red was a force to be reckoned with and the more they interacted, the more reira came to like her as a friend. )

I think you're onto something there! You sure have a lot of it though, picking me up so easily!

[ Red blinks, her eyes widening - and then she actually laughs along, slowly at first and then faster and louder. ]

I guess! But if they want us to fuck so much they shouldn't be sending old people!

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