name Zuko — series Avatar: the Last Airbender — moonblessing Sanguis residence Level 2 — roommatesTamaki + Hikaru + Kaoru — work busboy at Niisan's Teppanyaki
[Awkard. How do you invite someone over to cuddle? To celebrate your birthday? Gokudera has no idea, so he's going to approach with honesty. It's... probably awkward for both of them, right? Maybe.]
Do you maybe want to come over? I'm kind of stuck in uh... whatever this is that Cordis does, and it's making me tired. I don't usually hang out with people, and I know it's probably kind of sudden.
If you're not interested, it's fine....
But it's my birthday so I thought maybe it'd be fun to hang out?
[He sounds super hesitant, hopes that there was enough warning in there to make sure that Zuko doesn't feel immediately uncomfortable with the state his friend might be in when he arrives.]
[ Au contraire, for once, it’s not so awkward. In fact, there’s a noticeable difference in the boy’s tone, a tad more energized (by Zuko-standards). ]
Yeah. Where do you live? I’ll come.
[ He hasn’t really gotten abreast on all the moons’ effects yet, so he thinks nothing more of the tired comment than face value. He skips a beat, this being new for him too but low-key kind of exciting, already fond enough from their first meeting, and thoughtfully tags on at the end: ]
[Well, color Gokudera surprised. He sends the address of his shared starter apartment to him. It's a sort of clickable link that should open up a map or whatever Zuko needs to find him.]
I have a roommate. The guy in the picture I showed you...
[He's awkward again, because he hasn't ever really had company over at his own place back home. Inviting someone over when he shares a living space is a Brand New experience entirely.]
[ He's also feeling a little awkward now — it’s a done deal. It’s not his first birthday “party,” but it is his first invitation in this sense. He still doesn’t know etiquette on these devices, so he sounds tentative, but really, inwardly he’s looking forward. And he gets to meet another mafia guy (cuz he’s into that already after everything Gokudera told him), and meeting friends of friends is how kids his age make more friends, right...? It occurs to him, too, that he should probably get Gokudera a birthday gift, which is a tough task for him, so he takes his time to gussy up prepare himself and hit the shops before arriving. What do you even get someone in their situation...? He has no clue at the moment he hangs up, but we’ll find out soon enough. ]
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Do you maybe want to come over? I'm kind of stuck in uh... whatever this is that Cordis does, and it's making me tired. I don't usually hang out with people, and I know it's probably kind of sudden.
If you're not interested, it's fine....
But it's my birthday so I thought maybe it'd be fun to hang out?
[He sounds super hesitant, hopes that there was enough warning in there to make sure that Zuko doesn't feel immediately uncomfortable with the state his friend might be in when he arrives.]
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Yeah. Where do you live? I’ll come.
[ He hasn’t really gotten abreast on all the moons’ effects yet, so he thinks nothing more of the tired comment than face value. He skips a beat, this being new for him too but low-key kind of exciting, already fond enough from their first meeting, and thoughtfully tags on at the end: ]
Oh, and uh– Happy Birthday.
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I have a roommate. The guy in the picture I showed you...
[He's awkward again, because he hasn't ever really had company over at his own place back home. Inviting someone over when he shares a living space is a Brand New experience entirely.]
Thanks.
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[ He's also feeling a little awkward now — it’s a done deal. It’s not his first birthday “party,” but it is his first invitation in this sense. He still doesn’t know etiquette on these devices, so he sounds tentative, but really, inwardly he’s looking forward. And he gets to meet another mafia guy (cuz he’s into that already after everything Gokudera told him), and meeting friends of friends is how kids his age make more friends, right...? It occurs to him, too, that he should probably get Gokudera a birthday gift, which is a tough task for him, so he takes his time to
gussy upprepare himself and hit the shops before arriving. What do you even get someone in their situation...? He has no clue at the moment he hangs up, but we’ll find out soon enough. ]