Missing princess? [SHD aftermath]
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Platina looked a bit desperate as she found the dance (in the gym??) deserted for the most part expect for a few people who stayed behind to clean up with the janitor. After asking anyone if they knew where Diamond was, she couldn't get an answer but 'sorry, we don't know'. She sighed and made her way back to her dorm, thinking out loud to herself, "if I were Diamond where would I be...? The dance is over... Maybe the cafeteria? No it's too late to be there... Most likely his dorm..." She bit her lip as she stopped in front of the dorm's doors, "I have to find him and apologize..." The girl had gotten dressed up for nothing it seemed and since it wasn't curfew yet, she could probably still go to his dorm; once there she knocked on the dorm and sighed on final time, hoping she hadn't hurt him too badly.
Dia had just taken off his formal attire. His hands still sort of gripped on his blazer he had picked out for the occasion He bit his lip and hung it back in the closet on his side of the room. The dance wasn't what he expected. At all to be very blunt. It felt like he was just there to be awkward and he took it as karma. Karma for something he hasn't solved for over half a year and it's finally biting him in the ass. As he was about to sit down on the bed, there's a knock at the door. He looks at what he's in. His unfitting pajamas again.... a deep sigh is released and he opens the door. how bad could it be--
Oh.
Platina was about to just very formally and fully apologize to him but stopped short upon seeing his attire. "..." She blinked and looked at him quietly, "ah...Good evening, Diamond..." She averted her gaze for a moment, "did I...disturb you...? I was looking everywhere for you..." Her face showed nothing but her usual regal deadpan that was hard to read. "I need a moment of your time, if that's okay..."
Impulsively he put his arms in front of him and knit his hands together, stepping to the side to let Platina in, "N-No. I just changed out of my suit from this evening. You're welcome to come in..." his face had some very visible blush and he couldn't decide whether to cover that or the shirt that was pretty obviously not meant to be worn by someone both his age and size. BUT!! They were his comfort time pajamas so he just dealt with it... only now is he actually embarrassed under the circumstances of the time and person witnessing it.
She nodded and stepped inside the room and scanned it really quickly; she had never been in the boys' dorm before, especially not Dia's. It looked a lot different than his room back in Sinnoh in terms of decoration, then again the space is limited and there are rules here. She stood beside his bed very formally with her hands at her lap and looking at the floor to think about what she wanted to say, and continued to stay quiet.
Dia simply closed the door and followed suit, though he sat on the bed instead of standing next to it. That'd make thing 20x more awkward than they already are and... this is a really awkward situation to say the least. He rubs the back of his head and looks at his free hand on the bedsheet, "I, uhh... I'm not angr...y if that's what you're worried about" No. He wasn't angry. He was on the opposite side of the upset scale. All the way down in sadsville central. One piece of him was sort of glad Platina finally showed up later than not at all or the day after, though. At least she cared... right?
Platina watched him and decided that if she was going to be genuine standing up while he sat probably wouldn't get that across and it'd feel like a lecture so she decided to sit down right beside him, "yes, I was afraid of that, actually..." Of course, she knew better and every chance she got, she looked away from him for just a moment so she wouldn't be read if he tried to. "Diamond, I..." she had to tell him everything, right here and now; she closed her eyes and curled her hands slightly into fists on her lap, "I want to fully apologize for tonight. What I did is completely unacceptable and I probably absolutely ruined your night because of my actions and I'm truly, from the bottom of my heart, mean it and I'm ready to take any repercussions that come with hurting you in such a way..."
He glanced at her after she finished her apology. He tried not to chuckle... everything she did was so official sounding and like she worked on it for a long time. After a while he finally opened his mouth to spoke... no sugar coating, Dia, you can do it, "It's alright... I mean yeah it did kind of ruin my night... more like made me too nervous to do anything in case you walked in the door any moment or something... I almost left early to see where you were but I kept saying 'What if she comes when I leave and she feels stood up or something' " he sighed, "I stayed the whole dance just in case...... What happened? Wardrobe issues?" he tried to let out a laugh this time around in an attempt to... well... make up for his slight guilt tripping there. Though he really meant it.
Just as she expected, she had ruined everything. A twinge of guilt went through her as he said those words and looked solemnly at the ground meanwhile. "...." She was intent on listening to everything he had to say and when he laughed a bit she gave him a look of surprise. Did he just joke about something serious? Why was she surprised? He was a comedian after all .. She couldn't help but smile, "no, nothing like that...There was an emergency at home so I was taken back to Sinnoh for a little while... I thought I would be able to come back just in time, but it was too late..." She sighed, still smiling a little oddly enough, "I'm still really sorry and I hope you can forgive me..." she looked straight at him, "you know I'd...never hurt you like that, right?" Platina put her hand gently over his as a way to show him how serious she was.
"Sinnoh..." his face went a bit sour as he found himself looking at his hands again. God how he missed Sinnoh and regrets not going back when he could have during winter break. Luckily, before he could even begin to wallow in self-regret over stupid actions again, he felt Platina's hand on one of his. This promptly spooks him for a second and nervous jump follows right after. He had heard what she said, but didn't quite expect her to interact with him. A wave of red goes over his face again before speaking, "I... It's all right, Missy... I figured it was something you had to do..." He wanted to respond to the last thing she said, too, but his heart kept feeling like it was gonna either rip his chest to shreds or jump out and run off into a bonfire.
Normally Platina wasn't the very touchy-feely type of person; she was usually all business with her regal demeanor and having a very good poker face On occasion she would let her emotions get the best of her, but it usually came from determination and stubbornness So when she found herself embracing the boy beside her of her own free-will it probably seemed out of character for her to do so. "I'm sorry," she whispered, somehow feeling like it hadn't sunk in yet, but whether it was meant to comfort Dia or to convince herself that she was sorry wasn't very clear.
