Nightmare in Dreamland | Suga | Prologue | Closed For Kuroneko
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Well, his excitement was certainly starting to rub off on her. As much as Kuroneko was nervous about how people would look at her, maybe it wouldn’t be so bad?
Her eyes lit up at the idea of the witch theme.
“Halloween is always fun for dressing up! I never really get the chance to go all out, but I do love designing costumes! One year I actually-”
Realizing she’s about to start rambling, she blushes a little and looks away.
“Sorry, you probably don’t want to hear me ramble about that. But um…”
Hearing the idea of a more sexy outfit wasn’t what she had been expecting. Not that it sounded that bad. If she was going to be pushing herself to do something like this, maybe she really should go all out? Way more out of her comfort zone, but still.
“I wear miniskirts sometimes! I’m not too sure about cleavage. I get worried about getting hit on by a bunch of creepy guys. I really love stockings and hairpieces though!”
This was almost overwhelming with how many ideas she was thinking of now. Usually when she tried to put together outfits she got too self conscious and got rid of them. She was in way too deep now though for her to back out.
“Well… I guess it wouldn’t hurt to try to express myself more? I mean, I’ve seen your blog before so I don’t think you’d make me look terrible…”
After a moment of hesitation she reaches out and shakes his hand. Her grip isn’t very tight, but that’s probably to be expected from someone like her.
“I don’t really have many ways to repay you, um, I could try to draw some things? I don’t know when I’ll get my sketchbook and stuff back though.”
Despite how upset she was earlier it’s easy to see how excited she is now. While most of her face was covered by her mask, her eyes easily portrayed it. That was all he was going to get though sadly. She didn’t have the energy to raise her voice.
Aaah, it was always nice to hear people knew him. Every time it gave Suga a little shiver, comfort mixed with flattery, flattery mixed with smugness.
His handshake remained firm and strong though, the handshake of a businessman even now, no matter how short it was. He smiled at her encouragingly. Compared to the beginning of the conversation, she’d come far. Almost seemed at ease around him now, how nice.
Plus, this was by far the most interesting thing he’d talked about since coming here.
He withdrew his hand, but didn’t drop it, instead using it to wrap a streak of his hair around his finger with what he hoped was more an airheaded expression than a mischievous one.
“But isn’t getting hit on the best part?”
He asked as innocently as he could, but with a genuine interest. He really did think that, even knowing most people wouldn’t agree. If he showed leg or wore a really nice shirt, he did it because he wanted to be looked at, and what was being hit on but the natural follow up to looking at something really really pretty? Was he easy? Maybe somewhat. If the person he was talking to was pretty enough themself. But mostly he just wanted to be sure people had noticed and approved of his looks, this or that way.
Still wouldn’t explain that to her in such depth though. Most people would likely disagree, he knew that well enough. Instead he laughed lightly and waved the whole thing off before moving on.
“You would look way adorable in a miniskirt and thigh highs, I know that for a fact!”
Mostly because there wasn’t a single person he knew who wouldn’t look cute in thigh highs and a miniskirt. He was always excited to put people in them, and this was no exception to that rule. Oh, pairing that with a crop top and cardigan would just be adorable, wouldn’t it? Or maybe shorts with fishnets underneath… The sky was the limit when it came to fashion, it all just depended on confidence, and while she seemed to have absolutely none, Suga certainly had enough for both of them.
“Hm? Oh there’s no need t-”
He was about to do the whole humble and gracious thing, intending fully to have her repay him somehow, someday, when she mentioned a possibility already, one that made him stop and think.
Drawing…?
He didn’t see how that could be useful, but he sure was curious at least.
“You draw? Gee I’d love to see that someday- a shame how they took your sketchbook, huh?”
Not really all that much of one, whether he saw it now or later didn’t matter. But it’d have made for a good little source of entertainment at least.
Kuroneko wasn’t completely sure how to react. Best part? How would that be the best part? Compliments were one thing but... Oh well, she probably wouldn’t understand. It wasn’t a big deal anyway. As they say, to each their own.
“Well, if you think so! Maybe I need to find a cuter mask or something too.”
She wasn’t sure if she was ready to part with her mask for several reasons. Maybe people would like her more without it though? Even so, she kind of needed it. Last thing she needed was to get sick.
Well, either way, she needed to come out of her shell eventually. If she started to get more popular she may need to put more consideration into her appearance. That was something she dreaded. Too much attention. She really wanted to be able to share her designs but...The attention could be overwhelming.
At the mention that he’d like to see her art she seemed to perk up a little.
“It really is a shame. I know usually my monster designs get the most attention since they’re in movies, but I can draw other things! As much as I love drawing monsters sometimes it’s nice to draw less, uh, morbid things.”
She had a lot of mixed feelings about her art. She always wanted it to be perfect, which never seemed to happen to her dismay. She also wanted to be able to show it off without attention. Sadly, that’s impossible now unless she came up with another pseudonym.
“I guess if you think of something once I get it back I could probably sketch it? I might be able to sketch an outfit or something?”
She was really just throwing ideas. She had absolutely no idea what she would do right now. At least if she stuck to that topic she wouldn’t have to think about it too hard.
