"Askbox roulette." ~elder-sharpshooter
A romantic candle-lit dinner
[[“WHAT.”]]
((I am not rerolling. *giggles* Tree ships Axl and X, but I don’t think she meant this Axl and this X…))
[[“Oh great.”]]
Phoenix sat at the table, trying not to look as awkward as he felt, at the atmosphere. It was a lovely little restaurant; everything looked much more organic that it did back home, and the colors were warm and inviting instead of the harsh blue, silver, and black metal that all of the buildings and walls had. The candle gave off an inviting light, and it made him feel oddly warm and at peace.
Hana’s sister, Sakura, had been the one to tell him to come here, that she was going to set him up on a date with somebody that he had never met. At first, he had said a flat ‘NO’ to the idea. Even if this person was from another universe, which was apparently just as horrible as his own, throwing himself at a stranger was stupid and dangerous.
But he trusted Hana when it came to others’ safety (not her own), and Hana trusted Sakura, so he had eventually agreed to it. The only thing that he knew for a fact was that this was not his world nor the other person’s world; they were too dangerous. So this had to be Hana and Sakura’s world that he was in.
He drummed his fingers on the table nervously, only looking up when he spotted a redhead with green eyes catching sight of the ‘identifier’ (some heart-shaped trinket that Sakura had found) and heading over to his table.
"Hey," Phoenix greeted him, trying not to sound as nervous as he felt. This was never going to work; he didn’t even know this person, and from the wide-eyed look from the other’s face, this person either recognized him or thought he looked like X. Great.
"So… erm… Sakura tell you to come here?" he asked, by way of introduction. His eye twitched as the waiter set down a single plate of spaghetti with meatballs with two forks. There had to be something wrong with Sakura. She had told him to ‘bond’ (he got the feeling the word didn’t mean what he thought it did) with this person over the fact that their lives sucked but…
This was ridiculous.