"may i have this dance" haha being straight a social construct
That dance prompt that I reblogged forever ago
▐░▒▓ ►► 「 ɴᴏ. 03 ; 」
THE RADIO PLAYS from another room; an upbeat song. Shinji lays on his stomach on the floor, a graphic novel in hand, and Pen-Pen lays on top of him, crooning softly. Lucas is over, but other than that, no one else is home. The radio is to keep the silence at bay, but Shinji wouldn’t have minded sitting with Lucas in total silence, either.
❝ Um…may I have this dance? ❞
It comes suddenly, and Shinji and Pen-Pen both look up when Lucas tries to get Shinji’s attention. The song continues from the other room, and Pen-Pen, as if he understands, hops off of Shinji’s back and hobbles off elsewhere in the living room. Shinji chuckles a little, slipping a bookmark into the manga and setting it on the coffee table, getting to his feet. ❝ I’m really not a good dancer, though. ❞
❝ Fair. Neither am I. ❞
They each have their fair share of ❝ So, should I like…grab your hands? ❞ and ❝ Do we do this? ❞ as they shift around awkwardly to the beat. A few toes are stepped on. A few beats are missed. But they continue on, because there’s no one to witness how stiffly they move. But eventually they loosen up, hand in hand, stepping forwards, backwards, sometimes daring to twirl each other around. No one really leads. Their steps just fit together like puzzle pieces.
Their dance continues through several of the songs on the radio. Shinji isn’t even aware of the passage of time until the front door opens and Asuka calls ❝ I’m home ❞ from down the hall. Only then do they trip over each other again, and scramble to not be seen, before she can tease them.