When stars align: BLR Gala 2023
Hosted by @margumis AKA Mara Wintour
As the night draws on the limo of someone everyone was expecting to be fashionably late arrives. Gojo Satoru after all has never been a man to be hurried over anything even before he’d had his big break as a teen. What people weren’t expecting is how when he gets out of the limo he turns to help another person out. A smaller hand adorned with short but sharp red nails, a direct contrast to the white ones adorning Gojo’s hand is placed in his.
Camera flashes go wild as the artist Rossi steps out of the vehicle, whispering something that draws a sharp laugh from Gojo before he pulls their hand up to his mouth for a quick kiss eliciting another wave of camera flashes before they even begin making their way up the steps. Whispers as the night had grown on were that despite their invitation the artist who’d recently made their big break had decided to not attend the Gala, no one had thought that they’d show up on the arm of a man such as Gojo Satoru even with rumors about them being friends after they’d been commissioned to do several paintings of him for a period drama he was staring in.
As the pair make their way up the stairs and are stopped by the interviewer Rossi looks a bit nervous until Gojo leans down and whispers something in their ear, placing a large hand at the small of their back.
Interviewer: “Now this is a surprising turn of events, the arrival of the always anticipated Gojo Satoru and the ever elusive artist Rossi! Who would have expected the two of you to arrive together! “
Gojo grins bright like the stars that inspired his look.
Gojo: “We talked about it a lot before deciding to show up together. They took a lot of convincing, almost hurt my feelings,” he says teasingly while looking down at Rossi, silver rimmed shades sliding down his nose a bit.
Rossi: “I just wasn’t sure about making our relationship public in such an… extravagant way. But that’s how Satoru likes it. Lives for the dramatics.”
Interviewer: “It’s part of why his arrival is always highly anticipated! But tell us, this is your first time at an event such as this, how are you feeling?”
Rossi: “Honestly? Nervous, part of why we were late was because I nearly got cold feet.”
Gojo: “They just needed some reassurance, as you can see we’re here now.”
Rossi: “I also would have felt guilty if all the work Miss Mara Wintour put into our outfits went to waste.”
Interviewer: “And they are lovely! What’s inspired your looks tonight? Clearly the two of you are matching just in different color palettes!”
Rossi: “Ah! Our outfits are inspired by red and white dwarf stars! It was Satoru’s idea for us to match in this way.”
Interviewer: “Well it fits brilliantly with the theme! Now given the theme and the two of you premiering your relationship tonight I’m sure people want to know how and when this happened.
Rossi: “It’s probably not terribly professional but it happened while I was working on his portraits for the period drama he’s working on. Paintings like those, especially when done traditionally, take a lot of time so we spent a lot of late nights in eachother’s company. Just talking while I worked and he modeled” A blush can be seen rising to Rossi’s cheeks.
Gojo: “I did most of the talking in the beginning honestly, they were awfully quiet.”
Rossi: “I was nervous! You’d scouted me off my first gallery showing and brought me to the attention of the showrunners insisting you wanted me to do your portraits. I’d never had such a big and important project before. I didn’t want to mess it up by saying the wrong thing.You’re a bit of a notorious diva you know.”
Both Gojo and the interviewer laugh.
Gojo: “There wouldn’t have a been thing you could have said to me to make me want to kick you off the project.,” as he says this he tucks a loose curl behind Rossi’s ear. -later there will be compilations of Gojo looking love struck -
“There the two of you are! Satoru’s lateness is rubbing off on you it seems.” Further up the stairs is Geto Suguru who’d arrived at the Gala on time. He motions for the late pair to hurry along.
Gojo: “It seems like we’re being rushed,” he says with a chuckle.
Interviewer: “Of course! Well you too enjoy your evening, especially you, Rossi, I hope your first star studded event is one you enjoy.”
Rossi: “Thank you! You as well.” the words followed by a bit of a wince and whisper to Gojo as they turn away from the interviewer. “Was that the right response?”
Gojo: “Its fine you’re fretting too much.” he gives Rossi’s waist a squeeze as the two of them ascend the stairs toward Gojo’s costar.
Interviewer: And there goes another lovely pair for the evening! What a surprise they are.