video; the worst kind of joint post

[terribubbly]

[ At first, the video consists of inoffensive ocean blue carpet and bright fuschia shoes. The giggling, glubbing nonsense sounds that follow gives Feferi away well before she speaks.

And that interlude lasts about one agonizingly giddy minute. And then, in a stage whisper: ]

Hello! Glub glub glub, I've done the most fantastic thing today. I'm just so excited!

[ She brings her SFC up at arms' length to point at her grinning fangy face, and then turns it around to point at a dressing room door next to a rack of wildly colorful clothing. ]

Wait for it, just hang on to your fins here...!

[The door opens and Sollux inches out, his shoulders hunched and his head down. He looks around furtively, not yet seeing that Feferi is holding her SFC, because he's looking all around for anyone else that might be there to see this.

He's wearing a tasteful number. At least, it's tasteful in the mind of Feferi, and likely not anyone else in the known universe.]

FF, this is fun and all, but to be honest I don't think this is my style-- Hey, what are you doing?

[As horrified realization hits, he lunges forward and makes a grab for her SFC.]

Comments

[toreadorkabull]

Maybe, but I think that, uh... making your matesprit smile, is the coolest thing you can do.

-=because he's a big doofy sap=-

She will, think you're cool anyway.

[thekidsare0kay]

She's always smiling, though. Mostly. And you're not the authority on coolness, Tavros. Just saying.

[toreadorkabull]

Probably not, but Nep is the same way with the smiling, in that it is mostly all the time. But it's, uh... always the best kind of smile, when I am the one to make her do it.

[thekidsare0kay]

[Stop. Sollux is allergic to public sappiness] Yeah. I guess it's true.

[toreadorkabull]

-=no never=- So do it, to make her smile... special smiles?

[thekidsare0kay]

Do we have to talk about this? [You can be a big lameass, Tavros, but he's getting too embarrassed]

[toreadorkabull]

-=someone told him once that he was good at advice! so he's trying to be advice giving tavros because dating someone for half a sweep obviously makes him a guru=-

Why not? I think my advice is good, and should be heeded!

[thekidsare0kay]

I don't need your dumb advice! My relationship is fine, and talking about it is embarrassing.

[toreadorkabull]

But why?

[thekidsare0kay]

It just is?

[toreadorkabull]

Does that mean... you are embarrassed of Feferi?

-=so confused=-

--> Locked

[thekidsare0kay]

What? No. I'm not embarrassed of her. I just.

[He groans and locks the damn thread down]

I'm embarrassed about how I feel. I'm not...good enough for her. I'm an idiot and I love her, and I look like a fool, probably.

--> Locked

[toreadorkabull]

I feel, the same way a lot of the time but, uh... she is still with me and we are in love. Saying it a lot helps make it more true!

But I think, looking like is a fool is a thing everyone does, when they are in love.

Locked

[thekidsare0kay]

It's true even if you don't say it! [Squiiiiiirm] I don't like looking stupid. If you do, that's your business.

Locked

[toreadorkabull]

But, uh... that's just it. I think...the only one who thinks you look stupid, is you.

Locked

[thekidsare0kay]

.... I don't think so.