closed 🌠⚡ only you can be my light

[starshower]

Who: Eustace & Tifa Lockhart.
Status: Closed.
Where: Eltrut.
What: Eustace and Tifa paint the town ROYGBIV.
Warnings: idk more fluff??

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[starshower]

[She could rush to catch up to him, but at his question, she actually slows and then pauses her brush strokes to think—]

What about... another date?

[—before she continues.]

Only this time, let's go super fancy.

[flamekthunder]

Super fancy?

[He glances down at her with an arch of the brow.]

[starshower]

Yeah!

[Her voice rises with enthusiasm and a bit of excitement, but she reins it in quickly.]

Like... getting dressed up all fancy, hitting the town. Maybe not Baleen like I would have thought, but... there are nice places all over, yeah? We've never done that.

[flamekthunder]

[There's a small sound of understanding as he cleans up the lines on green before moving to blue. But he's slowing a bit as he considers it.]

Haven't really been to many... "Fancy" or formal places. Something like a dinner and then...

[A small furrow of his brows. What do people do for formal things like that?]

[starshower]

I dunno...

[Another brief pause.]

Maybe we could go see a show? I hear there are some really great ones to go check out around.

[flamekthunder]

Now that you mention it, don't think I've really seen any around here.

[starshower]

There aren't a lot around here, but...

[She clears her throat gently.]

I know there are a lot on the Naughtilust. Elah, too, but... with everything that's going on, I doubt there's much happening on the island now.

[flamekthunder]

Elah I can understand, but... How do you know about the Naughtilust?

[Just going to look at her with a slight arched brow.]

[starshower]

Well... You may or may not be surprised to know how much I hear serving drinks to people.

[Her smile turns soft as she finishes up the streak of yellow and now moves on.]

They're mostly musicals and dances there.

[flamekthunder]

Hmm... And I was starting to wonder if you've been there yourself.

[Just a teasing look before he starts painting the blue.]

But that should be fine. I know the Naughtilust has more of a night life just by its nature... So if that's something you want to do, we can set a date for it.

[starshower]

We'll have to look into it a little more first, but... I'm sure we can figure something out.

[She's catching up to him in the paint, at least! One colour behind him!]

Just make sure you pick out something nice to wear.

[flamekthunder]

[He's on purple!! Should they do pink?]

How "nice" should I be aiming for?

[starshower]

[Do rainbows have pink—?]

Hm. Well, if we're going out for a night on the town, then I'd say as nice as you can make it... while still being comfortable. A suit?

[flamekthunder]

[Photoshop rainbow does—]

Suit, huh... When was the last time I wore one in this world... Ghoul's Moon? That ball?

[starshower]

Think so, yeah.

[And that was the last time she got to wear some super elegant dress, too!]

Even the last date we went on, it was more casual, wasn't it? And I'm not about to have you wear a suit out camping.

[flamekthunder]

[A wry grin.]

Definitely not. But we can do something different like that... I could try and look into what else is there, too.

[Small pause.]

Would you want to spend the night there?

[starshower]

[...

.....

She hadn't even thought of it, but after a moment of not hesitation but to let that feeling of warmth sink into her:]

Yeah. I think we should. I know there are some nicer places around the leviathan that we could find. Not like the last time we were there.

[flamekthunder]

[There's a small exhale of laughter at that as he finishes the blue and reaches for the purple.]

Leave that to me, then.

[starshower]

What, the place to stay?

[And now she's onto the blue—! Still always one colour behind.]

If you're sure... Do you even know where?

[flamekthunder]

Not yet, but I'm sure I'll be able to find something.

[And this one is going to be pretty short given that it's on the inside, so just one quick sweep and he's done. But he is going to go back and smooth out some of the lines.]

Do you have any particular preferences?

[starshower]

Of where to stay?

[A shake of her head and a shrug of her shoulders.]

Not really. Someplace nice? And some thicker walls would be good... I-I mean, because of what happened last time!

[flamekthunder]

[There's a slight arch of the brow before there's an almost wicked, wolfish grin as he leans down closer to her, his body completely overshadowing her as he speaks lowly.]

So we don't hear others or... They don't hear us?

[starshower]

[That almost makes her mess up the streak that she's painting, a line of blue going up into the green when she feels the heat of his body loom over her. She should have expected it, and a part of her did, which is why she said that and yet, he still found a way...!

She responds at first with a soft clearing of her throat, and pretends that didn't just happen.]

Hm... a little bit of both?

[In spite of her efforts to keep her voice steady, she fails.]

... It's not that loud, is it?

[Wait no, she's totally going to regret saying that—]

[flamekthunder]

[That smirk deepens.]

Not sure...might have to try again to see. But even if it's not...

[With a movement as if he's bringing the paintbrush down, it actually brings him right down to her head and his lips are now by her ear as he speaks quiet and low against it.]

I'll make it so.

[starshower]

[With him this close now, right near her ear and against her back, he'll no doubt feel her body stiffen at the contact and see the goosebumps that prickle the skin along the back of her neck. Terrible day to have put her hair up into a ponytail...

And when she speaks, she doesn't mean to sound so breathless.]

... That sounds like a challenge.