that works meet you in front of the pokecenter in an hour or so? 🙋🏽♂️
[Could take less time but Lance has to make sure his hair is perfect. Not just because it's Allura, but just in general. Frizz is a crime against humanity.]
[ Allura is waiting for Lance when he arrives, but it doesn't seem like she's been waiting long. She had to freshen up after spending the morning training with her pokemon, so there's a rosiness to her complexion that speaks of a fresh scrubbing. She's in her new pink coat, leaning against the wall with Trigel the Pachirisu perched casually on her shoulder, and both of them perk up when she spots Lance. ]
[It's cooler now that he's on the mainland and it's the middle of December and much like every other event in his life, Lance is dramatic about how bundled up he is. A long thick scarf wrapped around his neck, a puffy down coat, mittens, and two pairs of pants. And most reluctantly, there's a fur-lined trapper hat pulled onto his head. Surely it's messing up his hair, but Lance is a sensitive island baby who can't deal with winter. Waddling down by his feet is a Vaporeon, a little boy named My Cousin Finny, because of course.
One mitten-clad hand is lifted up in her direction in a greeting before coming to pull down the scarf to reveal a stupid grin on is face.]
Hey. Thanks for meeting up with me.
[Yeah, be cool, be casual. This isn't a date. Can't be a date. Since it's not a date, maybe he should have told Pidge where he was going? Whoops.]
[ Allura can't help but laugh at how excessive Lance's outfit seems. Alteans don't do well in the cold, either, and that's part of the reason Trigel is there, her long tail acting very much long a furry scarf around Allura's throat.
Stepping away from the wall, she gives Lance a brief (but tight) hug, then returns to a respectful distance. This isn't a date, after all--she's just glad to spend time with her friend, regardless of what he's been to her in the past. ]
It's good to see you, Lance. You should know that I'll always make time for you. It is awfully chill out here, though. Let's get that coffee you mentioned earlier?
[This hug is shamefully too brief after wanting one from Allura for months on end, but the tightness behind it isn't missed. It's something Lance takes a moment to relish in (with a quick flash of guilt he hopes he keeps off his face) and pulls back with a polite smile on his face. A smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes.]
Yeah, there's a good place right on the corner. My treat.
[Because while she's been on the road long enough to earn money battling, Lance still feels he should be a gentleman and at least by the princess a hot drink, especially as a symbol of gratefulness that he'll put into words later.]
[ The thing is, Allura's seen that smile so many times by now that it worries her to see it here. He was always making that expression close to the end--sad, but putting on a brave face. She can't help but wonder what's wrong, but part of her thinks she already knows, and she can't deny it hurts. In another place and time, in another life, he had been her person. She can't comfort him now, though--can't reassure him. That's for someone else to do.
When he says he'll buy her drink, Allura thinks to argue but decides against it. ]
[That's a place, time, and life Lance had no clue exists so to him, it's still very much an impossibility there as it is here. He tries not to ruminate on it, not here and now, because he's awful at keeping his feelings off his face.]
Only if you promise there'll be a next time.
[It's a joke, a polite tease, but no matter what happens between them, Allura is still is friend and a face Lance would like to see more often than not.]
Of course there will be a next time. You're one of my best friends, Lance. There will always be a next time. We should try to meet up more often. All of us should.
[ Turning the corner, she scans the shops for the cafe and wonders what sort of non-dairy options they might have. ]
You'd think we'd all hang out more living in the same house, but it actually doesn't happen unless some world ending event's about to go down and we need to fight.
[Which happens far too often in this idyllic world.]
Uhhhh... [Lance rubs at the back of his neck as he glances upwards at a shop sign indicating the cafe.] Nothing much. Some training and a couple battles here and there, but that's about it. Should be doing more, I guess, but I just kind of wanted to chill a little while.
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Date: 2019-12-11 06:44 pm (UTC)just wanted to ask if you were up to getting some coffee or something
maybe go shopping for shiro and matt's wedding?
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Date: 2019-12-11 06:51 pm (UTC)that's cool
also cool to meet at the house
i'm there already
unless you're not on the island?
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Date: 2019-12-11 07:08 pm (UTC)meet you in front of the pokecenter in an hour or so? 🙋🏽♂️
[Could take less time but Lance has to make sure his hair is perfect. Not just because it's Allura, but just in general. Frizz is a crime against humanity.]
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Date: 2019-12-11 07:29 pm (UTC)[ Allura is waiting for Lance when he arrives, but it doesn't seem like she's been waiting long. She had to freshen up after spending the morning training with her pokemon, so there's a rosiness to her complexion that speaks of a fresh scrubbing. She's in her new pink coat, leaning against the wall with Trigel the Pachirisu perched casually on her shoulder, and both of them perk up when she spots Lance. ]
Over here!
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Date: 2019-12-16 11:48 pm (UTC)One mitten-clad hand is lifted up in her direction in a greeting before coming to pull down the scarf to reveal a stupid grin on is face.]
Hey. Thanks for meeting up with me.
[Yeah, be cool, be casual. This isn't a date. Can't be a date. Since it's not a date, maybe he should have told Pidge where he was going? Whoops.]
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Date: 2019-12-21 10:27 pm (UTC)Stepping away from the wall, she gives Lance a brief (but tight) hug, then returns to a respectful distance. This isn't a date, after all--she's just glad to spend time with her friend, regardless of what he's been to her in the past. ]
It's good to see you, Lance. You should know that I'll always make time for you. It is awfully chill out here, though. Let's get that coffee you mentioned earlier?
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Date: 2019-12-24 12:48 am (UTC)Yeah, there's a good place right on the corner. My treat.
[Because while she's been on the road long enough to earn money battling, Lance still feels he should be a gentleman and at least by the princess a hot drink, especially as a symbol of gratefulness that he'll put into words later.]
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Date: 2019-12-24 03:25 am (UTC)When he says he'll buy her drink, Allura thinks to argue but decides against it. ]
All right, then, but I'll pay next time. Fair?
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Date: 2020-01-19 10:03 pm (UTC)Only if you promise there'll be a next time.
[It's a joke, a polite tease, but no matter what happens between them, Allura is still is friend and a face Lance would like to see more often than not.]
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Date: 2020-01-19 10:55 pm (UTC)[ Turning the corner, she scans the shops for the cafe and wonders what sort of non-dairy options they might have. ]
Tell me, what have you been up to lately?
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Date: 2020-02-11 05:09 am (UTC)[Which happens far too often in this idyllic world.]
Uhhhh... [Lance rubs at the back of his neck as he glances upwards at a shop sign indicating the cafe.] Nothing much. Some training and a couple battles here and there, but that's about it. Should be doing more, I guess, but I just kind of wanted to chill a little while.
You?