interstellar5555 | the flashbabes of february

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the flashbabes of february

Who: Flashstep & YOU!
What: Multiple Prompts: The boys talk about recent developments and continue with their lives since the hauntings.
When: February
Where: Multiple Locations
Warnings: None!

Although the boys made it through the most recent series of unfortunate events at Pride Records mostly unscathed, they're still dealing with the aftereffects just like everyone else. The return to life as they know it is swift thanks to Mr. Patil, but they still have time to get up to a whole new set of shenanigans...

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He shifts on the bench he's sitting on to make room for her. "No, I like company. Have a seat if you want. It's nice to run into you outside of the flower shop! Feels like I don't talk to many people regularly who are outside of the music business anymore, you know?"

"Well had I known we could have hung out a lot sooner! I always love making new friends," she laughed as she took a seat next to him and folded her hands in her lap. "Sorry I- actually can't really relate that much. How did you get into the music business, if you don't mind my asking? Though I totally understand if you want to talk about anything else."

Sora shakes his head a little and leans back, all smiles. "It's cool! I was an actor before that. But I'd been doing that since I was a kid and really it was my parents that wanted me to do it. So when I became old enough to do stuff on my own I got away from them and decided... Well, you get to be yourself a lot more with this. Like you don't really have to play a role if you don't want to. It's a lot easier to make friends when you can just be yourself."

Of course, if you'd asked him specifics about the roles he acted in, or what friends he'd had prior to Flashstep, he wouldn't be able to say. There's a backstory that's been built in, but no actual memories of the events. But mostly he doesn't linger on that or consider how weird it is: the thought that it's weird has passed through his mind briefly a few times before, but that's it.

In truth, Usagi knows that every bit of this is lies. She knows because Riku has told her the truth. She lives with him, after all. However, it's important to hear all this, to really know just how deep and far this goes. She smiles as she listens, though inside it hurts to know that this sweet boy, this person who Riku loved so dearly wasn't even allowed to remember his family, to care about his family.

"Well, I like the you I've met so far, you're very kind, you know?" she smiled. "It's great though, you can speak through music in a way you almost can't in any other language."

Even if compliments and praise are pretty standard in the life of a celebrity (of course, just as much as ridicule and snide remarks are), they always make Sora feel happy and grateful. And it's not often that he gets to hear that he's "kind," since it's not really one of the attributes looked for in the music business. Especially not in Pride.

"Thanks. I like you too, you're real helpful and nice." He takes the sunflower she'd given him and gently taps her head with it, grinning.

"Yeah! I really like that about music. You can make people feel things, and tell a story. I like performing the most though, and practice, because my band does a lot of dancing. Which is a lot like music 'cause you can tell a story with dance too!"

"Aww, thank you!" she giggled as she lightly batted his hand away. She knew how hard it must be so famous. Honestly, she actually did have an idea of it, as Sailor Moon and she knew what would await her as queen as well. Plus she recalled what Michiru and Haruka always went through, and Seiya... she did wonder why. But then... she couldn't really talk, considering.....

Well she had her own issues, they all did.

"What kind of dancing do you do?" she asked. She knew ballroom dancing, but nothing graceful or skilled.

At one point not too long ago, Sora wouldn't have even though about complaining about life as a celebrity. Now, most of his complaints are about the higher-ups in Pride: for neglecting to do their jobs keeping his friends safe, for working them too hard sometimes, for having such a bad relationship with the Virgo label when plenty of Sora's friends are in it. But these complaints remain, for the most part, unspoken, even if he has them.

He places the sunflower on top of his notebook. "As a band we mostly do hip-hop stuff, but I like other types of dancing too, like jazz, tap, and contemporary... I'm still learning couple dancing, like ballroom things. Do you like to dance?"

"Ah I don't know how to do any sort of modern dancing. I do know how to ballroom dance though, my fiancé and I love to dance together!" she smiled as she looked at the pink heart-shaped engagement ring on her left ring finger. She looked at Sora.

"Ballroom dancing is so much fun! If you ever need to practice let me know okay!" Usagi was actually very good at ballroom dancing, though she'd never actively acknowledge it. To her, she was good at it because Serenity had been good at it, but most of all because Mamoru made her good at it.

"Who do you usually practice dancing with, Sora? Your special someone?"

Sora's face lights up with a smile at the word "fiancé," and he looks down at her finger as she does, spotting the ring. "Oh, wow, you're engaged? How long have you two been together?" He can't help it, now that she's let that slip, Sora wants to know more about her special someone, too. It was always a great thing to get to hear, about people being in love getting to be together.

When she brings up his special someone, his cheeks go slightly pink, but he's grinning. "Yeah. Well, sort of? Uhm...."

He looks around them quickly, just to make sure there's not anyone clearly taping this or writing it down. Still, better safe than sorry, and having paparazzi stalking him and Jamie all the time once they found out would suck a lot, they wouldn't get to go anywhere together. So he leans over a just little so he can speak quietly and she'll still be able to hear it.

"He's in my band, so we do a lot of practice like... all of us together? And sometimes we get to do moves that are just the two of us together in performances and stuff. But outside of that, we haven't really. And I've never like... slow-danced with him or anything." Though the thought's admittedly pretty appealing.

"Mmhmm!" she smiled as she held her hands close to her chest and smiled as she thought of Mamoru, the same way she always smiled as she thought of her beloved. "Well, we've known each other since I was fourteen, but... well, have you ever met someone and it felt like you've known them for lifetimes?" it was the best Usagi could do without saying that she and Mamoru were reincarnated to meet one another again.

"It wasn't love at first sight, though. I actually accidentally hit him in the head with a wadded up test," she laughed. "But we've been together ever since, he proposed when I was sixteen, though we're not going to get married until we're both done with college." Which, she knew she would have to go to much to her chagrin.

But she allowed herself to pull away from remembering Mamoru, because it would only become upsetting, knowing that she wouldn't get to be with him, that she was so terribly far from him...

"Ah, well, is he the sort to even want to do ballroom dancing?" she asked, since she knew that Sora's special someone didn't like overly romantic gestures... at least not yet.

Sora had to think a little about the knowing someone for lifetimes thing. It was sort of like that when he'd seen the guy who looked just like Riku from his dreams at the charity concert, he definitely felt like he'd known him. Which reminded him again of the phrase Nariko had put into his head about him and Kairi and Sora: 'friend soulmates.'

He laughs with her too, as he can relate. Jamie hadn't immediately taken to him when they'd first met either, he was far more prickly back then. He'd warmed up to him fairly quickly, though.

"I think it's probably the love at first sight thing for some people, but then for others it's like... you get closer the more you talk to them and hang out with them. Gradual. Until it really hurts to think of being without them, because they've become a part of you." This is sort of just out-loud speculation, a bit of rambling before he focuses on her actual question.

"Huh, I don't really know. I mean, I think he might be embarrassed to do it in public but he's always like... It seems like he really likes to try new things with me? Because he's comfortable around me. So I bet he'd do it if I asked him, and he might like it too. I mean, I wouldn't make him keep doing it if he didn't." It's definitely something he's considering bringing up to him at some point now.

She listened and nodded, smiling. She agreed. Although for her, the first time, she had fallen in love with Endymion at first sight. First with his precious Earth, the blue of the beautiful star the same blue as his eyes. The beautiful flowers and the way that he smelled like the ocean and the meadows. She closed her eyes and hugged her hand, and the ring close to her chest.

Endymion, prince of Earth, who smiled at the sight of her and who would sneak to the moon to see her too.

Mamoru.

Her precious Mamoru who held her tight and would press the softest kisses to her lips and skin and who still smelt of the oceans and meadows, but roses too. Who gave her strength and stood by her and guided her when she felt so confused.

Who loved her in a way that no one else ever could.

Who she missed so much she sometimes cried at night in Minako's arms because of how far she was from him, from him and from the other girls. Usagi suddenly inhaled and wiped at her eyes, trying not to let tears fall.

"You should ask him to try ballroom dancing with you," she offered, not wanting to talk about herself and her love.

Unfortunately, it was hard for Sora not to notice that he'd done or said something to upset her, and there's immediate concern. He can guess fairly easily based on the context of their conversation that it's probably something about her fiance, but he's not sure what, and he's not sure she wants to talk about it. She doesn't begin any explanation of why she's upset, so maybe not.

Still, Sora reaches over and gives her shoulder a reassuring squeeze, and a smile.

"Yeah, I think I probably will... Hey, you want something to eat or drink or anything? I was thinking of heading over to the food court."

All matters could be solved with good food and better friends. Such was Usagi's philosophy on life. It had served her well so far! She smiled and nodded.

"I'm always up for food and drink!" she exclaimed grabbing his hand and squeezing it happily.

"I love food!" she had a bottomless stomach, truly.

Sora's sort of thrilled that had worked so well in getting her to cheer up, and he lets her take his hand as he stands up from the bench.

"Alright, let's do that. My treat! Anything specific that you're hungry for or you wanna see what they've got?"

"Awww thank you! You're so sweet!" Usagi leaned forward and pressed a quick kiss to his cheek, smiling wide as she held out her hand and stood up.

"All food is good food, so whatever you want to eat!"

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