Voicemail

[nostabbing]

"This is a generic voicemail message. To record a personalized message, please press one and wait for the ton..."

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[nostabbing]

Whoa...

[Well, that neatly resolves the question of the hostage situation dilemma, which is good because it gives her the opportunity to focus in on the chocolate. As a personal connoisseur of basically everything having to do with candy as pertaining to this holiday, it stands out instantly that this is coming in a box design that she's never seen before, which draws her attention — and means she'll catch on to what's going on there a little more quickly, on top of it.]

That looks so cool! You made that? ...For me?

[crystalballer]

[He nods enthusiastically in response, his expression turning into one of of happiness mixed with relief, mixed with...definitely the look that there are still a lot of butterflies in his stomach, basically. This isn't the first gift he's given Parker since they made it official, but it's their first Valentine's Day and he's never even done Valentine's Day like this before. There's room for error, and he wants to make as little error as possible because he wants be competent at this kind of stuff!]

Uh-huh! I made the chocolates, too! I kinda broke the usual customs 'cause I wanted to do something special for you.

[The chocolates are unfortunately not going to be nearly as pretty as the box, but they'll still taste good at least...! He tried. He tried so hard.]

[nostabbing]

Oh...y-yeah, 'cause I mean, I thought, when you guys do Valentine's Day it's like, you're supposed to get guys chocolate, like it only goes the one...way...

[Which is about the moment when it starts really sinking in that not only is he doing something nice for her here, but he's also going deliberately outside of his usual cultural comfort zone to do it, which...yeah. Yeah, that's pretty...yeah.]

I mean I made you chocolate, too!

[...But once she's successfully blurted that out, um.]

...Thanks. That's really...thanks, Hagakure.

[crystalballer]

Yeah, that's how it's usually done. But I thought, why not try it the way they'd do it where Parker-chi's from? So I guess I kinda did a little bit of both...ya know?

[He manages to grin a little bit, because he's getting the sense that it might've gone over well. He didn't totally mess it up!

It doesn't stop his heart from doing a little leap when Parker tells him she made him chocolate too, though. He honestly doesn't mind.]

Hey, you're welcome. Happy Valentine's Day!

...D-Did you really make me chocolates too? Seriously?

[His mind keeps skipping back to that. Sure, he's gotten giri choco before (like...once), but he has a feeling this is gonna be a way different experience. Parker-chi made him chocolate!]