Voicemail

[nostabbing]

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[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!]