masanari | [Futurelandia] It's April and We're under the sheets.

Nothing much has changed, I see.

[Charlotte parked the car among all the excitement and various exclamations of joy. Only she and Robin seemed perfectly neutral about arriving, and speaking of the young woman.]

Ms. Greenlie, isn't that one yours?

[Robin points at a different house within the same little cul-de-sac, all houses along the same private beach. Charlotte didn't have to turn her eyes to the red-roofed house though, and waved a hand.]

No, no, it belongs to my father, but they wouldn't be there this time of year, it's much too early.

[Junko went around the side of the car to begin dealing with the luggage. Most everyone had kept it at one both Tiffany had brought three bags for some ungodly reason and Charlotte had four, which was even more perplexing. While she yanked stuff out and handed it to the appropriate individual:]

You can all thank Robin for letting us use her parent's place scot-free!

[Robin took her floral printed carry on, extending the handle, before she walked in she lingered near Yamato.] ... So, you like it?

[ Fred, for his part, hums a little in surprise. ] I thought this looked a little familiar. [ That said! Who knows if he's been able to be here before if he just saw it in pictures and the like? Either way, both boys hurry out of the car as quick as they can to get their bags. Yamato brought a typical one size, and Fred brought.... just a backpack... So maybe one of Charlotte's was for him. Who knows either way.

That said, yes, both get to work on the bags, Fred in particular getting two of Charlotte's on his first go and Yamato wanting to get some others people's to try and be helpful. Olivia, notably, doesn't go to get her own and assumes someone else will get it for her.

But that said... ]

Oh, thank you. [ That was Yamato- but, ] It's really great. I'm so glad you let us come.

No, I was happy to do it -- for you, I mean. It's - It's not a big deal.

[It was kind of a big deal but there was no way she would just go ahead and tell him that, it'd be a little too much!] Junko said that you've - been working really hard and she was worried --

[From behind the car:] Shut up!

[Robin only laughed, though.] She was worried, so if it helps you relax then that's enough.

[Mya held her back over her shoulder and knocked Robin on the head as she passed:] Just go ahead and suck the guy's dick, why don't you?

[Robin's face turned an unbearable, verging on unhealthy looking scarlet.] Fuck off, Mya! [The anger didn't suit her, Robin was both too tiny and too inherently sweet looking to pull off anger, but she tried.] ... Whatever.

[Her confidence flagged while Junko looked at Olivia, and pointed to the girls bags. Fred had already taken stuff and Junko had already grabbed her own! No one was going to pull this chick's weight, thank you very much!]

[ For him? That actually makes Yamato's cheeks color a lot more than he'd like to admit to anyone else, and he shivers a little to have someone paying attention to him like that, to want to make him happy ... Honestly, he's still not used to that sort of attention, Alpha or not. Mated or not. The whole thing was almost alien to him, both from her and even from Junko.

Relax... huh. ] I'll try to. And I'm sure I'll be able to with uh - you around. You guys.

[ That said, Yamato laughs when Mya speaks up and gives her a thumbs up, before knocking her a little too. Olivia...

...

Chooses to ignore that. Yamato can get her bag . . .

As for Fred, though, he tries to get in close with his mate to talk to her as they come in. Either way, as people start to come in the door, Yamato tries to find Junko ]

I'd like to uh - do some big introduction thing. If possible?

[If Olivia doesn't get her stuff then Junko's outright leaving it in the car, shutting the trunk and everything (but in truth she's left it open, if nothing else). Mya, Jasmine, and Tiffany are content enough to head towards the house with their stuff in tow, and Charlotte loops her arm through Fred's when he's near.

Junko's at the end of the herd, and she eases out of her own thoughts when he speaks.] Sure. It's probably a good idea anyway. Let's just get everyone settled and the living room should be big enough.

['Settled' is a good way to put it. The house is pretty damn big - far bigger than Robin's family even needs, which is why it seemed much more suited to their group. With eleven rooms over all and multiple bathrooms there was more than enough space, and upon mostly guiding everyone upstairs, Junko pointed out the kitchen and one of the two doors that lead to the private beach.]

... Yamato?

[Robin had ended up closer to the front somehow, and she had to hop a little bit to be seen over Mya, who was rather tall.] Your room is a little farther back!

[Junko gently shoved her brother off towards the other girl - she'd deal with everything while he was busy, so there wasn't any reason to worry about the rest of them.]

[ ... Yamato was perhaps too nice. Because while he was already getting one of Charlotte's four (alongside the two Fred got for hers) and his own, he trekked back to get Olivia's, at least getting it in the door and setting bot Charlotte's and Olivia's at the foot of the stairs before he was even able to get caught by Robin. and when he was, he nods, moving past everyone (and gets shoved by Junko to-) get next to the other girl.

And so he grins a little, ]

Okay, sure. Uh, which one? Or at you gonna lead me?

[ Man, this place is big. His own house is probably bigger, but still, wow ]

[Considering that Junko actually looked a little upset (or rather more importantly made sure that he saw that she was upset)? Yes, he was really being too nice.

But Robin is ignorant of all that, so when Yamato makes his way to her she's just happy to see him.]

Most of the other rooms are too similar for it to matter, so I thought it would be better to show you before someone accidentally took it.

[This might be somewhat untrue since the room that is meant to be Charlotte and Fred's is actually marked as such with a little post-it, but that was because they were a couple, so Robin figured they might appreciate it, even if they were busy with other people. Yamato's was farther along the hall, but Robin considered that the only real downside. It was spacious despite a four poster king bed, a balcony, and private bathroom.]

So, I have to admit that this is usually my room when we're here, if you find anything of mine just move it out of the way! I'm pretty sure I left my book somewhere around here.

[But that was the worst of it. The drawers and closets were clear, the entire house had been cleaned ... It was the kind of set up grown adults would be grateful for, let alone a group of teenagers.]

[ Yamato follows her, oblivious to whatever post-it notes may or may not exist or whatever other rooms other people are claiming. For his part, he just follows the shorter girl to the end of the hall, marveling a little both at how much taller than he he is as well as just how excited to see him she seems. He ... was not really expecting either of those. The whole thing was pretty strange.

Maybe it's just because she's not really talked with him ever before now.

And when he gets out here- ... Holy shit ] Uh, are you sure? I mean, if it's your room then you should probably keep your room?

[ This is way too big, way too much for him, isn't it? ]

Oh, no, it was only my room because my mother decided she didn't want to be on the western side of anything for the next six months, I think? [She shrugs, the definition of noncommittal.]

Don't feel bad for me, I have the other room with the balcony, and I hardly brought anything.

[If she was really staying here with her parents then she'd bring her entire wardrobe and fill up the closet and bathroom easily.]

It's a vacation, you're supposed to be in a luxurious space, right?

Well.... Well yeah but I mean. Still not my house or anything! So I worried.

... What's wrong with west?

[ . . . . Wow, he could. Be less awkward. But either way, he exhales and sets down his bag, walking over to the bed to run his hand over the cover on it before smiling back at the girl. ]

Whatever was also wrong with the color yellow in February, I have no idea.

[Robin tries to continue smiling but it's decidedly more forced when it comes to discussing her parents.] My mothers are very eccentric. They change their minds and perspectives nearly every other moment, unfortunately.

[ WHAT WAS WRONG WITH YELLOW IN FEBRUARY...

He's not sure he knows this... ]

Oh. That uh, that kinda sounds a little rough.

[ . . . . He should say something. Do something? Apparently these people were all potentially his so he should be able to do or say something, right? He's not sure what, but he steps away from the bed to walk a step closer to her, getting up in front of her and nodding ]

Parents, right?

[ . . . . . . That wasn't a good one and he knows it the moment he says it uh- ] Sorry.

[ WHY CAN HE NOT LIVE AND BE AT ALL COOL THIS IS JUST LIKE BEFORE... ]

Honestly, I'm more impressed that you didn't ask why I have two mothers.

[She laughed a bit quietly and reached up to push her bangs out of the way, more a nervous habit than anything else. His apology earns a slight widening of her eyes.]

Sorry for what?

[Ah - oh --]

... Don't worry about it I'm not the ... Most organized person? So it's fine.

[And that vaguely fragmented sentences was proof enough! She wasn't really an more or less awkward than him.]

Some people have two mothers, and like so what, right?

[ Yamato both is a very open and kind person... and also spends way too much time on tumbler. So if he had any reaction in a different context it might've been to think that it was cool to have something different like that. Hell, it could be a pack thing,could be a marriage, could be a same-sex mating? All of those are possible. Maybe one's even trans!

He's good for it.

But in this context, he was more concerned about trying to reassure her, and so he attempted to do that and just got a little lame. ]

I'm not sure organized has much to do with it though...

[Well, those would all be perfectly understandable and logical explanations, it was a shame none of them quite fit her. Still, the acceptance is nice.]

Well ... Awkward ... Or completely unable to say what I - mean to. Whatever you'd like to call it, I guess.

[But it was worth it to try, right?] L-Look, I know Junko must have - told you? But don't worry about it I didn't help with this in exchange for anything, okay?

[This probably isn't helping any sense of confusion he might be experiencing.]

[ Um???? ]

Junko didn't uh - tell me anything? She told me to pack some stuff and a swimsuit and I decided I should bring my laptop and that's about it.

[ . . . Um??? ]

She said she told you about my crus- [Her voice tilts oddly here as if there's any hope of avoiding the word itself crush like an affront to the scenery or the idea of the vacation. Mostly she's just terrified fucking it all up somehow.]

I might kill your sister in her sleep tonight.

[To be fair, this is her humor! But she also might not really be joking, since she's glowing a very deep color, half turned towards the door.]

[ . . . Um? ]

Please don't?

[ . . . Did he just hear what he thought he heard? He thinks of Audrey and how he was ignorant of that and if he just heard what he thought he heard does that mean he kept asking all those girls out and getting rejected only to be ignorant twice? Or was this more recent? Or-- Or...

Um.

He looks at her, and then at the door, and then back at her, and then he puts an arm around her shoulder and, ]

Let's go meet everyone in the front hall and uh -- uh. Don't worry about it too much. [ Um. ] ...Sorry no I should uh- [ . . . ]

You like me?

[ WHAT A MESS. ]

Only because you asked me not to.

[And that much was entirely genuine.

But, wow, okay Yamato! Just go ahead and, uh, touch her! Out of nowhere! Haha! Hah!]

I - Yes. I do.

[Like him. And, you know, she'd been ready to turn around and join the others since it wasn't going to take everyone long to drop their crap off, but now she can't move because he's tall and warm and sort of up against her and there's a wafting hint of roses, both gentle and full-bodied.]

I... I don't know how to respond to that. Uh - clearly.

[ She had to know about Audrey and how that kinda just sucked in the end they were dating for a while and h was excited and that just didn't... work out... much at all. Mostly on him, really, he got far to ahead of himself. Or at least that's how he sees it. That said, the hint of roses is...

Nice.

It's nice.

He intends to walk them, and he does, or at least tries to. But it's with slow, shuffling, steps ]

I uh. Sorry? I mean, I don't know you too well yet, so I don't know how to answer yet which's good for both of us.

Oh, good, that means I don't have to worry about it right now.

[All of the nerves she had been holding onto disappeared, and when she smiled it could only be described as 'pure'. But she gently kind of slide his arm off of her, almost looking apologetic.]

Since that's the case, could you - y'know, just be careful about touching me? I'm not - I haven't been touched a lot, so ... It's easy to be ...

[She twirled a finger as if that might somehow symbolize her inadvertent arousal.] This, and all that.

[ . . . How does him being indecisive help her? He is genuinely confused in this moment. That said, when his arm is lifted from him, he doesn't have the place of mind to resist the pull. It's slid, and he pulls it back around himself, He's left a little bit confused and he started to speak up-

.. But then, to be unsure about what it meant for his feelings only to turn around and say her arousal was okay was probably not fair to her, right? She might want clarity before sex? the Alpha was a little bit torn now but all the same... ]

Uh. ... Okay.

It's not a bad thing if you - you know. [ A beat. ] My scent and probably make most of the the people here [ And he copies that finger twirl ] knowing Junko she picked people who match up well to it.

Oh, that's exactly what she did.

[Robin was more than aware of it, which was part of why she was going to be very clear about her own boundaries. Junko was allowed to do whatever she wanted as she supported her brother, but Robin wasn't nearly as weak-willed as she seemed.]

I know it isn't bad, it's just bad timing. You wouldn't do something that might throw off your perspective before a tennis match, right?

I try to avoid taking to anyone except Fred, Nariko, or Charlotte before them honestly.

[ He answers that just a little sheepishly because while it's true it's a little bit guilt inducing to him that even Junko isn't relaxing enough for his mental state at the time. Wait though does that mean she watches him... ]

But still if I do this like I was thinking I don't wanna offend you or nothing...

Mm ... Well, I can appreciate that both you and Junko have your own agendas, but I suppose you might have to exclude me from whatever you have going on for a little while.

[It's not really her fault if neither of them can shift their ideas, and she'd said as much multiple times but maybe she was easily ignored or something.]

Besides, you just said you don't even know what to make of me as it is.

[So there was no reason to be upset that he might not do one thing or the other with her, right? In any case, she's begun to lead them back towards the stairs.]

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That said this whole concept/thread is officially my favorite now

Good! I was worried it'd be too convoluted so I'm glad that's not the case

Oh no, I think there's a lot of milage here (tbh I might just boomerang this for a bit oops)

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Oh cute

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