Wooing 101 : Lesson 1
Lesson 1: The Importance of Eye Contact
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Forward dated to September
Things weren’t going according to plan. It was such a hassle to involve himself in things that require time and effort. The lazy boy just wasn’t fit to join clubs or repetitive activities if he could help it. Unless they had something that was worth his energy.
In the 2 years he had been in Hogwarts, he joined 2 clubs. One was a Parselmouth club. He got to have a cool codename and it naturally made it easier for him to keep his parselmouth heritage a secret. Another was the Asian Society Club. With hopes that the club manager would understand this sort of club wouldn’t work. A goal he was still working on, as the club seemingly got more popular since he first joined.
There was another particular activity he joined, although it was no club. Far from it actually. It was Daella Prince. Since their heart to heart talk during 1st year of summer camp, she had made it her obligation to ‘ lower down his badness level’. She was an absolutely mad scientist about it as well. Like he was a hamster she was experimenting on, making him do ridiculous essays and useless errands that spreaded kindness. He did most of it reluctantly like she asked. It was either that or her wrath, after all.
While her goal was to make him a better person for others, his goal was only focused on Percival Rainwood. Since their little argument last year, Hanako had thought his important friend deserved a...better companion. Hanako had no problems with his many flaws before Percival joined his life. But it was different now. Now he had an eccentric Ravenclaw giving him lessons on Decent Human Behavior ™ . While he suffered, he surprisingly learned quite a lot from her. Getting tea and gossip from others has never been easier. You had to be just the right amount of nice to get people to talk. Who knew?! Certainly not hiim.
But it wasn’t working enough. Not fast enough. Probably not good enough. He had predicted the lessons would make him and Percival closer. Closer than no one else. But to his utter dismay, that wasn’t what happened. Perce kept looking at other people. He kept..talking to them. Getting closer to them. Why should he when Hanako’s here improving his kindness skill everyday? He’s all he needed and yet why did he keep running off?
The last straw was snapped during summer camp. They had joined a game of Spin the Bottle. Hanako of course planned to either kiss everyone or make them run away from him. Both are equally satisfying. But no one could touch Percival. Handshake? Fine. Hug? Suspicious. A kiss? Death. Hanako didn’t like to remember faces but he’s sure as hell to remember yours if you choose to kiss Percival. And surprise surprise, someone did.
Now he’s starting to think he needs to change methods. If being a nicer friend wasn’t working, he needed to try something else.So he seeked out another mad lad that would teach him something he never thought he would ever do.
*Gulp*
Genuine flirting
He gagged just thinking about it. With the history of his parent’s love story, it didn’t particularly leave him a good impression of what non-platonic love should be. Well, he didn’t think he would ever learn how to be a nice person either. But this still felt like a big step from what he was used to. Sure, he had gotten into someone's personal space for fun and flirted here and there. But that was only to make other people uncomfortable.
He didn’t think he had to go this far for Percival, but there was something very...irritating when Percival kissed someone else. Beyond his usual irritation. If nonplatonic intimacy interested the blonde, then so be it. Once, Hanako was slightly concerned about his revelation. Was he really ready to romance someone only to keep their eyes on him? Even if he didn’t necessarily feel anything for the boy? If the boy was Percival, then yes. Yes, he would. He just needed to do a good job.
Enter Katherine Labrouder. She was a...peculiar 1st year when they met. While she was a year younger than him, he felt the sense that she was mentally older than she is. No sane 11 year old would ever tell him he looked like an Asian Justin Beiber wannabe. He had never been so insulted and impressed at the same time. It was her dominating aura that attracted him to her.
They haven’t talked a lot other than during club meetings, but he decided to give her a shot. She seemed like the kind of person that would date anyone just because she can. Surely, she’d have some wooing knowledge she could share with her fellow cult club member.
Unfortunately, he didn’t anticipate that she would be so difficult about it. Just as school started, he sought her out and asked her to help him with something. She refused way too quickly for his taste. Not even letting him explain, how rude. Fortunately, he wasn’t one to go down too easily. He warned her that he’d never leave her until she agreed, to which she stupidly didn’t take seriously. Didn’t she know he was quite persistent when he wanted to be? Oh well, now she would.
That was how 3 weeks went by for the 2 students. Both suffered differently.
While Hanako sought every opportunity he had to tail along her side, she had kept up an unbothered look. They both knew Hanako’s presence was enough to annoy the girl. But Hanako talking? There was no way she wasn’t this close to strangling him. He would talk about useless stuff whenever he could. If he wasn’t poking fun at everything she is or was doing, he would talk useless things about himself. She was a tough cookie to crack, he admits. No one had ever survived him for this long. Even he was getting tired of talking. Him!
But he was patient, and so was she. It’s only a matter of time before she snapped.
Today, he sat across the Gryffindor, like he always had for the past 3 weeks. They were supposed to eat breakfast but eating was not his mission today.
“ And you know what? You were wearing a tutu! I swear that was probably the worst part of my dream. Nightmare. Dream? Nightmare Dream? Okay whatever, right. But you were dancing really well to Shake it Off. You were basically Taylor Swift but with cooper-ish hair. Cooper?” Hanako gave her hair a long stare “ I mean to be honest I don’t know how your hair works. Like is it t cooper? I think it’s cooper. It’s cooper right? Anyway back to my dream right, it was whack, you were wearing a tutu and- oh wait I’ve already said that whopsies. But you can just listen to it from the start, right? No problem with that~ Anyway, you were Taylor Swift! And-”
He would go on and on as directionless as always.. His food had gotten cold by this point but he seemed to have no intention of stopping. And he wouldn’t stop until she finally spoke. Hopefully, it will be a ‘ yes, I’ll help you’ and not a ‘ die, scum ‘ before hitting him with a slug-puking spell. He knew all too well that was a favorite spell among the 2nd years.
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Katherine Labrouder
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What has it been, 3Weeks? maybe more? since that bastard named Hanako shit came up to Katherine to ask her how to flirt. Out of everyone he knows why did he choose Kath? actually, Katherine probably knew why. I mean who would befriend this dude, The guy basically has a 2006 Justin Bieber hairstyle and is built like a broomstick.
He also has the mindset of a 2-year-old with mental issues, Kath feels bad for his parents she might even start paying them for staying with Hanako. He is the definition of a mosquito, its noise is annoying everything about it is annoying and you just wanna kill it. But if Kath would kill hanko she would choose that will hurt.
She would find a way that would hurt him so bad that he'll wish to die. Well so far he has stuck next to Kath and went every way she went, he has also made comments silly ones, none of them were actually good it was like a playground fight except he was just fighting a wall. Katherine showed no reaction she stayed her stoic self.
But she was slowly going mad inside, she wanted to choke him so badly, she probably had good opportunities to do so but she held herself back. His parents would probably be relieved if she had done so but guess she had enough self-control. Days and days have passed she even lost count on how many weeks it had been.
Until she had enough, it was breakfast she was having her casual butter and lingonberry jam with toast. She was spreading her butter on a piece of toast while he was rambling about having a dream about her, Katherine let out a laugh and spoke " I'm glad you dream about me, what else do you do Hanako, do you have pictures of me next to your bed too?",
She pointed her butter knife at him and squinted her eyes and had a shit-eating grin on her face. She then continued spreading her jam and started laughing now it sounded like she was crazy. She put down her knife on the table and banged the table slightly with her fist, she then looked down on her plate her hair covering her face.
Katherine then looked up slowly at him except her expression was different it was stoic and had no emotion looking almost as if she was crazy. Her eyes were cold, icy and sharp squinting slightly looking directly at Hanako. She spoke " listen up you worthless piece of human shit, if I help you with your creepy ass request would you leave me the hell alone?"
She groaned as she spoke those words, She continued " And I'm guessing you want this because you have a crush on someone if you truly want someone to like you please change that haircut if I could I would have burnt it straight off your skull, Not even a roach would take interest in you, And I will not go easy on you and let's make one thing clear",
She paused then continued "I am in no circumstance YOUR FRIEND got it? Put that thing clear in your head just cause I'm helping you doesn't mean I'm your friend. I'm only doing it as if its charity work actually no, I'm doing this because I want your lame, brainless looking ass away from me, I feel bad for your parent's, man how couldn't have they died already, If you were my child I would have killed you already. I might have to pay them to stick with you",
She sighed and ran her fingers through her silky hair, she laid back on her chair and looked at him while folding her arms across her chest. She spoke " today will be your first damned lesson right here right now, even I can't believe I agreed to do this. And my hair colour is light brown with dark blond and light brown highlights and before you ask yes it's natural and I think copper is one of the colours in my hair",
she looked at a strand of her hair then let go of it before looking back at Hanako and continuing " Your the last person I would want to talk about hair with I mean did your barber scam you or don't you have enough money to get a proper haircut want to me to give you money"? she grinned before she had her devilish smirk on.
" Now onto this lesson, let's start with the basic stuff you need to improve your looks as I said you look like a homeless wanna be 90s teenager and no one likes that unless their weird with no taste or if they feel bad for you, But that's not my problem. Today I will teach you the importance of eye contact how your eyes could speak a million words", she spoke while now leaning forward her crossed arms are now onto the table.
She was watching Hanako's reaction to every word she says, she stopped there just to see what Hanako would say or how he would react but she didn't show that she was tracking and noticing his every move, his every word and his every action. It would probably be easy for Katherine to notice his habits. She would teach him how the eyes were the ones who spoke louder than any facial expression. And how the eyes were the ones that expose your true feelings.
Happiness can be found even in the darkest times,If one only remembers to turn on the light.
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[font=PT Sans]“ Oh please, that’ll just be waking up from a nightmare, to a nightmare” he shivered at the thought of having a picture of Katherine anywhere near him. “ Your singing to Shake it Off was so horrible. Miss Swift would be utterly disappointed. D i s s a p o i n t e d, I say”
Katherine held her knife in an odd way. Hanako had to remind himself that they weren’t alone because she vividly reminded him of a thriller movie. How naturally unnerving she looked with a butter knife worried him. " Listen up you worthless piece of human shit, if I help you with your creepy ass request would you leave me the hell alone?"
“ Oh? What makes you think that? I just sprouted endless nonsense for weeks and spent my precious time following you only because I lovvveeedded talking to you” he rolled his eyes “ Yes, actually. I would appreciate it deeply. And your ears would as well, I assure you.”
Hanako wouldn’t say much while she talked. Mostly because he didn’t think he could respond to the many shades she threw at him. Seriously, it was endless. Every word she said seemed to seethe with intent to insult. It was magical. Perhaps she should teach him how to insult someone rather than flirt. He was sure she was capable of doing both. While her words were sharp, he only responded with a smile that didn’t reach his eyes. Only showing a few instances of change in his expression.
The first was a flicker of blush across his face when she mentioned a crush. “ Only real dummies get crushes, Labrouder. And before you say anything else, I'm self-aware..enough. I may be a loser and an idiot but at least not to that extent. “ he insisted firmly, not wanting Katherine to misunderstand his intentions. “ There's just something I want to keep but it keeps running away. I’m sure you know how troublesome it is for your pet to constantly run away, no?”
Calling his friend a pet was a bit too much. But he couldn’t think of another analogy to describe his irritation to Percival constantly talking and meeting new people. He was certain it wasn’t romantic interest that had driven Hanako to this point. But it wasn’t friendship either, he thinks. He just wanted Percival near him. Constantly. So, friendship then. Fine, but he wasn’t going to mention the word ‘ friend’ in front of Kath.
The second was when she mentioned a no friend rule, to which Hanako grinned pleasantly. “ A strictly transactional relationship works for me~. Your words for wisdom for my promise of never annoying you again. Purposely, that is.”
And third, was when she insulted his hair for the 3rd time today. “ What is it that you have against my hair so much? Where did his hostility come from?” he dramatically feigned hurt while twirling a few strands of short locks from his hair. He only took care of his hair, he didn’t think he needed to style it so much. And what was wrong with his current hair anyway? Many things, as Katherine liked to remind him. It was hard not to be insulted when the same insult is hurled towards you all the time.
“ Wait..we’re starting now? No..notebook or heads up on my assignment or anything?” he asked suspiciously. “ Eye contact “ he repeated slowly, not trying hard enough to hide his growing smile. “ psftttt. This was the first lesson you chose to teach me? I think I know enough about eye contact, teach. Observe~” He stared at her straight in her eyes and began a series of different eye expressions.
He widened his eyes “ surprise". He narrowed his eyes"angry “. He blinked slowly “ brain.exe processing the bullcrap you just said. It's not a million words, Labrouder. One adjective works well enough. Yea, I think I’m already well versed with how eye contact works” he bragged a bit too smugly.[/font]
@Katherine Labrouder
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Katherine had rolled her eyes at Hanako's attempts at sassy comebacks, I guess not anyone can do it. Katherine was listening to this moron rant about how idiots have crushes and something about pets running away. Katherine noticed a tiny flicker of blush cross Hanakos cheeks. That dumbass was just giving himself away the more he talked.
Katherine responded ” Well I’m glad that you know that your an idiot and a loser, but sometimes there's no other answer than you must be an idiot and loser to that extent. Also future advice the more you talk the more you expose yourself”, Katherine laid back on her chair and crossed her arms. ” So shut up and stop speaking too much will you?”,
She took a small pause thinking of the pet issue he has. Calculating the flicker of blush on his face, Kath had concluded it might not be a pet unless this psychopath had romantic feelings for an actual animal. It's not something far out of the reach of Hanako, so if he actually had a crush on a pet it wouldn't be surprising.
She spoke ” this pet problem of yours, is quite easy. Lay out some enticing snack that they can't resist. But not too much so they dont get bored and leave, only enough to hook them though. Just a small taste and as soon as they get that, take it away. So they'd be craving more and more of it till they're addicted and can't get enough of it.”,
It's quite an easy solution but of course, Mr shit hairstyle wouldn't be able to see it on his own. He needs someone to show him the way. She responded to his hair comment” Hana I don't know if you don't own mirrors, but your hairstyle has been dead for a whole era.No wonder this pet of yours won't look your way. I’d be tormented for life if I had to see your shit hairstyle every day of my life.”,
Katherine had watched as Hanako attempted a toddler's way of expressing themselves through their eyes. She was contemplating if teaching him was worth it. Since she felt the urge to murder him right then and there. She didn't show it of course she just had a very unamused look on her face. She leaned forward to the table and told Hana to watch the Slytherin’s table.
She picked one guy on that table and informed Hana to watch she didn't point only described him to hana. She then proceeded to wait till the Slytherin student looked her way and then here came the eye contact. She had kept that eye contact, but lowered her eyelids only a tad bit.
Flirtiness radiated off her eyes as if she was interested in the poor fellow. She gave a small soft smirk, till the student had an obvious blush on his face and broke eye contact. As he drank his water, he immediately after choked on it and started coughing hard. Katherine snickered and looked at Hana, in almost a challenging way.
She spoke” Now if you're so confident Mr know it all, see those two friends on the Hufflepuff table: the girl and the guy next to her? choose your pick. But the challenge is to get one of them to be flustered just like how I did it, if you pass then we move to the next tip.”,
Katherine gave the challenge with a confident devilish smirk knowing damn well that Hana had no chance, She’d enjoy bursting his bubble of cockiness. It takes time to master such things, and Hana was way too dumb to reach such levels. She’d observe what happens next.
Happiness can be found even in the darkest times,If one only remembers to turn on the light.
Wooing 101 : Lesson 1
” Well I’m glad that you know that your an idiot and a loser, but sometimes there's no other answer than you must be an idiot and loser to that extent. Also future advice the more you talk the more you expose yourself”, Katherine laid back on her chair and crossed her arms. ” So shut up and stop speaking too much will you?”
“ I- well I disagree. Speaking helps. Speaking distracts. But fine, I’ll humour you”. He was not eager to argue further on the subject. He didn’t know what Katherin picked up from him talking a lot, apart from the fact that he was an annoying prat. But he wasn’t in the mood to discuss who was right and who was wrong. Besides, in a way, he sort of at least owed her to take the lead in this conversation. As much as he didn’t want to.
” this pet problem of yours, is quite easy. Lay out some enticing snack that they can't resist. But not too much so they dont get bored and leave, only enough to hook them though. Just a small taste and as soon as they get that, take it away. So they'd be craving more and more of it till they're addicted and can't get enough of it.”,
“ A huh? A what now? Snack ?” he sent her a dubious look at first, which morphed to an understanding one the more he had time to dwell on the idea. In a way was he supposed to be a snack for Percival? Thats kinda- um. Weird definitely weird. But hey if it worked.. Then maybe Katherine was onto something here.
” Hana I don't know if you don't own mirrors, but your hairstyle has been dead for a whole era. No wonder this pet of yours won't look your way. I’d be tormented for life if I had to see your shit hairstyle every day of my life.”,
And the unnecessary insults just keep on coming. He scoffed, and opened his mouth eager to remind Katherine just how little he cares about that, but kept his mouth shut in the end. His hairstyle was simply the easiest to maintain. He kept it clean and neat. He had yet to understand the big fuss of how hairs should look like this thing to be fixated on. But again, he was here to seek her help. And if she said he needed to change her hairstyle, maybe it was time to visit the barber or whatever. “ Fine. You do it. You tell me what makes my hair less atrocious to you.” he rolled his eyes. “ Do I need to pay you extra for this or does this come with the package ?”
His eye contact with her seemed to annoy her even more. She hasn’t even said much to him, only to look at the Slytherin table. She did what seemed to be a demonstration, to which Hanako merely watched with low interest in the beginning. What’s eye contact going to do to someone, really?
A lot.
A lot, actually.
He moved his back back and forth between her and the unlucky chap that fell under her spell, his curiosity growing by the second. “ Unbelievable…” he uttered under his breath, still not quite believing what just happened. “ How is it that- with just- and you -” he forgot english for a second there.
” Now if you're so confident Mr know it all, see those two friends on the Hufflepuff table: the girl and the guy next to her? choose your pick. But the challenge is to get one of them to be flustered just like how I did it, if you pass then we move to the next tip.”,
It was that moment where Hanako started to think not everything Katherine said was just bullshit. He did his best to hide his enthusiasm in this new… thing. Sure, he loved distracting people. To know there was a solid method other than just annoying people was..well.. Like he just found a new toy to play with. “ Watch me “ he grinned confidently before his eyes flickered towards the hufflepuff girl peacefully eating her meal. Time to ruin that.
He was half tempted to get her attention quick by whistling but Katherine did it without so much of a sound, so he’ll pick the boring path of just waiting for them to look in his direction. They looked confused.
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But it seemed just the fact that someone is looking at her so intently has caught her attention. Perhaps not a regular thing for her? Hanako could not relate. Being cute was always a curse and a blessing. He stopped himself before he could continue stroking his ego and focused back on the Hufflepuff girl instead.
How did he do?
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Not…as well as he expected. His eye contact only managed to stay for so long before it directed itself towards something more comfortable to look at, like back at Labraouder. Though looking at her only scared him into looking back at the girl, who thankfully still had her eye on him. When did staring at someone get to hard? He bit back an uncomfortable cough and shoved his discomfort back to his throat. What did they do in those romance novels? Oh yea yea - Hanako brushed the front of his hair back and sent a wink. It was noticeably weaker than his usual ones.
Fortunately the girl had low standards. She dropped her spoon with a gentle *clang* and tore her eyes away from Hanako. Her face visibly red as she fought back a smile. Hanako looked back to Katherine with a smile of his own. One thats more cockier than the Hufflepuff girl gave.
“ Eyyy see~. Easy peasy. Next lesson “
@Katherine Labrouder and mentioning @Percival Rainwood
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Kath rolled her eyes at the dumbass in front of her and his claims of speaking helps. Speaking helps what? Yea speaking does help, it helps expose everything you want to be hidden from the person in front of you. But no, Hanako likes speaking, he thinks it helps, and he enjoys his secrets being on full public display. Kath rolled her eyes at the claim, she saw what he couldn’t.
Katherine was really holding the urge to choke him from how thick he is. How stupid could one get? He just exposed himself it isn't some pet problem but an actual human. He just proved how dumb he is by himself. She was pleased that he gave her the option to recommend a hairstyle other than his extinct haircut.
She leaned forward on the table in front of her and rested her chin slightly on the back of her hand thinking till she spoke ” glad you finally admitted it being atrocious, Hmm what can change you from looking like a homeless man to an actually decent human being, maybe some layers to give justice to your facial features, Depends on what look you’re going for”,
Kath devilishly smirked ” No, no need I’m feeling very charitable today, One does need to help the ones in need every now and then and I just simply feel kind-hearted today, for a few minutes anyways”, She looked at him with amusement in her sharp icy eyes.
Going back to her original position and laid back in her seat with her hands crossed. After she had attempted to challenge Hanako, She had a cocky smirk on seeing how flabbergasted he was at what she had done. Proving her point that she just stated to Hana, She watched him now attempt her challenge.
It was hilarious how Hana just stared intently at the girl, he looked like a creep like the ones who stalk you and are fully obsessed with you, Or he was just purely a desperate wimp you can choose your pick. She watched as he completed his first mission then looked back at Kath Causing Kath to raise an eyebrow.
She gave him a death glare to continue the second part, He couldn't back out after all that talk. Even if he couldn't do it he should at least try, it’d be less embarrassing than forfeiting this deep into the challenge. That should have been a lesson to him, whether he’d learn from it or not was up to him.
Then she wished he forfeited after his little action, what in the bloody hell was that. Kath cringed hard, she could have almost gagged. Not only was his hairstyle expired decades ago but also his ways of flirty actions. Surprisingly, it had worked on the girl. He got lucky with an easy pick and a girl with really crappy taste as if she has never had a guy flirt with her.
Kath wasn't a religious one but if she was she would have prayed for that girl's choice of men and standards for them. She’d give it to Hanako this time, he just got lucky ” Easy peasy my ass you got lucky in this one ill give it to you, But before we go to the next thing NEVER and I mean NEVER do that action you just did, that was horrifying to watch not only is your hairstyle expired but your choice of flirting is even worse”,
The Gryffindor rolled her eyes and let out a sigh, the dumbass in front of her needed a lot of work and a lot was an understatement.” The next thing is flirting, since you clearly need help in it and I pretty am sure you need help in general with your life. But we won't get into that this time. Now It’s just flirting”,
She paused then spoke ” What do you know about flirting Hanako? I know you are overly talkative and your actions of flirting are twice as traumatising so humour me how good are you with the play of words?”, She watched him intently with her storm-coloured eyes, trying to see how much his little brain is capable of holding the information shell give him and when hell reach his mental capacity.
” I also want you to give me an example of what u think flirting is since if flirting is used correctly you would be unlocking a powerful weapon in your hands”, She wanted an insider of how Hanako thought about all this.
Happiness can be found even in the darkest times,If one only remembers to turn on the light.
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” Glad you finally admitted it being atrocious, Hmm what can change you from looking like a homeless man to an actually decent human being, maybe some layers to give justice to your facial features, Depends on what look you’re going for”,
If it weren’t for her merciless attacks on his hair, he would’ve been flattered that she basically said he wasn’t that bad looking, physical wise. He noticed it for sure, but what was the point of bringing it up? She’ll just somehow turn in into another needlessly insulting remark. He’ll just be pleased about it and keep it to himself. Hair was at least much easier to fix than what he was born with already.
” No, no need I’m feeling very charitable today,” she said in response to his question about this being in the package. “ One does need to help the ones in need every now and then and I just simply feel kind-hearted today, for a few minutes anyways”,
“ I really, can’t believe you out of all people just said that “ he smirked at the amusement of it. “ But I suppose you’re right. Do have pity on my pathetic being. I'll go with whatever you suggest. How dare I even make a suggestion on what I want? “ he said with jest. At least she looked like she was having fun imagining how to ‘fix’ him. Perhaps it will be one of those things in movie montages where he could do the (before) and (after) revelation and just shock everyone. Would Rainwood…be shocked? And in a good way maybe? Perhaps? Hopefully? He shakes his head, discarding the useless thought.
While he was pleased at his first attemp - mind you, FIRST ATTEMPT - at this whole…wooing 101 thing, Labraouder saw it differently.
” Easy peasy my ass you got lucky in this one ill give it to you, But before we go to the next thing NEVER and I mean NEVER do that action you just did, that was horrifying to watch not only is your hairstyle expired but your choice of flirting is even worse”,
“ I- just what did I do that was so bad?!” he was exasperated at this point. It was like everything he did was wrong. She really was forgetting that this whole thing was totally new to him, certainly? At it could’ve been worse! And it was non-stop attacks at his hair! Still, he had to take a deep breath and reminded himself that it was him asking her for help, not the other way around. “ Fine “ he tensed. “ Just what exactly did I do wrong. And can that be fixed through more practice? “
” The next thing is flirting, since you clearly need help in it and I pretty am sure you need help in general with your life. But we won't get into that this time. Now It’s just flirting. What do you know about flirting Hanako? I know you are overly talkative and your actions of flirting are twice as traumatising so humour me how good are you with the play of words?”, She watched him intently with her storm-coloured eyes. He had an uncanny feeling that she was looking down on him, but that was nothing new. ” I also want you to give me an example of what u think flirting is since if flirting is used correctly you would be unlocking a powerful weapon in your hands”,
“ Flirting…” he tensed. “ With..words?” This sounded ridiculous. Couldn’t he just go along with people by giving them eye contact? He held back from asking, thinking it would make Labraouder strangle him. “ I don’t ..know..” maybe being truthful would be the best approach. “ It’s kinda…gross. Like..if you want to kiss me just do it. Why does it need to be voiced out? My parents never did anything like that and they turned out fine “. Hanako was innocently unaware at this point in his lifetime, but they were in fact- not fine. He was merely grasping at the only information regarding flirting that he got. He refrained from telling Labraouder that his parents hadn’t really kissed either. Or..be in the same room with one another for a while now.
Grooossss this wass sooo groossss. Hanako hid back his disgust behind a grimace. Just one example... one example.... He pondered slightly before he gazed back to Katherine. " Hey cutie, wanna play Minecraft?" And he was deadass serious, from the grin on his face and his attempt at a smooth tone. Key word: attempt. " I'll let you tame cats ".
@Katherine Labrouder