"H-Hi Jaden. Sexy weather today isn't it? I mean, uh, hi!"
"Hello Alexis, it's.... it's really cute... I mean great to see you."
Meanwhile, perched behind some bushes holding up a pair of twigs on either side of their heads in a lame attempt at camoflage that wouldn't fool someone that was short sighted and didn't particularly care that they were there to begin with, were Jasmine and Mindy. They looked between the pair, and sighed out of either frustration or appreciation at the sight before them."
"Look at them!" Jasmine whispered. "They're so in love!"
"It's so cute! Look, they're even fidgeting in synch, and they've not even noticed!"
It was true. The pair of them were going through a cycle of staring at the ground, becoming self conscious, shuffling their feet, becoming self conscious, playing with their hands, becoming self conscious, staring at the ground... More to the point, neither of them had said anything of substance or even attempted eye contact with the other in the ten minutes the conversation went on. Nor did they notice the two in the bushes, which said something considering that they blended in the greenery every bit as well as an irradiated zebra. Luckily, there's only so much nothing that a person is capable of saying before they're forced into more substantial areas of conversation. Case in point:
"You know what... what I like doing?" Jaden asked.
"You like to duel!"
"I was gonna say t-talking to you, but... but I like duelling, yeah!"
"... Wanna... wanna duel?" Alexis said, managing all new shades of red in her cheeks that mankind had yet to discover.
"S-sure thing! I, well, love you - I mean, duelling you!"
Their duel disks were out in quick fashion. Ah yes, now the two of them were speaking a language they were both fluent in. Strategy, tactics, thinking on your feet. Here, they could talk about the game, talk smack, get into each other's heads without thinking about their feelings for each other... At least, they could do that in a normal duel. But not here. Not since Alexis made that wish. The effect of it was now playing upon them and their decks, which were undergoing some rather unusual alterations. Furthermore, the rules of the game were altering a little as well.
Sun Nov 28 01:27:01 2010