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We can do it presents, then cake, then dinner, then a night out on the town!
That'd end the day out in a sizzle instead of a KA-BLAM, right??
So...
It's definitely better to do it Ibuki's way! So we can end her birthday in a huge BA-BANG like you're supposed to!
[That...
Was all talked out and decided in like, two breaths, tops. All while continuing to scratch his neck and shoulders.
But it gets followed by her pulling her hand back and away, instead crossing her arms and looking at him with a big smile.]
So, where to first?
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...Yeah, try to playfully "call her out" for getting cheeky; you've got a fuckin' cute-little-animal face.
That said he -- snickers, nice and nasal. "Heh...!" Snout wrinkling and teeth showin' clear. Shuts his eyes with relish at the continued scrrritchin'!
...While, all the while, his paws tighten in her fur for balance. So he can waddle up a bit more and...!
...Put his little... rat-arms around her leg. Chin planted on it and snout aimed upward.
He meant it to be equivalent to, like, putting his hands on her waist and getting all close. Son, you can just... change back, you know. This really doesn't have quite the same effect.
That said, his eyes twitch back open again. Barely. A "S -- !" sticks in his throat, momentarily.]
... -- Start with gettin' ourselves each a cuppa -- how about that...
[Everything... coming out on heavy, ragged-edged swells and swelters of air before it presses itself thin and tapers itself sealed at the very end.
That said, though, weeeell...!
...What he means by that. You know that cafe you went to that had the bloody-looking tea on your first date-date, Ibuki?
Seemed about right to start a special day there...!
And judgin' by the way his eyes and grin are pinning up, he clearly thinks he's bein' so cute and clever by proposing they start by bringing it back around to "here - let's start by getting you some tea".]
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[Said as her brows scrunch up with some confusion, though that smile doesn't leave her face - head tilting and everything to sell the look of an amused but confused dog.
Which also is sold by the fact that she has a dog face.
But that quickly leaves as she seems to realize what he's getting at --!]
- Oh! Like -
"A cup of"... tea! Or coffee! You wanna go to a cafe!
[-- Only for it to fall back into a look of confusion.]
Wwwait. You can't have tea or coffee, what kinda "cuppa" would you have at a cafe...?
'Cause you sure aren't taking any from the baristas, I like those guys!
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Nose lifting into the air again once she does it! Body practically puffing under her claws! Thaaaat's right -- ...! Whaddya think? That sound like a good way to start the day -- ?!
...Eyes... widening when she makes that face again. Mouth taking on the shape of a triangle. What... did he say...
-- Ohh, pff --
Eyes fall again. Coughs out an oh, please kind of pffhhuhhuhhuh...
...Before he draws his grin back out. Punctuates this dusting-out with another boost-and-sink of his brow.]
... -- Think of it as takin' one for the team -- ...!
[...Getting himself a coffee, he means.
Fact of the matter is, actually, that he's getting a bit bolder. He's kind of been meaning to try this for a while! It's just been -- y'know, slipping his mind. You hit a point of developing an oversensitive vampire stomach and it's difficult to really recover a long-since lost investment in seeing what you can eat and drink.
The whole horumonyaki advent, however! It's gotten him into kind of a state of I wonder...!
My stomach just need some time to toughen itself back up?
And this is a good excuse to get experimentin' outta the way! C'mon, he's getting coffee. It's all liquid! If it makes him sick, he can, I dunno... pop into a bathroom while they're out or something and be good in... probably just about ten minutes!
It's probably not gonna be hard for Ibuki to guess that that's what's going on, either! Considering, one, Lucas isn't really the... "take one for the team" type of guy, for its own sake, especially considering furthermore him having a cup of coffee doesn't... actually benefit her in any way.]
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Him getting used to having coffee benefits her in a lot of ways! Like, for one, he's a vampire - surely that means the caffeine would hit his system faster than it would otherwise, right? More awake faster and sooner means more time to play!
Not only that, but if he can drink coffee (or tea!), that means taking him to cafes instead of going alone, like she's mostly been doing this whole time. She does take him to cafes if they offer something... vampire-esque that he can enjoy, but otherwise?
It's easier to just go on her own to try all the treats they've got.
That said, though, she starts to straighten herself back up - stopping half-way to stretch her knees with her palms against them, complete with a little "mmmmh!"-sound of exertion - and stands up tall, stretching her arms behind her head to match...
Before smiling down at him with her hands on her hips. All sorts of ready to go.]
Okie dokie, then -
If you're really going to "take one for the team", then I'm ready when you are, big cat!
... Or maybe "big rat"?
Maybe you should change back so Ibuki doesn't get stuck on that...
[... At least she's self-aware.]
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...And if she's actually considering them on her own end, good on her, because god knows he's not. 8)b Even now that he has gotten back to a lifestyle that involves some form of sleep cycle, the idea of actually being able to take caffeine again is just a... "hey, I used to like this thing! Let's experiment with trying to have it again!" frivolity.
He... grimaces a little bit, as she gets up? Kind of, considering his rat face? The area around his eyes tensing, teeth showing in a faintly warped shape. Whiskers twitching with one twitch likewise of his nose. Paws his way against her leg to go back from huggin' to propping himself up.
It rests out when she smiles.
...And twists hard right up into a grin...! He wheezes a few laughs through his teeth...! Pushes off further back onto all fours...!
Before with a woosh, there 'e is in front of her lookin' back down a her from a head above again.
His head lolls aside as his eyes widen. Grabs her paw, swings it between them a couple of times as he begins to turn. With a faint tug at her arm. His other one, as well, swings with pent-up charge.]
-- So whaddya think -- you wanna pick up a couple more TOYS while we're out, too?!
[Punctuated by a higher swing-up of his arm, palm up. "SHALL WE?"]
Play with aaall the li'l LIZARDS 'n all that again -- !
[Just filtering and whining tapered into his nose before snuffing.
...Also, oh. You. Meant those kinds of toys.]