songerein | The Adventure of the Telltale Hearts [Closed]

Who: Beat and Gina
Which: Log (Closed)
Where: Around town
What: Gina and Beat share candy hearts, sneezes and secrets
Warnings: None yet, will update if needed

[Gina hasn't been in the best mood lately, given some recent departures. One way to cheer herself up has been through trying to indulge her sweet tooth. And she does recall candy and chocolate being plentiful this time of year! ...But all she's found so far was this box of candy hearts. She didn't even listen to what she was told about them - she just remembers trying some out and thinking that they tasted like... well, what she imagined chalk might taste like. Not even a life on the streets could make her eager to eat these! But she also doesn't want to waste them, so she seeks out someone to give them to.

And so Gina eventually spots a familiar face. Beat. ...It is nice to see someone who's still around, someone she definitely doesn't dislike, even if she's hidden much of that emotion behind their rivalry. She greets him with a smirk.]

Oi, Beat. [She holds up the box of candy hearts.] You like this stuff?

[Why does she feel a little sniffly right now...?]

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[As much as Beat enjoyed the change of weather and the snow that came with it, he was getting pretty sick of it. And the glitter didn't make things any better either. He'd wanted to skateboard outside once more, but the threat of ice paving over the ground made it a little too dangerous to attempt, even for him.

So when Gina finds him, he has just begun making his way to the skate park, hoping to skate the restlessness away. He stops and turns to her upon hearing the greeting, smiling back at her as he tucks his skateboard under his arm.]

Yo, Gina!

[Anything else he's about to say is cut off when the box is held up to his face. His brows furrow at it, never having seen anything like it before.]

Why you givin' me a box a' toy hearts?

[She gives a little laugh at that description, while holding the box out to him.]

Toys? It ain't toys, it's candies. [Still, there's the matter of the actual question he asked. Poo h great, this could be considered some dumb romantic gift, right? Some color comes to Gina's cheeks as she goes on.]

An' I'm givin' them to you 'cause I don't want 'em! That's aaaAAAAACHOOOOO!!

[That quickly turns into a sneeze, unleashing a blast of rose petals! Not only that, but it blows the box out of her hand and directly towards Beat's face. It was open too, so candy hearts scatter everywhere!!]

[As if the sneeze wasn't enough to catch Beat off guard, the petals exploding right at his face is enough to do the job. He takes a step back, falling clear on his ass in surprise, only for the petals and the candy hearts to rain down around him. He groans at first rubbing at his backside before looking back up at Gina.]

Hey, you aight there? That was one helluva sneeze.

[Of course he's more worried about Gina rather than himself. And it doesn't seem like he's noticed the hearts surrounding him just yet.]

I- I'm fine!! [She sniffles, trying to keep it from happening again. But she is very much embarrassed by that.]

Sorry, didn't mean to blast ya like that. ...Oi, watch out though. Them candies got everywhere. [She sighs. Can't just leave them on the ground like this, even if they can't be eaten now. She leans over to pick some up. They have a variety of lovey dovey messages on them, with some displaying messages like "♡BEAT" and "G+B"]

[He'd ask again but he knows that she can be stubborn at times, so he stops for now. Instead, he adjusts himself to help her clean up the candies that had fallen to the ground, picking them up into his hand.

Reaching out, for a couple, he finally notices the text written on the hearts and he stares at one labeled "G+B" for a long moment. Then he flips it over and holds it up for Gina to see.]

Yo... Is G supposed to be you? [A pause.] Who's B supposed to be?

Wot? [She asks sharply, as she looks towards the piece being held up. Her cheeks grow redder.]

W-wot're you goin' on about?! I- I got nuffin' to do wiv these things! Why would it be my name or your name or, or-

[Her cheeks glow redder as she rambles, as she can't help but see those letters as standing for her and Beat's names and she doesn't know what to do about it. Thankfully her body has something else in mind, as she sneezes another blast of rose petals at him!]

[A slow, sinking realization begins to sink in. He's never been able to settle things with Gina. To think they'd already bumped into each other a few times and never talked about it. Of course, he would mess something like this up... Beat couldn't help but feel like an absolute asshole right now.]

Gina, I...

[He opens his mouth to... No, he doesn't plan to make excuses. But before he can even get another word out he's showered with petals once more. He doesn't fall over this time but it still catches him by surprise. Okay, yeah some got into his mouth but Beat spits it out and reaches over, placing a hand on Gina's shoulder.]

Yo, you seriously okay? You sneezin' up a storm.

[There's no way she ate an entire bouquet of flowers, right?]

[His hand's on her shoulder now. She feels a bit too warm now, as she looks down towards their feet instead of at Beat himself. Her attempts at angry outbursts just sound like grumbling now.]

'C-'course I'm fine. [She sniffles and rubs at her nose.]

I ain't sick or nuffin'. Dunno where this came from. Didn't happen 'til I... 'til I saw you.

[Her voice grows softer as she starts to put it together - and she sinks her head lower, tugging her hat down more.]

Til you saw me?

[While the gears in Beat's head start ticking, he's still not able to put together the correlation of the candied hearts and the sneezing that had just overcome Gina.]

Shit, it's probably Chiko, yeah? Lil' guy's shedding gettin' wild right now.

[Beat... He's not wrong though as dog hairs seem present on his jacket. Removing his hand from Gina's shoulder, he starts dusting off his clothes away from her so it doesn't aggravate things further.]

Wa- wot?

[Now she's sidetracked by befuddlement as Beat reaches that conclusion and starts dusting his clothes. She can't help but laugh.]

'Course it ain't, you lug! I ain't 'ad problems 'round Chiko before. An' I live wiv a pup on top of it all! None of 'em are ever gonna make me sneeze. [She snickers some more, watching him go at the jacket. He can be oddly cute when his head is empty.]

[Wait a minute... she's right. But doesn't stop him from making sure he's as close to spotless as he can get. Despite putting a lot of effort into it, it's hard to get all the fur off with just his hands.]

Naw, you's right. But I don't know what else it's gotta be if it ain't that.

[But at least she's not sneezing right now. We'll take that as a win.]

[She does sniffle some more! But not another sneeze, yet. Now that they've settled that it's not Chiko, they're back to the realization Gina just made, with color returning to her cheeks.]

Don't you get it? It ain't yer dog, but it...

[She meekly gestures towards the candy hearts and rose petals around their feet, her voice dropping down softer while she looks downward.]

...it's you.

Me?

[Beat tilts his head confused at her accusation. He wasn't sure how he might be causing her to sneeze the way she had been, especially if it wasn't because of Hachiko.

But his gaze follows Gina as she gestures towards the candy hearts. Slowly, he starts to connect the dots, picking up from his realization from earlier as well. He opens his mouth, something between a gasp and a scoff leaving him.]

You think all that is 'cause of me? [He punctuates the sentence by pointing at himself. Then he moves to do the same to Gina.] ...And you?

[Shit.]

Y-yeah! It's gotta be!

[Her cheeks flare up some more as she raises her gaze to look right at him, her heart awash with warm feelings. There's really no denying it. She might as well just spell it out and get it over with!]

It, it's all 'cause I like-

-YCHOOOOOOO!

[That last word turns into a sneeze, as she unleashes another blast of rose petals at close range!]

The Adventure of the Telltale Hearts [Closed]

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