[ He's not a fan. Do this, do that, acclimate to your roles immediately -- it's stifling. Too stifling for a Kaoru who's nervously shuffling and waving away attention he would've so easily ( and happily ) welcomed before. The orientation was for prepping and informing, but it's not as if the status he's been given is anything out of the ordinary. It's responsibility and expectation that weighs him down and feels like home, and he hates how choking it feels. Just when you thought you were finally cool with the way your future was heading, fate drops you smack dab in the middle of unknown territory.

He finds himself wandering away from fake smiles and even faker niceties and into the Down, which honestly leaves him feeling even more crestfallen than before. Girl, you live like this...? No one should be down here. He catches a few teenagers milling about in the corner of an eye at a fancy gift basket he's been carrying that'd long been forgotten in thought, and waves to catch their attention.

He's passing out the goods willingly, favorably, and it's probably not the sort of thing a guy should be doing with the way things are right now, but... ]

[ Ah. Someone was watching. ]

Hahah... -- mmh, think you can keep a little secret for me? Otherwise I'm about to get in a whole lot of trouble, I guess... aaand, I really, kinda, don't want to be in that spot right now. It'd help me out if you did... ah, not that I'm going to bribe you or anything.

Despite being a 'dominant' and all... I'm not sure I'm really cut out for it.

[ He gives a tired, nervous smile. ]

[ Okay. Oookay. He's looking around to see if everyone is totally fine with this softcore demonstration. It's certainly lifting an eyebrow or two over here. Truth be told, he probably wouldn't have showed up if some cute girl hadn't asked him to, but now Kaoru doesn't see her within the crowd. Not that there aren't plenty of other cute, uncontracted flowers bouncing about, but... ]

[ Ugh, are his cheeks red? Or maybe it's a different sort of heat? One of arousal, that is. The occasional passerby asking if wants to participate in a demonstration is equally distracting. ]

Uh, am I the only one who thought this was going to be more... I don't know. Less sexually-charged? Or like an actual conference? ... ahah, though come to think of it... honestly, I should've seen it coming right from the start. And now I can't find the little Venus-chan who led me here....

[ un: cutback ]
just so happened to pass
the beach and it's, well,
totally deserted in the 
middle of the day? please
tell me it's not haunted


[ Hit me! Anything's fine, really. ]