video;

[negativegate]

It's been a rough few days with that curse and all, so...

[Rather than find people to hug, Rita has set her device to video. And now she pulls it into her chest and hugs it, giving it a good half-minute squeeze before she pulls it away, face now red.]

Th-that's all you're getting from me, got it?

[ooc: Cursed! Feel free to action either at the house or out and about in the City.]

Comments

[negativegate]

I just felt like you needed it--I don't even know why.

[Definitely, definitely a curse. An embarrassing one!]

[oceantrauma]

I felt like you needed one, too, since you were already hugging me.

[They were equal in this. Good. Now when was it going to end?]

[negativegate]

W-well...I didn't, but...Thanks.

[Rita finally steps back, well and truly flustered.]

This is some curse...

[oceantrauma]

Yes, it's...unusual for me.

[negativegate]

I'm pretty sure it's unusual for most people... I mean, I guess hugging's okay between friends, but we don't a curse for that!

[oceantrauma]

R-really? I...I don't really hug my friends, either. Actually, other than my family and Wormmon, that's the only hugging I've done in a long time.

[negativegate]

Oh...really?

...Well, when you really do need it...

[She doesn't mind! As long as it's not a curse.]

[oceantrauma]

Yes.

[Flustered look. He isn't accustomed to thinking of when he might need it, either. Although, Rita was right - he needed one. He just didn't know it.]

...well. Okay.... When I do.

[negativegate]

It's just--it's what friends do!

[She says it firmly, trying to get around the embarrassment of both of them.]

[oceantrauma]

Oh, I didn't know friends did that too.

[Yeah, there's enough embarrassment between them for four people.]

For now...I'll take my leave. This curse doesn't seem to be done yet.

[negativegate]

Really? Well, now you do-

[And as if in response, Rita suddenly feels the compulsion to hug him again. A shorter one this time, at least.]

I-it's obviously not done... I'll see you later, okay?

[oceantrauma]

[He at least, mildly, smiles to that, and doesn't brush her off, but hugs her again, as well.]

Yes, okay. I'll see you later.

[negativegate]

[Rita still blushes, but waves him goodbye.]

Yeah. Take care.