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[meme] when you say nothing at all

A picture's worth a thousand words, but what about an action? When you're with someone, or even just so attracted to a person that you've watched them for a while, you are probably tuned in to them more than any random off the street. You can read their body language. You know their moods, what makes them happy or sad or angry, and, hopefully, how to comfort them or cheer them up. Words aren't the only way to do this: an embrace, a soft kiss, or even an offer of a hand could be worth a MILLION words.

THE CHALLENGE: This is a shipping meme, with a hitch. That hitch? The first FIVE comments between both characters must contain no dialogue. Only actions are allowed for communication.

HARD MODE: The first ten comments between both characters must contain no dialogue.

DANTE MUST DIE MODE: The entire thread between both characters must contain no dialogue.

ALTERNATIVE MODE: I'm open to playing this scenario but as a non-shipping thing too! Just let me know.

> Comment with your character and call out one of mine found HERE.
> Write a starter scenario! Or if you don't want to, I'll reply to you with one instead!
> Profit!

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[Souji spots Naoto as they're both on their way out of school. He doesn't say anything in greeting - as usual - but just gives her a nod and a small smile to see if she wants to walk with him.]

[ Naoto appears to be preoccupied with her phone. She takes a few seconds to notice his presences and glances up, startled.

She takes a moment to recovery and returns the small smile, pocketing her phone. It's not often one gets the chance to walk home from school with Souji. Guy is buys. So she nods to him and proceeds to head toward the school gates. ]

[Odd how he seems to have more to do sometimes than the high school student who works full time as a private investigator.]

[He relaxes a bit at the acknowledgment and comes up alongside Naoto, slowing down just slightly to match her pace. It's cloudy as they walk out into the school courtyard and Souji looks up half-expectantly. He knew it was supposed to rain this afternoon, but the miraculous weather forecasts had still not quite managed to pin down when it was going to start.]

[ It's definitely a mystery she has yet to solve... though judging by the amount of friends he seems to have and how many clubs she's seen him in, she can certainly make some educated guesses why that might be. Not to mention she knows the others in the Investigation Team vie for his attention.

Cloudy but warm. The humid was heavy in the air, making even their summer uniforms uncomfortable. It would definitely rain just from the way the air felt. It might even storm too.

She walks along with him in silence, occasionally glancing at him but then quickly looking away in case he caught her. She carries her school bag at her side and her cell phone beeps from her pocket, but she ignores it. ]

[Souji's no would-be Holmes like his friend, but he's learned to notice subtle things like a person not answering her phone. He can certainly tell when he's being glanced at, and turns to catch Naoto's eye the next time she does it.]

[ FFFFF-

She blushes instantly when she's caught and looks away, staring determinedly at her feet instead. Jeez... Embarrassed, she quickly gets her cell phone out again to fiddle with it in order to distract herself. ]

[Souji wisely keeps his mouth shut instead of observing how cute Naoto gets when she's being shy. His expression says more or less the same thing, but fortunately she's concentrating on her phone right now.]

[He considers being extra-bold and offering his hand for a second, but is almost immediately distracted by the feeling of a rain drop hitting him directly on the nose. He looks up and sees that the rain is probably about to start seriously any minute now, and wordlessly starts rifling around for his umbrella.]

[ The rain drops catch her attention too as they're quick to start falling the moment she notices. A rumble of thunder accompanies it too though Naoto notes she hasn't seen lightning yet. She sighs, puts her phone away and quickly attempts to locate hers as well.

.... Shoot. She totally left it at school, didn't she...

Hopefully Souji has his because she will need to share it with him. It's such an awful cliche that it makes her cringe inwardly. ]

[After some fumbling and failed attempts to open it one-handed, Souji has his gray umbrella out and open.]

[He looks over at Naoto and, wordlessly, stands next to her so that the umbrella covers both of them.]

[What can he say? Sometimes clichés exist for good, practical reasons.]

[She looks really embarrassed by this but does not refuse the cover. After all it's starting to rain really hard and it would be foolish to risk getting wet when he has an umbrella for them to share. She still blushes and stares at her feet though, hugging her school bag to her chest instead to prevent it from getting wet too.]

[This is a time when being a head taller than most of your friends comes in handy.]

[...like a head and a half in Naoto's case, honestly. That said, they were both still getting a little wet with the rain really coming down like that.]

[Souji looks around. There's a better way to cover both of them than simply walking next to her, but he'd probably get punched in the chest if he pulled it out of nowhere when people were watching.]

[Fortunately, by this time, they're at the flood plain already, and no one was out playing in the rain aside from one very focused fisherman. With no witnesses around, he casually loops an arm around Naoto's shoulders to center the umbrella better.]

[Well he doesn't get punched but he does get a predictable sputtering flustered reaction. She turns pretty red at the sudden close proximity.

N-No senpai that's okay she'd honestly rather get a little wet instead...!

But she doesn't try to wiggle her way free or anything. At least not yet. She just looks very embarrassed. And it finally forces some words from her.]

Th... Thank you.

[It's really been a long day for the two of them. One part being involving with their school lives, another part with Naoto's line of work, and the last part being Rock's own daily training for the King of Fighters tournament. Roll all of that up with the two of them going around place to place and trying to piece all of that together, it kind of ends up going into a stress overload! Well for him, anyway. He still has no clue how Naoto can keep a straight face most of the time.

At least the two are able to take a break at the end of the day with the two back at his apartment and relax finally. And with a quick trip to the kitchen and back, Rock figures that planting a hand right over her shoulders from behind and pressing his thumb between her neck and shoulders to start massaging one of the most known tight spots muscle tension can get at-- and circling his other arm around her in a semi-hug and more offering her a hot cup of coffee with his other hand.

Now to guide her to the living room or the kitchen/dining room... where to sit her down at to relax is the real question.]

[ Naoto's passion for her work keeps her from stressing out about it too much. Though "passion" can sometimes be seena s "obssession" to a lot of outsiders. And on that front she wouldn't really disagree... Still she has a tendency to overwork herself. Even during downtime she's often mulling over paperwork.

Which is what she's doing right now despite agreeing to come over here and relax. She just can't seem to help herself, paper in hand and brows furrowed in concentration at its contents.

Thankfully Rock is a good distraction and she gasps softly at his sudden hand against her shoulders. She winces but the pain is a good kind of pain. Her shoulders are always tense; muscles always sore. Hunched over a desk or firing a gun made them easily sore. She rolls her shoulders a little and finally lowers the paper she was so focused on. Her attention finally shift from it to the coffee and she takes it with a soft chuckle. He knos best how to distract her all right.

She seems content to go anywhere so long as he promises to keep massaging her shoulders... though she does start to scoot them toward the living room a little. He may be the one with his arm around her but she has no qualms about controlling things still. ]

[Well! Looks like Naoto is the one that's going to take the initiative here in this case; which Rock doesn't even resist on following her on over to the living room and guiding her to the couch to where she can sit somewhere with her back facing him and even rest against him if she feels like it.

Now that she has taken the coffee from him, he brushes his hand right up her side to the other side of her shoulders for the massage to continue. With her rolling her shoulders like so, he figured he is doing a good enough job for it.

Still! He doesn't seem to stop any time soon here. Well at least for a little bit before he removes that same hand to go around her again to help unbutton her coat. Might as well kick back and relax while they're here!]

[ At least for the moment she did though once their seated she's content to get comfortable and let him do as he wills. She relaxes her muscles as he continues. And so long as he does continue she won't have any protests. Or reason to move.

She cups her coffee with both hands and sips it lazily. It was a dreary cold day so the warm beverage tasted great. It looked like it would rain at any moment.

... Ah. She'd forgotten to get comfortable at all when she got here. She sets the coffee down and allows him to undo the buttons. Once their finished she slips the coat off and tosses it at the arm to the couch. It lands not so perfectly but it makes it. She removes her hat too to join it. ]

[Oh, she's really letting herself relax now if she's going this far already! But not only that, but just getting that message of 'screw it' only added more of his urge to comfort and more or less cuddle with her.

So now that she had taken off her hat and coat off, he'll gently press his lips at the back of her head and slowly snakes his hands and arms around her body to a small snug of a hug. It was a pretty cold day after all, and days like this is perfect to lay on the couch with someone you like to keep warm!

But he had started to massage treatment, so he should at least continue where he left off. Should. But nah, let's enjoy this while it lasts for now. Or enjoy having his fingers toy along with the buttons of her shirt. Kind of surprising how a man's clothes looked pretty good on her... man, she'd probably rock in wearing only a long sleeved button up shirt too-- oh, and an idea that makes him shift in his spot for just a bit so him being turned on won't be TOO too noticeable!]

[The loss of his hands massaging her almost makes her whine but she remains silent. The gentle embrace is nice too and she sinks back a bit into the hug, smiling at the brush of his lips against the back of her head. She closes her eyes and feels his hands wander... and by leaning back against him she feels him shift too. He's sneaky about it but nothing can truly escape the sharp perception of a detective.

Naoto tilts her head back to look at him and smirks a little at him, arching an eye brow inquisitively. Whaaaat'cha thinkin' about over there? Besides the obvious.]

[ Oops. Busted. Still, he couldn't just let it stop from there! Seeing that smirk of hers on her face clued him that she was very very aware of what is going on so ... no point in hiding it.

So instead of shifting away, he moves his hips closer to press against her body so she can get a better feel of what he had been trying to hide. And he has grown very hard with just touching and kissing her like this... and he still continues with it by moving his hands over her chest to softly give her breasts a 'massage'. It should be pretty clear what he has been thinking now! ]

[Not that she couldn't guess but this definitely makes it more obvious all right. She lowers her gaze and blushes when he shifts closer to her. Just in case there was any doubt, she supposes...

Her breath hitches as his hands wander, worsening her blush but increasing the pleasant warmth that's starting to envelop her. She lets out an audible sigh though it catches on a soft groan. It's both a blessing and a curse to be so sensitive. But she likes where this is going and she bites her lower lip, fighting against the sensation to shut her eyes.]

[How both of them ended up near the riverbank with a dozen (or so) cats is anyone's guess, but between the mountain of petting and purring, one can almost make our most of Souji's silhouette against all of the fur.

As he looks towards the other, he gives them wave, pointing to one of the cats rolling on the ground. Look at that.]

[ What is she even looking at? How are there this many cats in Inaba and how do they always end up in one place? Conveniently a place always near Souji...

... Yes. Wow. The cat can roll over. Amazing...

She abruptly sneezes as all this cat hair is starting to clog the senses (or in Souji's case his entire brain...) and one of the smaller cats suddenly trying to climb up her back isn't entirely helping. ]

[Maybe he's born with. Maybe it's swagolyne.]

[And it's totally amazing, especially when he starts to give it a rub over its stomach and it purrs even louder, look Naoto, look!

But then he notices the cat trying to play with her, and doesn't want the claws to damage her outfit, so moves over and gently pries it away from her, before offering her his hand so they can leave. The cats are too occupied with the mound of catnip he left them to care about humans anyway.]

[ Naoto doesn't do such "cute" things like "play with adorable kitties"! ... She was kind of tempted to play with the kitties. To her credit she did pet one that rubbed against her knees and hadn't planned on removing the cat trying to climb on her.

But Souji kindly removes the scrambling cat who is happy to join the others around the catnip pile. She offers a small smile at the cats before her attention is drawn to his offered hand. She blushes faintly but takes it, using his weight to pull herself to her feet from where she had been crouching on the ground. ]

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[meme] when you say nothing at all

Let's get this started with Souji and Naoto

awww yeeeah

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Yooo Naoto~ Also lets go for hard mode

challenge accepted!!

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Pick your Poison (Select your character) | I'm sorry for this scenario

gross laughter (and since i'm already logged in Naoto it is)

dat face

it's usually her "yosuke no" face