rainbowfic | first date

Author: Chibi
Story: Sealomimi
Color: rose pink (want to go out?)
Styles and Supplies: resin + pastels (SALAD!), life drawing (yuri), silhouette, retouch! also collage + eraser (sealos + sealo hb) + vaudeville + illustration + modeling clay (a first date)!
Summary: Puppy and Hibiscus go on their first date!
Wordcount: 923
note: divider by cafekitsune on tumblr <3

"Hibby!" Puppy says. "We should go on a date!"

Hibby nods and Puppy gasps.

"REALLY?!" Puppy squeals and pulls out a list of destinations. "Where to?!" She asks. "We can go to Haliu, or, or go eat at this restaurant I found that owes me so I can get in whenever, or- or-!"

Hibby smiles. "Wherever you'd like to." She signs.

Puppy squeaks, grabs Hibby by the hand, and runs off towards the nearest restaurant.

"Hello!"

"I'm sorry, you need a reservat...ion." A pause. "...Nevermind, Puppy, I didn't realize it was you asking. Feel free to go to your usual spot. I will alert the servers to your presence."

"Thank you!" Puppy drags Hibby towards a table sitting in the corner, with gnawed-on bones right behind one of the chairs. "So... where do you wanna sit, Hibby?" She asks, letting go of Hibby's hand.

"..." Hibby sits in thought for a second, putting a hand to her chin, before pointing to the chair with the bones behind it. She moves on over to it and sits with the same elegance and grace that Puppy likes about her.

Puppy goes on ahead and jumps over to the chair across from her, tail wagging from side to side. They're on their first date! Isn't this exciting? She puts her paws in her lap, smiling a smile that reaches her pretty golden eyes.

Hibby looks calm, but... Puppy knows that he's just as excited as she is. It's in the way she smiles at Puppy, looking at the pretty colors of the latter's hair. Her visible eye takes a second to look at Puppy's wagging tail, and Puppy can swear that her eye widened and smile grew at the sight.

The waitress approaches them. "What would you like?"

"Oh! I'd like! The fish and chips with extra fish!" Puppy yells. She knows her favorite foods enough not to need a menu... but Hibby doesn't. "Hibby, do you like fish and chips?" Hibby nods, so Puppy turns back to the waitress. "She'd also like fish and chips with extra fish!"

"Is that a date, Puppy?" The waitress asks, writing down her order. "My, my, I never thought I'd see the day."

"Yeah! She's my date!" Puppy's eyes are sparkling with her love for Hibby. "And! I love her very very much!" She climbs up over the table to squeeze Hibby into a hug, tail wagging all the while, and starts to lick Hibby's cheek. Hibby... does not mind this very much. Puppy draws back, sitting back in her seat- the waitress went off to tell the cooks her order while she was hugging! Oh well!

Some more minutes pass- Puppy tells Hibby all about how she saved the restaurant from a pack of wolves, just her and Shelly, by running around until the wolves were so tuckered out that they passed out on the spot! And then when she ran back over to them, the staff were so gracious they gave her this table!

"Somehow, I doubt you're more energetic than and even capable of outrunning a pack of wolves..." Hibby signs.

"That's true. I actually turned into a magical girl and got them with my..." She took a deep breath in and stood on her chair. "GIGADRIVE MAX BUSTER!"

Hibby blinks (or winks?), and Puppy is not sure if it's out of confusion or it's some sort of sly wink- Oh, look! Here comes the waitress now!

"Two meals of fish and chips for our little savior and her girlfriend." The waitress smiles, putting the plates in front of them. "Gotta say, I had no idea how you could even fit in that tunnel until you showed me." She walks off, leaving a pause between the two of them.

Puppy moves to sit back down, snagging a fish fillet, before pausing. "...Are we girlfriends?"

"... You are someone I treasure highly." Hibby signs. "If you feel 'girlfriends' is an accurate descriptor, then it is so."

"... What about Duskie? Does this mean that he's my boyfriend? How does me being your girlfriend work if you're already his girlfriend?!" Puppy begins to shake. "And.... and Duskie's already your boyfriend-"

"Silence. A single sealomimi can have more than one significant other." Hibby's face is level-headed as she signs. "While it is true that I feel differently about you than I do Duskie, both of you are significant to me."

"Ok, then..." Puppy calms down and pops the fish in her mouth, taking a large bite. "Mmmmm!"

Hibby starts on her own food. She smiles at the taste of the fillet, tries a fry and smiles at it, as well.

"The food here is good, isn't it?!" Puppy asks. Hibby nods. Puppy is very, very happy! "We could go here for our other dates, too!"

Hibby nods, then puts the rest of the fillet in her mouth before responding. "If you'd like, I've found plenty of places for a date, myself. Perhaps I could take you to some sometime?"

Puppy's tail wags. Her yellow eyes light up and she's close to jumping right back out of her seat and glomping Hibby for the second time this date, complete with affectionate face-licking. "I'd love that!" She yells.

"Very well, then." Hibby swallows and smiles.

Puppy is happy... they're going to go on another date! Some time after this one! It's the best thing ever!

She's a bit too busy with eating her food for another hug and round of face-licking right now, however, but once she's finished her fries... it's dog time!