Yulia thanked Mouse for her quick reflexes and she schooled her reaction to the unexpected offer. She absolutely did NOT want Jimmy sensing he’d actually flustered her. For better or worse, she had a lot of experience not letting on to her true feelings in such ‘dealings of the heart.’ Not that it had anything to do with Yulia’s heart thanks to her lost childhood.
It had always been business for her, or if not business, then a game. A game she always won. She and the boy across the counter had played the flirting game a few times but this was the first time he’d actually asked her out. With it out there, she honestly didn’t know what to do next. Somehow, the boy had checked her king.
In every dealing with a man along these lines she’d ended up in bed with him on his terms. She had zero experience just enjoying a night out with a boy, and less than a handful of such experiences with a girl. Sure, she’d read hundreds of stories about such things, but it’d always seemed so far off. Another world; usually literally given her tastes ran toward works from the 5th World.
Still, wasn’t it possible to just go out dancing? She was too embarrassed to consider asking Athos for advice on the subject, and Nagisa would just get jealous. She had no intention of betraying her girlfriend’s trust, but at the same time, unlike Nagisa, she liked boys too.
The time had dragged on and the poor boy was starting to nervously fill in the quiet. She felt guilty now for apparently leading the boy on with what to her had been just innocent dallying.
“Um…how about cranberry juice?” she responded to his query. She’d briefly considered asking for orange juice, but even if they had it the stuff was worth its weight in orichalcum. Well maybe not quite, but it might be close. At least cranberries, like apples, were grown in Shidhe territory.
As the boy moved to comply, she stalled for more time as her emotions roiled within her. “Um, I don’t remember seeing this jar here before," she motioned to the colorful glass container now held between her AR gloved hands. "Where’d the candy come from?”