Older siblings are exhausting.

[wind_of_reason]

Characters: Fuu and Jamie
Location: Luministi Greens East B6 (Jamie's place)
Time: Late afternoon of the last day of the Festival
Summary: Jamie is being a protective big brother to Fuu.
Warnings: Nothing~


Fuu absently lines all of the green beans on her plate into neat rows, her mind not really on the food, for all that her new way of cooking them had turned out quite well. Her mind is more on tonight, on the festival, and on how Hawk had asked her to come with him. Her face unconsciously flushes at the thought, and her free hand smooths the hem of her new green summer dress over her knees.

"So, what are you doing tonight?" she asks cheerfully.

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[bonnypiperlad]

In direct contrast, Jamie is quite happily making inroads into his serving of green beans. Having Fuu cook for him was always welcome - more than welcome, really. A man could only live on Chinese takeout for so long, and whatever she'd done to the beans had made them quite delicious.

Her question caught his attention, and he looked up just in time to see her flush, his fork suspended in mid-air. He took that in, saw her smooth out her dress, and his eyes narrowed a little, thoughtfully. Was that new?

But the expression on his face was gone as quickly as it came, replaced by a bit of a crooked smile. "Aye, well, the band's scheduled to play at the Talon. And I thought I might stop by and visit Janet. She's supposed to be working the Malt Shoppe's booth again. How about ye? Do ye have any plans?"

[wind_of_reason]

She nods - it sounds like Jamie is going to have fun. "Nothing much. Hawk asked me to go with him, so maybe he has some things he wants to do in mind..."

She trails off and pops a forkful of beans into her mouth. She is glad that Hawk had asked her, but she doesn't really know what to expect.

[bonnypiperlad]

At that, Jamie's eyebrows disappear into his bangs, part in surprise and part in suspicion at Hawk's motives. He doesn't answer for a moment, mostly because he'd finished what he'd intended on doing, and has a mouthful of beans stopping from from doing so.

Once he swallows them, however, that's a whole other story. "Oh, aye? And he's not said what sorts of things he cares to do to ye?"

[wind_of_reason]

Not to me- with me, she corrects in her mind with a slight tilt to her head. There was probably nothing he was thinking to do to her.

"No, but maybe he wants to keep it a surprise!" She doesn't mind small surprises like this.

[bonnypiperlad]

Oh, a surprise, is it? A small frown develops on Jamie's face, and he sets the fork down.

"Look, Fuu. I'm not so sure I like the sounds of that. He'd not said anything else at all, just that he wants to go to the carnival with ye?"

[wind_of_reason]

Worried at his frown, she also puts down her fork.

"Yes, that's all he's said. Why?" It's not like they would go anywhere else when there are so many fun things to do at the festival.

[bonnypiperlad]

"Aye, well, it may be nothing, but..."

He looks at her for a long moment, still frowning - although it's not directed at her. She's his sister, and maybe he's being overprotective, but he doesn't want to see her getting hurt. At the same time, he doesn't really want to blurt out his suspicions, especially since they may be wrong. Hawk's never struck him as one of 'those' type of men, after all.

"Have the two of ye ever been on a date together before?"

[wind_of_reason]

"D-Date?!" She blushes bright red, jumping a bit in her seat. After being stunned for a moment she waves her hands in a dismissing gesture.

"No, no... I don't know that it's a date-"

[bonnypiperlad]

"Oh, so it's just that you're friends, then."

Forgive your brother for not being so sure about that, Fuu. That was a very interesting reaction you just had just now. The frown eases up some, but the thoughtful look that's replaced it might not be much better.

"Do you want it be a date?"

[wind_of_reason]

"Ah-" It's a very good question, but not one that her mind wants to dwell on. (Mostly because the answer might be 'yes'.) Instinctively her thoughts do an about-face, and she picks up a large forkful of beans. "These turned out really well! I think I'll do this again." She then promptly puts all of said legume in her mouth so she can't talk for a bit.

[bonnypiperlad]

"Ah, I see. Ye don't want to say."

Really, he's figured this out even before she stuffs her mouth full of vegetables, but that makes it even clearer - at least to him. So he decides he's going to let her have her silence for a few minutes, going back to finishing his own, although he chooses a less spectacular method of doing so. And it gives him some time to think about things, too.

Once it looks like she's nearly done chewing, he glances up at her - then says offhandedly, "Ye know. Ye could do worse than Hawk for a date, come to think about it."

[wind_of_reason]

Her brother knows her well. Sometimes that's a good thing, like how he knows she doesn't want to say. Sometimes not so much, like when he nudges one more time about Hawk. She blushes, not meeting Jamie's eye, but still she feels a little heartened. His opinion does matter to her, after all.

With a little grin she looks up and asks, "who are you thinking of?"

[bonnypiperlad]

"My bodhran player, for one," Jamie replies, without missing a beat. "Ye know how he is."

Brian's a good musician, and they get along fine, but he has an eye for the ladies a little too much. Jamie doesn't want his sister to wind up with someone like that at all.

"Him I'd not let get within a mile of ye, not if I could help it."

Hawk, at least, seems like a good guy from the few times they've talked. And so long as it's just a date...well. Jamie can live with that. Anything serious would be another matter, but he's not going to worry about that at this point.

"Then again, I think you've much better judgement than that anyway. I do trust ye there, ye know."

[wind_of_reason]

She giggles and smiles appreciatively. It's a small town- he'd have a hard time literally following up on that threat. But she's glad for the sentiment.

"Just there?" she teases. But as she rises from the table and passes him she lightly touches his shoulder and whispers, "thank you."

[bonnypiperlad]

"Och, ye know what I mean," he replies offhandedly, giving her a grin for a moment. But it softens into a genuine smile as she touches his shoulder. She knows what he means, and that's all he really needs.

"You're welcome. Come on, I'll help ye with the dishes before I head to practice."