shouldbe | pc; kaeya

[Date time approaches, but Kaeya's still... somewhat confident that Wave will come up with some excuse or another to dodge their little jacuzzi adventure. Regardless, Kaeya can't turn up emptyhanded and make it painfully obvious that he's not too hot on the jacuzzi after all, so he's picked out an appropriate swimsuit for the occasion and slipped it on under his usual attire. Yes, he unironically likes it, and no, he won't humor any complaints about it.

Knocking on Wave's door, he eagerly awaits her excuse. Please... Please make an excuse to blow off this ~~bet~~ date.]

[WELL. For how little time they've all had to get to know one another, that party could be considered a rousing success. More than that, it was fun, fun in a way Wave hasn't seen in a long time. But eventually people start trickling out, and eventually Kaeya and Wave are alone on his balcony.

Wave's lost her hat somewhere along the way (probably left in the lounge), but otherwise she's still dressed in the ringmaster costume because I think it's funny. She's sniped one of the bottles of rum from the party, setting it down next to her as she looks up to Kaeya and smiles.]

I don't know about you, but I can't say I have any regrets in coming here so far. That was a good party.

[And in spite of the bad memories she'd inadvertently brought up, she hopes he had fun as well.]

[Well, there's no way that Wave and Zola were going to amount to anything beyond shenanigans (not that she'd expected or even hoped for otherwise!), so it's not long after Kaeya texts her that Wave's headed toward his room, knocking on the door. She's still wearing mostly the same thing she was earlier in the evening, though she's slipped on a pair of short shorts beneath the sweater and swapped out the boots for a pair of cozy thigh-high socks instead.]

Kaeya?

[And on the door opening, assuming there's no shenanigans going on inside the room that would render this completely implausible:]

I'm a little surprised. I thought you'd be spending time with Rene this evening.

[Kaeya's a mainstay in Wave's room just as she is in his, but he's been doing whatever he can to drag himself out of his little mopey depression den. It isn't uncommon for him to show up unannounced — he's yet to fully get the hang of phones — and he does so with his trusty comfort blanket wrapped around his shoulders and fuzzy cat socks on his feet. So comfy, Nya~]

Oh, Miss Wave~ Be a dear and let me in.

[Kaeya hasn't been feeling too well lately, which... is unfortunately common knowledge, but there are few he will disclose the details of his personal problems with. Wave is one of them. He's not quite ready to talk about the elephant in the room that is his divorce arc with Fai, but... more personal matters, perhaps. In either case, he's feeling a bit sentimental and figures he ought to return the favor and share a few of his sob stories with Wave.]

jacuzzis featuring regret

post-party undoings

post w2 date!

early-week secret sharing