She freezes up a bit, and pulls the hand away.)) Woah buddy, too much. A little pace for a little friction, hm? ((Although, she seems mostly forgiving of the gesture.)) Besides, I'm here for cake, not commitment.
Seriously though, what's your name? I'd be surprised if it really was Rose - unless you're into pet name stuff. ((She winks a little.))
[ He would also agree on what Kashima says regarding commitment, but cake isn't what he's here for. He's never there for commitment. Nope. Not at all. Ellis adjusts his posture properly with no more ultra maiden-like(?) smiles and just gives a normal one to Kashima. He types in his phone real quick and shows Kashima his message. ]
"I don't think any of us can put a ring on anything yet.
((Leaning forward, Kashima frowns a little at the text message, looking very close at it with a deductive scratch of the chin.
After a moment, she leans to her right to look more directly at Ellis.)) Voice shy? ((There's no way she can assume here that Ellis is mute since he did kind of just... shriek earlier.))
[ Ellis shakes his head no, points to his ear, and then makes an X with both index fingers. He thinks this should be simple enough to get the message across. Hopefully. ]
((She understands, but still tips her head curiously. It makes sense, sure - Kashima can be an idiot but being reasonably smart, it's easy to infer that Ellis is deaf and talking would obviously be very hard.
After a moment of thought, she points at her mouth.)) But you can hear me?
Her eyes light up with revelation.)) Ohhhhhh... Wow, that's really incredible that you can do that, ((Kashima beams easily.)) How'd you learn to do that? Was it hard? Can you teach me?
((EVERYWHERE. SPARKLES, Kashima honestly thinks Ellis is hot shit okay.))
[ "Oh, it's no big deal. I was just created with the ability to do this from the start so that I can actually somewhat communicate easily with others!"
... is not what Ellis chooses to convey. It's also a first for Ellis because he's usually doing the whole sparkle thing and he's not used to having it done by someone else in front of him. So that's what it looks like," he thinks. He smiles and hands Kashima his message from his phone. ]
"It was just a thing that I had to learn, and it took me years to do it decently. It's not like I mastered it either and I'm not a good teacher. If you can deal with that, I can try to teach you.
Though I think it would be better if smoeone who can hear too would teach you for easier feedback."
[ Oh my god, there's so much enthusiasm. And Ellis thought he was the enthusiastic one sometimes, but Kashima just beat him out by miles. Ellis smiles at her and passes his message after typing. ]
((Already having handed it back, Kashima realizes belated that she didn't clarify,)) Oh, wait, she's- ((jk he can't hear, duh. So whenever Ellis gets to typing, she sticks her hand in between his view of the phone so she can get his attention - ripping the phone from his hand seemed rude and she didn't actually have one on her right now.))
[ Kashima's hand gets his attention, so he looks up and--oh. He chuckles a little because of her method--nobody's tried that before to get his attention. It's new. He likes that. He goes back to typing after lip reading what she said. ]
"That must be comforting. I don't know who she is, but maybe you can introduce me to her some time so that you can get started on learning."
Crying? Oh, no no! ((Kashima waves her hand, half apologetic.)) It's not really that it's more like...
((She holds the phone up near her face like it's reference, and then makes this face. And afterwards, she holds it back out for Ellis to answer, but offhandedly comments: )) Though I guess it does kinda look like crying too... maybe not totally wrong...
...Ugh... ((A sigh and a frown as she types it. Kashima looks a bit like she's been outed as the biggest loser on earth.))
"Plz don't tell anyone but I'm actually super tone deaf it was terrible. Seo's great though! Kind of. It's not her fault! It's just, y'know, like teaching a rock how to feel.
[ Oh. Ellis just looks at Kashima for a bit. She gets some pats on the back. You tried, Kashima. You tried. It's the small amount of comfort he can offer.
It's okay. You don't need to know how to sing to be charming anyway... is what he would type out but he thinks the back rubs are simpler to convey. ]
[ Ellis looks confused and looks down at his own phone. He doesn't think anything of it and hands his phone over to Kashima. He doesn't type a message, but maybe there was something that she wanted to say?? Who knows. ]
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She freezes up a bit, and pulls the hand away.)) Woah buddy, too much. A little pace for a little friction, hm? ((Although, she seems mostly forgiving of the gesture.)) Besides, I'm here for cake, not commitment.
Seriously though, what's your name? I'd be surprised if it really was Rose - unless you're into pet name stuff. ((She winks a little.))
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"I don't think any of us can put a ring on anything yet.
I'm Ellis."
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After a moment, she leans to her right to look more directly at Ellis.)) Voice shy? ((There's no way she can assume here that Ellis is mute since he did kind of just... shriek earlier.))
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After a moment of thought, she points at her mouth.)) But you can hear me?
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"I can't hear you, but I can tell what you're saying by lip reading."
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Her eyes light up with revelation.)) Ohhhhhh... Wow, that's really incredible that you can do that, ((Kashima beams easily.)) How'd you learn to do that? Was it hard? Can you teach me?
((EVERYWHERE. SPARKLES, Kashima honestly thinks Ellis is hot shit okay.))
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... is not what Ellis chooses to convey. It's also a first for Ellis because he's usually doing the whole sparkle thing and he's not used to having it done by someone else in front of him. So that's what it looks like," he thinks. He smiles and hands Kashima his message from his phone. ]
"It was just a thing that I had to learn, and it took me years to do it decently. It's not like I mastered it either and I'm not a good teacher. If you can deal with that, I can try to teach you.
Though I think it would be better if smoeone who can hear too would teach you for easier feedback."
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She adds onto the end of the message and hands it back: ))
"I don't mind!
I'm a good student :) and a fast learner.
I have a friend who can maybe help me too - not that she's deaf but she'd help if I asked.
((and beaming like PLZ PLZ PLZ PLZ as Ellis reads it))
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"Sure. I can do that then. Who's your friend?"
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((Already having handed it back, Kashima realizes belated that she didn't clarify,)) Oh, wait, she's- ((jk he can't hear, duh. So whenever Ellis gets to typing, she sticks her hand in between his view of the phone so she can get his attention - ripping the phone from his hand seemed rude and she didn't actually have one on her right now.))
She's my friend at my actual school.
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"That must be comforting. I don't know who she is, but maybe you can introduce me to her some time so that you can get started on learning."
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((Kashima stops for a moment to make a face while typing this out, clearly considering her words.))
"She's something else.
But she gave me singing lessons for a while so I'm sure she wouldn't mind something odd like this.
I can introduce you guys probably!
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"Singing lessons, huh? How did that work out for you? It sounds fun."
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Maybe she shoudln't have mentioned it.
Kashima clearly opens her mouth and "uhhhhhhh"s for a bit.)) I guess........
" ( ´͈ ᗨ `͈ ) I learned stuff?
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"Why is your inner self crying?"
[ Well, your emote. ]
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((She holds the phone up near her face like it's reference, and then makes this face. And afterwards, she holds it back out for Ellis to answer, but offhandedly comments: )) Though I guess it does kinda look like crying too... maybe not totally wrong...
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Ellis just looks at Kashima. Staring for a bit. He doesn't get it. ]
"You seem miserable either way. Is your friend like a spartan trainer?"
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"Plz don't tell anyone but I'm actually super tone deaf it was terrible.
Seo's great though! Kind of. It's not her fault! It's just, y'know, like teaching a rock how to feel.
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It's okay. You don't need to know how to sing to be charming anyway... is what he would type out but he thinks the back rubs are simpler to convey. ]
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((She looks totally normal and put together again.))
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Typing......
More typing.......
What is she typing even?
She's not typingFinally her eyebrows lift: )) Oh, okay.
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