Dumb Teens In Space

[rockthemonkey]

[Lost in space, Goku manages to make friends anyway. Some of those friends are girls. One of them is a girl. And a friend. A girl who is a friend. Someone save this monkey.]

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[rockthemonkey]

[Goku is just a tomato. He is no longer a boy or a monkey, just a giant tomato with a gold diadem. Or, at least, that's certainly what he looks like. ]

I like you- I mean, I just- [The only girl he'd ever done anything with was Pippi and he hadn't even really understood what was happening then until it was over. Mio's wonderful and he likes her a lot, but what's he supposed to do now? What's the difference between liking someone and liking them "like that"? What if something bad happens? This feels kind of scary all of a sudden.]

... Holding hands sounds nice.

[He can handle that much. It doesn't seem likely to make anyone explode, at least.]

[remainingtwin]

[Mio looks at him a moment, sullen and uncertain. For the longest time it had been herself and her sister-- a sister who had monopolized her time and attention to the point she'd barely been able to look at anyone else, let alone spend time with them. It's all new and strange territory, but she figures for Goku it must be too.

So... At least they're going into this blind, but together??

It seems kind of awkward to just go into cutesy gestures of affection now though after all of that, but Mio takes a breath and nods. It still takes her another couple of seconds to get up the courage to reach out and take his hand though, her head bowed like she's a little afraid to look at him.

...After a moment she sort of laughs, shakes her head, and her hold on his hand eases into something more comfortable instead of stiff and uncertain] ...We're...a disaster..

[rockthemonkey]

[It's probably a good thing that Mio ends up looking away from Goku, because his very focused stare is probably a little off-putting. He's uncertain too, but his fingers curl gently around Mio's as soon as she takes his hand. He meant it when he said it sounded nice. This kind of affection he can understand.

When she laughs, he does too and tightens his grip.] I dunno. Nothin' bad's happened yet. [Yet. But it doesn't count as a disaster until there's blood on the floor or something is on fire.

They'll be fine. They're strong and facing this together, so even disasters can be dealt with. Goku grins, bright and warm like the sun.] Mio, you're really strange!

[remainingtwin]

Wha-- [She laughs again, despite herself and the situation, but she can't really keep herself mad at him for long.]

I'm strange? You're the one who's all, 'nothing bad's happened yet!' What do you think is going to happen? It's just holding a hand! [She huffs a little and gives his hand a tug towards the concessions]

Come on, let's get popcorn and stuff and into the movie before I totally change my mind. Sheesh... You have no idea how to handle girls... [And yet he's still doing better than gojyo]