In taberna quando sumus

If you know what that's from, you get automatic win points. Anyways.

Last night was the art club's second annual talent show. I was in attendance, of course, running around the backstage and essentially make sure my friend Brian didn't kill himself. He was operating the curtain and I became his lackey to tell him when to start and stop...etc.

Warning: The following post is drenched in shoujo-ness. Reader discretion is advised.

So before the show, I went to the bathroom and came back through the backstage entrance doors. Two girls, Jess and Margarita (Mita) were on bouncer duty in order to keep out any groupies. Anyways, as I entered, they wondered what my job was, to which I responded "I'm making sure Brian doesn't kill anything". I quite enjoyed Mita's response of "DON'T leave him alone!"

Then something kinda...weird happened.

First off, these two are not really my friends. Well, Mita is, but Jess is more of an acquaintance. You know, those people who you know them, and you can joke with, but they're not really your friend. Secondly, I don't tell either of them anything personal about me. Like, they know of my school life and a bit about my family, but beyond that, nothing.

So when Jess asks me, "Are you and Brian going out?", my brain immediately starts spazzing. Luckily, my mouth and body language didn't.

"Uh...when did this happen?"
"...So you're not?"
To which Mita and I chorused, "No."

...

Then Jess asks, "If he asked you out, would you say yes?"

And something funny happened. As if in normal flow of the conversation - not a pause nor pounce - I reply with a succinct "Yes" before turning around and opening the door backstage. It wasn't awkward or strange...it was what it was.

Mita said she had something to tell me. When I asked what, she said she'd tell me later. I have her tomorrow in art class, and Brian's off on a field trip for photography. I'm kinda...I dunno.

After the show, me, Brian, his sister Missy, my friend Jazz, and freshman buddy Lizzie decided to go to Steak 'n Shake. Jazz and I went in my car and arrived first, grabbing a table and joking around. When the other three arrived, I had another moment...he could've sat anywhere, but he sat next to me, and it was just me and him on the booth side...I'll stop now...

Then we ordered milkshakes, (cheese)fries, and messed with a cootie catcher Jazz made. And I threw fries at Brian.

And that was Katana's shoujo night.

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