[ Mitsuru raises an eyebrow at the stilted, overly polite and pretty comical greeting, still smiling. Sure, she might lean towards being overly formal herself but it's still odd and he definitely seems weirdly stiff about something. ]
You don't have to greet me like you're a door to door salesman you know. [ Her gaze move to the bags he's holding. ] Unless you really are going to try and sell me something.
[ She chuckles softly, standing to one side while holding the door open to allow him space to enter the house if he so chooses. ]
[ at least some of the awkward tension seems to lift with that little quip - even if vash still does seem oddly self conscious about turning up out of nowhere at her doorstep - and he lets out a sheepish laugh as he shifts his weight again, propping the bag of goods against his hip and trying to shrug at the same time. ] Haha, what would I be selling??
[ with his limited knowledge of door to door sales techniques, that would go very badly - besides, he wouldn't even know what he'd go around selling to mitsuru of all people ...
but oh, he's being invited in??? vash is trying to keep his face straight, but there'd be a palpable sense of confused compliance in the way he slides past her and into the foyer. ]
... I wasn't sure if you were home. I should have ... asked you that first, huh?
I'm not sure. Truthfully, I've never spoken to a real one. I always had servants to open the front door for me.
[ The last part is not... entirely a lie. But the way she says it makes it clear that she's kidding around, just a little. Anything to take the edge off the way he's acting, sliding into her hallway as though he couldn't possibly be being invited into her home right now.
She eyes him skeptically as he hovers in her foyer. ]
I am aware that vampires have to be invited into a place of residence before they are able to cross the threshold. Is that why you're acting so incredibly awkward with me?
As you can see, I'm home. So you can cease acting so odd and tell me what is actually in the bags if you like... unless it's a secret of course.
Just ... [ vash looks stricken at such a suggestion - for a few seconds at least - as he whirls around with a rattle and a bunch of rustling noise of the bags, before he quietens down with another tiny wince. ] I didn't realise your place was ... so big?
[ too big for someone to live alone - though she seems content enough from what little he could tell ... and even if she didn't have any servants now (if it's a joke, vash can't really believe it; it would make perfect sense for her to have them, really!) maybe she's used to having a big space to begin with that this isn't really all that much? did he come here on a random whim and is only being a nuisance now?
with all of those thoughts going through in his head, vash tries to give the other a reassuring grin anyway - tipping the bags to show mitsuru the contents:
inside, she might see a few packets of brightly coloured (presumably flavouring) popcorn, other snacks, a couple of cans of soda, and ... movies? ]
I asked around to see what was good, and I wasn't sure what you'd like for snacks, so I got a few different kinds ...
Just thought you might want some company ... but I can go, if you don't!!!! I'm sorry for coming here so suddenly!
Well, it wasn't just me living here to begin with so...
[ It's not like her to trail off awkwardly but, you know. She's avoided thinking about it too much, about the fact that of her original trio she's now the only one left and living here alone. The size of the place doesn't bother her, truthfully for her it's smaller than she's used to. It's just difficult to ignore empty rooms after a while.
Anyway, she's not going to think about that. Mitsuru peers into the bags and blinks. ]
You want to watch movies with me?
And please stop apologising. Of course I don't wish for you to go.
[ he says nothing to that - but the awkward, wobbly sort of smile that flashes over his face in response should tell mitsuru very well that yes, he is aware, and yes, he should probably have realised it sooner, and yes, he is definitely overthinking himself into a spiralling burst of guilt for some reason for not noticing sooner.
being alone wasn't a good thing, he knows that. understands it, in a way that she might not even start to realise. nobody deserves that.
[ And as usual the look he gets back is one of calm and practiced serenity. Yes, so it is strange and lonely living here alone now but she's not going to let on that she's dealing with it any way besides going about business as usual and getting on with things. ]
I do. Kitchen's this way.
[ Leading the way down the hallway to said kitchen now (modestly sized and clearly under used now that Shinjiro isn't here), she does pause to add. ]
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You don't have to greet me like you're a door to door salesman you know. [ Her gaze move to the bags he's holding. ] Unless you really are going to try and sell me something.
[ She chuckles softly, standing to one side while holding the door open to allow him space to enter the house if he so chooses. ]
I was just reading. Come in if you'd like.
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[ with his limited knowledge of door to door sales techniques, that would go very badly - besides, he wouldn't even know what he'd go around selling to mitsuru of all people ...
but oh, he's being invited in??? vash is trying to keep his face straight, but there'd be a palpable sense of confused compliance in the way he slides past her and into the foyer. ]
... I wasn't sure if you were home. I should have ... asked you that first, huh?
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[ The last part is not... entirely a lie. But the way she says it makes it clear that she's kidding around, just a little. Anything to take the edge off the way he's acting, sliding into her hallway as though he couldn't possibly be being invited into her home right now.
She eyes him skeptically as he hovers in her foyer. ]
I am aware that vampires have to be invited into a place of residence before they are able to cross the threshold. Is that why you're acting so incredibly awkward with me?
As you can see, I'm home. So you can cease acting so odd and tell me what is actually in the bags if you like... unless it's a secret of course.
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Just ... [ vash looks stricken at such a suggestion - for a few seconds at least - as he whirls around with a rattle and a bunch of rustling noise of the bags, before he quietens down with another tiny wince. ] I didn't realise your place was ... so big?
[ too big for someone to live alone - though she seems content enough from what little he could tell ... and even if she didn't have any servants now (if it's a joke, vash can't really believe it; it would make perfect sense for her to have them, really!) maybe she's used to having a big space to begin with that this isn't really all that much? did he come here on a random whim and is only being a nuisance now?
with all of those thoughts going through in his head, vash tries to give the other a reassuring grin anyway - tipping the bags to show mitsuru the contents:
inside, she might see a few packets of brightly coloured (presumably flavouring) popcorn, other snacks, a couple of cans of soda, and ... movies? ]
I asked around to see what was good, and I wasn't sure what you'd like for snacks, so I got a few different kinds ...
Just thought you might want some company ... but I can go, if you don't!!!! I'm sorry for coming here so suddenly!
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[ It's not like her to trail off awkwardly but, you know. She's avoided thinking about it too much, about the fact that of her original trio she's now the only one left and living here alone. The size of the place doesn't bother her, truthfully for her it's smaller than she's used to. It's just difficult to ignore empty rooms after a while.
Anyway, she's not going to think about that. Mitsuru peers into the bags and blinks. ]
You want to watch movies with me?
And please stop apologising. Of course I don't wish for you to go.
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being alone wasn't a good thing, he knows that. understands it, in a way that she might not even start to realise. nobody deserves that.
but what he actually says is: ]
You've got a microwave?
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I do. Kitchen's this way.
[ Leading the way down the hallway to said kitchen now (modestly sized and clearly under used now that Shinjiro isn't here), she does pause to add. ]
I suspect Eleanor will be delighted to see you.