itsjustagamerp | SURPRISE!

Characters: Pinkie and EVERYONE EVER
Content: Surprise parties!
Location: Deck 4; the cafeteria
Time of day: Evening
Warnings: None

When Pinkie Pie woke up with floppy eyebrows, a bouncy knee, and a twisty ear, she knew. Her Pinkie-Pie-Ultra-Super-Special-Birthday Sense was NEVER wrong. All throughout the day, wherever they happened to be, anyone who wasn't Minako would suddenly find themselves accosted by a pink party pony on the prowl. "HEY! It'sMinako'sbirthdaytodaysowe'regonnahaveaTOTALLYSUPERSECRETsurprise party! So don't tell ANYBODY and be in the cafeteria tonight before six okay bye!" she whispered all in one breath before darting away again, intent on informing the entire Satellite about the special day.

By the appointed time, the cafeteria was entirely decked out in red-and-white streamers and balloons, with a big sheet cake reading "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MINAKO!" and covered in red frosting-bows. It was hard to see the decorations, though, what with the entire room being shrouded in darkness. New arrivals were quickly pulled through the door by Pinkie. "Get ready!" she whispered. "Terra's supposed to be bringing Minako soon!" Since Terra and Minako seemed to be good friends, she'd put him in charge of making sure the birthday girl got to her party.

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Unfortunately for Aqua, Terra wasn't sure what he should say. This was not something he knew how to handle and while he knew it was impossible he wished he had some sort of warning that he was going to be hit by this today. The one question rolling around in his mind now was Well, what do you feel for her?

He could remember very recently protesting to Linkara that they were just friends but...was that really ALL they were. Surely by now there bond was deeper than that but could he label it as something like...like what Aqua was implying? He knew that, in the past, he had looked at her differently, as someone more than just a fellow student. Honestly, if he compared what he felt for her with what he felt for Ven, well, there was no comparison. Ven was like a little brother, a best friend he could fall back on but still someone he felt he needed to keep an eye on. But Aqua...Aqua was different. He could look at her and see her strength and beauty and know that she was someone special.

And he wasn't sure he deserved that. It hit him, as he stood there in stunned silence watching Aqua watching him try to find something to say. He couldn't SAY anything to her and she deserved more than what he could give her...Minako to for that matter. What future did he have anyway?

In some ways, the silence was almost worse than having an answer one way or the other. She knew that there was almost no way that Terra could have been prepared for this, and he was just as likely to be unsure about continuing on as she was, but there was some part of her that wanted to know now, unreasonable though it was to put more pressure on Terra.

It was only the fact that she remembered all too well what had happened that one day they'd all met in Radiant Garden that finally let her squash her unreasonable desires back down to where they belonged. She was pretty sure that chasing Terra off was not supposed to be the intent of admitting her feelings for him. Nor was it really even entirely fair to ask him to process things so fast. She knew she wouldn't have been able to, in his shoes. It just... bothered her, to not know. There weren't even any book she could use to make sure she was actually doing the right thing.

"You don't have to answer right now!" she finally commented, when it looked like the silence was going to stretch on intolerably long. "I just thought you should know."

"Ah! No, I understand! Actually, I'm really sorry I put that on you like that. I just...um..." Minako looked sheepish. "I wasn't sure how to put it, actually. But if you need time to think about it, or you don't want to...I'm not gonna force you into something you're not comfortable with. That wouldn't be right."

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"You don't have to answer right now!" Aqua finally commented, when it looked like the silence was going to stretch on intolerably long. "I just thought you should know."

It seemed that both girls were going to give him time. He looked up, studying Aqua quietly. What was he going to do about this situation? He was such an idiot for being oblivious to it all this time and he just knew that, in the end, he'd wind up hurting one of them. True, Aqua was his oldest friend and the person dearest to him but it didn't seem fair to just write Minako off either. Terra sighed, looking away from Aqua and down at his feet, "Thank you...I...I don't have an answer for you right now. I just...a lot has happened, even before we got here...I just don't know Aqua."

He really was an idiot. He didn't know what to say or feel or even do about this situation. Hew as so lost and he needed help. Unfortunately, he wasn't sure who to go to on the ship and even if his Master had still be around he would have been hesitant to approach him given the nature of the situation. Ven, too, would have been a problem.

Terra realized by this point that the party was probably ruined, at least for him. He cast a glance in Minako's direction. It wasn't fair to her that her party should be ruined because of his issues. Terra looked back to Aqua, not quite meeting her eye, "I should...probably go. I'm sorry Aqua."

There was a brief moment of silence at Terra's words. That last comment hadn't been anywhere near the answer she had been expecting. She hadn't meant to drive him away that thoroughly! Still, it would take time, she knew. It was simply hard to convince her heart that a lack of answer wasn't worth a no, and even if Terra was leaving it didn't reflect on her. It just meant he needed time to think and she would have been terribly remiss if she didn't offer him that much.

She'd simply have to hope that Minako's offer wouldn't win out, in that time.

"Alright," she answered with a nod. "I won't keep you." It was a little odd he was telling her, but maybe that was what passed for normal with this kind of thing?

Terra bit his lip, wanting to say something more. He just knew he was doing something wrong but had no way of really knowing what it was. He gave Aqua one last look before turning and leaving. One thing was for sure, he couldn't stay at this party and think straight. There was just no way.

He just hoped he hadn't completely blown it in the process.

SURPRISE!

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