antiheromoth:
After Ko placed the bottle of wine on the table, Moth offered a quite thanks before turning back to the man across from them. They could make out the elegant curve of horns and broad shoulders in the low light. Moth shifted, feeling their antenna curl and uncurl with nerves. Tucking a strand of hair behind one of their ears, they cleared their throat before speaking in a soft voice;
“Good evening, it is a pleasure to make your acquaintance. My name is Ryumi, what may I call you?”
There were quite a lot of questions running through Ryuu’s head at the moment; the most prominent one, however, was him questioning why he accepted a friend’s offer to sign him up for this… event, whatever it was.
Okay- no problem, you’re fine. Probably not, Ryuu was awkward as it was and socializing wasn’t something he dabbled, professionally, in.
It’ll be fine. Or maybe it won’t. Regardless, the only thing that Ryuu could do right now was accept this strange new fate of this and go with the flow.
He gave his companion a smile, albeit obviously nervous and uncertain- it seemed like the two of them were equally nervous, Ryuu wasn’t certain if he should be relieved about this or not.
“ G- Good evening, the pleasure is all mine. ” Ryuu paused then, twiddling his fingers together under the table. “ I… I commonly go by Ryuu. ”
Upon hearing his name their eyes flickered up to their form in surprise. Their names were so similar, what were the odds? Moth all out scrambled for something to say after hearing how nervous the other man sounded.
“Ryuu...what a coincidence that I would meet another dragon here. Perhaps I should have gone by Ryuji instead?”
Internally, Moth lamented that pun. Ryuji? Really? They hoped the man across from them didn’t up and leave for that. They felt their face heat up in embarrassment when they couldn’t come up with anything to save their dignity.
Instead, they offered a small apologetic smile, absently tugging on a lock of their hair, hoping and praying that they didn’t just ruin their first impression.
