For the month of love game: Bouquet, hotel keys and open invitation pleaaaase ☺️
Not even gonna mention how HORRIBLY LATE I am in responding to this, but after doing a tonn of thinking and mostly beating writers block and sorta fixing my sleep schedule, I can finally answer 🔥🔥🙏🏽🙏🏽 Thank you so much as always for indulging me and I hope you're staying safe and cool this hot summer☀️☕🌊💕
valentines self ship ask game 💌 by nat
bouquet — how did your first date go? was it casual and chill, or was it more of an elaborate one? who asked who out?
Omg I believe I've yapped about Kento and Shiu's first date before so I'll do Gris 💕
Gris and I's first date was fairly casual. That's pretty much always been our style anyway 💕 he came into the cafe one day after we met with a vase that Rudo scavenged and thought would be perfect to present me with since the flowers he got me the previous day came without one in his rush of forgetfulness.
It just gave him an excuse to come back and see me. 💕
He told me he'd take me to get food. Somewhere different from the cafe of course. It was a date that I didn't need to plan or cook or lift a finger for, he insisted.
The day of, well, I fell asleep during the car ride (being a single mom is exhausting).
Gris thought it was hilarious and endearing how I kept saying I wasn't tired and tried to answer all his questions and ask him mine and how delirious my words became as the drive went on.
Eventually I lost the battle and he just smiled as he turned down the music and took the scenic route so I could sleep longer. 💕
I was mortified when I woke up, of course. Fully expecting to be at home with my kid when I remembered I was on a first date with the first man in a long while who i truly felt could be worth my time and opening my heart up to.
I was horrified I blew it all right then and there and of course Gris was gracious and sweeter than I could have ever imagined, and I told him if he's not completely turned off by me, that we can go and get coffee because clearly I needed it, and I don't want this date to be over in the slightest. 💕
We tried to go to this tried and true diner that Gris really loves but I had slept so long that we arrived in the heat of the dinner rush. Gris wouldn't admit it but I could clearly tell the hunger was getting to him.
I told him there's no wait back at the cafe, and reluctantly he gave in (only because he had promised me before I wouldn't need to lift a finger which he did mostly keep because he was the greatest sous chef I could ever ask for💕) and we had our first date with monte Cristo sandwiches and coffee at the cafe.
We knew a second date was imminent long before this first one was over. 💕
It gave us the energy we both needed to stay up late into the evening talking and laughing (to the point where I was totally late for my babysitter.)
And to where we both couldn't sleep that night long afterwards, awaiting until the days could pass until our next one💕
hotel keys — between you and your f/o which one of you initiates intimate ‘quality times’ the most, frequency-wise? bedroom or otherwise (no judgment here!)
I would say we're about even. 💕 We both work a lot, and so we're frequently mostly depleted. But we make an effort to always reunite on an emotional level every evening before we close our eyes. 💕 It's not long that a physical one will follow quickly after, fairly often. 💕
bonus round — an open invitation 💌 what would your valentine’s day photo dump look like? (aka moodboard time, if you'd like. optional, but feel free to borrow a prompt below)
Ahhhhh I had this saved in my drafts from valentine's day this year but couldn't think of a caption at the time 😩😩
pics from pinterest. dividers by @/enchanthings-a.
