THE MASKS WE WEAR (my own person rp accepting)

[Panda Hero!]

((Right, right, sorry. Kinda distracted. Lots to do! ))

Neal's smile lessened a tad when she spoke of seeing his drawings. He was rather self-conscious of most of his work. But the prospect of playing a game or two with her was appealing. "Alright, maybe we can go see to some games after this. How's that sound?" What had faded of the smile returned at the idea. To know that they had more in common than he'd been thinking was a small weight off his mind as well...

[Rosalin_Thorn]

Rosalin sighed in relief. "thx goodness" but here eyes widen when V.O. stood up and looked at Vinny and her w/ a blank look. "vinny h-he's back up...."

[.:.:Blind:.:.]

Yuko's smile brighten. Still on her face when the waitress was here. Giving her her drink and what she ordered with it then Neal's his. Taking a sip she glanced up from her cup,"Don't go easy on me when we play those games. I may be a girl but i had video game obsessed brothers." She chuckled and took a small bite of her crepe.

[.:.:Blind:.:.]

((B~U~M~P))

[Panda Hero!]

Neal gave a simple thanks to the waitress as she passed by to give them their orders. Just to stay ahead, he drew out the necessary payment and let the woman go. He took a swig of his tea and set it down as Yuko spoke. Her laugh, however short, was nice to hear... Didn't know why though. "I won't hold back then... Eh, you have brothers?" It hadn't been the basis of what she said but he'd caught it. By the sounds of it, she was the only daughter among boy siblings. To think she was, well, the way she was, was a bit surprising. Most would pick up more boyish traits. Neal drank a bit more of the tea between talking.

[.:.:Blind:.:.]

Yuko nodded. sitting back into her chair still in her, how Neal says, refined posture. She thought about it,"I have 3. They're athletes but still extreme gamers. You should really see our basement." She envisions her basement with all kinds of game consoles. All the oldies games too. They spent much of their time down there.

[Panda Hero!]

Just as surprising as he'd thought. Here she was, fit for royalty, and she had three brothers who seemed as typical as boys were, all games and sports. It definitely didn't influence her behavior all that much. "Then we can go to your basement. I enjoy seeing collections like that, and we get to play a bit... Must be hard to maintain yourself so well while having them around, though, huh?" Neal thought that she couldn't possibly be so perfect all the time.

[.:.:Blind:.:.]

Yuko's smile faded into childhood memories. She would stay in her room because her mother didn't want her only baby girl to get hurt in the rough housing. She could only play with the games if it was the games down stairs in the basement. Though mother would be watching to make sure they didn't lay a finger on her. When she died her father went into a deep depression. Leaving Yuko to play video game without having someone watching her. The boys got to touch her and punch her and push her around as much as they'd like. Until her father got over her depression and punished the boys for laying as a single finger on her. She played games by herself because her brother now shunned her for getting them into trouble. She then had to live with her widow grandma. She never spoke unless spoken to and never took action unless told to. Her childhood was just her isolated from her immediate family."No. Not at all." It was the truth. She was literally behind small bars her mother created for her.

[Panda Hero!]

Neal's expression went lax as he watched Yuko. She seemed... distracted. Troubled, even. And that only happened when he'd said that last part. "...Are you okay? Yuko?" He wasn't typically one to help, and even if he could in this situation he didn't really know how. All he could feasibly do was hope that she was alright... Especially since it was more or less his fault.

[.:.:Blind:.:.]

Yuko blinked a couple of times when he spoke to her. Her smile perked up quickly to cover her memories,"Oh yeah i'm fine." Her cheerful fake voice was the only thing that kept people from trying to find out her childhood or why when they bring up her brothers she would go into a daze.