username: luna and artemis
name: erik
gender: male
to make sure you're paying attention, do you know what picture i'm talking about? (will not count against you): no rip
prompt: erik's ears perked up at lavender's mention of a date. he was sitting on the couch across from lavender. his head whipped around and he raised his eyebrows at his little sister. "a date, eh?" lavender rolled her eyes. "it's not a big deal. chill." erik giggled. "who's the lucky kid, hmm??" lavender sighed. "her name's hydrangea. we met at the coffee shop a few weeks back and we've been texting." a slight smile was visible on lavender's face, but she looked down at her nails so that erik couldn't see.
"where ya going with her?" erik grinned. he was now laying on his stomach, resting his chin on his palms and kicking his feet in the air. lavender huffed. "a baseball game." erik threw his arms out forwards in excitement, accidentally falling off of the couch in the process. he scrambled to sit back down, this time sitting cross-legged. "the high school baseball game??" lavender nodded, looking up in confusion. "yeah, so? why are you getting so excited?" erik laughed and covered his eyes with his hand. "you'll see."
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lavender clapped her hands and shouted the fight song along with the rest of the stadium. hydrangea stood next to her, doing the same. when the stadium began to stomp to the rhythm, hydrangea almost slipped and fell in her heels. fortunately, she fell onto lavender's shoulder instead. the two giggled as lavender lifted hydrangea back to her feet.
the two chatted all through the first three innings, so engrossed in the conversation that they didn't notice their team scoring multiple home runs. hydrangea suggested they grab lunch, and lavender agreed. on their way to the concessions stand, lavender noticed a flash of orange out of the corner of her eye. she figured it was just someone's bright shirt, and continued talking to hydrangea. the flash appeared again on her other side, but fell back behind lavender. hydrangea must have noticed it too, because she looked behind her and gasped. "i didn't know the high school had a mascot!" she grinned. "let's get a picture!"
lavender turned to see what "mascot" hydrangea was so excited about. her eyes widened at the sight of a kalon in a tiger suit.
our mascot isn't even a tiger... the suit was obviously a halloween costume bought from walmart. in addition, the tiger was wearing a high school spirit shirt over the costume.
hold up... isn't that erik's shirt? lavender squinted at the shirt and opened her mouth to speak, but by then hydrangea had swooped her off to have her picture taken with the tiger. "say cheese!" hydrangea laughed as she held up her phone to take a picture. lavender grinned at the sight of hydrangea's goofy smile.
"the picture turned out great!" hydrangea exclaimed, showing lavender. "come on, let's get those hot dogs," hydrangea suggested. lavender peered back at the tiger suspiciously, and she could have sworn it winked.
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"i knew it was you!" now back at home, lavender swatted erik over the head. she was enraged, but couldn't help cracking up at the measures her brother had taken just to experience her first date. "you're such a dummy," she scoffed. erik stuck his tongue out. "it was worth it. you guys are really cute togetherrr..." lavender sighed. "it
did go really well... there might be a second date." she pointed a finger at erik. "but no unexpected appearances this time!" erik shrugged. "i can't promise that."