[ COLLEGE AU 2 : GYRO+JOLYNE ]

[rettangolo]

[ So. After all this time, all the apartment invasions and willful mooching and the constant annoyances that Gyro's posed to Jolyne, he thinks it's high time he actually gives back a little: that is, he finds now as good a time as any to take Jolyne out on a date. A real one, one that doesn't start with him shooting her a text that says 'u busy rn, want pizza ?'.

He shows up in front of her apartment at a reasonable hour— 7 is fine, right?— with no hat, no tacky belt, and his hair swept to the side, over one shoulder. No flowers— overkill— but with a full wallet and some semblance of actual effort in his overall presentation.

Miraculously, he rings the bell instead of knocking the door down, waits until she answers before speaking up. ]

Hey. I'm early for once, where's my medal?

[ nailed it. ]

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[rettangolo]

[ His expression transitions from casual to vaguely bleak as he listens to this story; he doesn't know what he was expecting, really.

And as always, he's fairly blunt about his assessment: ] I'll never know what you saw in that guy.

[ Maybe it was what Gyro didn't see and never will, but. That aside... ]

Note to self, then: the only car ride I'll ever take you on are bumper car rides. Deal?

[stringmealong]

[ She's a little grim about it herself; with perspective it's easy to tell what a douchebag Romeo had been to her, but somehow it had all seemed worth it at the time, and not just because of the sex. ]

That sounds fair.

[ But after a beat, she smirks at Gyro again. ]

I mean, I like riding in actual cars too, as long as it's the actual riding part. But I dunno about your driving.