Drinks After Work [Murasaki/Alastor]

Yep, that time of the week or month. Really it was just whenever. The occasional catchup here or there. Whenever he thought there was freetime. It wasn't like he wanted too much attention on her for it or people to get whispering. That'd be weird right? Especially since they were captain and subordinate.

"Hey, Cap'n. Well, Murasaki I guess. Are you done for the day?"

He walked in with a casual energy. Hands behind the head like he was done for the day, because he was pretty well through with the duties of the day. He gave a stretch while waiting for her response, especially not to try and bother her if she was head deep in paperwork.

Another day, more work to get done. But, thankfully, Murasaki was just about finished, and the arrival of a familiar face brightened her spirits all the more. It wasn't like that or anything though. Well...okay, maybe it was a little bit like that, but c'mon! They went out pretty often, he was super cute, was she supposed to not start getting a little more into him?? Give a girl a break!

"Yep, just finishing the last bit up. Gimme juuuuust a sec."

A few more signatures here and there, some documents filed away for later, and Murasaki was finished, getting up from her seat with a pretty big stretch that probably gave Alastor a view that wasn't half bad. Not that she'd intended that, she wasn't exactly that conniving. It was always nice to get finished for the day, but honestly him stopping by made it just a little better. She liked these days, ya know?

"Well, ya got somethin' in mind? Should I get changed into something cuter?"

Her voice gave away very little of how hopefuly she actually wasa about that question, but her face was ever so slightly more indicative of it, a bit of a bashful smile there that wasn't exactly common on her features. Her guard was just a little lower at the moment.

Ah shit. She was super cute when she got like that, it really only gave Elyss looks to compare. She was way too much of a gorilla on the inside to pull off the girly stuff but Murasaki had the looks, cute personality and everything to back it up. It was kind of like that Himiko girl but the tail always made him think it was a bit weird and never make a move on her. She didn't seem like his type.

"Hmm. I was thinkin' a walk, probably something more practical than cute but frankly you kind of make anything look cute so probably works."

He only really caught the implications but after he said it, he wasn't taking it back. A dude ought to own his words. You know?

"Oooh, a walk? Well that sounds totally good to me, definitely."

Naturally Murasaki wasn't really the sort to get all stammery or embarrassed when she got compliments, but it was pretty clear just from adding a little "definitely" to that sentence that she'd definitely been caught kinda off guard by being called cute. Not that she minded, if anything it probably made her day. Just came outta nowhere, is all.

"Just gimme a few to get changed then, okidoke? Unless you'd rather stick around."

Well, ya know, that hadn't really meant to come out if she was being totally honest. It'd more been a passing thought that had just ended up coming out when she talked. Oh well. Her cheeks definitely got a bit pink, but other than that, she seemed pretty much as confident in that as she did in anything she said.

A walk, yeah. It was the best thing that came to mind. A quiet little thing for the two of them to do, it wouldn't even look that weird either. Can't have rumours if no one is around, then again. Why did he care about rumours? Her reputation, yeah that was it. It didn't bother him. He did care a bit about her's though.

The offer to watch him came out of left him. It was instinct that he just hit her with the affirmative.

"Yeah, definitely."

A nod in her direction before it really settled in that she just said stick around. That really caught him off guard but he did say he'd stick around when he meant to just say give her a bit to get changed. That escalated real quick, but he did say it.

Oh. Um, well, she hadn't expected him to accept the offer. And definitely not with an answer so...forward!! It was a really good thing that she was great at keeping her cool, she would have been a total mess about now otherwise. Alright, play it cool Murasaki, play it cool!

"Okidoke, shouldn't take too long."

Oh geez, oh man, she'd have to change nearly everything! Her whole uniform didn't match anything cute she'd put on! But she'd committed to this, there was no backing down now! Off the captain's haori went, hung neatly on the wall, and the shihakusho followed suit with perhaps more haste than she usually would have used. Honestly, even she didn't know if she was hurrying because she wanted to get this over with, or just because she wanted Alastor to get to see sooner.

Ah, she hated this!!

"So, uh, was there somewhere in particular you were thinking we'd be walking to?"

It was only as she went to change that she realized she hadn't actually picked an outfit yet. Well...okay. Alright. Take it as an opportunity! Lean into the closet, give him a good view! Ah man, she hadn't done anything like this in so long now!

A little concerning, this was a bad idea in hindsight. He had to keep this cool but she wasn't doing much to help that. Why'd she have to make that comment at the end and he haphazardly responded without listening properly. His head was too busy trying to figure out where they were going for this walk. He wasn't expecting to watch her change through the whole process, this was pretty hard to swallow.

Well, not that he didn't enjoy it. He sure was liking what he saw but there was also that whole part of fighting down having to deal with enjoying it too much.

"Yeah. Just somewhere out the Rukongai, I hear that the twenty-sixth district to the West has a pretty big woodland area you know. Could be cool to walk around and have a pee-k."

Don't cough and stumble over yourself, she really did just lean in there, huh? Now it was really hard not to stare.

Murasaki did her best to listen to what Alastor was talking about, but man, she still had to figure out what to wear, and any slight draft of air only reminded her that she was still very much wearing just her underwear. Well, at least it hadn't been anything too showy or anything...actually, maybe it was a little disappointing that she hadn't.

"Oh, I like the sound of that, that does sound really nice. I haven't really been out in that part of the Rukongai for a while now, that should be fun."

She could practically feel his gaze at this point, even if most of that was actually just her imagining things. Okay, no worries, no problem, make the best of this..! Pulling out two different sweaters, one green and one yellow, Murasaki turned around and held them up for Alastor to see, doing an impressive job of hiding any embarrassment about the fact that she was still in her underwear.

"Alright, which of these do you think?"

Oh, right. One of them had that little window above the chest. Well, uh...ya know, sometimes things just worked out that way.

Keep it together, he was using that technique where he kind of just focused on there and tried to void any kind of rising red in the cheeks. If there was no sign of being flushed then he looked more innocent right? Something like that, it worked to an extent. When she turned around with two sweaters he instinctively went forward just a little bit. It was an innocent gesture to get a better look at the actual clothes.

He actually knew nothing about clothes though, that was his sister's domain. He just didn't want to look like a dazed idiot that didn't know anything about them however.

"I think the green one looks better, goes with you hair."

He nodded to himself from his closer position. Really smooth. He probably looked like he knew everything about the clothes now and was much closer to her. Didn't think this through.

There was something tremendously sweet about the fact that Alastor had not, in fact, picked the sweater with the window above the chest. His actual reason was also like...seriously cute! Maybe that was just the fact that it was him saying it, but still.

"Okidoke, good start, good start."

The green sweater was put right onto her desk, and the yellow was put back into the closet. Now onto the next thing... Ah, alright, gotta pick bottoms out, that was important.

"Whatcha think? I might go with jeans since it's cold this time of year, but a skirt and some leggings is really cute too and it should still be plenty warm. Whatcha think?"

She didn't even bother looking away from the closet this time, definitely getting more confident the longer this went on. If he wanted to stare, well...good!