Shy boi rizz, but still rizz
I could try to be a little less distasteful. I look back at the guy, and force a smile.
âMaybe itâs just because Iâve read so many romances. I have a hard time finding anything really unique that impresses meâŚâ
I should have tacked on a âmuchâ at the endâŚ
âDo you think I could impress you?â He asks suddenly.
What?
I look at him blankly.
âWhat?â
âIâm sorry,â he kind of laughs and smiles uncomfortably at the same time. âThe second you walked in here, I knew I had to try to get your number because youâre just so strikingâŚâ
âAlicia?!â
âSorry, Iâm just feeling a little queasy,â I mumble, but Iâm not sure my sickness is loud enough for him to hear me.
I take my measurements quickly - almost certainly getting them wrong - and leave the measuring tape on Kattarâs bed. Heâll almost certainly be annoyed - but I have to just deal with that today-
âTook you long enough,â Kattar smiles a little teasingly as I drag myself back into the living room.
âIâve gained a few inches,â I mutter, sitting at the opposite end of the couch, not looking him in the face.
I watch out of the corner of my eye as heâs washed in-
Worry-
About me, please.
Iâm not okay.
âIs that something to cry over, bella?â he smiles nervously, putting one hand to my burning cheek and trying to get me to look at him - and his words start to mesh into each other-
Itâs just the accent - But thatâs not what I hear.
â-It wouldnât kill you to gain a few pounds. Youâd lost too much weight back then.â
âAish,â I shake my head trying to shake off my anxiety, but it clings to me like - âYou sound like a motherâŚâ
âAhhhh, that wonât do,â he shakes his head, cringing a little, âWhat should I say then? I prefer my sweetheart a little softer.â
âWeâre going to play a little game,â itâs almost a whisper, and he looks at me with a nerve-wracking-ly impassive expression - almost impassive - but in his eyes, I can see that slight light and coquettish curiosity-
âIf I kiss you, I steal your memories, and you have to answer one question for me.â
He smiles a little in spite of himself, a slight color coming into his face as he leans back against the sofa arm, shading his doubtful smirk with one hand, squinting suspiciously -
âYou wouldnâtâŚâ
Dominic is pretty smooth, but Essence doesn't know how to respond to his flirting lol:
âLooks dazzling. Like a picture,â he grins and shades his face as he glances upwards in the direction I'm looking.
âThe sunset?â Well, maybe if you like cityscapes, but still⌠âYou canât see much of it through the buildings and power lines.â
Wait.
I probably should have agreed with him, right?
Mr. Giang just shakes his head, smiling, âI meant you, but the sunset is nice too.â
All of my characters are anything but suave lol. I feel like a lot of us in the LGBTQ community in general aren't suave lol. We're awkward and most of us are nerds since we've often been excluded. So, this is pretty authentic in my books. Two of my characters flirt by cooking and both of them successfully got their boyfriends by hooking them by their stomachs. Boys are easy and the best way to get them is with food. Of course, it was more of a "um do you like food? I made chocolate/cookies..." and the boys gravitating around them because the food is so good and this led to other things. Food = love and family in my books, so it was only natural. Though I bet a lot of real life people express love through food.
Kattar smiles, now, just slightly, but sincerely, and I feel a warmth like mild sunshine wash me in comfort, if only for an instant, even as I recognize that sly energy that I pretend not to.
âFine, do you know what I really want?â He tilts his head with that same subtle smile, crossing his arms over his cable-knit chest.
âWhat?â I ask slowly, as I cram as much of the pretzel as I can manage into my mouth to try to avoid dropping any crumbs on his couch.
âThe other half of that pretzel youâre eating.â
He grins roguishly, and before I can say anything in response, he leans forward across the cushions, and bites off the other half of my pretzel, with a sort of half-kiss that turns my whole face burning red.
âGet your own!â I bluster, embarrassed and flustered in a sort of butterfly-ish flutter as he re-steals the pretzel bag and plops back against his pillows on the opposite end of the couch, âGive me that back!â
âNot on your life,â he grins, placing one of the pretzels between his teeth teasingly. âIf you want it, come and get it.â
My characters don't necessarily flirt. They bicker like an old couple who've been married for 50 years for like five minutes then it's like, "Do you wanna go to Waffle House?" I'm absolutely in love with their dynamic.The only reason Dallas started arguments with Harper is because he finds her cute when she's angry.
Hmm Iâm trying to think if Butter Bee currently has any flirty moments at the moment, and I donât think it does to be fair though I havenât focused on any real romance within the story yet so I guess that makes sense why there are no flirty scenes as of yet.
I think the only thing that comes close to it is this doodle comic, and itâs more like failing at flirting miserably on Geoffreyâs part. Totally cursed but hereâs the scene with Knight Lock and Knight Geoffrey:
lol, poor Geoffrey. My comic's ml fails at flirting a lot too, so he can relate, though romance isn't even the main theme of Sketchy Business. He kind of fails at it from comic one, since the female lead finds it annoying.
(excuse how awful this drawing is, it's the first strip of the comic TT, my art has improved since then)
Omg you know I actually have written this dynamic too for a different story, one of my first I started working on actually! Itâs a really fun style of writing for me, since Iâm bad at writing like suave romantic romances so I like writing ones with more banter. Would Dallas have the âargumentativeâ trait if he was a Sim? XD although Iâm not sure if thatâs an actual trait, but I feel like it should be! lol
Donât feel too bad for Geoffrey heâs literally more than 20 years older than Locket so itâs kinda đ¤˘đ¤˘đ¤˘ stop, drop, and run away!!
but omg Chili is really trying hard oh no looks like he wasnât successful either! But he seems way more likeable than Geoffrey, he just comes off kinda goofy and extra Also as a side note: how old is this art??! Youâve had such a jump in quality in art, Iâm telling you youâre moving so fast with learning!
@Cass at least arguing like an old married couple now will prepare them for later xd.
A romance that was suave all the time would get pretty dull pretty fast anyway imao lol. Most of my couples bicker at least a little bit too I think, it's just different ratios
Ah yeah! Definitely I see more playfulness in your scenes too that youâve shared here. But also nothing wrong with really poetic or romantic scenes either! I just donât know how to write them so I donât Everyone has a different strong suit. But whenever the rare occasion pops up where I do write actual romance between characters theyâre a bit dorky and nervous themselves.