Blossoms in the Mud (Mature / Sci-Fi / Closed / Stalkers Welcome! We have cookies!)

“Just a casual lunch. It’s… nearly noon so it’s the perfect time. What do you want to eat? I can do anything,” he, again, after taking a swig of the drink, had smiled cheekily to Casey. “Just a casual lunch with just you and me.”

(casually almost chokes on drink)
He coughs, "I uh, don't eat out … like ever." he said and mumbled, "it's too depressing to go alone" He looked at his drink, avoiding looking at Cairo.

(oh dear, be careful XD)

“Well you have me to go with you,” Cairo shrugged, nearly finishing his drink as he had been thirsty since the morning. He sighed softly before thinking about something. “How does seafood sound to you? Fresh fishes, prawns, crabs, and all that,”

(the one thing my character dont eat XD)
Casey made a disgusted face without realizing it, "uh…I don't eat seafood." He said trying not to be rude. he set his drink down, mostly unfinished.

(well fu—)

Cairo nodded before he tried to think about something else. “How about pasta? There’s an Italian restaurant not too far away from here I think. Maybe there would be better?”

(lol)
Casey's eyes lit up. "Yeah sure" He said casually as to hide his obvious excitement.

“You’re really not good at hiding your excitement,” Cairo chuckled softly as he shook his head with a smile. “That’s adorable,” he added in a murmured tone before he finished his drink, gesturing to it as if to ask where he could throw away the empty can.

Casey blushed slightly at this and pointed to the kitchen where the trash can was. He picked up his own drink and walked to the fridge putting it back in there.

Cairo turned to the kitchen and went to throw the empty can away, yawning slightly. He then remembered something and was planning to make good use of such a weird concept. “It is authority’s duty to make sure those who have done wrong do not escape at any given time,” he got out something that resembled a pair of handcuffs but were clearly made to be more technologically advanced than the typical cuffs. “I hope you don’t mind putting these on for me while we’re walking there,”

Casey paused before turning to face Cairo, a slight blush still on his face, "c-can you repeat that?" he said obviously having not been paying attention to what Cairo had said.

The officer blinked a bit before he sighed and went over to Casey, cuffing his wrist with one of the handcuffs while he cuffed his own wrist with the other side. “There,” he cuffed them in a way that his left hand was close to Casey’s right hand. “It will look like I’m taking someone into custody when in reality it’s just a lunch,” he smiled cheekily before he placed his index finger on the side of his neck, a black mask with a white ‘X’ symbol on it emerging from his neck and covering his face. “I’m doing this for your own safety,” he added, his voice slightly muffled and lowered as a result of wearing the mask.

Casey nodded momentary staring at the handcuffs before looking up at Cairo with a mixed expression. "Lunch…" He mumbled running his free hand through his hair knocking his glasses off his face they landed on the floor behind him and he just stared forward. "great job Case, just knock them into the floor" he muttered to himself.

Cairo blinked a moment before he knelt down to get the glasses, staring down at them for a second. He turned back to Casey and smiled softly behind the mask, using both of his hands to place Casey’s glasses on the man’s face, readjusting it for him before he lowered his mask enough that he could see clearly. “There,” he stared into the other’s eyes, inches away from his face for a few long seconds before he pulled his mask back up to cover his entire face. “Much better,”

Casey blushed at how close Cairo got and bit his lip subconsciously, "th-thanks…s-so" he cleared his throat, "lets go to get lunch then." he said looking at the floor.

’He’s so cute…’ he thought before nodding.
“Yeah, let’s,” Cairo started pulling Casey along, making sure that the door was locked when they left. A lot of people looked towards them and immediately turned away when they saw that it was probably just a Dove doing their duty.

It took something like ten minutes, but eventually, they reached the restaurant that Cairo wanted them to eat at. He entered the restaurant with Casey. A ‘waiter robot’ had come to them with a big smile on its face.

“Welcome! How may I help you today!”
On the robot’s chest, a digital interface was present. Cairo had reached forward to press on the ‘Private Room’ button as the robot nodded. ”Please, follow me!”
With that, the robot started making its way around the crowded tables in the dining hall with Cairo pulling Casey along just behind it. After passing through some curtains, Cairo and Casey was shown to a private room which seemed oddly… romantic. There was a clothed table for two in the middle of the room, a glass chandelier above it with candles on stands around the room. The robot gestured inside the room to which Cairo pulled Casey in, thanking the robot.
”When you wish to order, just press the button by the door.” The humanoid robot mentioned before it closed the door, leaving Casey and Cairo in the room.
The carpeted floor was filled with scattered rose petals with the overall lighting of scarlet red and the furniture to give a slightly erotic tone. Cairo had taken off his mask and allowed it to shrink back into the chip it was before. “What do you think?” The officer turned to ask Casey as he was pulling him along towards the table, unlocking the handcuffs so the other man would walk around the room freely.

Casey followed silently avoiding looking around at everyone only at his feet. He didn't get out much. When they got to the room he looked around blushing. Once he got his hand back he didn't move, looking at Cairo with a blush. "th-this…is this normal?" He asked referring to the decoration of the room. He had not been lying when he said he didn't go out much, if ever.

Cairo looked at Casey with a gentle nod. “It’s normal in some restaurants when we ask for ‘private’ rooms. Usually it’s smaller and less decorative but it depends on the size and fund of the restaurant too,” he shrugged, making it sound genuine despite knowing well that he wasn’t being absolutely genuine. He had booked the only private room that had this sort of setting and since the waiter was a robot, he didn’t have to risk being embarrassed. He gestured towards the table where two menus were. “Have a seat,” he smiled innocently to Casey though his heart was beating a lot harder against his chest than he thought. It was the environment, he thought. It had to be.

Casey smiled nervously at Cairo with a nod, before sitting down. He didn't immediately pick up the menu and instead sat there quietly admiring the room. His mind went to the robot's programing, which could easily be messed up, he shook his head to try and focus his thoughts. He needed to focus on the now, having a da-lunch…lunch with an attractive 'dove'. For some reason this situation was making him quite nervous, and he hadn't the slightest clue what to do.

Cairo sat there, just across from Casey, with a small smile on his face as he read the menu. “Let’s just order individually, alright? We should probably avoid any Lady and the Tramp kind of situation after all,” he chuckled softly, not looking up from the menu. As he had just donned a mask earlier, his hair was slightly messy which caused a part of it to fall over his face while he was reading through what the restaurant offered.
He wanted to get back to work as soon as possible, yes, but spending this sort of time with someone outside the organization was something he rarely did… and definitely not in this sort of setting either. He soon looked up. “What would you like, Casey?”

Casey was watching Cairo, zoned out. He hadn't been paying attention to what was said, after the whole 'avoiding any lady and the tramp' thing. Which had made him blush a little more to think about it. He saw the hair fall into Cairo's face, and without thinking he reached over and brushed it out of the 'doves' face. Once he realized what he was doing, he froze, his face turning a brighter red.

Cairo’s face, too, grew redder when he realized what Casey had just done. He froze there, simply staring at the other man before he gulped. “Uh…” he didn’t know exactly what to say which was really weird for someone who was a professional at his job. He eventually dropped the strong demeanor, blushing brightly. “I… thanks,” he murmured before turning to the button by the door. “Should I just… order some things for us?”

(Me : This is not a romance. This is not a romance. This is not— This is a romance. This is definitely a romance.)

Casey moved his hand away and looked at the table, "uh- y-yeah" He had completely forgotten about food. He had no idea why he had just done that, normally he didn't think before he acted but, at least then he had some sort of thought. This was just random.
(XD I made it romance <3 cuz my oc is so cute)

Cairo nodded slowly as he set the menu down and stood up, making his way towards the button to call the robot waiter in. Once the ‘waiter’ was stood outside the door, Cairo had ordered some things for the two of them. After he finished ordering everything, he thanked the robot and closed the door, allowing the system to lock the door like earlier.
“I-It said it’ll bring our food and drinks out when they’re finished,” he spoke, surprised as he had never felt his heart beat so fast before. He picked up the two menus and set them aside before he leaned in slightly towards Casey. “Your face is all red…” he murmured, reaching out to place the back of his hand on the other’s forehead “…no fever. Is there something wrong?” He asked, despite his own face as red as a cherry tomato picked straight off its tree.

(I won’t disagree with that. Casey do be pretty cute!)

Casey blushed even more at Cairo touching his forehead, "y-your face is also red…" he muttered, having no idea why he was so flustered all of a sudden. He was so much better with computers than with feelings. He looked down at the table again, not feeling capable of meeting Cairo's eyes.

(funny story, casey was originally like a smooth dominant cocky person..but like..lol not really anymore)

“No that’s impossible,” Cairo chuckled softly before he pulled away, knowing for a fact that he was actually embarrassed which was… rare. So rare in fact that the last time he felt this way was when he met his childhood crush at the age of six. He tried to silence the thoughts in his head, feeling slightly overwhelmed by them. This was going to be a really awkward dat— lunch… an awkward lunch now. “So uh… anything you want to talk about while we’re here…?”

(Ah yes, my dom over-dominated yours XD)

Casey pulled out his phone and sat there for a moment before he looked up at Cairo, "uh we could ask eachother questions?" he asked not putting his phone down. He was simply hacking into the restarants system to see the list of 'private rooms' to see if Cairo was telling the truth or not. And also just to see the robot waiters coding.

(XD you made my dom a sub)

“Sure… not sure where to start though,” Cairo sighed softly as he sat fully on his seat, crossing arms and staring down at the table. “I suppose I should ask what your actual favorite food is?”

In the restaurant’s system, out of the eight ‘private rooms’ in the restaurant, only the biggest one, the one Casey and Cairo were in, was labeled as ‘occupied’. However, the other seven were labeled as ‘booked’ with one of them turning to say ‘occupied’ not long later.
As for the robots, they had codings telling them about general directions, motion sensory cameras, quick AI decision-making chips, and other things ‘server robots’ had.

(Eheheheh~ Sorry not sorry~)

"oh..uh.I don't really have a favorite but I do prefer like mexican or italian. I really like pasta." He thought for a moment, frowning at his phone and putting it away. "my turn, what is your favorite animal" he asked, knowing that this sort of conversation was one that people used to get to know eachother better, although he was mostly using it to pass the time.

(._. poor casey, he is so different than og casey who made so many sexual jokes its sad)

“The owl,” Cairo answered with a small smile. “A bot scary at first but really, they’re great animals,” he nodded along to his own answer before he looked up at Casey. “Favorite alcohol preference if you drink any?”

(I mean… he can still make sexual jokes as a sub? Will not guarantee what happens to him after though—)

"uh, I don't really drink much, but basically whatever I have laying around" he shrugged honestly, "I do enjoy drinking, but doing things alone are not nearly as fun" he said laying his arms on the table. "what about you?"
(oop- totally not me trying to plan a sexual joke)