Teamwork Flirting [Benji/Axelle]

[Georgina Speer]

Quality time with Axelle, awh yeah, friendship time~

The pair of them were hanging out with a picnic of "healthy" items under a tree near the pond. It was a nice day, so why not? As expected with such a pair, the conversation varied from mildly serious to ridiculously extravagant in the best of ways. George avoided mentioning the past incident involving Axe and the statue in town again.

For some reason, she didn't seem all too pleased the first time.

"3D Pokemon is cool, but at this rate, imma need to start wearing glasses," George complained, looking up into the tree. Damn, if only she had upper body strength and the ability to get off her ass. Sigh. She knew that Axe couldn't really play video games, due to her ability acting out, so, that sucked. She hopped up, "Brb." Yep, she just said brb. So sue her.

She swiveled around the tree and skipped merrily along for about three seconds. And then she saw... that jammy dodger. Oh no, she was not starting a conversation with that twollock. Her face dropped a little and she started walking subtly to the left.

To the left, to the left~

Great, now her head was bobbing. Brilliant. ACT NORMAL MAYBE HE WON'T NOTICE YOU AND YOUR BRIGHT GREEN HAT.

[Benjamin Park]

Some days, Benji's ability got a little overwhelming. When one was surrounded by creatures of the night, magicians, murderers, angels, and who-knows-what all else, it could definitely get to you. And so, he was taking a much-needed break in a copse of trees near the pond, listening to music quietly so hopefully no one would hear and bother him as he pirouetted and danced around the glade, already building up a sweat in the humid, hot weather.

But he didn't care. He was enjoying himself, and getting out some stress and energy he'd been cooping up for a while. Benji was just taking a break to grab a bit of water when movement caught his eye, and he turned to see...

Oh, it was that chick! Shadowcat. No... George? That was her name, right? "Hey, baby!" he called out, just in case he was wrong. A smile spread across his face. He vaguely remembered her telling him not to call her that, but oh well. He noticed her head bobbing and went on,"You like the music? I can teach you a few steps, if you'd like!" He stepped closer to her, his slim, graceful legs moving quickly and easily along the moss-carpeted ground. "I told you I would before, didn't I? Come on, beautiful, don't leave me hanging." He was still grinning as he held out a hand.

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle had just fished her yo-yo out of her bag when she overheard Benji addressing George. At first she was confused, George wasn't really a dancer and he REALLY shouldn't have called her baby. Deciding to take pity on Benji (they were friends after all), and assisting him in his already failing flirting game; she dug frantically in her backpack and pulled out a marker and a notebook, carefully but quickly flipping it open and drawing a '2' on the paper and standing up. She side-eyed the situation briefly to make sure that George couldn't see her before thrusting the sign out at Benji, waving it a moment to get his attention. That being done she turned and leaned from out behind the tree and shook her head with a frown.

She made a "rocking the baby" motion and mouthed "NO!" several times while shaking her head. Then she danced a bit awkwardly to make her point and shook her head again, this time lifting her hands to mimic a video game controller. George liked games, Benji liked to dance, wasn't there a dancing game or something? AH!!! Axelle flipped to another page and scribbled "DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION" in big letters before turning the sheet around again and nodding.

[Georgina Speer]

Oh noooooooo buggeration...

That was the exact opposite of what George wanted. No fair. "I hope you don't have long term memory loss. Or maybe I look like a toddler to you." She was not about to allow him to call her baby again. It felt weird and stupid. She turned to him, her back facing the tree she had walked away from.

She was completely oblivious to the goings-ons behind her. That... was probably a good thing.

The brunette smirked at his tries - his attempts were bad and he should feel sad. She rejected the offer, with an "I'm good, thanks,". And she was completely thrown off by being called beautiful, but this was Benji. That kind of thing was bound to be said. She high-fived the held out hand, "You better start warming up those monkey limbs because you're about the start hanging." She felt like that was a pretty decent comeback. Hell yeah, pat on the back for George.

But not from Benji. Speaking of, "Sayonara, dorkface," She concluded, beginning to stroll again with a dismissive wave.

[Benjamin Park]

Benji thought that the two of them were alone in the glade, and therefore had no problem with putting on his flirting game with the British girl. Even though she didn't seem all that interested. Hey, he'd flirted with much worse - that ice queen chick had been scary, this was nothing compared to that! "A toddler? Of course not, gorgeous. I guess maybe I do just have bad memory." He grinned again, flashing his pearly whites. "It's George, right? I apologize, I have a hard time remembering names, so I tend to stick to nicknames." More than once he'd gone out with a girl and left her not even knowing her name....

He pouted dramatically as she turned down his offer. "Are you sure? It doesn't have to be this song, we could do anything you'd like." But George didn't seem to be taking it; all she did was slap his hand, which he retracted with a heavy sigh. He was about to say something smart in reply when movement caught his attention. Benji looked past George to see....

.... Axelle...? Holding up a 2 and... What was she....

It took Benji a couple moments to realize what she was doing, and his eyes widened briefly before he focused back on George. "Hey uh, hey," he called after her, standing in front of her so she couldn't leave. "George, yeah? What about Dance Dance Revolution, have you played? It's a, uh, video game." He smiled again, trying to shake off his bewilderment at the redhead showing up. "How about if I win, I get to take you out? And... If you win, I'll do whatever you want." His eyes wandered back to where Axelle was hiding to see her reaction.

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle was not so secretly pleased that Benji had figured out and followed her advice. She too considered Benji's challenge to George and found it acceptable. George liked challenges and Benji hadn't said that George had to do whatever he wanted which was good. Axelle herself hated those kinds of deals anyway because it kicked her competitive streak into overdrive and bad things usually happened as a result. She drew a much better '5' on her paper and held it out to Benji. Then she withdrew the notebook, flipped to a new page and wrote 'CUPCAKES' in big letters and stepped out a little to hold it out with a thumbs up and a huge smile.

Hopefully Benji would translate this as "take this woman to a bakery"....worst case scenario he'd still give George cupcakes which was also acceptable.

[Georgina Speer]

Gorgeous was another unfamiliar description of herself. All the same, she shrugged her shoulders. And then nodded, "Yeah, it's George. And just so we are clear, I am not a fan of the nicknames. If you're going to nickname me, at least make it something personal. I could call a tree beautiful, but that doesn't necessarily mean it would be." She was rambling. Eh, whatever.

"Nope." She said, "Thanks for the offer, though." May as well be friendly about it. Benji wasn't really a bad guy or anything, he was just a dolt.

George thought she was about to be left alone, but apparently, that wasn't the case. She looked up at him when he stood in her way and folded her arms - this had better be good. His next line of fire, however, was... unexpectedly intriguing. Dance Dance Revolution? She raised an eyebrow at the 'video game' comment, "I know that, genius."

She furrowed her brow at the offer. It was... appealing. Even if he was a dancer. It wasn't like Dance Central where you actually had to dance though - it was just a case of landing your feet right. Still, the idea that she could get him to do anything she wanted... but being taken out... ugh. "I don't know. I don't know if there's even an arcade anywhere we could play it at or something." And no, she didn't own one of those huge machines, that would be ridiculous.

...she wanted to, though. God damn money. And space.

[Benjamin Park]

Somehow, the perfect nickname popped into Benji's head the moment that George confirmed her name and asked for a more personal nickname. "Georgeous. Oh my God, you're Georgeous, you can't deny me that one," he blurted, absolutely beaming at his own genius. Ben glanced up to see if Axelle like that one. Who wouldn't, right? "It's personal and flatteringly accurate!" Yup, he went there.

Axe gave him a five for the last thing. Okay.... Ugh, what else could he do!? He turned his attention back to George to see how she was responding. She wasn't denying him outright, though her snippy comment made him snicker. "Sorry, should've known you'd know," he mumbled. He'd just been frantic to involve video games somehow.

She was considering it. She was considering it, he could see it in her face! Benji opened his mouth to respond before movement from Axelle caught his eyes again and he squinted to see "cupcakes" written out. Uh.... What? He blinked and tried to figure this out before taking a risk and going on,"There's uhhh, I think there's an arcade near this, uh, bakery downtown, they have like, ooh, cupcakes and scones and shit," he shrugged, hoping his memory was serving him right from when he'd last been walking in that area. "I could buy you something win or lose. Because, you know, who could turn that down, right?"

Another glance at Axelle. Ben wasn't sure if she was helping or hindering at this point, because he was starting to stumble over his words.

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle was scribbling almost immediately after she heard Benji's new nickname but the point value took a little longer to work out. She practically fell over herself when she leaned out from behind the tree mouthing "OH MY GOD NO!" with a point value of 'MINUS ALL THE POINTS BENJI' in the biggest letters she could manage. Then she flipped the notebook, wrote 'NO MORE NICKNAMES' and then flipped it again.

'Good with the cupcake idea, 7 points', she wrote quickly before showing him and hiding again. She flipped to another page 'TIME?' She wrote with a question mark hoping that he'd read it as "when should he and George do this?" And not blurt out the actual time....though at this point it might neither help or hinder his cause.

[Georgina Speer]

Georgeous? The British girl laughed in disbelief, "That has to be the cheesiest nickname I have ever heard." She wasn't pushing it away completely, even with it's stupid connotations. She snorted at another though, "Hah, would that make you Benjiful?" She most probably would never use that nickname ever at all, but it was funny~.

She shrugged it off. And then blinked, "I don't remember telling you I liked video games." Maybe he didn't know? Dance Dance Revolution was a pretty well known video game, but still... hmm...

And he seemed really stuttery and... un-Benji-like. Why was he so under-confident? And he kept looking behind her - what was going? Once the dancer had finished his spiel (which, in all honesty, sounded really, really good), she narrowed her eyes at him and saw him glance behind her again. She swivelled around quickly - what was to interesting behind her? But... nothing. She could swear she saw the tree move, but that could just be the wind... ugh, she couldn't give up an offer this good. George turned back around and studied him for a moment, before seemingly caving, "...okay. Sure." Why was she agreeing to this again?

Oh yeah, video games and free food.

[Benjamin Park]

Minus all the points!? No way, that nickname was awesome!! Benji scowled at Axe’s silent mouthing, shaking his head and focusing back on George, who didn’t seem to think it was too terrible. “Hey, cheesy can be good, right?” he asked with a slightly awkward laugh. When she shot it right back at him, he laughed again, holding up a hand for a high five (‘cause why not?). “Perfect,” he said. “You can be Georgeous and I can be Benjiful.” Hah, take that Axelle! He would have stuck out his tongue at her had George not been between them.

“Uh, well…” How to explain how he knew? “I guess it was just a lucky guess on my part?” Another awkward laugh. “And I mean, who doesn’t like video games, right?” Ben wasn’t a huge fan, but whatever!

7 points… Okay, that was better, he guessed. Benji wasn’t sure how much Axelle was helping or hindering at this point, though. Time, time, right… NO don’t look! He almost grabbed George to keep her from looking over her shoulder, but fortunately Axelle had hidden by then. He smiled crookedly at her as she turned back to look at him, ruffling the back of his hair with his hand. No one could resist that look, right? Apparently not, because… She agreed!!

“Yesss!” he whooped, before regaining his composure and realizing how dumb he sounded. “Uh…. So how about around six tomorrow?” Benji suggested. That would give them a couple hours to go out and get comfortable with each other, yeahhh. “I’ll give you my number and you can give me yours?” Benji grinned as he pulled out his phone, already typing in the contact name as “Georgeous”.

[Axelle Flint]

Axelle rolled her eyes at the continued use of the nickname, it was hideous....really. It was really just opening the doors to more nonsence. Soon people would be calling her "AXEptable" or "AXEspendable" or...something stupid like that. She was suddenly and illogically irked at her father for not giving her a name more conducive to adorable nicknames. She did however give him ten points for asking for George's number and thrust the notebook back out at him after she checked to make sure that George wasn’t looking again.