[Open] A poisonous feast

[foggydetective]

Characters: Tohru Adachi [The Evil Queen (Snow White)] & everyone / anyone
Campaign: Break
Format: Either
Open
Summary: Poison plot time.

Prompts are on the comments. Feel free to contact me via the original plotting post or the Discord Server if you have any questions.

The food is being distributed during the festival mentioned on the intro log.

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[blazeoflife]

[ Third time's the charm?

Though Fuuka would feel that odd tingle from him that she did when they first saw one another in the Index-- that feeling of 'being from the same story', as they soon realised.

He's gonna swear off peaches at this rate, though. ]

Mgh...zzz...

[ He doesn't rouse to her voice, but he's definitely still breathing. ]

[cookingmechanic]

[She blinked as she realized they were once again from the same story after changing Essences. It was a comfort, and she smiled, but it soon shifted to a frown.]

"But that doesn't really help me now does it? Let's see...if he's asleep from biting a...peach? Then what might wake him up..."

[Though she didn't think it would work, she shook him, calling him name. Just to confirm it.]

[blazeoflife]

[ Nope... he was all floppy and dead weight. ]

Ngh... Fuu...

[ Mumbling something in his sleep, too. ]

[cookingmechanic]

[Just as she thought; she'd need to do something drastic to wake him up. And, given that he seemed to be put to sleep by eating fruit, did that she mean...she would have to...]

"J-Junpei, are you sure you're not playing a prank...?"

[Her face was already going red at the mere thought of potentially having to kiss him. She gave him another shake, partially to stall. She'd never kissed anyone!]

"...b-but maybe this wouldn't count...?"

[blazeoflife]

[ No response. His head fell back as she shook him, drool starting to drip from his mouth.

If he was pulling a prank, he was really keeping the act up well... ]

Ngh...

[cookingmechanic]

[Well...it didn't look like she had much choice. Her face was bright red now as she stared at his sleeping face. Maybe she wouldn't have to tell him. And it could just be a quick one. If it didn't work, then she'd find another way! But...better to get this one done with. Before anyone came in and saw her.]

"F-forgive me Junpei...!"

[Using her sleeve, she wiped the drool from his mouth, suddenly very aware of his lips. More then she ever had been before. Swallowing, she took a deep breath, her fingers knotting together.]

"J-just a quick peck. For...f-for a friend! N-nothing special! You can do this, Fuuka. You've helped fight off a literal death god, you can give Junpei a kiss to wake him up!"

[With another breath she leaned forward and gave him a quick peck on the lips. It barely lasted a second, but as she pulled away, Fuuka could hear her heart thudding in her ears, and her stomach was twisting into knots. If this didn't work, she'd need some time to calm down before trying anything else.]

1/2

[blazeoflife]

[ Soft again.

Junpei's eyes fluttered open as Fuuka pulled back, and he stared for a moment as realization slowly filtered in. ]

[First, that he had passed out again. How much poison did he ingest...?]

[ And Second... ]

2/2

[blazeoflife]

[ ... That Fuuka was the one that woke him up this time.

W-which, meant... ]

...Uh...

[ Wow, his face is so red, and his mouth opened and closed a few times.

This is totally just him being sluggish due to the poison! Totally. ]

[cookingmechanic]

[Her embarrassment momentarily faded into excitement as she saw Junpei wake up, and her face brightened up.]

"Junpei! You're awake!"

[But then as his face went red, and she saw his mouth opened and closed, she was instantly embarrassed again. Her own face matched his color, she looked towards the peach.]

"U-um...I-I saw the peach...a-and I...um...well...w-why would you eat something like that? It's obviously n-no good!"

[Fuuka glanced back at him with a slight huff, forcing herself not to look at his lips. Nope, she was looking just at his eyes. Only his eyes.]

[blazeoflife]

... Uh...

[ He's still processing things... ]

No good-? But I just, bought it--

[ His own eyes followed Fuuka's and... ]

---?! H-how'd it go bad so fast--?!

[ The hell was going on?! ]

[cookingmechanic]

"S-so, it wasn't like this when you ate it...?"

[She glanced at the peach, and kneeled over it, examining it. This was probably the best way to focus on something other then the...the...k-kiss.]

"W-well...you were fast asleep when I got here, so...it must have been magic. Where did you get it...?"

[blazeoflife]

...Oh no...

[ Annnd then realization caught up with him, and Junpei turned... completely red. ]

...F-fuuka, did, um. Did you...

[ He couldn't quite meet her eyes as he spoke. ]

[cookingmechanic]

"D...did I...did I what...?"

[She kept her focus on the peach, though her face was a bright red. She didn't know what his own red face might mean; was he embarrassed that she'd kissed him? Maybe thought it was weird? Was he mad? Did he...not mind? Her thoughts swirled in her head. Why was it always a kiss in fairy tales?! Why it couldn't be a back slap or something?!]

[blazeoflife]

"...A-ah, nothing, it's--"

Considering what's already happened, he shouldn't be surprised? But uh, Fuuka was embarrassed, and even if she was always cute like that--

"Y-you were just, tryin' to help me out, right? After uh, messing up again..."

[cookingmechanic]

[Fuuka stole a glance at Junpei, and took a breath. They were both embarrassed. And that was okay. Taking another breath, she smiled.]

"W-well, how were you suppose to know it'd be a peach that would make you fall asleep? Usually it's an apple."

[Straightening herself, she smoothed out her skirt and fiddled with the onesie tied around her waist.]

"A-and...well, I guess it...i-it didn't count as a real...k-k-kiss, because you were asleep for it."