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[Yuya laughs heartily.] I've seen it enough on TV! Since it's Valentine's Day, I don't think red roses are too bold at all... but if you think they are, maybe carnations?

[He considers himself and Nana close friends, but he doesn't really know how to woo her personally--and he's never known her to be involved with someone before, so this advice might be a little generic.]

[ Yeah, Kano has no idea what a carnation is. ]

Hm... Does your phone have internet? Can you look up banana flowers for me? Those have to exist, right?

[ Theoretically? It's a fruit tree. Those have to flower. ]

Oh, yeah! [Yuya pulls out his phone, switching the keyboard language before searching in English 'banana flower'.

Which... just shows flowering banana trees, and those aren't terribly practical.] Uh, it's these big purple bulbs. Maybe instead, we should... [He changes his search request to 'banana shaped flower'.]

Here we go! This is called Jerusalem sage. [He butchered pronouncing that.

Yuya turns his phone screen to Kano so he can see. They look like tiny bananas.]

Huh...

[ The big purple bulbs are very strange looking, and he doesn't know whether Nana would appreciate the authenticity of a banana plant flower, or if she'd like something more traditionally yellow banana-like flower instead. ]

It sorta looks like sourgrass. It's a weed, you know? Have you ever chewed the stems?

Sourgrass...? No, I haven't. Do they taste good?

[That's one of two reasons people might eat weeds, anyway.]

Guess what it tastes like~

... Sour? [No shit.] Maybe like lemon?

Something like that~ I wonder if it grows in France? If they do, I'll present you with a who~le bouquet of them, so you'll know!

[ THEY'RE WEEDS
but they're great weeds, great for plucking off the ground and having people stare at you like some uncultured child. ]

[It's probably safer than the crickets.

Yuya giggles.] Okay. I'll look forward to it.

[He glances down at his phone, then back at Kano.] Hey--what if you give Nana yellow lilies? The way they open looks like a banana peeling, right?

[ He has a better sense of what a lily looks like, compared to carnations, and bright yellow lilies are really pretty flowers, hard to go wrong with that. ]

Oh, hey, that's not a bad idea either! I might have to go with that! Maybe I can ask you another opinion, since you're so good with flowers? What's a flower you'd give to somebody who doesn't seem like they'd like flowers?

[Yuya grins, rubbing the back of his neck sheepishly. He's not sure if he'd consider himself good with flowers, but he's flattered.]

Eh... I guess that depends why they don't like flowers? [He tilts his head.] Like if they're usually allergic, or it's too sappy, or they just don't like traditional flowers.

[Though he'd probably circumvent that by giving them something that wasn't a flower at all, but he'll roll with Kano's hypothetical situation here.]

[ He appreciates Yuya working with his hypotheticals here, frowning a little as he tries to imagine why this specific person he has in mind might not like flowers. ]

Hm~ Maybe... I guess I dunno if they'd hate 'em or not, but at the best, they'd be indifferent! Like, "What am I supposed to do with a bunch of flowers?" Something like that~

[ So, basically himself. What do you do with flowers? They're pretty, but you can't hold onto flowers all night during a dance, they're so inconvenient. ]

[Yuya rests his hand on his chin, pausing in thought.]

Hm... I guess in that case, I'd pick a flower that's really striking. Like one that smells incredible, or one that's a weird shape and color they haven't seen before. Just one flower, but one that's really hard to ignore.

[He smiles a little, perking up.] Or you can use the flower as a prop instead of a gift, like as part of a poem. A serenade! But, uh, I guess that only works if you're trying to romance them.

[ He wasn't planning to romance them, but at the suggestion, Kano breaks out into a laugh, barely trying to stifle it and in the end giving up trying to hold it it. ]

A serenade! The best! That's the best! He'd hate that!! I'm going to do exactly that, thanks, Yuya!

Oh--no! [Yuya waves his hands quickly, trying to hold back a laugh from bubbling up in him as well.] You'll get his hopes up, Kano! Don't break his heart!

[... Okay, he starts laughing a little because he knows the situation isn't that and they probably aren't secretly pining for Kano.]

That's the point, isn't it~? I'm going to crush him.

[ But he's laughing too hard to sound very menacing.

Still... He's going to destroy this guy, and he's going to do it with flowers and song. ]

That's terrible! [Yuya snorts, leaning over and raising his eyebrow.] What'd he do to you?

Haha, nothing~!

[ Just an innocent man who Kano's got a grudge against, supposedly. ]

It doesn't matter, never mind that~ It'll be worth it! A flashy flower, a song, that sort of thing's the best! Getting something like that would be real fun, too!

It doesn't sound like that's what you're wanting him to think. [Yuya reaches to nudge Kano with his elbow. But honestly, a flower and a song isn't anything actually harmful. It's not worse than Yuya derailing Imelda's tour, for example--possibly irritating but no actual damage done.

Yuya looks down at his phone, checking the time before he straightens up.] I have one more gift to deliver before the dance, but I'll see you there okay?

[He moves to stand up from the couch.] Let me know if you need any help finding the flowers.

Yep~ I'll have tupperware for you later, so I'll come find you at the dance~

[ Does he need help finding flowers? Nah, not when he's got illusions on his side, solving his problem of what the hell people even do with a bouquet after they receive it. All the surprise and none of the hassle. ]

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