Open RP -- Rukia skips rocks

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Rukia didn't often go down to the river except when she needed to bathe, but today was an exception. The little shinigami was desperately bored, and she'd ultimately taken to skipping rocks on the water's surface, and watching the ducks scatter when one got too close (she actually tried not to aim for the ducks and for the most part she succeeded, but occasionally, one went astray).

What was frustrating was the way some rocks skipped gracefully across the water, some skipped one or two times and then stopped and some fell into the water with a plunk almost as soon as they left her hand. Rukia was sure there had to be a trick to it. She just wished she knew what...

((Anyone who wants to come talk to her, give her pointers, feed the ducks, etc., is welcome. :D))

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"Oh." Chii filed away the information ducks did not eat rocks, which very, very good. Otherwise she would have tried throwing rocks at them.

When Rukia asked if she liked them, Chii perked up and beamed. "Yes! I think they are very cute. Like Rukia! And I like to feed them." She threw out another piece of bread to illustrate this.

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...cute? Like Rukia? The shinigami found herself blushing a little. "Ah..." she said. "Thank you, Chii. I'm sure the ducks appreciate being fed." She smiled a little at the persocom. Then she got an idea -- Chii liked cute things...

"Chii, have you ever heard of bunnies?"

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Noticing the blush, Chii reached out to gently touch Rukia's cheeks and asked, curiously, "Why is Rukia-san turning red here?"

Rukia's question got a head tilt and the response of, "No, Chii has not. Are they food? Or utensils? Or buildings? Or animals?" There were lots of other things they could be, but those were the main things Chii stumbled on in her daily life.

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"..." That just made Rukia blush more. But she cleared her throat and said, "Chi..." and then paused, trying to think of a good way to explain it. "Sometimes when people feel embarrassed or flattered, their cheeks turn red. It's called blushing. It doesn't hurt the person, though. Sometimes people's cheeks turn red when they exercise too much, too, but we don't call it blushing then."

Rukia's eyes lit up when Chii asked about bunnies, and she grinned. "Bunnies are animals, Chii," she said. "They're very cute. Would you like me to show you?" There were toy bunnies and bunny books all over the park. Not as good as the real thing, but they'd have to do.

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"Flattered?" Chii asked, a little confused. "I know what embarrassed is, but not flattered." Sort of. Chii couldn't fully grasp the meaning of embarrassed, never having experienced it herself. Then she had to ask, "Rukia-san has not been exercising, so are you flattered or embarrassed?"

At the thought of learning more, and of something cute, Chii gladly nodded her head. "Yes! I would like that very much. Where do we go to see them?"

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"Flattered is when..." Rukia paused. How did you explain flattered to someone like Chii? "When someone says a lot of really nice things about you, we say they're flattering you. So when you feel flattered... it means you feel good because someone said something nice about you, maybe something you weren't expecting them to say." That would suffice for Chii, anyway. She didn't answer the question of whether or not she was flattered or embarrassed, and hoped Chii wouldn't notice.

Rukia beamed when Chii said she was interested in learning more about bunnies. "Great! Come with me!"

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Of course, being a robot, Chii noticed. She was naive, but she didn't forget easily, and she was still missing an answer on what Rukia felt then.

It was as Chii followed Rukia she asked again, "Was Rukia-san embarrassed or flattered?" hoping this time Rukia would answer.

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"Rukia was... flattered, Chii." And a little embarrassed. Mostly flattered.

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Chii put it altogether and asked, "So what I said was nice? Rukia-san likes being called cute?"

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"Ah! It was nice, yes. It was also unexpected." Rukia hesitated. How did she explain this without hurting Chii's feelings? Fortunately, the store they were approaching provided a convenient distraction.

"There! There are bunnies in there, Chii."

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Chii's feelings were in no danger of being harmed by simple honesty, but, this time, the bunnies served as a full distraction as Chii turned to where Rukia pointed and looked happy as she said, "Chii~!" and walked a bit faster to the store, eager to see.

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Rukia went inside, holding the door for Chii until they were both in. Then she went to where the stuffed animals were, picking up a Rabbit stuffed toy and handing it to Chii. "This is a bunny," she explained cheerfully. "Well, not a real bunny. A toy bunny. There are bunny books here, too."

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"Bunny!" Chii repeated, imprinting the name into her mind along with the look of the item. "Toy bunny. Chii!! I like it!" She went to see the bunny books, holding the stuffed one close to her, tightly. "What do real ones look like?"

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Rukia looked immensely pleased when Chii said she liked it. "Isn't he cute?" she cooed. "You can keep that one. It's a gift. From Rukia to Chii." Not much of a gift, considering it would just replace itself later, but wasn't it the thought that really counted?

When Chii asked what the real ones looked like, Rukia was already rummaging through picture books. She proudly held up a picture book of farm animals and flipped to a page with a big-eyed brown bunny, holding it open for Chii to look at.

"The real ones look like that. Well, mostly. They're not all brown. They come in all different colors. They're very soft."

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Holding the stuffed Rabbit close, practically squeezing it, Chii's face broke into a brilliant happy grin as she asked, "Gift? Rukia gave Chii a gift!" And then she tried to hug the other girl, stuffed animal and all. "Thank you! Rukia is so wonderful and nice to Chii!"

The book got a careful looking at as Chii filed away what a real rabbit looked like and smiled happily. "Bunnies are cute! Why are there no real bunnies at Disneyland?" And soft? Chii wanted to pet them.