Disclaimer: I do NOT own either of the characters. They both belong to Andrew Hussie.
Un-ironic Manicure
"Where are we going?" Dave asked Rose with a yawn, shuffling his feet along as she pulled him in an unknown direction down the sidewalk. About a half an hour earlier, at nine, he had been woken, dressed, and dragged out of the apartment by his friend for unknown reasons.
"It's a surprise. Now, no more questions or you won't get any apple juice later on." Rose answered, not even bothering to look back at Dave as she continued dragging him along to the unknown destination with a strong determination.
The threat of no apple juice shut Dave up for the remainder of the journey, or at least until they actually reached their destination and he finally realized Rose's true reason for waking him up so early in the morning. "Nope. I am not going in there with you, Rose. There's no way that I'm going to step foot inside of a nail salon."
"If you want apple juice, and know what's good for you, you will. Besides think of all the irony there is in getting a manicure. Do it for the irony, Dave." Rose said as she stopped trying to drag him any further and took a strong stance in front of him with her hands on her hips and one eyebrow raised.
"Fine. I'll do it for the irony." Dave conceded, adding "and for the apple juice" at the end in a whisper, as he allowed Rose to drag him into the nail salon and over to one of the technicians before she went over to the wall of polish and grabbed two different bottles from one of the shelves, going with a dark red for Dave and a light lavender for herself.
It took a couple of minutes, but eventually a genuine smile made its way onto Dave's face as he finally relaxed his hands and began to actually enjoy the manicure in a very un-ironic way. This unexpected joy also brought a smile to Rose's face as she glanced over at him for a few seconds from where she was sitting at the manicure table right next to his.
The rest of the appointment went well enough and ended with huge smiles on both their faces as they checked out each other's nails and paid. After paying they left the salon with the intention to go for a delicious breakfast before making their way home.
"You are not to mention to anyone that I enjoyed getting a manicure un-ironically, especially Bro and John." Dave warned as he stopped just outside the nail salon, holding out his arm to the side to stop Rose in her tracks and make sure that she was listening to what he was saying.
"I won't mention it. You know that anything that you talk to me about is mostly confidential." Rose said, looking Dave dead in the eyes with a slight questioning look.
"I know, but I want to make sure. So…Promise you won't mention it?" Dave asked in all seriousness, knowing that he would be the butt of so many jokes if Bro or John ever found out that he un-ironically enjoyed getting a manicure.
"I promise." Rose answered with a reassuring smile as she grabbed Dave by the arm and dragged him a block away for a delicious breakfast, and as many glasses of apple juice as he could drink.
A/N: First time writing Homestuck fanfiction. It's based off a headcanon that came to me yesterday while getting my nails done. Enjoy. :D