"Are you sure you need me for this? I'm sure whatever you pick will be fine." Rei sat next to Minako, her hand supporting her head, staring at a wall full of various interior design choices. All of the colors looked the same to her. What was the difference between 'red wine' and 'holiday velvet' anyway?
"It's your house too you know," Minako countered continuing to scroll through the choices.
"But you'll be paying for it so I want you to get what you want," Rei tried to move the spotlight off of herself and back to the house. Honestly it wasn't something she was overly interested in but she understood that it was important to Minako so she tried to stay engaged.
"You worked towards it too, even if you don't realize it."
Rei huffed through her nose but stayed quiet. She really didn't know why she bothered asking anymore, when Minako set her mind to something it was going to happen.
"This is very important Reiko, it's our first house together. We have to make it perfect. Do you like these or the other floors?"
"The wooden ones," Rei said dismissively. Minako really should have expected Rei would pick the more traditional wood flooring, she did grow up in a shine that had to be like one thousand years old.
"People typically pick tile for bathrooms though," Minako has seen her fair share of western design so she was quite partial. "And this is the 21st century, most people like more modern designs."
"Why did you expect this to go well. I assumed you knew me well enough to know I don't like 'modern'," Rei really did not understand why they were doing this. Although she did enjoy spending time with Minako so she had agreed that they would do this together. Now she wasn't sure if she should regret that decision.
"So dark hardwood in the bathroom? What about the wall color? I'm thinking maroon. It seems classy with the dark floors. Like Victorian era probably," Minako was so excited to pick all of the embellishments and colors to their home Rei had to smile. It was cute to watch Minako so excited about something.
"That as well. Are we selecting a vanity here as well?" Rei was really trying to get into the mood to help Minako. If she was stuck doing this she might as well have a good time. But it was still hard she knew nothing about modern design.
"Wow aren't we impatient. Let's pick all the flooring and wall colors first. Master next?"
"Tile," Minako thought Rei was so funny. She seemed to be into the process now but she just knew so little about typical design that Minako had to laugh. She did have to admit that although Rei didn't know what was popular she did have a good eye.
"Carpet?" Minako wasn't really one to follow social norms but she couldn't pass up an opportunity to tease her girlfriend.
"People fill entire rooms with carpets?" Rei was making the face she does when she's confused.
"Well not like throw rugs. It's permanent flooring," Minako giggled.
"Can't we put white tile with a rug then?"
"Whatever you want baby," Minako sang still laughing at the good times she and Rei had.
"Grey walls? Will that wash out the room? But if we put the windows over here then the sun will shine in during the morning. So then the walls on this side will be harsher in the morning sun. Or we can put them over here and it will get the setting sun. That will probably be more intense anyway," Rei was on a roll.
"Who would wake up that early to take advantage of the rising sun?"
Rei shot her a look.
"Anyway let's put the windows here and do this grey." Minako selected the swatch for the walls.
"Living room next?"
"Yeah, I think we should do a lighter color for the living room so that it will feel welcoming. We can also put a mural here. It will be like a statement piece," Minako really wanted to design the living room.
"Won't that be expensive?"
"We have the money might as well put it to good use right? What else would we do with it?"
"I suppose you're right. Let's do it."
"Kitchen. What type of style do we want? Rustic? Modern? So far our bedroom is modern and the bathroom is traditional, kind of. The living room is somewhere in between. So that leaves the kitchen open to whatever."
"I don't know what I want for the kitchen. Let's just skip it for now." Rei clicked to the next room.
"I really can't believe you're so into this. I can't wait until we buy a real house together," Minako turned towards Rei and smiled holding her hand. "Let's stop playing for now and go do something else, woohoo or whatever."
"Huh?"