Two weeks later - Show Arena office
"Wait...really?" Priscilla cocked her head at San's response to her proposal.
The woolly llama nodded eagerly. "Y-yes…"
The fox's eyes were fixed to his, gazing into his large herbivore eyes like a child studying a new toy. San wasn't certain if she was just cut off guard or just enamored by his answer. "Yes?"
Do I really have that effect on her? He thought. She wasn't just flirting then. The llama gulped and stood firm when he spoke again more clearly. "Yes, to go out with you Miss Priscilla. I'd love to."
The fox blushed and smiled; she couldn't believe this herbivore actually agreed. She gave herself a few seconds to be a young female, before she acknowledged her subordinate's presence in the room. Slow down, you're supposed to be in charge, you are acting like a vixen in heat...you're revealing too much. Calm down.. Fa, her protégé, was the only she marginally worried about keeping appearances for. Raira knew all too well how she got around attractive males. She straightened her posture. "Hmm...Well like I said we'd just be going out for a few drinks." The silver fox gave her white counterpart a fleeting grin before returning to stoic guard mode. Smooth.
I need to seem more mature he thought. "Well you know...most of -the females I've been wit...they like to eat out-uh...damn it" San cursed himself for stuttering with that dumb lie, no way she was going to buy that you moron! You've never even eaten at a proper restaurant before!
Oh, that's cute, he's trying to pretend he's not a virgin, she thought amused. No honey, I picked that up miles off, she smiled thinking like a predator cornering her prey. The ivory fox actually would have giggled, but caught herself as she didn't want to spook him. "No need to lie for me, San." She said in an understanding tone. "It's okay we can go somewhere nice to eat as well."
"No...um…Sorry." He quickly apologized, regretting even thinking of such dumb lie.
"Don't be sorry. Just be truthful from now on." She leaned forward in her chair and grinned seductively at him, showing all of her sharp teeth. " We have too many scoundrels in the market as is and there is no place for sorry here.
"A fox wanting someone to tell the truth? I think I'm going to retch." A higher feminine pitched voice said next to him just out of view.
"Um..." Priscilla paused and pointed to the bruised pissed off lop eared rabbit that had been standing next him this whole time silently fuming about this distraction. "She's not going to... tag along… is she?"
"No-no no. Just us." San hastily replied. He knew Kyuu wanted nothing to do with this.
Priscilla looked relieved as she felt her inclusion might be trouble and the annoyed scowl on the brown splotched rabbit's face already reminded her of the pipsqueak. "Good, because I'm not the kind of female that likes to share anyway. No matter how small they are."
"Oh, don't fret lady, I want nothing to do with this. What he does is just him. I'm just want the money I got beat up for." Kyuu said hoping to clear any misunderstandings.
"Hmph." Priscilla said as she rummaged through the money piled on the raccoon's desk and tossed the rabbit her usual amount of cash. The tall arctic fox barely gave the act any thought as if throwing scraps to a beggar before gladly turning her full attention back to San. "And here you go sweetie." She leaned on top of the desk and personally handed him a few wrapped wads of bills. "For brightening up my night at least. A little something extra so you don't have to worry about sharing with Flopsy."
The cream and brown colored rabbit rolled her eyes at the foxes' cutsie moniker for her and proceed to stuff her pockets with her earnings.
"Hopefully no hard feelings." Priscilla said baring her sharp fangs at the bunny.
Kyuu didn't even pay her any mind. "Whatever, I don't care what you do with him." She said dismissively.
"Back to our arrangement, um I take it you don't have a car so...do you want me to pick you up or..."
San quickly glanced at Kyuu staring up at him cautiously interested in his answer. He couldn't reveal where they really lived, they hadn't even revealed it to the little fox when she escorted them that night, only going so far to a certain point. This was still a gangster of the market he was dealing with after all regardless of her intentions.
"No, if it's okay with you...can we meet up in Kado Park outside the market?" He scratched behind his ear as he tried to remember a landmark where they could meat. "Um...the bench by the water fountain of the horse guy?"
Priscilla had to think for a few seconds. 'The horse guy?' she thought, he couldn't mean- "You mean the one of Gaia the Zebra? The former mayor?"
I guess he really isn't that educated. Shame, but I can work with that. She thought.
"Um yea that one..." He replied. "We can meet up there and go somewhere else. Get something to eat maybe I guess?"
She could tell he was being cautious, but she liked that he took the initiative quickly. Priscilla leaned forward, resting her head in her hands and sighed. "Awfully bold of you to pick such an open area for a herbivore and carnivore to meet. Lots of judging eyes. However, I like it. I find boldness rather attractive in an herbivore." She said baring her sharp teeth.
The way she did that actually aroused him, unlike before. San actually let his trademark cheerful personality shine through as he chuckled. "You have a date and time in mind Pris?" He asked with real confidence in his voice this time.
"You're rabbit friend doesn't have another fight next week, so... next Friday at 6:00 PM sound good?"
"That can work!" He said, ecstatically.
She looked to her young subordinate posted in the corner. "Fa. Friday, you will oversee my normal operations. Understand?" She ordered very direct.
"Yes, Onēsan." Fa said, her tone accommodating however it was accompanied with a glare, one that remained affixed to Kyuu during the entire meeting. Her little sister was down stairs still recovering from wounds she suffered against a viscous Doberman, and Fa felt the rabbit was responsible for any suffering her sister went through. After all her diminutive sister's score against the surly lop had been the main catalyst for this dangerous path.
The rabbit herself paid her hardly any mind. Most of her energy was spent pouting next to her lovesick companion.
"Then it's decided." Priscilla said methodically before returning to her warm pleasant tone. "It's a date, sweetie. Why don't you wear something nice and comfortable. It's going to be hot." The way she shifted from serious to playful felt a bit unsettling for San. It reminded him of when she pulled her scatter gun on him. Maybe this is a carnivore female thing. Or it could be she's very spontaneous with her mood.
"You got it Pris, ahaha." He chuckled, a bit of nervousness peaking from his confidence.
"Ugh..." Kyuu groaned.
"I'll see you there." She said cheerfully with a wink.
After they left Raira leaned in to ask her friend something. "The score is still on that night, right?"
"Oh definitely. The date will work as my alibi if anyone asks." She said dropping back into business. "You'll take Lùn too if she's up to it, make sure she's not getting rusty from all this fighting, put those skills to better use. Fa you'll deal with Baraki and run security with Loba and Ferro. Everything will work out just fine."
"Alibi, riiiight!" The silver fox let out a high-pitched giggle before slamming her hand down on Pris's shoulder. "Pris, you had me going there for a minute thinking you were actually serious with that poor morsel. Toni would have had a fit!"
"No, I am actually serious Rai." Priscilla stated, still thinking about him. "I like him."
Raira's silver fur shifted sharply in surprise. She craned herself over Pris's shoulder and looked her friend in the face. "Really, Snowfur?" She asked, half amused.
"Really, Ashhead." Priscilla said, gritting her teeth, staring right back into the Silver fox's eyes.
Raira's warm smile reminded the arctic-mix of the olden days.
"I can hear your aunt Toni right now." Raira joked, "You need to stop chasing other species and settle down with a rich, young Red Todd like you are expected! You're too much like your mother!" She was almost spot on mimicking the older fox Madame's more haggish voice. She began strutting around the desk, rubbing the back of her neck. Still amused she leaned on the promoter's desk, draped under the hanging light and stared at her white friend. "I want to tell you that she's right, but…I know you. It'd be a wasted effort. You've always been a bit tenacious." She turned and shook her head. "It's why I always liked you, Pris."
"Only a bit?" Priscilla asked, smiling with her brow raised.
"Hehehe, yeah, helluvalot more than a bit," She admitted. "That stubbornness and that libido of yours ain't going to make things easy for us, especially with the other clans."
The Ivory fox was having none of it and slammed her fist on the desk. "I don't give a damn what Toni or those dumb whores think. Not like they didn't treat us like trash before we scooped this from those wolves." She snarled. "We're the one who tamed this territory, not them. While they all ran their tricks with johns and polished nails, we cracked skulls and stacked the cash. So fuck what my aunt might think about my love life, it isn't screwing with our business nor our tribute so it's none of her damn business."
Raira snickered at Pris's determined attitude and shrugged. "Still, Snow. Gonna be a rough road with someone like him to be looking out for. Imagine if the other gangs catch wind of it. He's a big white fluffy target for those lions in the Shishigumi, right?"
"If it comes to that, I'll handle it myself and take the responsibility."
Raira sighed. "I knew you'd say some stupid shit like that."
Priscilla looked to her friend earnestly. "I will." She said brandishing her pistol. "Besides he's from the Market. He knows how dangerous it is around here and he said 'Yes'. He has just as much risk to take as I do."
"Alright Lovergirl... cuz I ain't marching into some Lion's den for some goat kid," The Silver fox said turning her back to the Arctic-mix. "But... I will do it for you...'you', remember that." The silver fox joked, turning back around with mischievous tone. Suddenly her black ears began to twitch as she was alerted to something. As if on cue, someone began rapping on the office door. "I think 'Ring-tail' wants his office back now." Raira said, as the promoter's silhouette could be seen outside the door's window. "I'm dying to see his expression when he sees you gave Loverboy a piece of his cut!"