{"id":2775,"date":"2014-10-08T00:15:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2014\/10\/08\/the-meaning-of-the-monocle-36\/"},"modified":"2014-10-08T00:15:53","modified_gmt":"2014-10-08T00:15:53","slug":"the-meaning-of-the-monocle-36","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/2014\/10\/08\/the-meaning-of-the-monocle-36\/","title":{"rendered":"The Meaning of the Monocle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"http:\/\/smokebombsandmirrors.tumblr.com\/post\/99441830130\/the-meaning-of-the-monocle\">smokebombsandmirrors<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Kaito watched him confusion slowly coming across his face, \u00a0the realization, then the embarrassment at him jumping to a conclusion. Exhaling sharply he scratched the back of his neck. \u201cWe\u2019re a pair aren\u2019t we. I swear I have never had problems talking or flirting with other people why is it that when ever I\u2019m around you I can\u2019t think straight, or say what I want to. I\u2019m just fumbling around. I feel like an bumbling idiot. Who just keeps trip and crashing over and into everything. I\u2019m sorry I\u2019ve really made a mess of things, haven\u2019t I?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He gave him a small embarrassed grin.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/31.media.tumblr.com\/a4af3411792d37d35fce640b79187aee\/tumblr_inline_nd3ndjrjc51rms2iz.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>The detective stared at him for half a moment, then burst out laughing. &ldquo;My god, you say that to the one who has\u00a0<em>actually<\/em> been tripping over everything tonight!&quot;\u00a0His shoulder shook as he laughed, bringing a hand up to try to cover his mouth and muffle the sound, but it was difficult to hold back. &quot;The fumbling at your arrival, the disaster at dinner, the argument in my bedroom, the literal tripping in the hallway, nearly dropping the wine just now&hellip;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hakuba sighed, giggles still rolling out of him as he shook his head, pressing a hand to his forehead. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t usually have these troubles, either. Just with you, you damned&hellip; whatever you are.&rdquo; He paused. &ldquo;See? I can&rsquo;t even come up with some kind of clever quip. It really isn&rsquo;t fair how you disarm me so. You at least aren&rsquo;t blushing nearly as much as I am.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Another pause. &ldquo;Almost, but not quite.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>smokebombsandmirrors: Kaito watched him confusion slowly coming across his face, \u00a0the realization, then the embarrassment at him jumping to a conclusion. Exhaling sharply he scratched the back of his neck. \u201cWe\u2019re a pair aren\u2019t we. I swear I have never had problems talking or flirting with other people why is it that when ever I\u2019m [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[76,75,234,1933,77],"class_list":["post-2775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-ic","tag-rp","tag-smokebombsandmirrors","tag-the-meaning-of-the-monocle","tag-thread"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/archive.gabapple.com\/tumblr\/whiteknighthakuba\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}