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[darkinferno]

Dante Rantanen

"Hey, you've reached Dante. I'm not in right now--you know what to do."

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[daemonized]

The keyword is that you used to. Not any longer, and therefore no one is acclimated to even imagining such a sight, much less seeing it.

But I can hardly blame you. Formal clothing is so restricting.

[darkinferno]

Only if it's not tailored right.

Besides, you saw me wearing a suit at Ari's gala, remember?

[Not one with tails, admittedly, but still!]

[daemonized]

Yes, but not with tails.

[Pointing that out!]

Next time you're seated at the piano, I all but expect them now.

[darkinferno]

[A huff of derision. How about no, Ardyn...]

Lucky for me I don't plan on playing any concerts any time soon. You'll be waiting a while.

[He says, not thinking about how this conversation got started in the first place. ]

[daemonized]

Do you still play very often at all? You know I've a piano at my house that needs dusting off, and probably a bit of tuning.

[Can you hear the smile on his face? Teasing thing that it is.]

You can practice for the wedding.

[darkinferno]

Pretty often. I could--what?

[He was about to say he might be able to tune it if it's not too terribly out of key, but Ardyn's taken him by surprise. He doesn't actually know whether this is more of Ardyn teasing him, or if he's serious!]

Is that a joke?

[daemonized]

[Well, he had said it teasingly, but-]

Would you be against it?

[darkinferno]

You didn't answer my question.

[He could be convinced pretty easily, honestly.]

[daemonized]

Well...

[That requires a consideration that isn't just teasing.]

No. It isn't a joke. It's too early for either of us to have given the wedding itself any sort of thought, but... if there's a piano involved, there's only one person I can think of who would be suited to play at it.

[darkinferno]

[It's not something he was expecting, and there's a brief moment of silence on Dante's end while he wrestles with the idea.]

...sure, why not?

If that's what you both want, I'll play.

I make no guarantees on music choice, though.

[It'll be fine. He'll just give the both of them shit about it, though!]

[daemonized]

[That makes him grin wide on his side.]

I'm glad to hear it. Mark one thing off in the long, long checklist of items to be attended to.

I trust in your music choices. You'd get to pick a few. Any preferences?

[darkinferno]

I've got one I can think of already. I'll play it for you sometime.

[And if you think for one instance it wouldn't be this...]

But we'll have to talk about it. I don't really know what the music requirements for weddings are.

i'll fuckin cry if dante plays that at their wedding

[daemonized]

Requirements. The requirements are whatever we deem it to be.

[They do what they want! It's their wedding, after all. (Of course, this will take a bit of discussion with Grell, and Ardyn will likely sometimes feel in over his head due to planning hell, but.... he'll survive. In the months to come, they'll probably get it all figured out.)]

But there's plenty of time to decide. In the meanwhile, I would like to hear what you have in mind someday.

oh he absolutely will, first dance maybe

[darkinferno]

All right. The next time we get a chance, I'll play it for you.

[daemonized]

Perfect. [He actually sounds glad to hear it; excited, almost, to hear what Dante's decided upon.]

I'll look forward to it, so much that I'll remind you should you forget.

[darkinferno]

Deal.

Thanks for telling me about you and Grell. I mean it, I'm really glad for you both.

And I should probably call her to say congratulations, too.