Well, we all know that a hundred or so years into the future when Mass Effect takes place, Facebook will probably still rule the Earth alongside Google and if Kasumi Goto were to have one, she would also put down It's Complicated.
Because it is!
Whether you like it or not, Peter Quill, you're special to Kasumi. The exact nature of that remains to be figured out by her, if she ever bothers to, but the fact of the matter is: he was one of the first people she really hit it off with here, and the fact that he's of the same profession and also a spacer? What are the freakin' odds. She thinks he's a hell of a lot of fun, likes that he can keep up with her sass and--oddly enough, he's probably one of the first people in a long while to really return her flirtatious quips--and she just really likes their dynamic. But like a lot of other people she's met here, she's kept him at arm's length. Even despite the fact that he's even seen one of her memories. Sure, they've talked about how she stole the Mona Lisa and talked about the Reapers and I like to think that they did manage to exchange some stories about each other's jobs at some point, but still. Arm's length. But that's no fault of Peter's; if anything, Kasumi is a little afraid of getting closer to people, even in a friendly capacity, because well we all know what happened to Keiji. There have been a some exceptions, certainly (read: Charlie Maxwell and the sibling squad + Normandy crew) to that, just a handful of people who have managed to get Kasumi to talk more about herself, but with Peter, she hesitates.
Maybe part of that is because she's not quite sure where they stand, either. They're friends, first and foremost. Friends who flirt a lot. And by now she would even consider him a good friend just by virtue of how well they get along, but they also flirt? Like, a lot? Kasumi doesn't remember the last time, if ever, she had that dynamic with someone she considered just a friend (because Keiji was never "just a friend") and part of her really enjoys it, but part of her is a little hesitant. Now, you could say that she's gotten close to Charlie and others with no problems, but the difference here is that Kasumi is attracted to Peter. Like, okay, she has a crush on him. And she's had crushes after Keiji, sure, but none that she's gotten along with as famously as she does with Peter (cough, Jacob, who she also knows is going to be a babby daddy now). And on top of that, they've kicked some ass together, and she feels like she can trust him in that kind of situation as well, which is all just icing on the cake that is Star-Lord.
So, yeah, it's complicated.
And it's probably only gotten more so, at least on her end, because of the famine. It may not have been a big deal for Peter, but Kasumi's realized that the flowers weren't making her act affectionate out of the blue, but that they made her act that way because deep inside she wants to be affectionate with someone again. And that's scary as shit seeing how last time turned out, but it's forcing her to look at herself and her state of mind in a slightly different light. Although she won't act on it, because she's figured that Peter isn't a one-person kinda guy, and she's not in a state where she'd want to ask that of anyone, anyway. As for anything casual like picking up where they left off during famine--well, she's just going to. Cool it. For now. Because she doesn't know how to be a friend and a casual fuckbuddy either, and she doesn't want to mess up their friendship.
What she does want, however, is to get to know him better; they know a lot about each other on the surface, but in a way, famine did her some favors, because it's opened the door for her to maybe be more honest with herself around him. She's curious to know what his world (aka space minus reepurrs) is like and how he came to be a spacer and all that good stuff. So welcome to the Danger Zone too, Quill.
tl;dr I have no idea what I'm talking about anymore and she has kinda a crush on him but like they are friends and what do just ignore it ah ok cool cool
I am sorry for the monster that this became
Because it is!
Whether you like it or not, Peter Quill, you're special to Kasumi. The exact nature of that remains to be figured out by her, if she ever bothers to, but the fact of the matter is: he was one of the first people she really hit it off with here, and the fact that he's of the same profession and also a spacer? What are the freakin' odds. She thinks he's a hell of a lot of fun, likes that he can keep up with her sass and--oddly enough, he's probably one of the first people in a long while to really return her flirtatious quips--and she just really likes their dynamic. But like a lot of other people she's met here, she's kept him at arm's length. Even despite the fact that he's even seen one of her memories. Sure, they've talked about how she stole the Mona Lisa and talked about the Reapers and I like to think that they did manage to exchange some stories about each other's jobs at some point, but still. Arm's length. But that's no fault of Peter's; if anything, Kasumi is a little afraid of getting closer to people, even in a friendly capacity, because well we all know what happened to Keiji. There have been a some exceptions, certainly (read: Charlie Maxwell and the sibling squad + Normandy crew) to that, just a handful of people who have managed to get Kasumi to talk more about herself, but with Peter, she hesitates.
Maybe part of that is because she's not quite sure where they stand, either. They're friends, first and foremost. Friends who flirt a lot. And by now she would even consider him a good friend just by virtue of how well they get along, but they also flirt? Like, a lot? Kasumi doesn't remember the last time, if ever, she had that dynamic with someone she considered just a friend (because Keiji was never "just a friend") and part of her really enjoys it, but part of her is a little hesitant. Now, you could say that she's gotten close to Charlie and others with no problems, but the difference here is that Kasumi is attracted to Peter. Like, okay, she has a crush on him. And she's had crushes after Keiji, sure, but none that she's gotten along with as famously as she does with Peter (cough, Jacob, who she also knows is going to be a babby daddy now). And on top of that, they've kicked some ass together, and she feels like she can trust him in that kind of situation as well, which is all just icing on the cake that is Star-Lord.
So, yeah, it's complicated.
And it's probably only gotten more so, at least on her end, because of the famine. It may not have been a big deal for Peter, but Kasumi's realized that the flowers weren't making her act affectionate out of the blue, but that they made her act that way because deep inside she wants to be affectionate with someone again. And that's scary as shit seeing how last time turned out, but it's forcing her to look at herself and her state of mind in a slightly different light. Although she won't act on it, because she's figured that Peter isn't a one-person kinda guy, and she's not in a state where she'd want to ask that of anyone, anyway. As for anything casual like picking up where they left off during famine--well, she's just going to. Cool it. For now. Because she doesn't know how to be a friend and a casual fuckbuddy either, and she doesn't want to mess up their friendship.
What she does want, however, is to get to know him better; they know a lot about each other on the surface, but in a way, famine did her some favors, because it's opened the door for her to maybe be more honest with herself around him. She's curious to know what his world (aka space minus reepurrs) is like and how he came to be a spacer and all that good stuff. So welcome to the Danger Zone too, Quill.
tl;dr I have no idea what I'm talking about anymore and she has kinda a crush on him but like they are friends and what do just ignore it ah ok cool cool