God forbid I'm seen just as an AVERAGE human being

11

TWs: Uh... brief arguing, manipulation, I guess. Stay safe :)

"This place is nice," Rhea commented as she quietly thanked Iapetus for holding the door for her.

"Yeah, a bit too nice..." Dione squinted, inspecting the garland and chandelier lighting, "This might be out of our budget."

"Don't worry, guys," Titan grinned, "It's on me!"

"With what money?" Iapetus raised an eyebrow.

"Saturn gave me a check." Titan shrugged, walking up to the register, "Party of seven, please!"

"Of course, he did," Dione uttered.

The group was soon seated at a round table with eight place settings, the waiter handing out the menus and taking drink orders before leaving them to discuss.

Rhea smiled, eyeing the vase in the middle of the table, "I wonder if the flowers are real."

Tethys reached over, inspecting one of the blossoms, "Nope, these are fake... it doesn't have the same texture as a campanula medium."

"A what?" Titan peered over his menu.

"S-Sorry, that was the scientific term... they're called Canterbury Bells." Tethys flushed, sitting back in his chair, and covering his face with the menu.

Mimas put his menu down after deciding what he wanted. He looked at Titan, "Did you decide on our song list?"

"Hm? Oh, yeah." Titan smiled, "I was thinking we could do Inertia first, and move into After Party-"

BA-BOIK!

Titan jumped at the notification sound, reaching into his jacket to grab his phone;

[ 1 New Message ]

Saturn

Saturn: Hey, Titan!!
I know this is probably sudden
But Neptune informed me of a GREAT opportunity for you :D

Titan: Opportunity?
What is it?

Saturn: A duet!!!
With none other than Terra!

Titan: Really???
That's great!!
I'll tell the others :)

"What's with that smile?" Iapetus asked.

"Saturn wants me to perform a duet," Titan responded, putting his phone away.

"A duet? With who?" Rhea questioned.

"Juno and New Horizons already do tons of duets." Mimas spoke, "The only one who has never done a duet would be..."

"Oh no." Enceladus realized.

"Please don't tell me..." Dione uttered.

Titan nodded, "It's Terra."

"Wha- Why? He's probably the worst one to work with." Dione waved her hands, "Did you see how he treated New Horizon's manager? Not an ounce of guilt on his face when he crumpled that sheet of paper!"

"Listen I know this is hard to take in-"

"What gave you that idea?" Iapetus perched his elbows on the table.

"But this can be a great way to get through to him. Maybe I can show him it's not about popularity or being perfect to become a good singer!"

Dione sighed, "Right... and when that doesn't work out as you'd hoped, we'll be here- waiting to practice our other songs."