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"Okay, you can do this." Joke thought as she oh so casually strolled up to Sir Nighteye. Stone-faced and stoic as usual. He turned his head in her direction as she neared his side, brow quirking at the determined look on her face.
"Just go up to him and give the corniest pun you've got. 'Zawa says it'll impress him. Maybe someone as stiff as Nighteye will finally crack a smile one of these days.” she thought. He had always been known for his seriousness. The same seriousness that had prompted this whole ordeal in the first place. You see, Miss Joke and Eraserhead had a bet. Well, it was more one-sided on Joke's end but semantics. What's important is that if Joke made Glasses over there laugh, without her quirk of course, Aizawa would finally agree to go on a date. So the stakes were already high. One laugh, even a huff, anything would do. All she had to do was land this perfectly.
"Hey Nighteye! I wanna tell you a joke about a girl who only eats plants.” He looked at her silently and expectantly. She took his silence as a sign to continue.
“You've probably never heard of HERBIVORE” She snickered, struggling to hold in her own laughter. Silence. She had pulled out one of her best ones and the man before her was just, standing there. One second turned into two. Then two turned into three and suddenly a whole minute had gone by.
“What’s going on? I thought that would work.” Her thoughts were frantic, searching for what could have gone wrong. “That one never fails to draw at least some reaction from anyone! Maybe he didn’t really hear me. That’s it! He probably missed it so I might have to-” Her racing mind froze at his words.
“My god woman you’re hilarious.” He turned to her and stated so plainly. His expression had become one of complete and utter determination. To do what, she had no clue. All Joke could do is stand there dumbfounded. This man had found the pun funny, at least, that’s what he had said. She couldn’t really tell if he was being serious since his face was still as neutral as neutral gets. It did have this weird intensity to it now that she looked closer. Like he was holding something back. Unfortunately, he didn’t laugh so there went her bet and date with Aizawa.
“Well that sucks. Meh, better luck next time I guess. Hey maybe I can get that Shinsou kid that hangs around him so much to help-”
“Marry me.”
“Ha?” Her brain sputtered. What…did he just ask to marry her? Was she hallucinating? Is he okay? Is this some kind of retaliation joke? So many questions. Too many for her to notice that she was being picked up bridal style. Or that she was now wearing a wedding dress. Or that Nighteye was now dressed in a quite dashing tux. Wait.
“What the hell is going on?”