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[ LISTEN when five minutes ago you're fearing for your life, you have to steel yourself for things like this ]

I wasn't—

[ Yes he was. But he's not going to admit it. ]

...You surprised me. I thought you were mad at me.

[ They came across a murder scene... this never happened in Rokkun's dreams or experiences... don't just trail off like that

It's cold and empty when Komaeda pulls away, and Rokkun breathes out before he opens his eyes, blinking back the pain the bright light causes until his eyes readjust before finding Komaeda's eyes.

? ]

You totally were, don't lie!!

( NOW she's gonna get mad?

well, not really. she puffs her cheeks out, but otherwise just hangs on him like a koala, humming thoughtfully. )

Well, I was kinda mad. But then I got over it, 'coz you were on break and not here for me to attack you immediately, and now it's like, it's been more than a month, y'know, kinda weird to get upset over it so late —

No. But I'm feeling a little kindness starved...

[ everybody in this school is SO MEAN ]

I, uh...

[ Oh, so she was mad, even if it's over a month ago and she's no longer, it's still enough to make the guilt settle in the pit of his stomach. Maybe he's lucky he didn't have a reason to stay back during break; she definitely would have shanked him if she didn't have the time to cool down. ]

Sorry for making you mad. [ gotta assuage his own guilt a little, here, maybe push aside the part of him that wants to ask what he did wrong, because he doesn't want to hear and also doesn't want to upset her all over again. ]

It really has been more than a month, huh...? It doesn't feel any different being back, though.

[ He catches her in his arms, frowning over her shoulder and glad she doesn't see, because he never meant to leave her— more than once, when she's his assistant, and she was always the only one he went to when he needed somebody else there. He had little other choice, though; it was really just her or the kid, but here...

Lots of people he wouldn't be as worried about putting in harm's way. And by people I mostly mean Amami because he's the only one who's agreed to do things Hanako suggests. He could lose them, and will feel guilty about it, maybe, but not as much as if he'd lost Nene before he's able to bring her back home, a thought that makes him hug her all the tighter for it now. ]

That gardener is one of the more powerful supernaturals in this school, I'm sure of it. When we went there to deal with him, we ended up not dealing with him. [ Why is gardener-san not dead? unfathomable ]

I don't want him to be a danger to anybody here, especially when I'm not around to handle things, so I needed to find his yorishiro while he was distracted, even if we didn't end up destroying it either.

... it's fine, so don't make that face! I got over it! But next time you send Kiki after me, I'm gonna be mad for real, 'kay?!

( she huffs, reaching up to poke his cheek. akira didn't do much, just asked about the glasses, but... he's scary? he looks like he's gonna punch her anytime? and also he's rude??????

all of that aside, though, she's not surprised akki told him everything... intimidating ass... )

Mmmhm. ~ Time flies! What'd you do on break? Did you miss me?!

I touched you, and your body tore... but I wouldn't let you go, and Adams-san was determined to keep you from tearing in half like we previously seen... ( despite the conversation, he manages to smile because it's what he's used to. ) so she used my jacket to... stop you from bleeding. Ah, make sure you thank her when you see her.

( he doesn't feel guilty, he thinks, and he knows rokkun won't let him. sadly, it's familiar... being close enough to see him suffer again, to know that he's constantly part of why the other goes through so much pain.

that's the life in the day of komaeda, does anyone know happiness around him? )

Now... When you opened your eyes, the expression you wore then doesn't match the one now.

[ ??? ]

I thought we agreed I show you mine, you’d show me yours.

Edited (hi mobile ) 2021-09-06 16:23 (UTC)

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( i literally gasped at work when i saw this ngl. )

Should we start over then, I'm Komaeda Nagito, I do what I want, when I want as a first year of this school.

( smile, smile, your turn akira. )

( don't lie to me...

It isn't like Natsume doesn't get it. He's an only child, so it's a little different... and the fact they have a parent company to their agency makes it easier, but... he still has people he can't see as often, and it sucks. Even within his own unit. He bumps their heads together lightly, the briefest of touches—you could almost fool yourself into thinking he hadn't done anything at all. )

Does talking about what's to come distress you that MUCH? ...Well, I guess it does most peoPLE. ( not him, he's... never mind, it does distress him too, seeing as he's the one who's been so stubbornly clinging onto the past. the one who still is. ) Then let's talk about the past inSTEAD. Have you always been the quiet ONE?

( Natsume has a terrible habit of picking apart people's actions for their motives and hasn't had to deal with a normal person a single day in his life for any amount of time longer than like the required amount for fortunetelling, please. Spare him. )

...What's that look FOR.

[she smiles back, for opposite reasons.]

I hope your break was nicer than mine. Did you go anywhere? There's a beach near my town, and me and my friends would always go there during the summer.

[ Akki shrinks back a little at the cheek poke, not entire sure what to make ot it. He's... not entirely sure who Kiki is, either, but he nods because it isn't the first time somebody's gotten mad at him for something he didn't do, and at least he can't do what he didn't do again. ]

I... [ there's really only one correct answer here regardless of the truth ] Yes.

I didn't do much over break, though. I finished two games, and went to the movies on half-off Tuesdays... How was your break?

[ This got gruesome fast; he's imagining being torn in half like SMT's pisaca or something, but... It's not something that happened. Look at him now: he's fine. Confused, but fine. ]

What did I look like...?

[ Through gritted teeth: ]

Don't say it like that...

[ Since Akira is holding onto his wrist, Akki will go ahead and tug him somewhere... not here. There really is no private place here. The bathrooms aren't an option after Akira said that. ]

I could tell... immediately who you were, as for the others... I believed Sakasaki-kun was smart enough to figure it out, but as for Adams-san and Hinata-kun; they were unaware. Color was drained from your face, ( komaeda raises a hand to lightly run his own cool fingers against the warm skin of his cheek ) the only thing about you was the color red... and maybe you were around the age of fifteen? I couldn't ask. You didn't notice us, or say a lot... all you said was that...

( he crosses his arms, thinking how he should have brought that jacket with him. )

You were cold.

[ What's the point of starting over when his first impression is already like that ]

Akira Fujioka, class 3-C...

[ ...

No, that's it for his introduction. He was going to follow it up with the usual "Nice to meet you" but it isn't ]

[ work hard, Natsume, and we'll see what happens

Hiro looks up at Natsume, and while he doesn't shake or nod his head, the misery in his expression is telling enough. It'd be nice to just be in high school forever, coast through life until you're suddenly an adult and don't know what to do with yourself.

The past is better to think about, but that comes with its own share of distress. Maya can be just as quiet as him, but even compared to her, he's even more so, he knows this. So he shakes his head, but not before lowering his gaze to the ground. ]

( natsume remembers everything, even if i don't and had to go doublecheck my email because i was surprised you remembered something.

He wasn't really expecting her to take it anyway, but he'll be quiet on the way up; not everything needs to be talked about in private, and really, the whole sight-losing thing should have been one of them, but he needed something to catch her attention. "I'm blind in one eye now" is just the quickest one.

...Natsume is slowing when they get to the fourth floor regardless of if they go by elevator or stairs though, reflecting on something—he's going to the roof access side because he isn't making either of them climb out a window so this is as good a time as any. )

Little Wolf, have you ever experienced anything strange while you were up HERE?

Let's try again, with a little more energy.

( he clears his throat. )

...I'm Nagito Komaeda, class 1-D, I'm not really interesting, but I love hope, so please show me yours.

( ...smile, smile. )

I'm embarrassed for you, that's all.

[ It's no big deal. It's fine. ]

If she spends time with you in any capacity, don't you already get along well enough with her?

[ He shakes his head, because he's a homebody, but he tents his fingers to represent the roof of a house, and then holds up three fingers. ]

[ Okay, so, this thread would have been Very different if Komaeda had walked into the room with a bloody jacket. There would have been a lot more yelling, compared to the silence that Rokkun falls into now. The mention of being cold doesn't surprise him, considering the fact that he was apparently dying, and at the age of fifteen...

... ]

Why... were you able to see that? Nobody was supposed to be there. Nobody was there.

[nods] So it was you, Maya, and... somebody else! That sounds nice; I'm glad you weren't alone.

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