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[adsum]

[ He's taken by surprise, but he doesn't stumble, taking one step back before he's found his footing again, in the practiced way that a ...soccer player... knows how to keep his balance. ]

Huh? Why?!

[moderating]

We both like games right?

[ Thats her logic, also because she was made automatically to be friends with whoever she met. So its the same here, and she is not opposed to it. If anything it makes her glad to offer her friendship to those who may need it. ]

[adsum]

Everybody likes games!

[ That can't be a friendship criteria, that's a universal experience ]

[contrarily]

( she shoves him again!! )

'cause he keeps saying stuff like, I wanna be alone! I'm better off alone! Even though he's clearly got people who care about him! It's selfish and it pisses me off! ( SHOVES HIM AGAIN!! )

[moderating]

... Not everyone likes playing them with others though?

[ Nanami tilts her head quizzically. Wondering what the problem is. ]

Besides didn't you just confess quite a bit to me just now? I feel like I know a lot about you that others probably don't. So you trust me - some how.

[rhymed]

Exactly what are you trying to do to me, Chiaki-san... Are you trying to go all night long?

[ AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA?????????? Thank God he's a decent actor. ]

Ah, then if you'll give me a moment... It'd be better if I called my father to get an immediate answer, excuse me. [ Not him speed walking to the bathroom to see how he's gonna bullshit his way out of this one. ]

[adsum]

[ He's going to be shoved down the stairs at this point?? But he doesn't allow more than two shoves, sidestepping the entrance to the stairs and grabbing for Rika's wrists to make her stop. ]

I don't— Do you think I want to be alone?!

[ He takes a step forward, holding her in place, stepping into her space. ]

Do you think I don't want to be cared about? That I don't want friends, or a—

[ He lets go suddenly, as if burned, pulling his hands back and casting his gaze to the side and hissing out a breath of frustration. ]

...If I were more selfish, I'd have asked you out already. But I'm not allowed that.

[adsum]

[ That's him, liking games he can play on his own, wanting to join the gaming club but not because that would involve being around people, trusting Nanami even though he shouldn't and rather than a sign of friendship, it feels almost like a personal failing. ]

I... somehow.

[ He swallows thickly, lips pressed together for a moment. ]

...Sorry. I'm really no good with other people. I don't know what to do with friendship, when it feels like just a word.

[moderating]

... Thats how I felt in the beginning...

[ Nanami states, playing with a lock of her hair. Twirling it a little bit, finding herself self conscious because she is refereeing to her time on the island. ]

Theres no rushing anything, just take it at your own pace - but! Youre still going to play games with me, right?

[ Brings it back a million times about games. ]

[contrarily]

( she wanted a reaction, and she got it — even if it took almost shoving him down the stairs to finally push him far enough to retaliate. ​)

Why? Why aren't you allowed?! At least explain it to me, so I can... so I... !! ( so she stops getting her hopes up. ) Is it about the danger of getting involved with you? 'cause I don't care about that!

( he steps out of her space, but she steps right back into his, eyes narrowed. )

[adsum]

[ He vaguely recalls explaining it before, but if she let him slide back then, he might not get another pass now, spreading his feet to stand his ground. ]

I care! This place... it'll take what hurts the most, and I can't let it be you! Or anybody else I come to care about!

[contrarily]

( it wasn't good enough back then and it certainly isn't now? )

Being alone isn't gonna make any of this better! It certainly won't make surviving this nightmare any easier! ( she can stand her ground, too, palms clenching into fists. ) It'll only make you miserable in the end, and... it's not like not being around you will mean we're any safer!

( they're all constantly at risk, so why is he so stubborn about this? )

[adsum]

[ There's comfort to be taken in that she doesn't try to offer him advice or anything of the sort, just letting him know it's okay to take things at his own pace, even if that pace is currently at a standstill. ]

...Yeah. Of course I'll play games with you.

[adsum]

Hm? Yeah. Gotta make the most of my 24 hours.

[ But okay... She'll let him go. By which I mean she is absolutely trotting after him, never mind the "excuse me," and standing outside the bathroom door humming tunelessly under her breath. ]

[moderating]

See, an already budding relationship. The flags will rise when they rise and maybe well have a good ending at the end of it.

[ Nanami jests, okay I want you to know they can still be fun and have a good time. If you wanna hand wave the end of this! I dont want to keep you I know you have a ton of threads. ]

[adsum]

[ It would spare him the heartbreak?? ]

It will, when I'm the one who's going to make this place a real nightmare!

[ When Komaeda tries to feed him maggots again and that's the last straw and he goes batshit insane and murders half the school, then Rika will understand. ]

[adsum]

[ nooooo cute, okay. He does smile a little at the flags mention and they can go off and play games instead, the next school day he will bring her his copy of Age of Empires like he'd promised before and watch her play ]

[contrarily]

You — ... ( she pauses at that, blinking, lips parted in surprise. ) ... what?

( huh? huh? huh? huh? huh? )

[adsum]

[ He lets out a breath, and looks away from her, staring out through the windows where he can see the courtyard and the forest beyond. ]

...I'm going to graduate, no matter what. And if I can't... I'm taking this school down with me.

[moderating]

[ STOPP! I was gunna say we can make a thread where they just go back and forth once a week. Play a game and just make comments to legitimize them hanging out and playing games. THIS WEEK CAN BE AGE OF EMPIRES. ]

These games take hours, but I really enjoy having to build up armies and farm the terrain to build things up... It makes me wonder why things haven't really gotten cleaned up here - I mean there is an elevator they are putting in...

I love this game, I don't have many but here you can play my psp!

[ Hands him the PSP to play, with the old persona game that I have never played but remember my ex talking for hours fondly about it, and then corpse party. Anyway you can reply to this next week or just chill, this is here.]

[contrarily]

... Senpai, what does that mean? "Graduating"?

( it's rare for him to look away from her. she follows his gaze, but ends up staring at his face instead, a little taken aback. )

What do you need to do to graduate here?

[adsum]

[ adsflkjh I'm not going to remember this thread exists in one week so we can just handwave and say they play games all month. How long does it take to beat Age of Empires... I never played through all the campaigns, I just replayed the same maps while spamming cheat codes like photon man and the flying dutchman and Akira doesn't take games so seriously that he'd ban cheat codes if they make the game fun.

Persona, though, that's a game he can play for hours— and it's better in chunks of hours bc that game is me getting lost 98% of the time and running around the same map trying to remember whether I've been here before or where I'm supposed to go next. He definitely looks more comfortable when it's just one on one, playing and talking about games and nothing more expected than that.

Next next week's PC game is Half-Life, I watched my brother play and then had to leave the room bc I was too chicken, Akira has no problem with horror shooters. ]

[adsum]

Survive all three years.

[ As if it's that simple. ]

[contrarily]

... then you're almost there, right? No need... to do anything...

( WHAT DOES ANY OF THIS MEAN!! )

[moderating]

[ IM CRYING, ILL JUST BOTHER YOU AGAIN LATER NEXT MONTH THEN. NOT HALF-LIFE!!!! Nanami likes zombie shooters too look at them go really into it. The last week can be something easy, maybe they play something stupid like 101 dalmations game okay. Or no they can play spyro or ape escape. Something cute and soft and fun.

Okay but if Akira wants anything from Nanami you know where to find her, and I guess her to him LMFAO. SHe will wait for him every day afterschool at his locker (?) so they can play for like a half hour-an hour.

I hope he tells her when he cant play, otherwise shell sit there waiting... for him... : ) ]