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Lawn bowling.

[ She... also does not know the difference between that and regular bowling, but if it's apparently common enough knowledge that a 10 year old knows about it, she's not going to admit it. ]

So he's still not talking a lot, huh? That's how he was to me too... I was hoping he'd gotten better by now, though.

I already do, just by being myself.

[ She pokes him in the cheek with her brush, but can she say Izumi isn't a weirdo? he's kind of a weirdo. ]

Anyways, you don't care how others feel but you came here to brag— which is it?

[ Okay. So. The idea of Rokkun doing this to him is just so utterly ridiculous that he can't even envision it— but it's Rika standing in front of him pinning him back against the locker and kabedonning him?? that even with the very-not-sultry voice, she's too close and he can't stop his face from going hot and red.

There's a kneejerk "okay" at the tip of his tongue that he has to bite back and swallow hard before he says anything he regrets, forcing himself to shake his head and maybe that'll dislodge Rika's hand from his chin, stop ]

I dunno. It's not like I paid any attention to you. Ask somebody who would know.

[ Weirdo. As if he's talking about two different people, the self he remembers and the self he doesn't, and with his dementia that must means he's continually splintering and inconsequentially leaving old selves behind— there's something about that that she dislikes, but she doesn't want to think too hard about Komaeda to bother with it. ]

Geez... Your handwriting really sucks. Is it 'cause your writing hand got chopped off?

[ She takes that slip of paper and crumples it up into a ball and rewrites her own name and slides it back over to Komaeda. ]

But nah, I'm not in any pain. I'm doing what I want, and I'm happy.

( see, if he just said okay, she would let him go? maybe? but since he's shaking his head, that obviously means she has to get SULTRIER??? just give her your cooperation, akira... not that even she knows what he's agreeing to but listen...

he's so red she almost feels bad. it's cute, though; unfortunately, like a shark smelling blood in the water, she thrives off of making other people weak? especially boys? )

Aww, why not? Don't you wanna commit to Rika-chan? ( she smiles, all pleasant, leaning even closer in. ) Come on, I'll treat you so good ~ Way better than Rocchi ever could ~

Ah, I thought we had history so you'd know something about it.

( memories that he doesn't know, pieces of him that doesn't make sense, and he doesn't understand any of it. he knows they aren't his memories, the mere thought of them are fabricated, and maybe his time in the simulation built him to think like this. that's an excuse, but his dementia makes it even worse, so what does he know? )

Oh! I didn't need to write anything at the time. ( you know, he was giving hope by making despair, and stuff like that. he opens and closes his prosthetic as she takes the wish slip so that the soft whirring sound is heard, hm, actually it isn't because of his hand — he's always written like that. )

I was right, your handwriting is pretty nice, thank you. ( with it back in his possession, he stares at the area where the wish would go, and then his eyes lift to stare at chiaki. ) "It feels like dying," is what you said... but it's nice.

( having someone or something to die for... it makes him smile. )

[ It's fine, it'll be fine, this kid is so short they can't reach the higher branches where the thicker and stronger ones are, so Lucifer can watch from the window as they jump to reach the closest branch but cannot, make a half-assed attempt to scale the trunk but failing that too, and then decides to look around the base of the tree for any branches that might've fallen off and collecting two or three of those instead.

...

Five minutes later they rush back to the classroom with their handful of sticks and present them proudly to Lucifer. ]

Here you go!

[ Following suit, they also look out the window. Does the tree look any bigger... it's hard to tell, with how large and full it is already. ]

Hm... I don't think I would mind it. It's super pretty, and having all that live right in the middle of school makes me really happy to see! I can't help but feel drawn to it, you know?

That's not hard...

[ ughghghgh he lifts his hand like he wants to gently push Rika away but ughhhhhhhh

The only way he knows how to escape a kabedon is if he sinks to the floor and try to duck under Rika's arm, and failing that, he can always curl up into a ball and turtle himself until Rika goes away. ]

Huh? What does that mean? Does Rocchi bully you after all?!

( she just. watches him sink to the floor and steps away, tugging her skirt lower down her thighs to gasp. )

Akki! You can't do that next to a girl in a short skirt, perv! ( was he trying to look... no. but does she care? also no. ) If you wanna take a peek, you gotta ask first! Or, even better, pay up! Only handshakes are free!

It's not bad that he doesn't talk. That's just how he's most comfortable! If he ever wants to speak, that's his decision.

[doesn't mention that she actually has heard him speak before because she's not 100% on whether he wants people to know he physically can and mostly just. assumes he doesn't.]

Our history is you being a pest. A roach who won't die, the sort that flies and gets everywhere.

[ It's honestly not much different from now, if she thinks about it, finishing up the last of the wishes and laying them out in a neat row so the ink can dry without smearing. ]

You really don't know what it's like, do you? "It feels like dying," but at the same time, you never feel as alive as in the moment that you're dying. That's what love feels like.

[ CHANCE!! Hands on her skirt means hands away from him and he takes the opportunity to scramble away, turning on his heels because he can't shake the urge to place his hands together in begging for forgiveness that if he doesn't get, that's fine too. ]

I'm sorry! I wasn't trying to, and I'm not giving you any money!!

It's not bad, it's sad. Maya said he used to talk all the time, until he stopped.

[ Maybe he had the right idea; if Nao just stopped talking and engaging with everybody, there's no doubt in her mind that people would stop talking to her and leave her alone ]

( stupid. but, well... sometimes stupid and cute ARE enough. )

Akki... are you saying I'm too ugly to support?!

No! I think you're pretty, but I'm broke!!

[ So it's impossible, it won't work, don't even try to extort him, you won't get anything out of him ]

Hm... If you make it really hard to talk to you, then you know the people that still do it really want to.

... I think he's a good person. I worry about him a lot.

...I guess that's a way to do it.

[ Definitely not going to think about how she really wants to but can't bring herself to, even as she stares at the knife in her hands. ]

He's got Maya protecting him, though. Out of everybody in the school, he might be the safest person here.

Yep, that's me!

( as soon as she finishes, he thinks on her wish, and what he comes to is "i wish to die over, over and over again as long as it's with him." is that what he should put? because that's what he's putting. it has her name on it so if she finds izumi that irresistible, and if it's a good feeling... shouldn't she have that chance to fall in love with him over and over. )

Then I'll make sure if I find a loved one, I'll die with them.

( that's not the point she was making, and he knows that. he only says this like because he doesn't want to appear like he understands. in a way, when he was younger, that moment was a special one, and his heart skips a beat momentarily as he thinks on it. that was hope he met that night, but she's insistent that he can't love an aspect... he's capable, even when he felt like dying literally. )

Thank you, I've learned a lot today. You're truly a romantic at heart... that sort of thing gives you hope... ( honestly, she should offer her services to people who are having love troubles. ) A future to look forward to?

... Was she ever different before, or has she always been kinda scary?

[MAYA LORE MAYA LORE MAYA LORE]

Huh? Oh, no. She's always been terrifying.

[ Your Maya lore is that she's always just been Like That. ]

[ Other people's love troubles are a lost cause, she doesn't care for that. She's also going to take that wish he wrote and crumble it up, because she's not about that either. ]

You got it wrong, it's not like that. The future's gonna come when it comes, but for me, I'm busy enjoying the present. You going on about hope, that's all future stuff— for you, the present becomes the past and then you've got dementia and you forget about it anyways, so I don't get the point of it at all.

( AT LEAST HE'S HONEST... )

But... you can still do me a favor or two if I'm ever in need, right? ( pleading face )

Ah. [real dead dove: do not eat situation right here] That's why I worry sometimes, though. She wants to win. The people she's hurting to get there might decide there's an easier way to hurt her back...

( hello bad taste man, they are here to wish you happy birthday, because according to komaeda it's today and rika has no reason to dispute it.

they come to the art club room in the afternoon, assuming he must be hanging out somewhere around there — rika promptly slams the door open with her foot, in her hands a cake, which actually looks decent and edible. who would've thought? there's some hope aftertaste to it ofc, but rokkun doesn't mind that, right? )

Rocchi!! Happy birthday!! ( she comes in first, with komaeda trailing behind. he looks like he's been rolled over by ball monokuma at least five times, and also he's on a leash, because that's what she needed to use to pull him back up through the window after he fell out of it. please don't ask. she's not letting go of it, either, it's for safety. ) Koma-kyun said it is — dunno if his head's right, but I already made the cake, so eat it either way. Also, uh... hope you like ginger.

( cause komaeda sure did dump almost a whole bottle of it into the batter. there's cinnamon icing on it, to maybe make it a little less heavy on the tongue — it's around the rims of the cake, and in the middle, spelling out rokkun's name with a few small hearts around it. she's the cutest so appreciate it.

also komaeda found him a cool rock due to his terrible ball monokuma encounter ig — )

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6/6, @ rokkun + komaeda