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( there's not much he can do about it now, but the smile he offers towards miss vp isn't really for her, more so he's coming down from his little high about hope. well, he's never able to actually come down, but the past events that play in his mind all the way to now makes him excited. if he had it his way, he wouldn't speak with someone beneath him — as all non talented people are — yet, he can't embarrass a fellow ultimate that's next to him, so he has to be good... for now.

with that in mind, he makes his way other to the chairs she placed, and like an excited dog, he's going to check the chair to see if it's durable... once satisfied, he'll let saihara have the first one. as for the second one, komaeda moves it away to sit on the floor...

scum like him using a chair in the face of an ultimate who is better than him? he would never! )

[ They don't even attack her!! Akira's going to get hit by a bus on the way home without his glasses, the next time anybody threads with him in npc contact he's going to have a broken arm. ]

I— uh...

[ he didn't want to be privvy to Rika's financial straits, please, ]

You don't have to do anything drastic to make the money for it... please don't! We may be able to figure out your prescription between me, Ventus-san, Wolfe-san, Moriarty-san, and Jekyll-san, and I'll— I'll take you. We'll figure out the money.

[ A smiling Komaeda weirds her out a little, but she does her best not to let it show. ]

Who's Lily May?

[ A first year, maybe... She thinks she recalls seeing a L.May send Shuichi a plot clue once on the PDA. ]

As for Hiro... I doubt he would want to feature in any video. But it would be good to have him be included— he's a very good artist, and would do well for any props that need to be made.

[ OH NO Miss VP is so nice... Saihara thanks her sheepishly for agreeing to receive them on such short notice, then... gives exactly one (1) very tired look to what Komaeda does, like he's used to this. He stands up from his seat and drags him by the arm -- the injured one, and yes, he does remember it's still injured -- to place him properly on the other seat too before returning to his own.

Now that they actually look like normal people in front of the staff again: ]

Ah, although... I'm sorry. We're actually... here to talk about what happened at school during April. Is that alright?

[ It's an older topic... ]

( just because she's one of them and they respect the distance doesn't mean she trusts them?? listen... they're eating students and she's not soulless like komaeda... )

... ah... ( she sniffles, looking up at him with big eyes.

you'd do that for little ol' her? she can't believe it... !! )

As expected, Akira-kun has a good heart... but... I'd hate to trouble everyone... I'm not really worth the effort, y'know? If people heard it was for me, they'd go 'whatever'!

How about I introduce her to you soon, she can be pretty fickle, but she's agile and reliable.

( no... she's so special, this is why komaeda loves her, so he'll be acquiring them both. from what komaeda remembers about him, he seems sleepy and to himself... very quiet, but it makes him wonder if he chooses to be that way. )

I know he has to have amazing artistic skills, he drew something in my hand once...

( ... )

Want to see?

[ Maya sighs. Please don't be a dick... she raised him better than that. ]

Fine.

[ adsflkhj bonding over accounting... cursed ]

No
Maybe it's better this way. But starting over feels like giving up, when my hope is that you'll remember

[ It's a lost cause, though, with Komaeda's dementia. But maybe that's why he's so persistent, when he was resistant to Rika's initial advances, because being with Komaeda is impossible and his affections won't be returned. In a way, there's safety in impossibility. ]

1. If you could remember everything, would you really want to?

[ His chest pillow... guess he has to lean forward instead and use the top of Rika's head as his pillow instead. ]

How would you kill me?

[ She looks somewhat uncomfortable about Komaeda sitting on the ground but some people like sitting on the ground instead of in chairs so she doesn't say anything about it, as grateful as she is for Shuichi encouraging him to sit in a chair like a normal person. ]

In April...? [ So much has happened since then. ] That's alright; what did you want to discuss?

You don't know that until you ask, right? If you told them the same thing you told me, I'm sure they'll understand.

[ Because some of them are good people too. Others he's sure will cave under the force of her bullying. ]

I think you're worth the effort. And I think you should make the effort to help yourself.

[ You know, like she did to him, is doing to him ]

( that hurts actually, but since he's a masochist it's like... he accepts it as something he deserves. he's a little disheartened that he has to sit in a chair properly, but once he's there, he's holding his one wounded arm against his waist to... pick at it through the fabric of his sleeve with his other. )

The hopes of your students!

( he starts with a smile, thinking back to how lost they were, afraid of the body locked away in the case... afraid of themselves over the concern if they'd be next. they knew nothing about this school really, but it took a little push. )

They were an embarrassment at the start, but... their bonds have grown stronger since then... don't you think so?

( where's his twisted validation? )

( sighs... buries face in his titty. )

I'd strangle you. ( no hesitation... she just thinks it feels the most personal. but then again, she hasn't really considered killing people all that much, unlike these two freaks. ) Or maybe stab you with my sword... ?

( he seems to like it, so maybe that's the way he'd prefer to go...

idk give her some ideas komaeda she's not the murderer here y'all are )

( ... oh no, abort, abort. she was lying, sure — but not entirely. it's true that her mother never cared to get her sight checked; it's also true she doesn't think she deserves kindness, neither from him or any of the people he mentioned.

in fact... she knows she doesn't. her personality, all the doe-eyed begging, all the favors asked and never repaid... it's done to let people know just what kind of a person they're dealing with.

she doesn't deserve kindness, or concern, or care.

she looks at him, and looks away, blank-faced. )

Akki... you're too naive for your own good. You need to get better at spotting who's worth the effort and who isn't. ( she huffs, letting go to shove her hands into her pockets. )

[ He opens his mouth to argue otherwise, to say that it's not like he universally believes all people are worth the effort— he has his reservations about Komaeda, after all, even if he still wants to try, and that student whose soul is sealed in that laptop which Nanami had to encourage him not to give up on.

But Rika isn't Komaeda, and she isn't a fragment either, and so he ducks his head a little, trying to meet Rika's eyes again. ]

...I'm the one who gets to decide who's worth it to me. Please don't try to change my mind, Kawai-san. If my feelings come back to bite me in the ass later, I'll accept those consequences.

( he's valid and should keep that opinion on komaeda )

... ( ah. he's actually trying to look her in the eye, now, and she hates being the one looking away, like it's her turn to be the coward. maybe it is.

in the face of earnest feelings, she falters easily. )

Fine... do whatever you want. Just... don't say I didn't warn you. ( she huffs, lips curving into a pout. ) And stop acting all cool and responsible!! It doesn't suit you!

[ That makes him laugh a little, even though he catches himself immediately and apologizes so it doesn't seem as if he's laughing at her, stepping back and giving her space again. ]

I'm neither of those things! I'm fine with them not suiting me.

[ Because being cool— it makes people look up to him, and he doesn't want that. Responsibility is taking other people's burdens upon his own shoulders, and he's not equipped to do that either. He'll just do what he can, awkwardly, earnestly. ]

( oh... he's laughing... cute, she thinks, and then she catches herself, because no, no way is she believing that akira's actually a genuinely good person, she's not gonna be fooled, she's not — )

Dummy. ( who wouldn't want to be cool? insane.

anyway, she's gonna Haul Ass before he says anything else that emotionally compromises her today. )

Get a new pair of glasses, 'kay, Akki? Can't have you blind when you're the one supposed to sew my sexy maid costume! ( and, as per usual, have a Shock Value line, because she aims to exit with a bang, and all.

she waves at him, then quickly walks away, before he can even as much as say no — )

What?!!

[ He gets hit by a bus on the way home after school today. ]

( STOP??? THEN WHO'S GONNA SEW HER SEXY MAID COSTUME TF )

( he waits for maya to hold out her hand, and when she does... he'll draw the same symbol from before that was done onto him. it's not as neat as that one, but it's close enough. )

Any thoughts?

i'd never advise giving up on your hope, it just wouldn't be me.
you'll have to live with me and my faults

( to be punished for his illness, he didn't think rokkun was that sort of person — perhaps this was a mistake at the start. komaeda's visibly sick, the other would have known if they've been together since childhood, though komaeda's diagnosis came around in his teen years, but still... who knows, maybe it's a different story than what rokkun knows. )

i can't deny what i don't know. so yes
2. did we apply to this school together?

That's... ah, his way of saying he did certain things for the results he wanted...

[ He originally came here to make sure Komaeda actually followed through with what he made him promise, but now it seems like doubly a good idea because he also needs to translate from hope-speak to actual human language. ]

It's just... a little important that Komaeda-kun should tell you so himself. So... please bear with him.

[ It's important to Saihara, at least. This is really going to test how perceptive Miss VP and her staff are, huh... ]

( ohhh pretty sketch. rokkun is so talented.

anyway, it's fine. amami wasn't quite expecting this level of topic-hopping insanity either, and he looks at komaeda like he's some kind of alien when he starts going off about some "debt" being "paid" like rokkun the godfather or some shit.

the cat? the cat is secondary. amami is legitimately not concerned at all beyond the fact that he'd feel kind of bad if she's got rat guts on her mouth from finding wilbur but, otherwise, he was not here for the bev incident outside the bathroom, so he does not know there is reason to fear a cat. )

That's a good idea. Do you mind if I come with?

( or "we." whatever's good. maybe the real shsl vet was the rokkun we met along the way... )

[ She is not giving him her hand. He'll have to draw it on his own palm while she leans forward and watches, and when she sees it... she almost looks amused. ]

What'd you do to piss him off?

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