adsum | npc contact.1

What? No. Go away.

[ Stop that. As he slides his chair over, she places the heel of her foot on the edge to stop it from coming any closer, because in her mind, picking up her own chair and moving it would result in a never ending cycle. ]

Lunchtime is over. Go back to your homeroom.

( he had to think about his homeroom, help, but something else comes to mind that he wants to go and bother. he wonders if hiro even properly attends classes, and if not, perhaps komaeda can take this chance to approach him. he won't tell maya that, so he opts out with a cursory glance at her expression to see if she wants him to leave — if so, he'll stand up, picking up her bento box as well. )

I'll clean it for you, Arisu-san! Then I'll make sure it's returned to you.

( by her brother, of course. so he's going to take this with him, and god, please don't stab him hiro... even though it's special for girls to share their bentos with guys......it's not what you think.

now where IS HIRO!!! WHERE! WHERE! )

[ SHE DOES NOT TRUST HIM TO WASH HER BENTO BOX... more than that, she's already making a mental note to purchase a new one under the assumption she will never see it again.

Hiro is in the library during lunch hours, sitting at a desk off to the side somewhere with his head buried in his arms on the surface.

zzzzzzz

He will absolutely not wake up in time to return to class, if he even went in the first place. ]

( JUST BECAUSE KOMAEDA FORGETS TO BATHE DOESN'T MEAN HE DOESN'T WASH DISHES!!! she needs to have faith in him, he's a good guy!!!

it's a good thing that komaeda likes the library, because he remembers bringing hiro there last time... but once he notices him, he'll make a detour towards the vending machines to purchase the snacks he wanted last time. i actually have a bag of bugles, and they're the cheddar kind, i'm crying.

once he has them in his possession, komaeda will make his way back into the library to sit down right next to him. his desired snacks first, and komaeda makes sure that the bento box is in his lap out of sight. )

...

( nudge, nudge. )

[ HE FORGETS TO BATHE???

god, okay

Hiro smells him before he feels the nudge on his shoulder, presumably, and lifts his head from the desk to slowly blink in front of him with some confusion. ... Then he turns to look at Komaeda, because why does he sit next to him instead of across... ]

( STOP HIS DEMENTIA SOMETIMES HE REMEMBERS, SOMETIMES HE DOESN'T, sometimes he has to be groomed by others listen! it's russian roulette.

STOPPPP MAYBE HE BATHED TODAY I HATE YOU, okay, he's smelled. he claps his hands together, giving his peace offering as he waits for hiro to take them.

once he does, komaeda will pull out his pda, same as last time: )

goodmorning

[ Bathed where?? Every day I think about how we could've had dorms the first month, I really do.

Komaeda has to set the bag of chips in front of Hiro, directly in his hands, for him to realize that they're for him and now Komaeda just... idk, bragging or something by eating the chips in front of him. But he does accept them and lets the bag sit on the table between his arms as he peers at the PDA and watches Komaeda type.

...

makes his amendment: ] goodmorningitsnoon

( ori you gotta tell us the lore, what was the turning point... how could we have done it... i'm just sooo curious. did we have to cry on vps shoes

they're hiro's chips and drink, which komaeda makes that known because he's not going to eat any of them, and is more focused on his pda. as soon as he gets an answer, he (in yama's words) backsapces (/in yama's words) what hiro and himself wrote, and then with new, fresh text. )

and you just woke up, good afternoon. did i get your order right?

[ maybe

Hiro's eyebrows knit together just a little when Komaeda backsapces, because how is he supposed to keep up the conversation without a log to reference? He reaches over and types right after Komaeda's. ]

and you just woke up, good afternoon. did i get your order right?what?

( let me talk to vp again, i'll eat off her shoes...

not his log reference, he really needs that? komaeda wants to delete it again, but rather than doing that, he points to the food that he brought: the chips, and then the drink. he doesn't know if hiro remembers, but komaeda recalls those are something he wanted before.

to make sure hiro understands, he picks up the bag of chips to hold out to him, and then shakes them gently despite there being no sound. )

[ sfadkjh she doesn't want that!!! she woudl cry, i would cry

Why does Komaeda have selective dementia and remembers unimportant things like snack requests that even Hiro doesn't remember until he looks from the chips and looks at the message and connects the dots. Weeks late... But he's not ungrateful, nodding that Komaeda did get the order right and—-

glances over his shoulder to make sure the librarian can't see

opens the chip bag because fuck the no eating in the library rule, nobody can hear him. He caps his fingers with bugles. ]

( miss vp!! komaeda will give up a lot to see what the inside of the dorms look like!! he'll work part-time, as she don't know yet, but will, he's good with cleaning.

that's how selective dementia works, or rather, he tries really hard to remember because he's going to forget. he can't even remember the first thing he did when he got in this school. once hiro's satisfied, he watches as he starts to cap his fingers with the chips one by one, and i respect what's fun to him along with the attention span. )

and you just woke up, good afternoon. did i get your order right?what?i must have, how lucky of me...now, i wanted to make a proposal.

[ I keep reading the message from the front and being hit with deja vu, I hate that, Hiro probably looks vaguely confused every time he reads over the message too like he's trying to imagine what it would be like to wake up every two seconds.

Also, Maya's going to kill him for 1) accepting food from Komaeda, and 2) believing it a gift out of the goodness of his heart instead of a trade, of course it would be a trade, he'd eaten a chip and now he's not allowed to refuse Komaeda's proposal— or at least he can't refuse hearing it out.

There is no text reply; Hiro just turns slightly in his seat so he can give Komaeda fuller attention. Fuller not full, because he's going to recap his fingers for a second round of chips, since he'd already eaten some and there's no turning back now. ]

( the message comes off like a threat to be honest, and to be honest, hiro's at his strongest right now so he'll never have to wake up every so seconds. okay, i lied, komaeda will ruin that for him.

as hiro turns to him, komaeda can't recall in either of those two moments where it seemed like hiro was willing to give his attention — it always felt like he was trying to get away (which is valid). a natural response to anyone that comes into komaeda's vicinity, but he can't say that he's not a little excited for this.

he taps on the pda for a bit, thinking of how to phrase certain things considering he has maya's words to think about. )

we're going to have a fundraiser soon, and i wanted to know if you'd join them... your art skills would work wonders by drawing in the attention of others, it got mine considering the mark you left on my hand made me wonder for awhile... anyway, i believe people should see the sort of hope that you have.

( realized there was a pun in there. )

[ Hiro leans in close to read this relative wall of text, looking a little curious about this fundraiser but doesn't ask what they're fundraising for, and he almost feels flattered and embarrassed at Komaeda bringing up his art skills— until he talks about the mark Hiro had written on his hand and then he deflates a little because that was...

That was something else.

It doesn't even have anything to do with hope, and he doesn't think anything he does inspires it, let alone his art having that capability, so he ends up looking mildly uneasy as he pulls the pda towards him. ]

if its wonder,kudo's art would be better

( it's easy to see him deflate, or maybe it's the energy, but komaeda watches him to see what he does next while he types on the pda. seeing him pass off art skills to chiaki is one thing, but that's the normal reaction, he guesses. he stares at the screen as he taps his fingers against the female's name as if he's thinking about it. )

i'm not asking about kudo-san, i'm interested in you, arisu-kun.
i want to view you

( turning the pda towards hiro once again, komaeda smiles... sheepishly, it's hard to tell whether he's genuine, but he's never been good at making conversation with others. he crosses his arms on the table, laying his head down against them as he attempts to be normal.

wait. he takes it back to finish. )

r art.

( sometimes dementia brain works slower than his fingers, but now it's fixed properly. )

[ Mild unease becomes severe discomfort at "i want to view you" but at least Komaeda amends it. Even if it definitely feels like backpedaling by that point, even if that smile makes him a little uncertain, like he never knows what to do when somebody's smiling at him.

Also I remembered the one time I made Hiro do a text thread and for consistency his abbreviations are even more so now, compared to his handwriting. ]

i can draw sthng 4u.but if publc, dont credt me

( wish i could apologize for the way komaeda phrases things, but i cannot... he just a freak, but a freak is getting what he wants, so that's fine. he blinks in confusion at what's said... not to credit him? does he get embarrassed or something? komaeda's pretty sure it'll be fine, but it's not like he can say he did it... everyone knows he's garbage. )

us, arisu-kun... everyone's going to have fun with this...
that's why i think you should join... i'll also buy these two snacks while you make your masterpiece.

( maybe a collage of lily may... or something, he doesn't know what the outside is interested in... )

[ Hiro crying internally bc "us" is somehow more intimidating than just Komaeda, as irrational as that thought is. ]

what do i draw?

[ It's going to be a collage of Lily May at this rate, everybody's going to come for the cat and go ??? when it's just maids in cat ears. ]

lily may, many lily mays... lily extravaganza.
like... wocket in my pocket, but lily may of the day.
what rhymes with bev?

( started crying because i wrote dr. suess and then remembered this. i felt like i'd be wrong if i didn't share it. alright, but lily may is going to join the fundraiser, they have to pay 400 bux to touch her, and that's how they speed run the money.

...komaeda didn't come here with a plan, but it fits the theme. )

[ Hiro looks up at Komaeda like ??? ]

idk any of them

[ Who's Lily May? Wocket?? Bev??? ]

sorry i forgot everyone's different.
the cats, we should do them because the fundraiser will be animal themed...

( thinking about how komaeda has to regain a dr. seuss book for hiro. )

[ His eyes light up in recognition, and also confusion, because he didn't realize there were three cats. ]

ebalon draws cute cats

i've seen them, ebalon-kun does...
i saw a few from his stolen notebook.
if you wont draw cats because ebalon-kun... what do you want to draw for us to get people's attention...
what do they like outside?

( three cats... lily may, bev... and... slaps cat tail on hiro. )

[ He looks up at Komaeda and instead of typing he points at "stolen notebook"

??

but his finger shakes a little and sort of hovers between the two "ebalon-kuns" above and below too ]

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