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[adsum]

[ Wait— that wasn't supposed to be love, and he's Unsure about the alternative to hug but

she's smiling? she looks so comparatively happy?

he has no choice but to nod ]

[closewithnewintown]

[listen. you hear your story, and she'll hear hers.

she smiles even wider, somehow, and puts her arm across him, bringing him in for a tight, but brief, squeeze.]

Are you gonna go to the fundraiser thing? I wasn't gonna go, but if you're going, I'll go.

[honestly it's because she knows komaeda will be there and she doesn't wanna deal with his shit right now.]

[adsum]

[ Oh, um. Maybe his face is a little red when she pulls away, but he's not looking at her and if he can't see her she can't see him, this is how it works.

The fundraiser is a welcome distraction, and he nods that he's going to go— because he promised Komaeda he would, and even though he doesn't want to deal with Komaeda's shit either, he was promised free things in return and so, you know, he's gotta. ]

[closewithnewintown]

I'm not sure how much money you need to fix up a whole building, but whatever it is, I'm sure Rika's crazy enough to get it.

... It'll be nice, having a place to sleep... I don't ever want this place feeling like home, but... A place to actually be alone would be good. Right now I'm just putting a chair against the door.

[and maybe checking the ceiling tiles for weaknesses she knows how these freaks are]

[adsum]

[ It's going to require thousands upon thousands of dollars and the fundraiser may raise maybe a fraction of that and the rest will have to rely on Komaeda apparently regaining his fortune. Would people sleep in Komaeda funded dorms? Maybe murder is forgivable in exchange for a bed.

Hiro sort of just nods along... there's nothing he can do about that. Maya would never approve a sleepover, so he doesn't bother asking. He does take that paper, though, to scribble on a blank spot on the paper ]

careful in dorms

[closewithnewintown]

[. . .

she picks up her backpack.

opens it.

sticks her head inside it.

screams.]

[adsum]

[ WHY

Hiro scrambles up to his feet, dropping his pen and paper and possibly kicking over his abandoned bento in the process (he's so sorry, Maya) so he can sort of... worriedly hand over Stephanie's shoulder like he doesn't know what to do but he's there just in case there's something he's supposed to do in a situation like this. ]

[closewithnewintown]

I hate this place nothing is ever good and everything is terrible why can't one thing not completely and totally suck just once at all ever!

[she removes her head from the backpack, leaning back until her head bonks against the wall. hold on give her a second]

Fuck!

[okay she's good now.]

[adsum]

[ Oh. Her voice echoes a little in the emptiness of the auditorium, but... it's fine. Screaming's supposed to help, is what Hiro understands, even if it's never helped him. He gives her another moment to make sure she isn't going to start screaming again, and then slowly sits down next to her, just far away enough for him to have space to place a hand on her shoulder and give it a small squeeze, light enough that if this is wrong and she starts screaming he can immediately take his hand back and never do that again. ]

[closewithnewintown]

[she just. sighs. looks over at him with a rueful grin.]

Sorry. I'm just... Ugh. This place... Just. Ugh. [sticks out her tongue] I better figure out how words work again. Somebody needs to be chatty enough for the both of us.

... Is it ghosts? It's gonna be ghosts, isn't it.

[adsum]

[ Ugh is a pretty good word, don't discount ugh.

Ghosts, though... Hiro gives Stephanie's shoulder another squeeze then takes his hand back. ]

[closewithnewintown]

[oh no that means yes doesn't it that's a yes to ghosts]

I don't wanna deal with sad ghost people... I just want to sleep in a bed...

[adsum]

[ He's sorry... he doesn't know how to help. Maybe the ghosts won't be sad?

He sets his head back down on his knees and does his best to look empathetic. ]

[closewithnewintown]

[she pinches the bridge of her nose.]

Sorry. Again. It's... been a lot, these past few days.

... Thanks for the warning. Really. I'll be extra careful.

[adsum]

[ It sure looks like she's been through hell and back, despite saying that she hasn't been through half what he has. He remembers walking in on her asleep, and remember his bento, reaching for the box and handing over to her what hadn't spilled out onto the floor.

If she came here right as lunch ended and was asleep, she wouldn't have had time to eat yet. Eat, sleep, those are the things that will make things better, especially when you don't know how to deal with ghosts. ]

[closewithnewintown]

[if her eyes could sparkle like an anime character, that would be happening right now.

instead, they just widen, and in a moment of incredible rudeness she will feel like a dick about in about one minute, she just outright snatches the bento from him. she doesn't even look for utensils; she's just scarfing up whatever the hell it is with her hands.

when the food is gone, in about thirty seconds, she seems to remember that she is a human being, and has the decency to look a little embarrassed.]

Um... Thank you! I didn't wake up early enough to make lunch... or breakfast...

[adsum]

[ Oh... at least a lot of it's finger food, things like those rolled egg omelets and sausages and a side of cherry tomatoes, although he doesn't have a drink with him to wash it all down. He doesn't seem put off by the rudeness at all, just concerned about the state of Stephanie not eating— the swearing makes sense now. She's hangry.

Where's that pieces of paper...

He finds her original message, and hands it to her. ]

lunch, auditorium?

[ But like... tomorrow. Or whatever day he isn't being accosted by idols. ]

[closewithnewintown]

... [she doesn't want to burden him with the tears forming in her eyes. so, she closes her eyes, smiling hard, and nods harder, so her voice doesn't betray her.]

[adsum]

[ Oh, he does that same trick. Tears won't fall if you don't blink, and that means you're not crying. Stephanie just has to keep her eyes closed until ??? her eyeballs reabsorb the tears or something. Closed eyes means she also misses the little smile on his face, that he stops almost immediately, trying to think of how to ask Maya to pack a little more food for lunch. She would be suspicious. But she'll probably also be happy, because he doesn't always eat the lunch he brings every day anyways, depending on if he's more tired than hungry. Problem for future Hiro, aka 5 hours from now Hiro. ]

[closewithnewintown]

[the danger passes, and she opens her eyes.]

... I'm not gonna go back to class, I think. [she is going to sleep in this corner and then when school ends THEN she goes back to class. and sleeps there.]

[adsum]

[ Oh, again. Hiro nods like yeah, that's a good plan. He frequently ditches class to sleep too, he finds no problem with this except his napping spot of choice is the library. People get tired from studying and put their head down a bit and so it's passable to sleep there, not like the auditorium. Auditorium's kinda a bit too open for his tastes... but okay. Guess we're napping here, because he doesn't get up to move either. ]

[closewithnewintown]

[woo naptime Best End]