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Hiro looks up at Natsume, and while he doesn't shake or nod his head, the misery in his expression is telling enough. It'd be nice to just be in high school forever, coast through life until you're suddenly an adult and don't know what to do with yourself.
The past is better to think about, but that comes with its own share of distress. Maya can be just as quiet as him, but even compared to her, he's even more so, he knows this. So he shakes his head, but not before lowering his gaze to the ground. ]
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He can't imagine Hiro not being quiet, so he's going to assume that means he doesn't want to talk about the past. Or maybe he means that Maya's been quiet too, which isn't that surprising. )
She told me you only have each other NOW, so I assume you don't have any other sibLINGS... When did you lose your paRENTS?
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Hiro holds up ten fingers, then flashes another three. Not all that long ago, all things considered, but being mature enough to handle it also comes with that pain and sorrow still being raw, not like a child's memory that's easily forgotten. ]
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Age thirteen? That... really isn't that long ago; he imagines it must still be a sore spot. )
My condolenCES. ( The proper thing to offer, though he's sure Hiro's heard it dozens of times before. It isn't his place to ask how it happened either, but Hiro probably knows he's curious—most people are—Natsume will keep the question to himself though. ) Did you love THEM?
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Hiro's not about to pantomime his parents' potentially horrific death, so he settles for answering the question anymore, casting his eyes to the floor, nodding his head. ]
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That's good; children with good parents often love them, so at least they probably had a happy life up to that point. Probably. )
What's your favorite childhood memoRY? With them or otherWISE.
( ... )
Mine is one of my earliest—the first time my mommy let me attend one of her SHOWS. She's a world-famous fortuneteller, you SEE. I was sitting in the WINGS, watching her talk to people and help ease their troubled MINDS... Bringing smiles to their faCES. ( Natsume smiles slightly too, curling his fingers back into his palms. ) It was then that I decided I wanted to be just like HER. I wanted to help peoPLE, learn how to pick up on the most minute of cues and solve their proBLEMS... To rescue them from what ailed THEM.
( A very genuine, gentle sentiment. Did that get a little lost along the way, growing up? Maybe, but he found it again eventually and became a magician instead; it all worked out. )
She was... is an amazing woMAN. Daddy's lucky she married HIM, despite the fact he's a sleazy megalomaniAC.
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He has to think on his favorite memory— it's hard to come up with anything, as opposed to having too much to choose from, but it isn't as if he thinks so much about the past that it's all fresh in his mind. He's distracted anyways, when Natsume starts talking, trying to imagine a fortune telling show... he's imagining one of those small stadiums that's a concrete stage and two bleachers in front of it...
If only everybody's problems could be magicked away, just like that.
It's a sentiment that gets a small smile out of him, at any rate, one that almost looks like he wants to laugh when Natsume brings up his dad. And then sad as he thinks about his own dad...
He takes a step back and holds his palms down flat in front of him before sweeping his hands to either side, bends his knees just enough to suggest sitting before straightening up again, and then holds one hand with the palm face up and mimes eating.
Family picnics. ]
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Picnics, RIGHT? ( ... ) We were always moving around due to my parents' WORK, so we didn't really do that type of THING. We'd go out to eat and have dinner with celebrities and the LIKE, whoever my mommy wanted to see at the TIME, but it probably isn't the SAME.
( Actually—he's lost a lot of his childhood to his parents' jobs, technically speaking, but he brushes past that. No need to dwell. )
Have you two been out on one since THEN?
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Celebrities, though... wow. This paints a clearer picture of why he is how he is; rich and influential people simply live in an entirely different world.
But no, he shakes his head at having been out on a picnic since then, and gestures openly to the school in general. ]
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Not since then and definitely not since entering SCHOOL? ( ... ) You're still just a second YEAR, Hiro-kun. You're allowed to have a little freedom and to do as you LIKE.
( so he and maya should go on a family picnic. maybe take nao. )
It's not like us th... ( uh ) The third years, raTHER.
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Which should be self-explanatory on its own, but there's also that picnics are something done in a group, and family picnics with family. A picnic with just him and Maya would be strange; they already eat dinner together at the same table, so it's not like it would be much different outside. ]
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( why else would she play such pretty melodies? things no one can sing to, no one can dance to, just songs she wants to play. )
Take Sato-chan along if she tries to put up a fuss about two people not being enough for a picNIC... Or any other people you two SHARE. ( natsume... leans away a bit, lips quirking on one side. ) Though you'll have to count me OUT.
( he mimics hiro's scissor motion. because of maya. )
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( one day in the future but the future is bleak. )
Until THEN... You're friends with Baru-kun, RIGHT? And Maya-chan advised him to join the same club as HER, so she can't completely dislike HIM... You could see if she'd like him to come inSTEAD.
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Subaru, though... Hiro shakes his head. He points at his mouth, and then lifts his hands up in the air: Subaru's singing is very good. Maya invited him to her club for his talent. ]
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He is talented, isn't HE? He truly embodies his NAME... ( Stars, stars everywhere. ) I'm sure he knows that she's only tolerating him in her club because of his taLENT, but I'd caution against ever saying THAT... Or signing it to HIM. Baru-kun's sensiTIVE.
( ...In a way. )
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He holds his hands out, cupped like Natsume had his when showing him the lights, which he then represents by flashing his fingers in lieu of them. Natsume has his talents too. Maybe Maya would be impressed if he could shoot fireballs. ]
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This much is hardly impressive, you KNOW. There's plenty of people capable of far greater things HERE. I'm just a drop in the pond compared to THEM.
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"Natsume is very good."
Hiro believes so, anyways. Natsume should too. ]
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...I'm not quite where I want to be YET, but I'll get THERE. ( but he concedes a little, and then reaches over to pat hiro's hair, dusting it with magic stars. ) So will YOU. Wherever you GO, whatever you want to DO... Whatever you find you like and reach out to TAKE. You'll get there TOO, Hiro-kun.