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[ holds up both hands ]

I'm not that good of an actor. I don't know how to be that pathetic. It'll have to be you.

( noooooo, komaeda-arata notices that and he perks up too... ultimates... ultimates. )

Do you like him? He's very reliable...

( yess.... yesss.... he feels like they're off on a good start now. )

[ There's a grin at the compliment that gets brighter at the offer to learn more songs, but—- it's a smile that falters at "I love you," one that doesn't know how to look as they feel their ears grow hot, a part of their mind going "as a friend, he means as a friend" while another part (that sounds suspiciously like their sister) goes "That's a given! Everybody should love you! You're awesome! The best!" like a mantra to hold onto while the very last part of them...

...

... ]

Thanks. [ a quiet voice, despite the smile they're trying so hard to keep on their face so they don't cry, why do they feel like crying... ]

I love you too.

( "that too," what does that mean, i mean, i know what it means, but komaeda-arata has to close his eyes, and think about it for a moment as npckun holds onto him. he fails at trying to get away, so he stands there, staring down at the other as he tries to figure them out. )

...Don't do that.

( what's with arata's holding out! this is horrible! why! but it's an odd thing, to... be upset, or mad, he's been upset a few times within the school, but as for anger... it's been awhile. )

You'll do something... buy something that'll make you angry, and hopefully me... just as upset?

( ... because that's what money is for? to purchase. ) What is it that you're after...

...Has he bought a token to wash his clothes from you yet?

( if he has, they can just steal them... and komaeda-arata can... dress up. )

( AND? mizuki is SEXY and i am not MAD at him! yes rokkun, pick up toxic traits. )

How can you choose for me...

( stop that, which he'll emphasize by leaning away from rokkun now, using his own arm to prop himself up, so say goodbye to his armrest or whatever komaeda-arata was at the time. )

Who are you to tell me if it's not important? ...So tell me, what can you lose from hoarding our memories away from me. Surely it must have been nice... ( he sighs, looking at him from where he's leaning. ) ...you didn't throw away that memory. ...I don't want to remember it, I want you to tell me... I want to know.

( was going to be like they can keep the same promise, and i'm like maybe that's how komaeda got in this mess an how he was made to promise... rokkun's reverse psychology won't get him. )

[subaru's gonna hug them tighter, burrowing his face against them with a happy sound. he loves loving people, he loves being loved, hearing it makes him so happy he could just--

well he will at least pick keigo as much off the ground as he can to swing them around in his arms ☆ and then settle back down again, grin bright and close like this, because it's nice and bursts fireworks in his chest again.

... maybe he should think a little bit about why it's different than when nene tells him it but ☆ let's not right now ☆]

Hey, hey, say that again~. I wanna see something~.

Okay, that's enough, that's fine. Thank you.

[They're a good kid, all he really needed was a date, though.

And he's, uh, sorry about the migraines, listen, Lucifer doesn't think before he does shit. So, the 14th or 15th, then, but that doesn't mean Narumi wasn't seen shortly before that either. Lucifer files that information away for later, though.]

When I was called to look at the magic circle that other students found, I faintly recognized it as something similar to a binding spell, though... it seemed to be trying to remove something instead of tether it, and it was a fairly awkward mix of the two.

[He pauses and thinks further, then, very carefully chooses his next words.]

...Thinking back, have you spoken to Clamor recently? Did he seem a bit off to you?

[Not Lucifer out here just now realizing that something might have been up that day on the roof, haha...]

Lonely. [ Everyone sure is repeating that. Crona will not be left out.

Look, you think they're paying attention in class? No. They spend all of it freaking out and praying the teacher won't call on them. Rokuro is the guy at the back always looking at the window and Crona has almost certainly made really awkward eye contact with him before.]

I didn't want to miss it. [ They turn to Rokkun with a brighter expression. ] Huh? Yeah, he's really nice and always takes the time to-

[ Immediately distracted by clapping. ]

Oh, so he is joining? Why didn't he say so...I'm pretty confused.

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Northern Europe might be nice. I think you'd like it there — the views are just like you'd see in a story book. It's really something special.

( picturesque landscapes, and people friendly enough to get along with, but distant enough not to pry. it'd make for a good place to have a private escape, he thinks, and there's plenty of places along the coastline they could settle down at. )

We can go to the beach any time, make sandcastles, watch the sunset and the sunrise... Maybe you can learn how to sail a boat too, if you wanted.

( amami wouldn't mind having the chance to teach them something like that. )

[he can't

really

interact with anyone nor does he particularly Want To he's got thoughts and he's thinking them but he needs some normalcy rn so he's gonna write maya some stuff, fold it, and slide it under the stuco door for her to find later...

it reads, in sort of neatish, yet slanted-slack lettering:]

Prez,

Please answer these questions. They might sound silly, and stupid, but they're important!

When you're done, fold the paper up and stick it into locker 222. Make sure no one sees you! They'll think you're putting in a ♡ love confession ♡, and I know you don't want that. ☆

Your fellow music appreciator,
Subaru ☆

[and then, on a separate sheet... actually, there are two? with the same questions. one has maya's name on it, and the other has hiro's...]

1. If you were a kitten, what would your name be?

2. What flavor of bubble gum do you wish existed but doesn't?

3. Would you kiss a dirty animal as long as it was super cute?

4. How many times do you think you've sneezed in your lifetime?

5. What's your favorite pattern?

6. What's your favorite color?

7. Could we cover the entire earth with pudding?

8. What's one thing you wish you could eat if it wouldn't immediately kill you?

Oh, tea sounds nice.

[ Between running around trying to organize everything and...she really needs a break. She sits down in one of the free chairs, shoulders slumping as she nods over at the nurse. ]

I'm... Well, Clamor and I were classmates, so its hard to know he won't be here anymore. But looking forward is what's important, right? It's not the first time I've seen someone die... You just have to move forward, no matter what.

Hm? Yeah, during the day is nice since you can swim, and it's pretty stunning — coral reefs, fish, even just the different colours the water can be. Some places it's a deep blue, but in others it's more green...

( he's settling down too now, making himself comfortable with crossed legs as he watches them build. )

At night though, it's really something else. If daytime makes you want to hang out with your friends in the water, there's something about the quiet sound of the ocean at night that really makes you think about your place in the world. The moon and the stars in the sky, and all of those lights shining off the waves around you. The water goes on and on and on, and there's something comforting about that. Like even if you can't see it, you know that there's even more out there, waiting for you, y'know.

( he sighs. wishes he were better with words — maybe one for poetry. if he had one of those lines about the moon and the tide and how they're drawn to each other, that'd be nice for the feeling he's trying to share right now. instead he only glances towards the two beside him, looking pretty fond. he can't do it justice with words, but... )

One day, Kamo-kun, we'll go to a real beach together — all three of us, and anyone else you want to bring too.

( 'ask the president' OKAY MAYBE SHE WILL, AND THEN THEY'LL FIND A WAY TO TALK ABOUT HAMSTERS WHAT THEN

honestly nene would probably feel guiltier about keeping chiaki here, but uh. despite everything she'd prefer natsume to go... unstabbed? at least a little. but also she's still sorry because the raw frustration is... she's an empathetic person, she can't imagine how this must feel other than angering...

but she can't let chiaki run off to do a murder, either. so like some backup would be great guys anyone have questions for chiaki too until time's up-- )

Ah- sorry, you're right, I should... ... I wish I could say that was my last question, but it wasn't. When you come back, do you- are we supposed to remember all of this? Or... are we transfers abnormal?

( DID KOMAEDA'S DEMENTIA REALLY GET EVERYONE )

( nene doesn't even hesitate to take a seat beside him, legs curling up while she looks back and forth between the flowers above them with concern and to kazuki. ... e-even if he can't see her, it feels polite to give him her attention. )

Does this mean they won't be able to come back, then...?

[ It's not like the student council room is Maya's private room; I'd say Subaru is lucky she's the one who comes across the paper first, except she always arrives first. Unfolding the note, she reads up to "might sound silly, and stupid" and then tosses it into the trash.

digs it back out after the meeting is over, rolls her eyes, and throws one of the papers away in the trash while the other she folds and sticks in her pocket to take home for Hiro.

So, anyways, Subaru only gets one set of answers but they're as follows: ]

1. If you were a kitten, what would your name be? hiro

2. What flavor of bubble gum do you wish existed but doesn't? tofee

3. Would you kiss a dirty animal as long as it was super cute? y

4. How many times do you think you've sneezed in your lifetime? 402

5. What's your favorite pattern? :::

6. What's your favorite color? yelow

7. Could we cover the entire earth with pudding? y

8. What's one thing you wish you could eat if it wouldn't immediately kill you? moon

Yeah you're all weird.

[ It's written with a roll of her eyes, though, a distinct lack of patience for answering questions she doesn't even know when she could be doing something better with her time like exacting revenge, and she makes to set the pen down.

Maybe it's the light, but it looks as if she's growing fainter; the coin's effect isn't going to last forever. Maybe long enough for one or two more mod tags. ]

[ Tea it is! In honor of earl grey cookies she will make earl grey. ]

That's true. Eventually, you do have to move forward and get on with your life. But that doesn't mean you can't take the time to grieve. I like to think of it as paying respects to the person, in a way, in showing how much you care.

[ There's a little noise of surprise when they find their feet suddenly off the ground, but they can't even be upset about it because, like Subaru is so good at doing, he brings them back to the present and everything else falls away.

...

...? ]

I love you?

[ Do not perceive... maybe their face is a little red but it's dark outside and maybe this is the only time in their life they can be grateful for that fact. ]

[ What was decided on discord, I think it was a yes? If it was a yes, npckun nods yes; if it was a no then they shake their head. ]

[yeah

yeah, yeah, he likes it he really likes the way they--]

I love you too, Keigo!

[subaru wishes it wasn't dark. he wishes he had his quartz, or the sky was a little brighter, or even that he has night vision the way an animal does so he could see the look on keigo's face when they say it. it's something precious and sparkling, he thinks.

... but he fumbles a second for a reason to his asking and laughs, letting his arms fall to just holding keigo's hands again if the other lets him. he doesn't mind long hugs, keigo knows this, but his hands are a little antsy.

maybe he's a little happy about the darkness after all, he doesn't know what his face is like but it's definitely warmer against the chilly air.]

Now we've both said it~. Both ways too~. It's important.

[... for some reason]

[ He nods at both those things because yeah, yes. Shuichi has done like zero detectiving for Hiro to be impressed by but that's okay.

But also he points at Komaeda, because ? ]

Hm? No, I won't be mad about it, because I'm the one buying it. But if it were anybody else, I'd be super mad if they even thought about it.

[ They're after... things... don't worry about it ]

[ There's a bit of a lost look on Hikaru's face at the mention of the binding spell— clearly not anything they've practiced before, and them and most of their friends know by now that if they want to do something, to ask Lucifer so he can teach them how to do it properly. ]

Not... really? We had cocoa the other day, actually. Me and him and Aira and Nene, and everything felt fine. But I don't know him as well as you do. If you felt that something was weird, trust that gut feeling. I trust you.

[ In the dark, Subaru can't see the little frown on their face, they way their lips twist, like they're trying very hard not to—- but the laugh escapes anyways, a sound the darkness cannot hide, nor their shaking hands in Subaru's. ]

That's twice now, you know? We've both said it twice!

[ It's so important they both needed to say it twice?? makes no sense ]

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9/18 when subaru's skippin he aint lookin to talk tho

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