yogen | npc contact.2

( not only lucifer fucked with his head, "clamor" did too... how unfortunate, but he wasn't expecting a response. he taps his screen, blinking slow... such a hard worker, and you know what, komaeda will help him a little more. this is the public forum, and because i promised komaeda would be normal for a week-ish, or was that only for npckun and not universal. )

scrap them, there's something better you can use.
i have a study guide, and it covers everything you've missed since the start of your absence.
at this rate, i should be the third year instead of you.

[The moment Hinata's directed to him and lays eyes on him, even across the length of the classroom, his hands start to shake. That's- there's no mistaking it. He doesn't even need to ask, he realizes, because if he'd looked closely enough he would've known for sure.

"I hope we'll meet again someday. Thank you all for trying."

His heart beats dully in his chest, just a whisper of grief. He quietly thanks the ones who'd pointed the boy out, and makes his way across.

When he speaks, Hinata is calm, because that's the unfortunate skill that he has - staying calm when there's a storm whirling inside.]

...Sorry about the scene back there. I don't know if you... [Remember.] ...know who I am, but if not, I'm Hinata Hajime. If it's okay, can we talk alone for a little bit?

[ is npckun okay though

It's the same with them, though, not wanting to worry Amami who is worried about them, especially when he says nothing about not being worried anymore, or being less worried, unless they're able to get their shit together and look fine again.

... ]

Yeah, I'm okay! I've gotten a lot of rest, and you and Subaru are always looking after me, so... I'm okay!

Sure, I don't mind, Hajime.

[ He says the name easily, the same he does for anybody else— first name basis in that forcibly familiar way regardless of whether it's reciprocated— but there is little recognition in his eyes of any deeper relationship than classmates from a different class. ]

I was heading upstairs to club, so I don't know if you wanted to talk here, or on the way...

[ There really is no good place to be alone. Maybe the janitor's closet, if only because it's too small for more than two people to be crammed inside. ]

[ universal normal Komaeda, what did I promise in exchange for that, was it birds ]

You should have been in the third year alongside me

[ ... ]

Never mind that
I can't get to school to pick up any study guide anyways

[ because he's not being a GOOD WORM ]

You said you wanted to be a worm, so I'm— [ trying really hard to roll Komaeda over because it's easier to burrito somebody like that, but they didn't account for the fact that bunk beds are actually pretty narrow and even if they get Komaeda rolled over he's just going to bump into the wall.

... ]

-—helping!

[ Looksm ore like a taco than a burrito in the end, actually ]

Close enough.

( yes, the birds that bounce around and say "what doing!!!" those are ringnecks... and npckun will have one or i'll die trying.

...

don't say things like that on the network where he can't pry like he wants! :/ )

i must have made too many mistakes, and was held back along the way.

( ... )

why would you worry about the little things, i'll use the school's dog to bring you your guide.
if you do something for me in exchange!

( they will be? it's not like i don't have more plans out here.

anyway, amami pinches at one of their soft mochi cheeks. )

You don't have to be okay all at once. I don't think that was the kind of thing you can really expect to sleep off, and it's no good to keep things bottled up.

( he, of all people, would know. softening, he lets go. )

But remember that, okay? Akehoshi-kun and I, and Komaeda-kun too, we'll be here for you.

Kiyotaka?

[ Who's the school's dog... ]

What do you want?

( HE IS BEING A GOOD ENOUGH WORM!!! )

W-Wait, if you...! Ahaha...

( stop rolling him, it's a little dumb, but he's enjoying himself by seeing the other struggle. it's when they manage to roll him into the side of the wall, swaddloon'd within the blanket... he looks towards npckun like a worm. he even wiggles a bit to show off their hard work, but moments after he'll stop. )

Aren't red pandas meant to be herbivores?

( they do eat the occasional insects, but he's not going to mention that. they can mention it if they already know. )

( fifteen minutes later. )

i want a gun.

[ Oh. The smile slides off their face when Amami pulls at their soft mochi cheeks... They have to get better at being more convincing. ]

I know... I already cried a lot, and embarrassed myself in front of everybody. [ Nobody likes crying in front of other people, or letting their fears be made public. ]

I'll be okay. It just takes time.

[ Lots and lots of time. Maybe years, seeing as they're still dealing with a lot of things from the past— their fear of the darkness, of deep water, of being left alone, of being touched on the head, of this and that and so many other things. But at least they're getting better. ]

[ gmail did not show me 1/2 so all I saw was gun ]

Sorry, but I can't bring it to school
It wouldn't fit in your locker anyways

[ ...no, they don't know enough about red pandas to be able to support or refute that, but it doesn't matter because Komaeda laughing makes them laugh, the fact that he's playing along. ]

It's fine, because I'm not going to eat you!

[ They're going to flop on him instead, draped over his stomach so their legs are hanging over the side of the bed with the lack of space ]

[He startles a little at the use of his first name, is perhaps just a little bit redder than he was a moment ago - but the look he gives Rokkun is still one of determination.]

...Alright, then. On the way is... probably better. [He glances meaningfully around the room, and the classmates that are still lingering around.] It's something I'd rather not talk about in front of anyone else.

[Because it's nobody else's business but Rokuro's.

Whenever he's ready, Hinata will follow alongside him towards the club room. The moment there's a quiet corner - please tell me there's a corner that's quiet for five minutes somewhere Ori I spent like ten minutes wondering if I should have Hinata tell Rokkun to go into the closet - Hinata waves him down.]

Here... Over here for a second.

( that's all that mattered, actually. )

you're so cruel... you hate me... can't even get me one simple thing.
it wasn't meant to be fancy... how else will i protect myself from the terrors that lurk this school?

( too context-clear. it doesn't help that amami is hardly any different himself. even so... )

It's not embarrassing.

( he's making that executive decision. )

If it had happened to any of us, we'd probably be the same. It was probably confusing too, but... ( deep breath. ) I'm going to make sure. I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure nothing like that happens again, so that you won't have anything to be afraid of, Kamo-kun. And... I'm sorry, that I didn't make it in time to keep you safe.

( he wants to say it properly, directly, at least once. )

( heavy... maybe they are the whale instead.

...

...

he huffs, looking up at the ceiling where the yogen rules are taped — don't do anything to his ultimates, always say what da cat doing when they're doing something mundane. )

You wouldn't be able to... knowing I'd hurt your stomach, and who would take care if you were sick?

( ... )

Sigh... then you couldn't sell your wares. ...Did we forget something?

[ alsfdkjh I'm crying, if he suggested the closet, Rokkun really would be getting the wrong idea, coupled with Hinata's red face. He does slow when they enter the stairwell, though, underneath the stairs where sound doesn't travel so high up and they can hear anybody opening the door above if they speak quietly.

Rokkun goes ahead and stands leaning his back against the door, so they'd have at least that much warning if this door were to open. ]

Alright, so, what's wrong? Are you in trouble?

[ Depending on what it is, there may be little he can do, but it doesn't seem like the first time somebody's pulled him aside and asked something shady of him they can only discuss in private. ]

You have me

[ just like... not right now. Komaeda's easy pickings right now, but as soon as Rokkun gets over this month long migraine and comes back from his month long surgery and whatever else the forces of the universe is pitting against him being able to do his schoolwork ]

[ Would it be the same, though? They really can't imagine Amami crying, or Komaeda, ...Subaru maybe, but Subaru wouldn't hole up under the blankets for two days straight, he's braver than that and npckun... doesn't feel at all that, even though they had tried so hard that night. ]

It's not... You don't have anything to be sorry for, Tarou-nii. It was nighttime. You should've been in bed, and I... [ ... ] I shouldn't have left my store. I know better now, so it won't happen again.

[ [redacted] can't happen if they refuse to go out after sundown ]

[ maybe they're the whale... They don't move, grinning and letting themselves kick their feet a little behind them. ]

If I feel sick, I'll just throw up and then I'll feel better. [ ? this is how you deal with food poisoning ] And if I don't, you'll have to take care of me!

[ Since it's his fault and all, and Komaeda tends to indulge even their most childish requests ]

did you forget that you're crippled?
protecting me? you should think of yourself.

( his month long everything, he's going to miss halloween, christmas, and new years... who does that, those are like the best holidays to do things that would get them in trouble? )

( it's kind of warm in the blanket, he can deal though, and he'll close his eyes as he breathes in and out, slowly... )

If I take care of you, you'll have a bedtime... around 8PM.

( you know, can't be eating after nine, and that way they can get tucked into bed early. ) But... I can't stop you from staying up late if I fall asleep early, now can I?

( that's true, especially on his good days. now on his insane days... he can elevate their childish requests to war crimes. )

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