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npc contact.2
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[yeah, third sounds right.]
The first's performing on stage and second's walking my dog, by the way~. I can't do either here though. [a sigh. let's say he's finished his sandwich so he can lay down, arms pillowing his head] So all I've got right now is stargazing.
[... that's a comfort from home, in a way. he tucks his chin down and glances at keigo though, and he wriggles his arm away to sort of. pinch their clothes, a little hold]
What'd you like doing before you came to school? Or... with that brother you mentioned? Before he, y'know.
[kicked it]
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[ Here, on the roof, for them. It's sort of like a stage, right? There needs to be a roof for proper acoustics, though, and there's not much in terms of seating, and
They look down at Subaru when he brings their mind back to the present, but it's still that quiet, thoughtful look on their face, because what did they like doing? What do they even remember of their brother...?
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I was a lot younger, so all I really remember is following him around the house. There was this game I played by myself, where I'd try to stay in his shadow at all times... I guess I just wanted to stay close to him.
[ Was that fun? It was a game, it was something to do, because sometimes you're three and you have separation anxiety and this is how you cope. ]
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anyway, a sense of... kinship, he thinks, the same he feels with makoto and his family situation, sweeps over subaru at the words. his smile lessens a bit, dims, and he breathes out softly as he looks at the stars. back home, his dad was among them, but here...?]
... I did something like that with my dad, too. He didn't come home a lot, 'cause he was always busy, but when he did I wanted to spend as much time as I could with him. Now that I'm older, I get why he was so busy all the time, but I...
[talking about this stuff always make him feel so
lonely. he doesn't like it, and he shifts against the concrete; when he speaks again his voice is loud and bright, free hand animated as he waves it around]
Anyway! I totally get that feeling~. It's nice being close to the people you love, right? Even if you use a little game like that to do it~. What kinda things do other people here do with you? Maybe we can steal some ideas for ourselves. ♪
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Oh! That's a good idea. Sara and I are studying topology together. Helena's teaching me how to read Braille.
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What's topology? A study of spinners?
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No, it's math but with squishy shapes. I'm going to win a million US dollars when I solve this one math problem.
[ So it's still a business thing in the end, and it makes their head hurt, and it's very not fun. It's something they and Sara do separately, for the most part, which sort of takes away from the hanging out thing.
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takes another sandwich ]
What do people do with you?
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I like my topology better. [just so they know.
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A lotta stuff, I guess. Sort of like what we usually do though, just hang out and eat and do whatever we think of... There's a circle I go to the dog park with, I play basketball with my friend sometimes, we've got an arcade in town, I like watching movies with people, and window shopping's fun, too.
[a lot of stuff.
... there's more than just that, too, but at least some of this stuff is feasible.]
Here I mostly just bother people when they're doing something and make them let me join in. And listen to Macchi play piano, she's really good... Won't play the songs I wanna sing, but that's fine~☆ I sound good without music too. ♪
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You sing a cappella? Sounds tough... You have to get the notes just right, without music to support you.
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[some better than others, probably.]
It's important to know what you're singing incase there's ever an audio mess up, and it's also just fun. ☆ Wanna try? I'll sing with you, I love singing with other people!
[... truthfully, it wasn't so long ago when subaru felt the same unease that keigo feels in their chest now; he gets what it's like to be kept from those things, to be jealous of what others have, it's just that instead of ruminating on them he sorta kinda
stuffed his feelings away and pretended they didn't exist ☆
healthy coping and all. less serious jealously he whines about.]
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[ probably? hard to judge when you're singing by yourself and your voice sounds good in the shower ]
What songs do you know?
[ ANYWAYS now that i've spent the past hour trying to figure out what npckun's voice would sound like, I settled on this ]
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Songs that don't exist right now, and maybe songs that do!
[some of these hits might be ones that his mom and dad listened to when he was younger, considering he was just born in this year in canon,]
Ahaha, sounds kinda weird to put it like that, huh~? What about you? Got any in mind? I'm a quick learner too, so if you wanna teach me something I'm game~☆
[he just... loves singing ☆ he's even sitting up to beam at keigo!!!]
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That makes no sense.
[ But there's a little huff of laughter at that. Don't make them choose, though; like when he asked what else they'd rather be doing, nothing immediately comes to mind. ]
I want to sing one of your songs that maybe does exist!
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Mm...~ Then...
[... he leans against them, thinking. what sort of things did his mom and dad dance to? sing together? lift him high like he was part of the sky itself? he'd love to sing one of his dad's songs, but wouldn't it be depressing if he offered one of those and nothing registered?
well, not that they would after a point in history anyway. but that's about, if a little less, than a decade into the future.]
Mariya Takeuchi's a pretty big name, ring any bells to you?
[she got a resurgence of fans in 2010 which is the second reason she sticks out to him...☆ we do stan an iconic queen]
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[ please, they grew up in the middle of a forest or something, ]
I know stuff like... hm... Toryanse, and Kagome Kagome, and Teru Teru Bozu!
[ children's songs, you know, like the sort an older sibling would teach a younger one and then they're gone so you proceed to sing to yourself that and nothing else ]
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Man, I haven't sung those in ages~! Let's do it! Gimme your hands, we'll do... Furusato.
[it's another common one, though a little more sentimental than the nursery rhymes it's still very much taught... put your sandwich down friend he's demanding hands, he's even moving to sit more in front of keigo!!!!!!]
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Okay, okay!
[ sets their sandwich aside, the things they do for Subaru
But in taking Subaru's hands, they make to stand up. ]
me, picky about translations now that i translate, taking an half an hour,
subaru's got half a thought of making them pull him up the way they'd made him do the same back in the study hall, but the excitement of singing with someone wins out and he stands too, pulling keigo away from their little picnic area.
it's not close to the edge, so there's no worries there, just away so it doesn't feel so crowded by their feet. subaru'll keep holding their hands too, squeezing them excitedly.]
I'll start, you join in. [...] Ready? ♪
[because when they are, he'll start off, soft and sweet and yearning for a home he hasn't seen in a lot longer than just the few months he's been here... and yet smiling all the same, because that's what an idol does.]
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the forest they lived in, the sound of the river when the trees are still, the smell of warm grass, the shadow of a brother they chased after, a sister's voice, the embrace of a father that never lasts long enough—-
their voice drops for a moment, at the mention of parents, but they pick it back up after because what they would give to return home, to return with everyone, that sort of stupid stupid stupid impossible dream they still hold in their heart. ]
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but they share the dream part, too, the strength of their voices melding together for a want to return home, and in subaru's case especially to return to a simpler time when it was just him, his mom, his dad, and daikichi singing together whenever his dad'd been able to escape work and come home for a bit, to his family hidden from the public eye.
once the notes die off, he slumps into hugging keigo instead of just holding their hands, humming contentedly. yeah, he missed singing with someone, he learns this every time he gets the chance... maybe he should encourage natsume and aira to join him more often.
"kind of a depressing song to teach a bunch of kids, huh?" he maybe wants to say.
"maybe i should've picked something else~" with a laugh...?
"hey," whispered under the ever-watching, ever-listening stars, "who were you singing for?"
subaru doesn't say any of them, just squeezes tighter and, like keigo had told him to do before, lets the warmth of another erode at the loneliness ebbing at the shores of his heart. he'll always, always welcome that, he doesn't mind showing that "unsightly" part of himself as some people might call it, because subaru hates being lonely and he'll do anything to chase it off.]
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You're right: you sound good without music too.
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[it's the voice of a friend, and while it's not polished how he's used to his fellow idols being it reminds him a little of hajime's before he really got practice in. a pitch difference, of course, but... it's nice and clear.]
Whenever you wanna hear a song, I know a ton of 'em. Songs like this, songs you've never heard before, songs that don't even exist yet. I'll sing anything you want, 'cause I love it and I love you~.
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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.
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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~.
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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. ]
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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]
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