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AL HAITHAM ([personal profile] commences) wrote in [community profile] yogen2021-12-31 02:45 am

この気持ち…伝わってるといいんすけどね (12/31)

Who: Hajime Hinata & friends
What: Happy birthday, Hinata-kun!
When: December 31, 9PM~
Where: School roof
Warnings: N/A, TBE

( there's various hidden signs that point towards the elevator, and if anyone catches sight, they'll see an arrow that points up, indicating for them to take it skyward. if they get off too early, there's a sign on the floor that reads, "next stop!", so if they dare, they can go back into the elevator and do as the words command. upon making your way to the rooftop on new year's eve, the setup is immediately apparent.

a number of glittering, sparkling decorations line the area — streamers, balloons, music, and a brightly colored sign the reads: happy birthday hinachan. at the heart of the setup is a bonfire that reaches almost shoulder-height — properly set up to make sure it doesn't spread anywhere further than its containment area, it sets a festive tone.

"borrowed" desks are also covered in an array of treats and appetizers courtesy of nene and amami, as well as enough love setsugetsukka to "make 3 people black out," which is probably enough to share if nobody gets too ambitious. the cake at the center of it all is the real star of the show however, almost as big as a person all on it's own.

to top it all off, even under the dim glow of the stars, nobody is short of a little light when natsume and noah's dazzling light show begins. once the main event has closed, a variety of firecrackers are brought out to celebrate with as things begin to wind down. varieties include the classic sparklers, these little spinny bitches, funky little sparkshowers, some little baby rockets, with the larger varieties spanning a couple feet at most. on the opposite side, there's a little table where a birdhouse is kept, and inside stuffed with all sorts of cotton and wood shavings are two birds huddled together inside, and a few treats that people can feed them if interest. if keigo looks at your character from afar, it's fine, that birdhouse they're living in was made by them, after all.

and at the centre of it all will be one boy with a bag over his head, kidnapped by rokuro arata, who sits him down and lets komaeda undo his blindfold — happy birthday, hinata-kun! )
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[It was an alright conversation... until Add's "friends" come up, and he winces hard at Noah's name. Add looks away, staring down at the half-empty glass on the table, waiting to see if maybe it'll explode and save him from this topic...

...

...

not his lucky day. damn.]


... They've never met. As far as I'm aware... Noah is from my world, but I met him in this place. [and it's likely that their paths will cross eventually... but Add won't be there, not if he continues with his own plans.]

Raven... kuku, he detests Nasod technology. We never got along.
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[personal profile] subtract 2022-01-04 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
... Generally speaking. [a light correction, after a bit of hesitance.] Whether it's the exact dimensional coordinates or not... impossible to tell without data to cross-reference. It hardly matters.

[the initial assumption isn't wrong, though. the people he met in his own timeline, the versions of his friends that he travelled with and cherished... he wouldn't accept any replacements so carelessly, no matter how seemingly identical they were. but since Noah is someone he never met in his world, this version of Noah that he knows now... if he ever did cross paths with another, whether he originated from Add's timeline or not, he wouldn't make an acceptable replacement either.

time and space is infinite, but each of those infinite instances are still unique. if he didn't believe that, his journey would've ended years ago, back when he first reached the past he wanted for himself...

none of that is voiced for now, though, because he mind is being directed elsewhere and he's had just enough to drink to consider humouring it.]


We weren't that close... we were just travelling in the same group, that's all. He was an interesting specimen, when he wasn't being nosy...
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[personal profile] subtract 2022-01-05 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
[cherishing... it's not supposed to be like that at all, because Add isn't supposed to care. what point would there be in getting attached? he's supposed to abandon everything, attachments are just a weakness...

but it's a difficult thing to deny. he doesn't want to say it, admit to it, but...

he feels a little colder, without Komaeda clinging to his side.]


... if I killed Noah, would you be mad at me? [hypothetically speaking, of course. he picks up his refilled glass with a sigh.] Never mind... forget it.

Raven hated Nasod technology, but he'd poke his nose in my research anyway... safety this, ethics that. Ruined a few of my experiments with his meddling... he never trusted me. Smart.

[or, y'know, he was worried, especially with Add's rapidly declining health during that time... but that can't be it.]
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[personal profile] subtract 2022-01-11 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
[he'd said to forget it, but of course Komaeda pries... perhaps it's what Add expected. he'd tried so hard to breed ill-will before, but he never did tell Komaeda or anyone else what happened during finals, and even now... he tilts his head, trying to subtly (not-very-subtly) look for where Noah is. he knows the boy somewhere at this party, surely he's had a chance by now to tell people about what happened... is it indifference? pity? is he just biding his time? it's the not knowing that bothers Add most, as always.

does he care about what other people think of him? it's always been an act, as much as he tries to deny it. he's always cared. that's why it's so hard to push people away.]


Do as I please... but they still don't leave me alone. Troublesome...

[did Raven ever like him...? he's tried not to think about it for so long, it's difficult for him to say now, but... perhaps there were times they got along. nights like what he saw in the elevator, peaceful days where everyone spent time together as a group...

his gaze settles on the claw. blades scraping together, a sound that most would find grating or unsettling but that Add can only think of as a comfort—he trusted Raven, even if Raven shouldn't have trusted him.]


... that doesn't matter, either. I... don't see him anymore, even before this place. Everyone in that group... they were just a liability.