(open) if you don't want to, i can live with that

[jokey]

Whomst: akira and you~ ✨
What: akira wandering around doing akira things
Where: various places around campus
When: late january
Warnings: none, will update as necessary

i. CHATTY CATTIES

[The resident cats seem familiar, their toe beans pleasantly plump beneath his thumb and their fur silky soft... but something is off. Something doesn't feel quite right, and it's neither their beans nor their silky soft fur, so what could it be?

Stooped in the hallway, Akira turns to the black cat and shakes his head.]

I could've sworn you had a name. [Akira taps his chin, brows scrunched up in thought.] ...Miyuki? No. Morris?

[Akira's been here trying fruitlessly to converse with the cats for the better part of an hour. Crazy? Possibly.]

ii. STEAL BOOK, GET NAILED

[Incidentally, if you're studying hard (or hardly studying) in the library, you'll bump into Akira sooner rather than later. He's quiet, if not exactly shy, and strides up to eye the book in the other student's hands.]

That's a new one. Let me guess, another novel no one's heard of?

[The sharp-eyed might notice that all the fingertips on Akira's right hand have been thickly wrapped in bloodied bandaids. Curious!]

iii. STORE LOSER

[Should someone be headed towards the student store late in the evening, they might coincidentally find Akira giving the vending machine a nice, solid kick. He looks he might fire off a second when he feels the gaze of another student all but boring into him.

Turning, Akira brushes his blazer into place a little too casually. This is exactly what it looks like, and so Akira doesn't bother trying to save face.]

Sorry. The vending machine ate my homework. [Stepping aside, Akira flippantly motions to the machine.] All yours.

Comments

[jokey]

[Iiinteresting. Akira hasn't had time to poke around campus in search of retro gaming consoles, but perhaps there is if they've got strategy guides lying around?]

Really? I've heard mixed reviews about the first. They say you can summon Cthulhu if you play the final boss' theme backwards in a dark room at 3AM.

[Ah, but anyhoo...]

Is there a game room on campus? Sorry, I'm new here.

[waitingforplayer2]

Eh...?

[ She hadn't heard that one! ]

Wow... well, maybe! It's a really good game, anyway. I've only beat it a few times though.

[ She practically jumps out of her chair. ] Yes! The Game Club, we have a Playstation and an N64 and a Gameboy, do you wanna come?

[jokey]

[Not so sleepy now, is she? There's a passion in her eyes that definitely wasn't there before, and Akira scoots back in his chair to avoid bumping into her when she suddenly jumps up.]

Sounds like a date. I haven't played anything that recent.

[Which is saying a lot seeing as the consoles mentioned are pretty old, but hey! No time like the present. Akira stands and heads for the door, looking back for the other girl to lead the way.]

Kurusu Akira, by the way. Nice to meet you.

[waitingforplayer2]

[ She practically jogs to keep up with him - she's only half a foot shorter, but he's much quicker. ]

Nanami Chiaki! Ahh... it's that direction.

[ Standing like this, she sees his bandaged hand and starts. ]

Wh-- did something happen?!