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maple. ([personal profile] socialize) wrote in [community profile] yogen2022-02-25 02:34 pm

spring of life

Who: Maple & friends
What: Friendzone 2022
When: February onwards
Where: Yogen campus

decrypter: (gather.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-03-03 09:49 am (UTC)(link)
[it's fortunate that Helena knows self control on a deep level, else Maple might have seen the way her hands subtly tightened on each other where she sits. Shin. maybe she means someone else, like how they had multiple boys named Akira, and how there are two Nanamis. it has to be. because the alternative makes her worried for him, that someone is exposing something they shouldn't. a cracked open section that needs to be covered with bandages and hidden under clothes and shielded with someone else's flesh and blood.

she knows how to divert the subject safely.]


Hmm...I don't think I've met anyone named Shin here, but I'm so glad you're finding new friends! Truly, there's so much I hadn't gotten to experience either before I was here - things like a proper snow day, and how to use a computer, and some people have been so kind as to help me learn to cook for myself.

[and, being able to sleep in a room with friends, and to feel a little safer when she does.]

It seems that what we lack, be it companionship or experiences, there's at least some opportunity here to mend that. I know we've only just met, but I'd be happy to talk to you whenever you like!

[there. they've walked away from something that might have made her blood run cold if her suspicions were validated.]
decrypter: (hope.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-03-03 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
[she feels...not a twisting, not a ice in her veins, but a dull certainty that she can only associate with starting a match. a game with no winners, only evasion. in her mind, Shin is there, seeking a way out - she'll draw attention, run rings around and shed her own blood to let him free. there will be a way out.

there will be a way out. later, it will make her sick to think of, but for now, she smiles so gently, acting as if this news has not caused a chasm in herself to open up. as if for the smallest fraction of a second, the idea of death did not ghost across her brain.]


Oh, that sounds marvelous...I really love stories, actually, and I'd be honored to hear yours.

[whatever it takes. she doesn't blame Maple, if she was taken in. doesn't blame her for what she cannot know, likely. but she can hold two things in her heart at once.]

Though I haven't met anyone called Hiyori, either - is he here?
decrypter: (warmth.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-03-03 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
You're very fortunate to have someone you care for that much.

[in that, Helena is sincere. as much as she can be when thinking about someone who she has set herself against with every fiber of her being. if Maple is truly unaware, then she can't be faulted for her heart - for Helena's read about girls in love with terrible men, suffering but still true. if she isn't, if she knows it all and excuses it and finds it charming...

that's another thought for later, safely in her own room.

he's here, and the moment she finds him, she'll have an idea of how to proceed - how to shield and be shielded.]


From all I've read and heard, it's a wonderful thing. I've no doubt you treasure him truly.
decrypter: (motive.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-03-04 08:04 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, yes please!

[she holds out her hands to take the shirt back, glad to not have to say the name "Hiyori" again. she'll humor the girl for now - and with her voice, Helena can't find any flaws. can't say that this is an act. no, she really cares for him, and she's either the unluckiest soul or the luckiest to not know.]
decrypter: (astonish.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-03-04 09:01 am (UTC)(link)
[her fingers trace around the shape and the lace, the considerate softness but the frill surrounding it, and for a second, her horror and disgust and every other emotion she was feeling melts to a pure wonder, reflected in her expression. it must be cute - she wants to keep touching it, and a grin blooms.

if she could sparkle, she would.]


You've made it even lovelier than I could have hoped...I don't have the words to thank you enough.

[lace, frills...she loves these things, even if she can't see them, for the texture they imbue a garment with.]

It's wonderful. Almost too fine to wear, now.
decrypter: (giggle.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-03-04 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
You say that as if I might not be, when you were so clearly talking about someone precious to you.

[who still concerns her and will spark a freakout later. but right now, she can handle Maple with care, and be truly grateful for the gift she's been given.]

Of course I'll wear it. I can't let your hard work go to waste, and even on days where I need to wear my jacket, I'll know it's there. I feel like it lets me dress a little closer to how I want to, even though we have to listen to the rules.
decrypter: (lately.)

[personal profile] decrypter 2022-03-05 06:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I do like it...very much.

[but simpler clothes are better to be taken seriously with. easier to match.]

But please know, even without a reason, I'll be glad to talk and to see you.