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Toru Ishinomori [石乃森都丸] (2dbeauty) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2010-10-11 21:26:00

WHO: Toru, Kou
WHAT: Chance encounters
WHEN: Right after school, post-Masamidungeon
WHERE: The library
WHY: Who knows?

[Toru, overloaded with textbooks that look just about brand-new, staggers into the library and drops them onto the nearest table.]

I can't believe that... ugh. Why did I agree to this, again?

[Ignoring his surroundings, he cracks open a book and begins to read through it with an irritable look on his face.]

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	daioujou 2010-10-12 01:51 am UTC (link)
	[Turning from where he had almost taken a book off the shelf, Kou frowned at the sight. Toru would talk, ask questions, and then talk about him to other people. He sighed, but took his seat and said nothing.] [Get your own table, hippy.] "Are your eyes going to read that, or is your face going to pour on it?" (Reply to this) (Thread)

	2dbeauty 2010-10-12 01:55 am UTC (link)
	[Toru looks up to Kou, less than impressed.] Of course I'm reading it, what does it look like? [He emphatically turns the page.] Unless there's something I'm doing wrong that you want to inform me of. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daioujou 2010-10-12 03:07 pm UTC (link)
	[Kou said nothing; get on with his work, graduate, go somewhere new. This wasn't a problem and he didn't want to make it a large one. However, he wasn't going to move.] "I prefer not to waste my energy when somebody won't learn," he said, writing something down. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	2dbeauty 2010-10-12 04:58 pm UTC (link)
	"What?" [Toru looks perplexed by this statement.] "...you're not teaching me anything, if that's what you're getting at. I'm learning on my own." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daioujou 2010-10-12 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	[Kou closed his book and looked at Toru.] "I was referring to your earlier statement. If you've done nothing wrong, why raise it in the first place?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	2dbeauty 2010-10-12 06:45 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, that..." [Toru looks distinctly embarrassed.] "I'm only doing this because of a deal with my roommate, not because I really want to..." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daioujou 2010-10-12 08:47 pm UTC (link)
	[Kou looks curious; he sounds disapproving.] "Why you would need to strike a deal to learn?" [He doesn't get it.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	2dbeauty 2010-10-12 10:53 pm UTC (link)
	"Oh, it's..." [Toru fiddles with the corner of a page.] "I'd have been studying anyway, just... not as much, and not in here. I agreed to in order to make my roommate study, too. He's such a slacker!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daioujou 2010-10-12 11:37 pm UTC (link)
	[Uh huh. Right.] "It's good you're studying, at any rate. I hadn't really expected it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	2dbeauty 2010-10-12 11:40 pm UTC (link)
	[He shakes his head. There were no lies there!] "Thanks, I guess. And you must just study all the time, right?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daioujou 2010-10-13 12:21 am UTC (link)
	[Kou shifts; he leans back and rests his hands on his lap, and stares at Toru. Then he calms down and reopens his book. It's just a question.] "It's not the only path to success, but I find it the most rewarding one. Why are you asking?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	2dbeauty 2010-10-13 12:25 am UTC (link)
	[Toru begins to fidget- he's decidedly uncomfortable.] "You just seem to put so much value on it. I'm surprised you can see that there are other paths to success." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daioujou 2010-10-13 12:35 am UTC (link)
	[That speech caught his ear. Pages were turned more slowly, and eventually his pen laid on his notebook, unmoved.] "Some people can buy their way with money or by sacrificing other people. I don't see why my beliefs validate being surprised." [Once, he would have spat the words out. But now he was calm.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	2dbeauty 2010-10-13 12:46 am UTC (link)
	"...hm. I guess your way is better than those." [He leans back in his chair and pinches the bridge of his nose.] "Wish I could even choose a way to follow to success." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daioujou 2010-10-13 12:52 am UTC (link)
	[Strange. If his way was better, why pay Ikeda more attention? Well, there was nothing to be gained by being jealous. He was more disappointed than anything else.] "You'll find success if you give up silly ideas, so try not to worry too much." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	2dbeauty 2010-10-13 01:18 am UTC (link)
	"...silly. That's a pretty subjective thing to say, you know." [What's Kou getting at? He sounds almost jealous.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daioujou 2010-10-13 01:34 am UTC (link)
	"No. I believe I'm right." [Kou spoke like it was the end of the matter.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	2dbeauty 2010-10-13 01:39 am UTC (link)
	[Toru thinks for a moment.] "I'm going to take your word for it, then." [He may not be 100% convinced, but he's at least smiling. Kou has made his point.] (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	daioujou 2010-10-13 02:11 am UTC (link)
	[Toru could do worse, Kou thought.] "Good. Then I don't have to repeat myself," he said, more introspectively than for Toru's benefit. He continued to work in silence; it was hard with somebody seated opposite. Distracting. Not private. His possessions were pulled closer to his side of the desk. (Reply to this) (Parent)