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kondo kozue | 近藤梢 (anthesphoria) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-08-04 16:59:00

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keiichi, kozue

you've been fighting for my honor and i just don't understand
WHO: Kozue and Keiichi.
WHEN: Wednesday after the trip / Aomori's death, after school.
WHERE: School Hallways.
WHAT: Keiichi really is a good dude, that's what.
WHY: You wouldn't believe the things people say about her. Except that you totally should.
WARN: Not so far.

"Kondo-chan, why don't you slow down a little?"

Kozue did no such thing. She was walking at quite a fast clip through the club hallway at Nanakamado, especially considering the length of her legs. And especially in comparison to the young man who was trailing behind her; he wasn't a beanpole, but he had six inches on her, at least. Not to mention he was an athlete - a basketball player, the same one that had been "studying" with Kozue in the library on and off for the last few weeks. But truthfully, he was a few steps behind as much because he was mildly perplexed as because Kozue was walking quickly.

"Seriously, Kondo-chan, if you don't have a club meeting, and I don't have a club meeting,..." he trailed off, and Kozue -- along with several other people who were in the hall at the moment -- turned around to look at him. Although the onlookers were ranging through that particular high school blend of incredulous, interested, and something terrible is about to happen oh oh oh I've got to get a better look, Kozue herself just looked sort of exasperated. After all, why couldn't Satoshi get it? Sure, they'd had fun together, but they weren't dating. It was a part-time thing, at best. Right now? Not a good time for her, not for that. And yet, he'd texted her about hanging out; well, "hanging out". She'd responded that she had plans. He'd texted her again. And then two more times. And then he'd seen her in the hallway. And now he was making a scene in public. (Actually, it wasn't a scene yet -- but with a guy following her down a hallway, Kozue was having trouble imagining how this was going to end, other than with her acquiescing, or with him making a scene. And Satoshi had been getting less and less attractive with every text message, phone call, and whiny question.)

"I - I'm just tired, sempai, and I want to go home," she said, shaking her head. She was about to offer some alternative, another day, when he interrupted, gruffly.

"I thought you said you had plans."

Oh, great. Just what I needed. Dumb response, Kozue. "Look, sempai, I just meant--" She started, quietly, raising a hand in a soothing gesture; specifically, a gesture meant to soothe bruised egos. And the slightly-too-short basketball player Satoshi was having none of it.

"Typical. I should have known."

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keiito
2009-08-07 03:48 am UTC (link)

She was glad he asked? And she'd said yes, so that meant that she liked him, and...

Wait. He had a girlfriend now.

The smile on his face was broad, genuine, and might have to be surgically removed. It was sort of like the look in her eyes. Open, seemingly sincere, and happy.

Jumping up and down probably wasn't the proper reaction, so he settled for continuing to smile. "That makes me happy, Kozue-chan," he said, before leaning in to whisper conspiratorially. "May I hug you? I don't think there are too many people around to spread more rumors, well, even if it is actually true now.."

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anthesphoria
2009-08-07 04:57 am UTC (link)

"You actually have to ask?" She blinked, whispering back. This was going to take some getting used to, for sure, this nice guy thing. "You can - you should."

Man up, Keiichi, - that one, she decided to skip. He looked so happy. "You don't - you know - have to ask permission." She stepped a bit closer to him, just as a physical cue, pointing out that it was okay. Really.

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keiito
2009-08-07 05:16 am UTC (link)

"I just wanted to make sure," he insisted, "what with the rumors and all." His tone was almost pouty, though he followed her wishes, letting his arms wrap around her (after bending down considerably to do so).

It would probably been more effective if he'd lifted her up and done one of those twirling hugs he'd always seen in the movies (plus, they'd at least be at eye level), but Nanakamado probably frowned on such things.

"You're soft," he observed. "And cuddly. And...mmm."

That last bit was mental process forcing its way out as conscious speech. Sure, he hugged Misaki a lot, she was a hugging fiend, but there was something entirely different about hugging a girl when you were dating her.

"I'll walk you back to your room," he offered, reaching out to offer his hand to her. Yes, he was looking to get to that all important place known as the batter's box, if we're going to extend the analogy: holding hands.

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anthesphoria
2009-08-07 07:48 pm UTC (link)

"Aw, that'd be sweet of you, I'd appreciate it." She could really get used to this chivalry thing. She smiled, and took his hand long enough to squeeze it, before breaking off - "But we do have to put on our shoes first. I'll wait for you on the other side?"

Still amused, she stepped over to the first year shoe lockers, and started the completely mechanical process of switching shoes. This was adorable, but was he going to be awkward, hesitant, and then thrilled about everything? And if he honestly hadn't even kissed a girl before, well, then... They were going to have to go through a long series of awkward-hesitant-ask permission-glee cycles. It was cute now; would it stay that way?

She hopped from foot to foot, getting into her outdoor shoes; there, done.

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keiito
2009-08-07 10:15 pm UTC (link)

Keiichi squeezed her hand back, and watched as she walked off towards her shoe locker.

A nice benefit to their newfound arrangement was that Keiichi didn't have to feel guilty about looking at her anymore. Gods, she was pretty.

His outdoor shoes didn't take long to slip on. Keiichi grinned and walked over to the first year shoe lockers after her. "Shall we be off," he asked, reaching down to take her hand.

He, too, could really get used to this.

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anthesphoria
2009-08-08 03:21 am UTC (link)

She let her hand be taken - she was back in passive mode, curious to see where the chivalrous supposed-virgin would lead, unguided. Well, not actually lead, since they were definitely going back to the dorm, but metaphorically speaking. Or whatever.

Now. What did they talk about? Food? Paradise? Their classmates? Their dead gym teacher? Upcoming sports games? What?

"So, sempai, what have you been doing all week?" You know, since we got back and the gym teacher died. That was... opened ended enough, she thought, that maybe he'd offer up something to talk about that she didn't even know he was connected to. Something in common other than Paradise and school.

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keiito
2009-08-08 03:58 am UTC (link)

It felt nice to hold her hand. Sure, the rumor mill would kick up again; but this time the rumors would be true, so what did it really matter?

"Haven't really been able to cook much," he admitted. "We had club, but Sonozaki-san and I were pretty frazzled. Didn't do anywhere near as well as usual. Homework's been piling up too..." Keiichi sighed. Sometimes he wished the world knew everything just so he'd get a break on his damned homework.

"Actually, I've been writing a lot lately," Ito-san finally said. "Poems. Short stories. Nothing great, but it helps me relax a lot."

They soon made their way out of the school, and across the way to the dorms. "What about you, Kozue-chan?"

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anthesphoria
2009-08-08 04:10 am UTC (link)

Technically, the rumors still wouldn't be true, although they'd be more true. Slightly so. It probably wouldn't ever get to be completely and utterly true, because even if Kozue had been interested in that, Keiichi didn't seem like the type of guy... Nah.

"I know what you mean about homework, I'm falling so behind. Which doesn't make sense, since I've had extra free time." She sighed. "And I haven't been exercising, since we haven't had club or gym." Which meant she'd start to gain weight. Or, at least, she'd worry about gaining weight, which was almost as bad.

"You write?" She asked, that bit of his statement finally getting through to her.

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keiito
2009-08-09 01:10 am UTC (link)

"Homework's so...boring compared to everything else," he agreed, as they walked along. "It's harder and harder to do it with so much else on our plates."

The writing thing was a hobby of his. A hobby he was considerably less good at than cooking, but still.

"I wouldn't say I'm especially good at it," Keiichi mused, "but it helps me focus on things when I need to. Clears my head, I guess. Sort of like cooking does, but even better since I don't need to run around finding ingredients."

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anthesphoria
2009-08-11 04:59 am UTC (link)

"Homework is always boring." Kozue interjected - because yes, it always was. And there was really very little point to it; prove you learned something pretty useless, like ancient history, or where the tallest mountain in the solar system was? What possible use could anyone have for that information - unless they were going into that type of career, and then they'd just go to college for it.

"I love grocery shopping, actually, but mostly that's because I like to go to the places with the free samples. Like those Junes chains - they always have the part-timers standing around so you can try a taste of the most expensive stuff." So that you'd buy it, of course - which was why they also had cute part-timers. Kozue imagined it worked really well on lonely housewives; hell, it sometimes worked on her. "But I don't shop there otherwise, of course," she amended, quickly. It was too cheap for her, really. De classé.

"So, what do you write about? What kind of poems?"

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