InsaneJournal

Who: Kiriko & Toru
What: A confession regarding Toru's birthday present.
Where: An abandoned hallway.
When: After school.
Why: To flood the forum with posts by me?


At the bell, Kiriko caught Toru’s eye, gave her head a tiny jerk in the direction of the door, gathered her things and walked coolly out of the classroom. She did not look back at him as she walked – she was busy looking for the first relatively abandoned location that would not lead to the spread of nasty rumours about the two of them (unfortunately ruling out all of the otherwise perfectly fine broom closets). When they reached the end of an abandoned hallway on the third floor, Kiriko turned on her heel to face her companion.

“Ishinomori-san.” Her expression was grave. She reached into her bag and withdrew the MMO subscription card that Toru had given her on her birthday. With a bow, she presented it back to him. “I’m sorry, I really can’t accept this. I…”

She straightened again, eyes darting quickly around and then averting.

“… A couple summers back, I, um… I got really into Sphere of Skirmishcraft and… Well, I just don’t want to be sucked in again, and I don’t think I can afford to right now.” It was pretty embarrassing to admit. Even though she figured Toru would understand, saying it out loud was slightly mortifying – she had her reputation to consider, after all. While she was obviously excellent at running the auction house trade cartel she’d set up back in the day and was secretly quite proud of her PvP prowess, it didn’t quite fit with her image.