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Akuba Maeko (giantfruitbyday) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-10-20 03:22:00

Entry tags:

kanaye, maeko

Who: Maeko, Kanaye
What: Apologising.
Where: Kanaye's house.
When: Evening, day after dungeon.
Why: She works there?

If nothing else, Maeko was stubborn. Given the circumstances she could probably have been forgiven for not showing up at school or work the day after all of that. But the one thing she really had to build on if she intended to fix anything at all was being a hard worker. If she wasn't working hard she didn't really have much at all.

She'd not been a great deal of use during her shift. Her excuse to Ishino-sensei and the school nurse for the state of her hands had involved claiming she'd had an alegic reacton to a soap and scratched them up in her sleep. Apparently the solution to that was the medical equivelant of mittens and now she could hardly move her hands at all. Still, she'd tried her best. She just had one more thing to do. Apologizing.

She pulled her coat on over her uniform, less because it was cold and more to avoid the other staff assuming she was still on duty, and knocked on Kanaye's door quietly.

"Senpai, are you in?"

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zealousemperor
2009-10-20 02:44 am UTC (link)

Kanaye was nervous. Today would be the day! He had the bracelet, Maeko was fine, and he had saved her? Surely this had to mean something? But, still, Kanaye was hesitant, to say the least, and absolutely panicking, to be more accurate, at the thought of actually confessing to Maeko. Most of this was due to his ridiculous trust issues, but the more reasonable part of his brain was panicking because Maeko never showed any real affection to him at all. Even if Misaki wasn’t lying when she said that Maeko had a crush on him a year ago, Maeko could have grown out of it by them. And even Misaki lying was a crapshoot, as she could have just said that to make him feel better. Still, he had to know, and if he got to be with his beloved in the meantime, that’s an excellent bonus.

He was broken out of his funk by a knocking on the door. He was about to tell the servant to shut up and go away, when Maeko spoke. Kanaye's eyes flew open in alarm. He wasn't ready! He was about to send her away when he got a hold of himself. He would do this or die trying...

He walked over to the door and opened it, leaning against the door in what he was hoping was a carefree and happy manner but looked more like him trying to look carefree and happy. Kanaye smiled and started talking. "Oh, hello Maeko-chan! Come in, come in!" The rational part of his brain started panicking (HER? In HIS ROOM?) but he ignored it. He was going to do this...

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	giantfruitbyday 2009-10-20 02:53 am UTC (link)
	"Huh? Okay..." Maeko said, entering. "...I thought I should apologise." She said, nodding to herself. "I was going to write a letter but, um-" She held up her hands for a second, feeling that she had a perfectly valid reason not to write a letter. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

zealousemperor
2009-10-20 03:02 am UTC (link)

Kanaye laughed nervously, scratching the back of his head. "Don't worry about it! I'm fine, I don't have any problems with anything your shadow did. It's not you, after all. Well, technically it might be but still, it's not really and..." He started rambling. He smacked himself in the face. This wasn't the time for this... "Anyone, no problem. Besides, I wanted to see you anyway..."

Kanaye was going to do this, dammit, and nothing could stop him! He took a deep breath, then looked at Maeko. You can do this, you can do this… “Well, Maeko-chan, I just wanted to say something. I…I heard from Misaki that you knew sign language before Japanese, so…I…uh, asked her for some tips…” he said, stuttering. Kanaye shook his head. “I…actually mean this, ok, so don’t laugh!” he said hysterically before facepalming. “Let me try that again…”

He slowly, but surely, repeated the signs that Misaki showed him. He put his ring and pinky fingers down, spreading out the other three. “Su…” he said slowly. Then he put his middle, ring, and thumbs together, while putting the other two up. “…ki…” Kanaye was really getting irritated now, so he put all semblance of caution to the wind. He signed aishiteru as fast as he possibly could, saying each syllable as he signed it. When he finished, he sighed and sat down on the bed. “I love you, alright? I...just...” was all he could vocalize near the end.

He took out the bracelet, which is obviously a fine piece of work, as much as it could be on a few days notice. It was still pretty nice. "I didn't make it myself, I'm sorry..."

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giantfruitbyday
2009-10-20 03:30 am UTC (link)

Maeko wasn't entirely sure what to think of...anything about the last fifteen seconds of her life, really. She carefully arranged them in order of 'what' in her mind. Sign language came first because anyone at all other than her family speaking to her in her own tongue was more alien to her than most of the things that had hapenned in paradise.

She appreciated the effort that he must have put into memorizing that. If it was anything like having to memorize japanese the other way around it was no small task. But the gesture itself was entirely unwelcome. She'd, at least for a while, been content to try to claw off her hands rather than speak in sign again. She didn't particularly want to be adressed in it. She had no right to complain, though. Kanaye had no way to know it was such a stupid, stupid language.

Then the message itself. Which probably should have been the first thing she focussed on. Too late now. That had been entirely unexpected. Kanaye had managed to make apologising for attempting to murder him multiple times even more awkward than it already was. And, whether she'd have liked to believe it or not, she didn't trust it.

"You're not joking, are you?" She asked carefully, deciding that in her brain's apparent failure to come up with a satisfactory response she'd just say the first thing that came to mind.

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zealousemperor
2009-10-20 03:35 am UTC (link)

Kanaye sighed. "I knew you wouldn't take me seriously..." he started before standing up, looking at her, and waving his arms. "Yes! I'm serious! To I have to hug you to get the point across? A kiss? Just WHAT do I have to do to make you know that I'm being sincere!"

Kanaye had to admit, asking out Shiori was a lot easier. Then again, he was used to hard things. "I'm sorry if I'm being annoying." he finished, looking to the ground.

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	giantfruitbyday 2009-10-20 03:45 am UTC (link)
	"Ah! Please don't take offense!" Maeko had realized only a few seconds after she'd spoken that that could maybe sound offensive. Oops. "If you're serious then I'd be happy about that." She said, nodding. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

zealousemperor
2009-10-20 03:47 am UTC (link)

"That you'd be...happy about that?" Kanaye asked, looking around. He was somewhat confused. This was not how he imagined it would go. He imagined it would either end up with them embracing, or her leaving in a huff. He did not expect this.

"Ok then..." Kanaye got his bearings at last. "You...want to go out sometime, then?" he asked, wincing. Lame... "I'm sorry, I know this is a shock, but..."

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	giantfruitbyday 2009-10-20 04:05 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah." Maeko said, nodding. It had been (and was still) the most honest and least stupid thing that came to mind. She nodded. A yes or no question, far easier. "Of course! That would be great." And then as an afterthought. "Um, that's fine. Sorry for, you know, not thinking you were serious?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2009-10-20 04:09 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye started grinning like a loon. "Great!" he shouted, hugging her. He quickly let go, trying to regain a sense of dignity. "Uh...where do you want to go? I wouldn't know, really..." He smiled sheepishly at her apology. "No problem. I can't blame you, I couldn't believe me either, really." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2009-10-20 04:24 am UTC (link)
	"I was meaning to go to the skypark at some point." Maeko said, thinking. It was technically true, though mostly it was just the first place that wasn't Kigakiga that came to mind. "Is that a good place?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	zealousemperor 2009-10-20 04:31 am UTC (link)
	Kanaye smiled and nodded quickly. Cherry blossoms petals were nice. "Of course! That's an excellent idea, Maeko-chan. When shall we go? Now, or do you want a rest from excitement for a bit?" he asked, happy. "I wouldn't blame you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

giantfruitbyday
2009-10-20 04:46 am UTC (link)

It didn't take much thought. Even if this was a joke, a possibility that she wasn't quite ready to strike off, the other option was going home and siting in a room with Misaki and not talking. It was awkward and altogether too familiar. If this turned out to be a joke it would be no more awkward and she'd have the right to be angry about it. Either way it was better.

"We can go now, if you want. You're okay, right?" Rest of sentence: 'I did sort of try to kill you more times than I've ever tried to talk to you yesterday, after all'.

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zealousemperor
2009-10-20 04:55 am UTC (link)

Kanaye could do nothing but nod, smiling. This was the best day of his life! "I'm fine, Maeko-chan! My life just got a whole lot better. Come on, Maeko-chan, let's go!" he shouted. He looked down, waiting for a hand when he realized the what was on them. "Oh...um...I'm...sorry, about what happened in there. If I did anything to wrong you, I just want to apologized now, alright?" Kanaye said seriously before holding out an arm. "Shall we go?"