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ofmanydevices (ofmanydevices) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-11-09 22:00:00

Entry tags:

maeko, tom

Who: Tom and Maeko
What: Discussion of many things
Where: Anti-bullying room.
When: After school
Why: Tom and Maeko have unresolved things

Tom stood in the Anti-Bullying Room. He was sitting at a desk, lost in thought, a few open books sat in front of him, but he didn't really seem focused on reading.

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giantfruitbyday
2009-11-18 04:38 pm UTC (link)

Okay, so that was a surprise. Maeko had always assumed Tom was a robot of some sort or at the very least that he considered himself above any non-essential interaction. The idea of him trying to win someone over was completely alien to her and she struggled for a few seconds to keep herself from laughing. After those few seconds, she promply returned to the concescending, mildly disgusted tone that she tended to use when adressing or discussing Tom.

"Owe. Not like." She corrected as if she was now some sort of expert. "Liking happens after."

Liking people, Maeko had decided after through examinations of her own relationships and those of the people around her (and partially from being in the same room as Misa and her dramas a lot more recently), was a defense mechanism people developed when circumstances forced them to be around someone a lot. She didn't mention this.

"It's not like it's as complicated as it seems." She said, again speaking as if she was an expert.

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	ofmanydevices 2009-11-18 05:05 pm UTC (link)
	Tom frowned, he was trying to work it all out in his mind, reconciling what Maeko was telling him, with what he had read in the relationship books he had read through awhile back. He wondered if he should try those books again. "So then if "like" happens after... what causes it?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2009-11-18 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	Maeko shrugged. "You decide you should like someone and so you do it." She said simply. She was a great believer in being able to do things because you should be able to do them. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ofmanydevices 2009-11-19 03:29 am UTC (link)
	Tom scratched his head. "That doesn't seem to fit with what I have read in the past. And if you could simply decide to like someone... couldn't you then decide not to like someone? And that hasn't seemed to work." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2009-11-19 04:47 pm UTC (link)
	Maeko shrugged. "If it's not working then you're clearly just not trying hard enough." 'Try harder' was her answer to most problems. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ofmanydevices 2009-11-20 12:24 am UTC (link)
	Tom raised an eyebrow at Maeko. He dropped his arms to his side, and then crossed them behind his back. "There are many things in the world I can be accused of. This is the first time I have ever been accused of simply... not trying hard enough. Usually when one runs into a wall like this, it might be best to consider a new strategy." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2009-11-20 12:44 am UTC (link)
	"Congratulations on not trying hard enough for the first time, then." Maeko said, almost genuinely and without any of the sarcastic tone that saying something like that really should have involved. "It shouldn't be difficult enough to be worth quitting not to like someone." She said, shrugging again. "Just stop liking them." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ofmanydevices 2009-11-20 12:50 am UTC (link)
	"Well I..." Tom paused he felt like there was a weight in his chest sinking further down into his abdomen. He could feel his heart beating loudly, and he sucked in a breath. "I... don't think I really want to." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2009-11-20 12:56 am UTC (link)
	Maeko thought about this. Then thought about it harder, pulling a face that implied exaggerated mock-thought. "Huh. I guess that would explain why you weren't trying hard enough." Sae said, confirming the obvious for herself. "So just don't." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	ofmanydevices 2009-11-20 01:22 am UTC (link)
	"So... I won't." It was an odd sensation to realize his feelings. While his discussion with Toru ha really struck him, he had begun to fully realize how far in he was. He almost turned to leave the room, but then another question struck him, and Maeko seemed to be an expert. Or sounded like one. "So then... what do I do now?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

giantfruitbyday
2009-11-20 02:25 am UTC (link)

Maeko gave that some thought, trying to work out (not for the first time) why on earth Kanaye was dating her anyway. Even she knew that 'cheer them on for the better part of a year without being noticed, give up, sort of almost date someone else (or at least arrange to) and then stop dating them within an hour because that invitation was meant for your friend, start fighting monsters together in another world, decide you hate them because they finally noticed your best friend first, threaten to kill them more than once, be replaced by an evil twin, start dating them' was not the best plan of action. She still wasn't quite sure what had happenned there.

"...Senpai just confessed and then we were dating. So I guess that's what you do." She settled on, deciding to focus on what Kanaye had done rather than what she had.

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	ofmanydevices 2009-11-20 04:39 am UTC (link)
	Tom took a deep breath, and felt a weight on his chest as though he were about to face a firing squad. "So I just... tell her how I feel. Won't she... hate mee for that or something?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	giantfruitbyday 2009-11-20 04:49 am UTC (link)
	"Doesn't that seem like an irrationnal thing to hate someone for?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

ofmanydevices
2009-11-20 05:33 am UTC (link)

Tom let out a frustrated gasp, obviously not direct at Maeko, just a gasp in general.

"Nothing about this whole... feelings and dating thing follows rational patterns. It's like... I tried to read about it, but the thigns people say contradict it. There's no observable patterns, no research you can do before hand.
God it's like you just need to dive in and hope for the best."

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	giantfruitbyday 2009-11-20 05:47 am UTC (link)
	"If that's what you feel you need to do then do that." Maeko said simply. "Challenging it won't help too much." (Reply to this) (Parent)

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