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kondo kozue | 近藤梢 (anthesphoria) wrote in disappear_rpg,
@ 2009-12-06 20:21:00

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kou, kozue

WHO: Kou and Kozue
WHAT: Pangs of jealousy and fragile cellphones
WHERE: School
WHEN: Right after Kou declares his intent to 'spend the night with Maeko'; Tom-Dungeon midboss break
WHY: Purposes unknown and sinister.

Having dropped her phone on the concrete when she saw that Kou was, apparently, trying to get into Maeko's pants, Kozue was in nearly complete despair. For one thing, she'd thought that Oubai-senpai had felt… no, that was stupid, and it was going down the same silly path she'd tread down with Keiichi. Following the idea that someone who was polite to her, considerate of her, chivalrous to her, would be somehow a novel experience as a boyfriend. Or even a good one. For another, did he really think that Akuba was more appealing than she was? How could he possibly… But there it was.

And, of course, the fact that she'd broken her phone, was now incommunicado, and would have to spend time and money to get it fixed.

She'd been attending a summer-session tennis practice, mostly because the captain had contacted her about her abysmal attendance record and guilted her into showing up. It was over, and Kozue, with her worse-for-the-wear phone and rather downcast look, was making her way out through the school gates.

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daioujou
2009-12-07 01:49 am UTC (link)

People who knew Kouchisei would have said he seemed kinder. He didn't want his behaviour to cause more problems. He wasn't good at playing tennis, either.

"Hey. Tell me about your problem. I don't mind waiting."

He was attempting to be nicer by listening to other people. When Kozue had left tennis practice he had seen her from the library; promptly he had packed his bags and made a beeline down to meet her. She was considerate to him. Friendly. Didn't force him into something he hated.

"And if you don't want to talk, I can find someone who will." He added as a thought, "If this is about Akuba-san, she was helping me. I don't understand why you seem so upset."

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anthesphoria
2009-12-07 03:12 am UTC (link)

Kozue stopped walking, and looked up when she heard Kou's voice; she was still gripping the broken phone in one hand, mostly because she feared that putting it in her school bad might cause it to splinter into fragments, and that'd just be a terrible mess. "Oh, Oubai-senpai." She bowed. "I, um, I was just surprised to find out…" She frowned. Would she have to say it outright—and wasn't Akuba-senpai dating Kanaye, anyway?

"It's not something I should worry about, right? And thank you, for offering to listen."

	daioujou 2009-12-08 01:15 am UTC (link)
	"Hmn? Why wouldn't I be?" He hadn't been asked much outside the family. Honestly, he used that question to know where he stood. He realised Kozue was nice and that she did not want anything in return. What he did not understand was how to repay her loyalty. "Are we going, or are we going to stand here?" he said impatiently. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Walking to the Dorm: Interlude] anthesphoria 2009-12-09 03:43 am UTC (link)
	"B-but you just said that you were!" She spluttered, indignantly. "Back there in the school! So you're not? So what's—" She stopped talking and mostly gaped like a fish, baffled, anger and hurt stopped in their tracks by confusion. "I have no idea what's going on," she finally finished with. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Walking to the Dorm: Interlude] daioujou 2009-12-09 03:53 am UTC (link)
	He blinked, confused. "People were bothering me. I said I'd spend the night at Akuba-san's to get Father off my back. But she's a girl so-" There was a fidgeting of his arms. He was quiet as though a wasp had just alighted on his shoulder. "-Look, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to give the wrong impression. I'm just confused." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	Re: [Walking to the Dorm: Interlude] daioujou 2009-12-12 02:50 am UTC (link)
	Kou shrugged. He had hoped to make small talk, and to divert attention from himself. The latter was working. The former? That was becoming too deep. However, he had asked, and if it made her happy then he could politely listen. "What about your parents?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)