MESSAGE:isn't it the best feeling? no one's ever had the same privilege, so feel lucky.
[ he arrives at their meeting spot like a good little boy, with a smile on his face and everything. yuuki's company isn't something he minds so much as he's intrigued by it, and that's really the only reason why he even agrees to meet her in the first place.
besides, it's also a good distraction. ]
The last thing you sent—you said this will be the best. For your sake, I really hope so.
[ it's not like he knows how to say hello in any other way. ]
[ he's tried it before during his first visit, and wasn't all that delighted by it. it's different from what he's used to, that much is certain, and the taste is just odd. he's not really sure if he's up for eating more of it unless he's forced to. ]
[ she says it so quietly it's hard to tell if she meant to even say it at all with the way her entire demeanor suddenly changes from chipper to something rueful as her gaze dips away from him to the ground. ]
I don't want you to get lost, you know. I'd feel responsible since I'm dragging you out.
[ yuuki's response this time is normal volume and she looks back to him with smile as if she never had that momentary lapse right there. with the way she just turns and there's not even a hint of stiffness in her movements, it's a wonder if she even realizes she just did that.
who knows, maybe she doesn't. ]
Ahh, I wonder if they'll have any new food tonight. [ that would be really perfect, wouldn't it... why is life so hard. ]
[ that takes out the curiousity cat and kills it right in front of him.
the shift in yuuki's demeanor doesn't go unnoticed, but souji makes no move to call her out on it. more like he might disappear? what's even that about? it doesn't make any sense to him why she'd even care about something like that. just how close were they when he met her in another world?
he looks away to the side, and shrugs those thoughts away. ]
If you ask me, you're more likely to get lost and I'll end up having to look for you.
[ he smiles like there isn't anything wrong with this picture at all. anyone glancing their way would see just two people trying to fit together and walk side by side. ]
And is that all you're really looking forward to? You sure know how to hurt a guy's feelings.
Hmm, I wonder. It might be more trouble than it's worth.
[ he doesn't say much more than that, picking up his pace a little so he's a few steps ahead of her. there's a reason why they say souji is the prickliest one out of them all, and given how he inept he is when it comes to basic human interaction, it's no surprise most tend to avoid him.
but yuuki's a little different, isn't she? yuuki reminds him so much of chizuru that maybe, just maybe, if she'd gone missing, he'd definitely look for her without a second thought. ]
But, as my date, shouldn't you pay more attention to me instead of food?
[ she falls in line to simply follow after him now without much thought on it (the fact he sped up ahead of her a little doesn't deter her) and while she makes a conscious effort to pick up her pace as to not fall behind, she also doesn't try to come up beside him again. following is okay with her, she'd rather be always looking at his back than not at all.
at his question, though, yuuki does get a little close so she lean forward a bit to peek up at him as they continue to walk. ]
Yes, but I'm spending the night with you and the food doesn't get to last long, right?
[ for a while, souji doesn't look at her, focused on the path ahead of him. the carnival is just a few meters shy from where they are, and while he isn't all that interested in going back there again, he supposes the company might make it worth it enough.
no pressure, yuuki. ]
That's one way of putting it, I suppose. [ this time, he does look at her, eyebrow raised. ] So where are we headed first?
[ he already expects her to say the food stands. ]
yuuki blinks, looking up at him with a half-surprised stare if only because he's actually looking back at her. huh, so he does have a cute face. no time to dwell on her high-school priorities in regards to men, though, as he's expecting her to answer that.
is he being sarcastic? obviously they were going to the food stands, first. ]
Didn't Okita-san take in anything I've said? [ she straightens and steps to go ahead of him, although she swings around to reach and take his hand in both of hers (physical contact, deal with it, souji) and step back to tug him along. ]
—Game booths! I promised to win you a stuffed animal.
[ of course he isn't. why would he pay attention to what a girl he barely knows is telling him? well, okay, he's trying a little, because she's at least putting in the effort, but sometimes—
...
she's holding onto his hand, now. any other person and souji would have smacked a bitch, but he has a little more restraint for some reason. what's with that?? ]
[ but, you're a good sport, souji, so she lets go of his hand to turn back around and keep walking. yuuki's hassled him enough, it looks like he's going to stick it out with her for at least a little bit for real, so she doesn't need to keep being a bother. ]
[ souji almost thinks she's being cute but he squashes that before it manifests entirely in his head, because there are much more pressing matters such as watching where he's headed, now that yuuki has let him go. at least they don't have to go that far, because he can already spot the booths up ahead, along with food stands with things souji can't recognize.
why can't they have dango? or something with a name he can have no trouble in pronouncing!! ]
did they just get basically in some overly-friendly-pushy-version-of-being manhandled into this maze of mirrors, and get pretty much locked in with the only way to exit being through the other side?
oh no.
yuuki knew this "attraction" well enough and it's normally generalized innocent purpose from back home. it was a maze of trickery and orientation and it required one to be perceptive and calm in knowing the way out lied seeing through the false reflections given off by the various panes and curves of glass.
but, that wasn't what this was. there was no way that's what this was because as much as she did her best to take the positives of this place, only an idiot would have been able to ignore that this carnival had a very dark and overbearing atmosphere to it. something was wrong with it. of course something was wrong with it. but, like all things, so long as you stayed away from the parts that really showed its true colors, you could get away with never having to face that reality with proper caution taken.
the house of mirrors was off limits. she'd refused to go in it with yukimura and she had no intentions of going with okita, either. and she's sure he had little interest in going himself, so it wasn't as if this should have been a hard thing to avoid at all.
and yet, somehow, here they are, and she's just staring at one mirror and her reflection, eyes wide in disbelief because while there is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary about what she's seeing, her mind is racing with flashbacks to the real reason she was so terrified of going in here (because this place was bad, would something like her be here, too? in a place where every angle from the walls to the floor to the ceiling are made out of mirrors save for the few clear glass panels made to make the maze a little more of an obstacle course as well, how did one avoid a creature that moved through them like a bird through the air? it wasn't as if they could hope to spot her first: seeing her would mean it was too late to do anything at all).
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MESSAGE: so this is a date now?
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I'll wait for you outside the south wing entrance to the dorms.
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[ because food is her specialty. well, eating it anyway. ]
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[ he arrives at their meeting spot like a good little boy, with a smile on his face and everything. yuuki's company isn't something he minds so much as he's intrigued by it, and that's really the only reason why he even agrees to meet her in the first place.
besides, it's also a good distraction. ]
The last thing you sent—you said this will be the best. For your sake, I really hope so.
[ it's not like he knows how to say hello in any other way. ]
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yuuki's there, of course, rocking idly back and for on her heels, although she perks when she notices him and ends up meeting him halfway. ]
Why wouldn't it be? Carnival food is always the best, Okita-san!
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[ he's tried it before during his first visit, and wasn't all that delighted by it. it's different from what he's used to, that much is certain, and the taste is just odd. he's not really sure if he's up for eating more of it unless he's forced to. ]
Shall we go?
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[ she nods, though, twisting on heel to start walking the other way, only pausing to glance behind to make sure he's actually coming along, too. ]
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What? Scared I'll run away?
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[ she says it so quietly it's hard to tell if she meant to even say it at all with the way her entire demeanor suddenly changes from chipper to something rueful as her gaze dips away from him to the ground. ]
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[ yuuki's response this time is normal volume and she looks back to him with smile as if she never had that momentary lapse right there. with the way she just turns and there's not even a hint of stiffness in her movements, it's a wonder if she even realizes she just did that.
who knows, maybe she doesn't. ]
Ahh, I wonder if they'll have any new food tonight. [ that would be really perfect, wouldn't it... why is life so hard. ]
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the shift in yuuki's demeanor doesn't go unnoticed, but souji makes no move to call her out on it. more like he might disappear? what's even that about? it doesn't make any sense to him why she'd even care about something like that. just how close were they when he met her in another world?
he looks away to the side, and shrugs those thoughts away. ]
If you ask me, you're more likely to get lost and I'll end up having to look for you.
[ he smiles like there isn't anything wrong with this picture at all. anyone glancing their way would see just two people trying to fit together and walk side by side. ]
And is that all you're really looking forward to? You sure know how to hurt a guy's feelings.
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Does that mean you'd come looking for me?
[ she laughs. ]
You shouldn't feel threatened by the food, Okita-san. I'll pay the most attention to the sweetest!
Besides, you're my date, not the food. [ she went out of her way to take him, it must mean something! ]
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[ he doesn't say much more than that, picking up his pace a little so he's a few steps ahead of her. there's a reason why they say souji is the prickliest one out of them all, and given how he inept he is when it comes to basic human interaction, it's no surprise most tend to avoid him.
but yuuki's a little different, isn't she? yuuki reminds him so much of chizuru that maybe, just maybe, if she'd gone missing, he'd definitely look for her without a second thought. ]
But, as my date, shouldn't you pay more attention to me instead of food?
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[ she falls in line to simply follow after him now without much thought on it (the fact he sped up ahead of her a little doesn't deter her) and while she makes a conscious effort to pick up her pace as to not fall behind, she also doesn't try to come up beside him again. following is okay with her, she'd rather be always looking at his back than not at all.
at his question, though, yuuki does get a little close so she lean forward a bit to peek up at him as they continue to walk. ]
Yes, but I'm spending the night with you and the food doesn't get to last long, right?
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no pressure, yuuki. ]
That's one way of putting it, I suppose. [ this time, he does look at her, eyebrow raised. ] So where are we headed first?
[ he already expects her to say the food stands. ]
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yuuki blinks, looking up at him with a half-surprised stare if only because he's actually looking back at her. huh, so he does have a cute face. no time to dwell on her high-school priorities in regards to men, though, as he's expecting her to answer that.
is he being sarcastic? obviously they were going to the food stands, first. ]
Didn't Okita-san take in anything I've said? [ she straightens and steps to go ahead of him, although she swings around to reach and take his hand in both of hers (physical contact, deal with it, souji) and step back to tug him along. ]
—Game booths! I promised to win you a stuffed animal.
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she's holding onto his hand, now. any other person and souji would have smacked a bitch, but he has a little more restraint for some reason. what's with that?? ]
Hoh? Are you that confident that you will?
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[ but, you're a good sport, souji, so she lets go of his hand to turn back around and keep walking. yuuki's hassled him enough, it looks like he's going to stick it out with her for at least a little bit for real, so she doesn't need to keep being a bother. ]
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[ souji almost thinks she's being cute but he squashes that before it manifests entirely in his head, because there are much more pressing matters such as watching where he's headed, now that yuuki has let him go. at least they don't have to go that far, because he can already spot the booths up ahead, along with food stands with things souji can't recognize.
why can't they have dango? or something with a name he can have no trouble in pronouncing!! ]
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HOUSE OF MIRRORS
did they just get basically in some overly-friendly-pushy-version-of-being manhandled into this maze of mirrors, and get pretty much locked in with the only way to exit being through the other side?
oh no.
yuuki knew this "attraction" well enough and it's normally generalized innocent purpose from back home. it was a maze of trickery and orientation and it required one to be perceptive and calm in knowing the way out lied seeing through the false reflections given off by the various panes and curves of glass.
but, that wasn't what this was. there was no way that's what this was because as much as she did her best to take the positives of this place, only an idiot would have been able to ignore that this carnival had a very dark and overbearing atmosphere to it. something was wrong with it. of course something was wrong with it. but, like all things, so long as you stayed away from the parts that really showed its true colors, you could get away with never having to face that reality with proper caution taken.
the house of mirrors was off limits. she'd refused to go in it with yukimura and she had no intentions of going with okita, either. and she's sure he had little interest in going himself, so it wasn't as if this should have been a hard thing to avoid at all.
and yet, somehow, here they are, and she's just staring at one mirror and her reflection, eyes wide in disbelief because while there is absolutely nothing out of the ordinary about what she's seeing, her mind is racing with flashbacks to the real reason she was so terrified of going in here (because this place was bad, would something like her be here, too? in a place where every angle from the walls to the floor to the ceiling are made out of mirrors save for the few clear glass panels made to make the maze a little more of an obstacle course as well, how did one avoid a creature that moved through them like a bird through the air? it wasn't as if they could hope to spot her first: seeing her would mean it was too late to do anything at all).
yuuki really wants to leave. ]
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