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[wetfortono]

[ he's on the training ground he set up for himself in the morning, but instead of working vigorously he seems to be taking a break, just sitting in a dry spot staring at the base of the training puppet that he clobbered to pieces before ]

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[woodfortono]

You sure showed him.

[wanders over, his hands in his pockets before he flops down next to you]

...what's up?

[wetfortono]

[seems like his people-awareness levels are on a low, judging by how he startles]

Oh. Chiaki.

[which doesn't actually answer anything, but yunno]

[woodfortono]

[just watches you for a long moment before he drops his eyes, picking at a fingernail absently]

How are you?

[wetfortono]

[turns back to the puppet remains, then]

I'm fine.

[woodfortono]

Wow.

[looking away]

If you were going just to flat-out lie, I figured at least you'd be nice enough to do it convincingly.

[wetfortono]

[oh, the guilt. the guilttasticness]

... I'm sorry. [correcting himself] I will be fine.

[woodfortono]

Yeah, all right.

...talk to me, though?

[wetfortono]

Ah-- [struggles a bit, more with himself rather than pushing you away]

But I've never talked to you about that sort of thing.

[woodfortono]

Well, you need to talk to somebody. [matter-of-factly] Might as well be me. ...and I'm worried about you.

[harisentai]

[that is a lot of destruction]

[wetfortono]

[I hope I done you proud]

[harisentai]

[oh, quite]

[wetfortono]

[kyaaa hime approval]

[harisentai]

[I know, it is grand]

[wetfortono]

[well it is pretty much the only thing I could think of that warrants your approval, so]

[harisentai]

[... just because we share no other hobbies ...]

[wetfortono]

[I was more thinking along the lines of it's not your hobby to be depressed, but I could be wrong]

[blowsfortono]

[gosh if it isn't my absentee boyfriend.]

[wetfortono]

[w-will at least stand respectfully when he spots you, even if he has a hard time speaking up]

[blowsfortono]

[the emotions on her face keep switching obviously between furious and sad, and she twitches once, as though she's starting to turn and leave before she stops]

[wetfortono]

[... oh. well, all of these are good signs, and by all I mean none]

Mako...

[blowsfortono]

[aaand they settle on sad]

Ryuunosuke.

[wetfortono]

[opens his mouth and then shakes his head almost immediately, like he doesn't even dare to start apologizing]

[blowsfortono]

I didn't think you meant quite this much time.

[wetfortono]

... Mh. I was hoping to make a swifter recovery, but...