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[ ... five minute delay. he'd been wondering how to ask her about that ever since fushimi told him they'd met (yata: 0, kougyoku: 1). ]

ur talking about that idiot saru arent u

[ She's just anxious he will show up in the forest she was hiding in again. That's why she remembered! ]

Saru? He never told me his name.
I suppose that is him.
He upsets me. I do not like him.

saruhiko fushimi
saru cuz its written like monkey n he is one
i dont like him either, sorry he upset u
ignore him ok?? he just likes messin w/me n people i know
not worth it

I will.

[ What she doesn't tell Yata is he will be difficult to ignore after their first encounter. How do you ignore an (one-sided) enemy!? ]

He said many awful things about you and I, but I know they are not true.

im gonna kill him
whatd he say?

[ ... She doesn't want to hurt Yata. ]

Would it make a difference if I told you?

just curious

[ After some delay: ] That there is only one thing you care about.

[ wow, Saru. way to be unoriginal. ]

thats stupid

[ a second after that first text goes through-- ]

u know i care about u right?

[ Stupid? She worried about it the for days! ... Ah. ]

Yeah.

[ Even if it was in the past, she can't believe she thought otherwise for a second. ]

good
so dont ever listen to that guy!!!!

u finished with ur friend yet?

All right!
No, he won't come out.

come out of where??

The building.

[ Wait a minute. ]

Misaki...
I think I'm lost.

...... YOUVE BEEN OUTSIDE THIS WHOLE TIME?????
crap what do u see around u

Trees and snow.
And a wolf.

PUNCH IT
wait no dont do that unless it looks angry
is it angry
WOLVES EAT BUNNIES KOU-CHAN

its heading this way i dont knwow what to do
you were a good friend to me misaki

SHIT SHIT SHIIT
DO UR HAIRPIN THING
DONT GIVE UP KOUCHAN
IM ON MY WAY

[ on his way... somewhere?! whatever, he's running! in some random direction! ]

[ but she left her hairpin at homera to wear yata's gift instead—

also running in some random direction! yata might hear the faint screaming of a girl in the distance. it's getting closer, closer... then he'll hear sobbing. ]

Yataaaaa!

[ ah, yes, he'd know that screaming and crying anywhere.

rushing in that direction until he finally spots the princess, which only makes him run faster, and once he catches up he's trying to multitask both looking her over and looking out for a wolf. ]

Kou-chan, are you hurt?! Where is it?!

[ Kougyoku hides behind Yata once she's near enough, and four wolves emerge from the forest. Kougyoku, what did you do...

The leader of the pack lunges at them. ]

[ Four... yeah, no sweat. ]

Stay back, Kougyoku! Hide!

[ Because he wasn't kidding when he told her to just punch the wolf. Red engulfs his arms from hands to elbows, fists tightening as he goes directly for the animal that was moving for them.

... Punching a wolf wasn't as easy as he'd thought, though. That scratch on his arm where he was nicked by using it as a quick shield to move in for a hit was gonna sting, but hopefully by having punched the alpha in the neck they'd all run away? And not try to gang up on him? ]

[ Kougyoku can't hide, Yata—the wolves were quick to flank them. Surely enough, however, after seeing their leader get hurt, the rest of the wolves back off. Wolf attacks were rare to begin with due to their shy nature, so you have to wonder what Kougyoku did to tick them off!

...She was probably so scared that she made a run for it, giving chase. Yep. That's definitely what happened. ]

I thought they were going to eat me...

[ Kougyoku falls to her knees and sits on the ground, out of breath from the chase. That was close! ]

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