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[battering]

UNIT № 1 0 7
"Yo, this is Yata!
Make the message worth my time
an' I'll get back to ya!"

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[redsea]

That's not how it works! [ She's blushing like mad. Yata. ]

[battering]

[ Victory. ] It's the secret way!

[redsea]

[ Kougyoku covers the lower half of her face with her sleeve. She can't win. ]

I-it's a promise, then. [ She's quiet for a while. ] Um. Since when?

[battering]

[ With her, Yata doesn't mind the silence, and he's caught a bit off guard when she speaks again. ]

Since when what?

[redsea]

[ She hesitates. ]

Did you start liking me. [ Look, she's curious. ]

[battering]

Uh... is it dumb if I say from the moment I met you?

[redsea]

Really!? [ She wasn't expecting that answer, but she's happy with it. Just let her get over her initial shock. ] No, it isn't dumb at all! It can happen. Sometimes, you can't even explain it...

[battering]

Haaa, I always thought that love at first sight stuff was all a bunch of crap... you're the exception, I guess!

[ They arrive back at the house though and Yata's glad, if anything because admitting to the length of his crush was a little embarrassing. He doesn't let go of her hand, leading her over to a window on the side. ]

What about you? Since when?

[redsea]

[ So she had that effect on him? She didn't know.

Listening to Yata talk about love is funny, but Kougyoku knows that he wouldn't say anything like this to anyone else. As she follows him, she hums in thought, considering her own answer to the question. ]

When someone tells you they like you, you start thinking about them a lot. It was something like that when I found out you thought I was your girlfriend. [ She has to laugh at the irony. ]

[battering]

That was really embarrassing...

[ He laughs as well for similar reasons, softly, because wow. Not one of his finest moments. ]

I really thought you were a dating-professional, you know!

[redsea]

Professional? I have never even had any friends! [ She's amused until she listens to herself, then she shrinks away. ]

Ah, that's even more embarrassing...

[battering]

You have a lot now, don't you? That's what counts!

[ So don't hide away. He gives her hand a reassuring squeeze before finally letting go so he could prop open the window. ]

Need a boost?

1/2

[redsea]

... Yeah. [ Kougyoku smiles. Yata always manages to say the right things when it counts. She waves a hand dismissively at his offer. ] Oh, it's no trouble. I have always wanted to do it this way!

[redsea]

[ She attempts to climb over but the window is a little high and the ice and snow make everything a little slippery, so when she thinks she has her foot firmly on the ledge, she slips. Half her body is now hanging around in the living room while her legs are dangling outside. Although her boots are up to her knee, I forgot to mention how her dress goes an inch or two above them. I'm sorry, she likes cute dresses, no one's around to police her, I'm sorry.

She kicks around on the off chance it will do her any good. ]

Misaki!

[ said in a tone that sounds like a cross between "Help!" and "Don't look!" Whether she means "Don't look, it's embarrassing" or "Don't look or I will murder you" is up for debate. ]

[battering]

[ Had it been anyone else in Kougyoku's place, Yata would be laughing up a storm. He'd even leave and go call everyone else to come look.

Not this time!! This time he's letting out a startled yelp to go along with his horrified look, turning away from her immediately and covering his face for good measure. ]

Stop!! Stop kicking! Fuck, Kougyoku, where the hell's your underwear?!

[ This was a dire circumstance and cursing didn't matter okay. ]

[redsea]

[ Upon the realization that he saw, he saw, he saw, Kougyoku bursts into tears. ]

I'm wearing underwear! You just can't see it! Ooh, don't look... I'm so embarrassed... Don't look or I will kill you! I'll kill you, then I'll kill myself!

[ CRIES LOUDLY. At least she stopped kicking!? ]

[battering]

I'm not looking! I swear on Mikoto-san's honor that I'm not looking!! [ He may never open his eyes again. ]

Shit, don't cry... and move from there before someone else comes and sees! Are you really stuck?!

[redsea]

[ But he already looked. Now they have to get married or something. How does Prince Misaki sound?

Kougyoku snivels. ]

No, but... If I move, you will see it more.

[ MORE!!! ]

[battering]

I'm looking the other way, I won't see it again! [ Pause. ] What if I go inside and pull you from the front?

[ Now he wants to use the door. ]

[redsea]

What happened to sneaking in!?

[ This is her life immediately after getting a boyfriend. Screaming and tears. ]

[battering]

Not wearing underwear makes sneaking around feel weird!!

[redsea]

[ Oh yeah, he's got a point. Crying again. ]

Ooh, Misaki, now we have to get married...

[ She doesn't want to yet, but she's already planning the wedding in her head... ]

[battering]

[ HE'S NOT READY FOR THIS and almost looks again just from the surprise of marriage. ]

Wait, what? Why?

[redsea]

[ did he seriously forget she was a princess ]

Because they said no one was supposed to see my... private area until I do! [ BAWLS ]

[battering]

I... I only saw it for a second! You guys don't have some kind of five-second-rule for that kind of thing?!

I mean, it's not that I don't wanna marry you, but we're still really young...