kamiyandisease | Chapter 01: The Calm Before the Next Storm

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Chapter 01: The Calm Before the Next Storm - Starry Sky [Video/Action]

[Someone is feeling a bit adventurous and daring tonight! If you’re walking by or looking out your window of House 4, you’ll find that one misfortunate loser who just so happens to be sitting on top of the roof. For a moment, he looks a bit uneasy because plenty of bad things could happen when you’re sitting on a rooftop! But regardless, he still simply wants to check out the beautiful view. Touma will awkwardly rub the back of his head before he starts speaking.]

Um... Quick question! I'm not breaking any laws by lounging on top on a rooftop, aren't I? I don’t get a chance to do this often, so please let this spirited youth be able to treasure this opportunity as long as he can-! [Hopefully, he won’t go crashing through the rooftop and into someone’s shower or something. He shakes off that thought immediately.] Anyway… It’s good to know that the stars here are much brighter than how they are back home. Whenever you live in a city, it’s tough to appreciate how precious nature really is. [With that said, he moves onto the next subject!]

I’m not very sure how to feel about that last experiment… But Halloween is coming up soon, so we should all be on our toes for what’s gonna happen. For those who have been here for a long time, do you think you could give this speculating Kamijou-san a little insight on what has happened these past few years? If I wake up underneath a pile of treat-or-treating candy or end up getting chased by zombies, then at least I’ll know what to yell out when the random event flag raises itself.

... Is anyone else up at this time or am I simply musing to myself?

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... [dfldsfa] WHAT THE HELL KIND OF COMMENT IS THAT?! SCIENTISTS ALWAYS DISSECT ANIMALS BY THE CHEST! HAVEN'T YOU GONE TO A BIOLOGY CLASS WHERE YOU DO THAT!!?

I haven't even made a jab at your thigh-high stockings! That's practically begging to fuel a pervert's fantasies!!

I haven't been to a biology class like that, but all the same, that's suspiciously specific and over-the-top denial. Along with the comment about my stockings..

Could it be that you're trying to confirm your identity as a secret pervert that badly? Maybe I'll have to start warning people about it.

[Putting his hands to his head and starts tearing up.]

Uwooooh! Such misfortune!!! I'm not a secret pervert! Absolutely not! Only an idiot would bluntly reveal his preferences out in the open! And besides, you're the one walking around like that and making yourself an easy target--!!!

Considering from the fact I've already made the first pervert who tried to work his tricks on me nearly cry, I think I'm far from an 'easy target'.

[ but okay, she will stop trolling since otherwise it's just a bit too sad. Besides, there's something else she's curious about.. ]

... Hey, you got through that experiment earlier this month alright, right?

Huh? Yeah, I'd say so... How did you hold up? Did anyone show up to rescue you while you were dressed like a princess?

Who said anything about a princess?

[ If only she had been, even something utterly ridiculous and embarassing like that would have been better in her eyes than what actually happened. ]

I was something more common than that. But it was a pretty bad experience all the same.

Ehhh? It would've been interesting to see you in a red dress, but... [Alright. Seriousing up.] What happened?

[ Normally she might have remarked something about that first part, but.. we're seriousing up here, os she knows it's not really appropriate. ]

You know the fairytale of Hansel and Gretel, right? That story sums up what happened better and more quickly than I can explain, pretty much.

[Touma does a clueless headtilt at that... Was it a childhood story? Index probably would know this more than he could, but...]

Um... To be honest, I can't say that I've touched that story before. I don't know how it begins or ends, but...

[Consider your personal space gone, Ange. He's going to suddenly put his hands on her shoulders and look her dead in the eyes.]

--Next time, I'll definitely protect you. I don't know the circumstances, but I know should've been there to do something. I'm sorry that I wasn't there and left you all by yourself.

[ wait, what-- For a moment she freezes, mostly out of surprise at that sudden touch and his words. Because she had never expected to hear those words, and especially not since only a little while ago Keiichi said-- ]

... What's it with you guys and apologizing for things you couldn't even help? [ Her voice becomes a bit softer at that, less harsh than her usual bluntness. ] I'm used to dealing with that kind of stuff by myself. It's.. not a big deal.

[His grip tighten a little bit, but he's making sure that he isn't hurting her. His voice is mixed with anger and worry. He's angry for not being there to protect her, he's angry for her getting into that situation, he's angry for her being so easy going about it... And above all else, he's worry for her well being.]

Idiot! Quit saying things like "It's not a big deal!" and "I'm used to dealing with it!" You keep acting like you're carrying around the weight of the world when you're still a young girl! So quit acting like you have to do everything on your own! I don't know if you're trying to cover for others in hopes of them not getting involved in your troubles, but that's being egotistical! All you have to say is "Please help me" and people will do their best to lend a hand, understand? Have some faith in others!

[ Her expression shifts a little. First it's more surprise, even bordering on shock, but.. then she frowns a little more, and for the first time it seems her pokerfaced attitude shatters a little. ]

Aren't you the one who's trying to force yourself into my business?! I've been alright all this time up to now, I've always made it out alive, so it's okay, right?! [ She's raising her own voice by now as well. ]

If there's anything I ever wanted help with in this place, then it's--

[ ... She stops. Because, she knows that is..

'I just don't want to be alone.'

She becomes eerily quiet compared to her slight shout just now, averting her gaze from him. She can't force it out, she can't say that much. It feels too weak, too pathetic. ]

[There are a million words that Touma could say again, but instead he stays quiet and pulls her into a hug. If actions really did speak louder than words, then this would certainly be the million words he wanted to say.]

[ That surprises her, especially since she was so caught up in her own thoughts just now. And that's why for a moment she pretty much just freezes up at the hug, until her thoughts return to her.

Her first instinct tells her to just get out of there, and yet she doesn't. ]

... What.. are you doing? [ Her voice is still much softer, but at least this much should satisfy her tsun side. ]

[She is not beating him up yet, so he thinks that he's doing a good job. He still keeps on hugging her, though.] ... What does it look like? I'm hugging you, of course. Don't tell me you haven't gotten something like this before.

[ Okay, wriggling herself out of there a little now - there might actually be something slightly embarassed about her at this point, but she's working hard to at least supress it a little. ]

W.. well, not from-- [ a stranger? But he's not entirely a stranger, right? ] ... Not in a while, I guess.

[He is a embarassed himself that he was able to pull this off with a pretty girl and not get whooped for it. For once his luck was fortunate this time. There's a moment before he finally pulls away.]

Really? Then I'll make up for it by giving you as many hugs as you need.

[ It's still pretty embarassing to her, and she still isn't quite sure how to deal with this, but.. maybe she can recover her usual deadpan just a little, pretend it didn't happen, shove away the fact that it was so strange to be hugged by a guy to the back of her mind.. ]

... Now you're just getting a little too eager. [ It lacks her complete deadpan tone though - her cheeks are a very faint pink from the sheer embarassed feeling, especially now he's still saying stuff like that even after the hug. ]

[He's noticing her cheeks turning red and logically his mind breaks it down into this formula: Outside + Cold weather + Red cheeks = ANGE MIGHT BE CATCHING A COLD!!!]

.... Are you alright? Umm... You aren't catching a cold, are you?

[ She's right about to outright say no, but.. that's dangerous, definitely dangerous. It's the same as admitting that she's just regularly blushing. So maybe if she's a bit less definite or harsh about it.. ]

... I'm just fine. I don't look weird, right..?

[This will probably won't help the fact that he'll be pulling up reallly close to her face to get a good look at her and put a hand to her forehead to make sure.]

Well... You look a bit red, yet your temperature seems to be normal.

[ ... Wait, why is he getting so close to her face, especially when she's already in a pretty flustered mood, she can't help but only fall back further into the flustered feeling. Her cheeks light up even more as she moves back a little to get away from the touch. ]

S.. see, I'm fine.

[He's going to give her a skeptical look. There is seriously something wrong here and he has no idea what. Maybe she really is coming down with something...]

... You know, you can borrow my jacket if you're seriously feeling cold.

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