𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ʙʟᴜᴇ ʟᴏᴄᴋ ᴄʜᴇᴇʀ’s ᴄᴏ-ᴏʀᴅɪɴᴀᴛᴏʀ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

ㅤ

ㅤ𝑚𝑎𝑦𝑏𝑒，

𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑗𝑢𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑖𝑛’𝑡 𝑤ℎ𝑜 𝐼 𝑎𝑚．

— ꜰᴜʀᴜᴋᴀᴡᴀ ᴋᴀᴇᴅᴇ

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA —guys do, so. . .

Did. . . Uh. . . Maybe want some?”

Was that weird to offer him— She can’t decide.

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA After a moment of their silent meal, Chigiri speaks up again, prompting her to raise her eyebrows. She pauses for a moment, and glances from her meal, to his meal. Hers is definitely way better.

“Ah. . . Yeah. I mean, we don’t have to abide by that goals’ system like you —

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA —Chigiri is nonchalantly eating, too. She grabs a piece of meat with her chopsticks, and chomps on the melt-in-your-mouth delicacy.

Silent eating it is.

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA —can’t see her contorting features betraying her inner turmoil over the matter. But, the silence has extended on a little too long now, so it may be worse to suddenly say sorry at this point. After a moment, her attention shifts back to her food - she best eat before it gets; —

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA —outside of her twin.

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA —No, you’re right. A lot of different people can end up having. . . Similar goals. And coming here, as a result.”

She raises a hand, rubbing at the back of her head. She’s barely touched her food since he arrived, but. . . Well, he’s distracting. She rarely talks to people —

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA —But, then her features soften.

“Although I suppose that kind of. . . Attitude, is kind of necessary here, isn’t it?”

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA Barou. . . She’s not sure, she didn’t catch his name, after all. Maybe it was him?

“Eh. . . I. . . I don’t know. I’ve seen him play before, though, and he’s definitely something else, but. . .” Her eyes shrink into slits, as if she can glare at the image forming in her head.—

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@ITOSHIPRODIGY —on her heel and sprints back down the corridor.

Oh well.

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@ITOSHIPRODIGY —anything, so she just does the first thing that comes to mind.

She grabs the doorframe, and leans into the cafeteria, and promptly yells out across the room to him.

“Yeah, well, you suck, Stupid Eyelashes!”

. . . . . . . .

Beet-red, she promptly turns—

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA —me, so I thought—“

To be fair, she was being much nicer to Chigiri. . . But that black-haired guy had started the ‘issue’, he was the one looking at her like she was garbage! She couldn’t just stand there and take that!

“Nevermind, sorry. It’s nice to meet you.”

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA Oh— Shoot, did she offend him?

“Ah, n-no, that’s not what I meant!” She raises her hands, quickly waving them in front of her to wave away the notion. “Of course you can, I just. . . Um, I was just a little surprised, that’s all. Last guy I spoke to just kind of glared at —

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

fuck you @ITOSHIPRODIGY

[𝕞𝕚𝕣𝕒𝕚 @FatedDancer]

And she's on her way, rolling up her sleeves and everything.

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@ITOSHIPRODIGY —Blinking. Looking up at him. Lips pursed together. It’s like there’s a loading symbol on her forehead.

. . . . . . .

. . . . . . . Nope, she’s got nothing.

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@ITOSHIPRODIGY “No,” She snaps promptly once he finally looks at her again. She lifts a finger, pointing at him angrily. She still hasn’t decided what kind of insult he wants to say, but, uh. . .

“I was just. . . Wanting to tell you. . . Er. . .” Think, Kaede, think. She stands there. —

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA —would he. . . Want to do that?

She peers at him out of the corner of her eye as he eats. He doesn’t say anything else.

“Uh. . .” Okay, clearly she’ll just have to ask. “So, uh. . . Why. . . Did you come over here?”

[𝙺𝚊𝚎𝚍𝚎 @duskedrhythm]

@HAYAIAKA Chigiri. . . She remembered him from the recent match she cheered. He certainly stands out, for multiple reasons - his extreme speed, and, his very long hair for a guy. He almost looked a bit feminine.

So. . . He came over here. . . To introduce himself? That’s it? Why —