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[vividdream]

"Hey, this is Kusuru Syo. You just missed me. Leave a message and I'll get back to you."
' 'ACTION || TEXT || VOICE || MAIL' '

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[saxsongs]

he might punch me. he's done it before you know.
Satsuki?

now we just need to decide on a date. I asked Ichi to give me some dates and then we can sort it out. then again, we can discuss this at work too, but it would be nice to be able to ask to let the family know on time.

[vividdream]

If I've neglected to warn you, I'll do it when we meet up
it's important to know what's going on with Natsuki so someone can stop it


Family? ... aah, right
sometimes I forget since Ibuki isn't at the house usually
that works for me I'm open
ps, having actual free time like this is weird

[saxsongs]

alright. sounds serious.

is it just you and her in the house? my house is full. I have a 'wife' and two 'daughters'. which is pretty weird.
Ichi sent me the dates.

[Handwaved list of dates that work for Tokiya.]

guess we get pretty busy after graduation, huh?

[vividdream]

Ibuki usually isn't here. She's mostly with her .. girlfriend?
idk she said she was 'cheating' on me
that's what I take from it
So mostly it's just me

Yeah, after that we have jobs to fulfill.

[saxsongs]

wow. at least she's straight with you.
too bad though.
hmm.
would it be wiser to hold the dinner in your house then? less people to worry about.

Want to give me some spoilers for the future?

[vividdream]

That's fine with me.
I reall am here alone most of the time

Maybe when we all talk I will.
It isn't like I can say anything personally important.

mailbox | 12/25

[aijou]

[Merry Christmas! Syo's gifts will be at the doorstep of their home, and includes a shirt, a hat, some new hairclips, along with a card that simply reads:]

Merry Christmas

from, Shinomiya Natsuki ♥

backdated to 12/25

[theorymaniac]

<sub>[ In his mailbox, Syo can find a neatly wrapped present that seems to be rather small with a card attached on the top that read the following:

Merry Christmas from your Secret Santa, Kurusu-san. I am afraid that we do not know each other well, but I believe you are apart of the music group, yes? I do hope you can find use of this item.

-Rei Ryugazaki

Once he opens the box, Syo can find a 20 dollar gift card to the music store in the mall here. ]</sub>

backdated to 12/25

[endites]

<sub>[ In his mailbox on the 25th, Syo could find two boxes that were carefully wrapped along with a small card on top of them. Inside, he would find a hand knitted scarf as well as a a home made cake.

The card on top had a note from Haruka herself that read the following:

Merry Christmas, Syo-kun!

I hope you come to the party today, but I'm dropping your gift off here, just in case! I'm really happy that you're here along with everyone else, and I'm sorry that I didn't have enough time to make you something else. I hope you enjoy.

-Haruka Nanami. ]</sub>

text; after syo replies to the anon post

[tunedere]

You seem to give a lot of relationship advice.

[ He starts it off first as an observation, though. I-it's not like he needs any.... ]

[vividdream]

not because I have experience
because I don't
there's not a lot you can do with a confession
either you do it or you don't

[tunedere]

I didn't say it wasn't good advice.

I'm surprised you're willing to talk about these things so easily, though.

[ Actually, it's not all that strange. Tokiya just avoids it like the plague, which is why Syo is comparatively more open. ]

[vividdream]

I've never been much of a closed person
besides it's much easier to help someone else than it is to help yourself

[ Syo knows how Tokiya can be. It's not really surprising that he has trouble with it. Also they're idols. They're not suppose so give their heart so easily. ]

Is it about her?

[tunedere]

[ Ah.

Was it truly so easy to read what was on his mind? ]

I can't say I wasn't reminded.

But it's fine. I have it under control.

[ He doesn't, but that doesn't mean he can't pretend. ]

[vividdream]

Natsuki's decided to call a truce
once I told him I wasn't going for her, he decided
in the end I agreed with him
what we want is for her to be happy

I figured you'd want to know

[ There is no way he has it under control. Smooth, suave idol he may be. Casanova he is not. ]

[tunedere]

As do I. Which is why I've stopped talking to her.

[ He meant it another way. ]

[vividdream]

How the hell does that do that???
Don't stop TALKING to her!

[ He should have known. It was going too well. ]

[tunedere]

I have my reasons.

[ Tokiya's main way of coping with emotional problems is to ignore them, after all. ]

[vividdream]

I bet they're dumb reasons

[ Which is the worst coping method, and Syo will not hesitate to call him out. ]

[tunedere]

You don't understand.

We are not the same.

[ He's still being cryptic to try and shake off the subject, but it isn't hard to guess at what he's talking about. ]

[vividdream]

because she's our Haruka and not your Haruka?
is there really a huge difference in her besides not being yours?
Our Haruka cares about you like she always has all of us

[ Quiet angst meet loud confrontation. ]

[tunedere]

[ Very loud. Of course, his natural reaction is to just close up even more. ]

That's not the point.

I don't want to impose on her what she doesn't deserve.

[vividdream]

what she doesn't deserve
is a man who won't give her a chance to show him who she is
or to make her own choices

or to have the person she idolized so much stop talking to her over something dumb

[ You came into the wrong groupmate for pity. ]

[tunedere]

[ The worst part about this conversation is that he doesn't have anything to refute that with.

It hurts, because he didn't expect Syo to get to the heart of the matter so quickly and so bluntly. ]

[tunedere]

Why do you care so much?

[ It's an admission of defeat, more than anything else. ]