squelching | catch-all: nico.

[welcome to (throws dart) the anime store. i'll get you a mem in a minute, but for now — saya is looking through the hero figurines like she thinks this is the funniest shit ever. she looks up when she spots nico, and she immediately... glares at him?]

Why are you here? Go away.

[... except she says this and she seems to be startled by it, blinking in surprise. this is fine and normal.]

[ HELLO? he actually looks extremely baffled by this and glares back on instinct. ]

I just got here. [ rude! but then saya seems surprised and he raises an eyebrow. ] ...are you okay?

[she scoffs but her eyes are very, very wide. help.]

I was feeling great, until I saw you.

[ "...yeah, i was sort of waiting for that. guess it was only a matter of time."

his expression doesn't change outside of growing more neutral before he turns to wander elsewhere. ]

Then close your eyes or something. I'll be gone soon enough.

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[she seems. extremely frustrated and kind of hurt by his reaction and his... thoughts? hello? explain the italics. but then she double downs anyway, for whatever reason.]

No, I was here first. Just leave and come back later.

[ who the fuck cursed you i'm losing my mind.

anyway it's fine ignore his thoughts. he is. he is greatly ignoring his thoughts and seems to be deciding how to feel about this before he decides it's not worth feeling any way about it. maybe it's improvement that it's "leave and come back later" instead of just "leave" like it has been before.

but he frowns instead. it's hard to ignore that it kind of hurts to be spoken to that way by someone he consider(s?)(ed?) a friend, but at the same time he's kind of like "hold on." so instead of giving into the urge to actually leave, he challenges her. ]

Why should I?

[someone really did this to me on memshare week monday. i'm in tears.

anyway, she seems a little less frustrated since he doesn't seem to be leaving, but. she is so visibly upset anyway. help.]

Isn't it obvious? I don't want to deal with you.

You and half the people in my life, yeah. [ casually said, but he's at least starting to notice this has to be a wonderball. ] Sadly, I have a task to complete so you're going to have to put up with my presence for a bit.

[ "i have no idea what's happening, but i don't think this is you." ]

It sounds to me like they had the right idea. [rude. this is so rude? she heaves a sigh.] Can't you keep your thoughts to yourself?

No, you're probably right. [ he'll agree for the sake of agreeing. ] What's wrong with my thoughts?

I can hear them. That's what's wrong.

Invest in earplugs then. [ which makes zero sense. ] If that's true, then what am I thinking right now?

[ other than slowly creeping thoughts of how easy it is to go right back to thinking people really would get tired of him easily and he's overstayed his welcome in their lives again. and also that he's ready to destroy whoever did this to saya, god. ]

... Listening to you think about how everyone's going to leave you is boring. You should really get rid of the curse as soon as possible.

[anyway, i will not take two weeks to drop a mem on you this game. it's comic book time.]

Do not talk to me about curses right now, Saya, unless you wanna regret it. [ sharply. but then there's a comic panel and he's like :nyeh: because this keeps happening, but he pauses to read through it.

and.

hm.

hm?

hm. perhaps he should be more perturbed, but at the same time he's like "so what are we really seeing." and also he's like "wait does this work like the mist?" and then he's like "...well saya's been fine" and none of these are thoughts she can hear they're just vibes, so after a moment he looks at her. ]

...did you end up going to stay with him then?

[between her own curse, the memshare, and what he says right before the comic book panels drop — saya looks like she's just about ready to bolt.

but the vibes she gets from him aren't... bad. exactly. so as tense as she is, she simply nods while watching his expression carefully. also not opening her mouth because, well. you know.]

[ can someone help saya. listen the thing about it is that nico has seen all sorts of monsters and abominations and usually they're trying to kill him, like, immediately. saya hasn't. and saya's been nothing but polite and reasonable and actually good to talk to in this place, so it's not like he feels like striking her down right away.

so he's watching her curiously, as if debating how much he can ask. ]

For how long?

What's it to you?

[man, what a time to be cursed. she grimaces and shakes her head, huffing out a little sigh.]

... It wasn't too long. Just a few months.

[ he's just going to ignore the curse now that he's more aware because he's tired. fuck off, curse. ]

I would argue that a few months is still a bit of time. A lot can happen in that timeframe. [ ... ] But that's not...bad?

[ there is no polite way of asking "what went wrong", but it's clear he's curious still. ]

It wasn't bad at all. [quietly.] Those months were some of the happiest in my life.

[and then Something went wrong, but. what can you do.]

[ he can hear the "and" to that, but he isn't sure if he can press. ]

...sometimes it's worth having those months to hold onto in the end. Even if it doesn't always feel like it, you know? Like an example of "maybe everything doesn't always have to be awful."

... Now you sound like Reigen.

[(derogatory) (but not really)]

It's not my fault he has a point, even if I don't know how to feel about actually sounding like him. [ teasing. ] It's just...true. But it can be hard to believe when things are going poorly, so. I get that.

[ he can make an assumption that Something went wrong, because what else is new? but that's all he says before more panels appear. ]

catch-all: nico.

week four, monday.

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