Not Again! With Akira

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week four, sunday

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[HELLO CHUUYA guess who is making his way to the library today! with a blown up pink balloon that he is batting through the air]

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[That is so loud and rude, omg.

Chuuya had made himself at home in the little poetry section of the library, and peers at Akira over the top of his book.]

What are you even doing?

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Playing with a balloon.

[hah]

Winter didn't win this week. What about Heart?

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Nope. I got some confetti to make glitter bombs with though.

[He holds up his confetti packet for Akira to see.]

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Shadows again, then.

[a soft snort]

Ah, well. Now that I know some people on that team I'm a little less annoyed by it.

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I found someone on my team this week too.

[No sharing names, obviously, but.]

It's a little reassuring, I guess? To know that you're on the same side, so they should cooperate.

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Nice.

[taking a seat next to Chuuya, reaching out to rub the balloon all over his hair]

You can complete tasks with them, too. That'll earn Heart more points.

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Yeah, and maybe we can-

[Oh no, his hair is sticking up.]

Akira?

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Yes?

[c: c: c:]

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What are you doing?

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Alleviating boredom.

[playing with STATIC ELECTRICITY]

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You are a nuisance.

[He's actually moving to just poke Akira, but he'll end up zapping him with static electricity too.]

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I'm a cute nuisance.

[jumps a bit at the zap, but he seems amused instead of annoyed, so it's fine!]

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And you're lucky you're a cute nuisance, or else I would've dumped you in the lake by now.

[Poke poke poke!!! There is a touch of annoyance, but it's vastly overshadowed by affection and genuine care.]

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Please don't. . . I'm still missing an eye.

[HE DOESN'T THINK HE CAN GO UNDERWATER]

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Like I said. Lucky.

[And he. Is reaching over to mess up Akira's hair now. Because Akira messed up his so it's only fair.]

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[Akira just]

[allows for this to happen]

[(he is so amused right now)]

[even if his face stays as neutral as ever]

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[Look, they match now.]

I got some hair dye, by the way. So we can have fun with that next week.

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Oh?

[he sounds curious]

What kind of fun are you talking about?

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Wanna see if we can swap places for a day and if anyone notices? We can get you sunglasses to wear to cover up the missing eye without making it obvious that's what you're doing.

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. . . [A LAUGH]

I can't remove the bandages around my eye, though. How are we going to cover those up?

[ALSO. . . HE LOSES A LEG NEXT WEEK BUT don't worry about it]

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you can wear a hoodie pulled up too. Hoodie, combed-over hair, and sunglasses. That should cover it.