ask prompt | @curseleads··· asks: Yuji is very excited! He’s nearly knocked her over with the bag in his arms! Can she guess what’s inside?
THIS WAS A LITTLE UNEXPECTED , as well as immediately exciting ! The abrupt collision was already gone from her mind as she quickly corrected her vertical situation . Her full attention was on Yuji the moment he appeared , overcome with a blend of cheerfulness that matched his and curiosity for what was happening at the current moment .
He wanted her to guess what was in his bag ? The corners of her lips curved in a delighted smile . Teru loved guessing . She did it with everything all the time ! As usual , she started the process of elimination , which began first with any and all inanimate objects . It was a sure and swift deduction this time around , in view of the fact that the bag was clearly —
“ Moving ? It’s moving ! You can’t be serious ! ” The peculiarity of this situation thrilled her beyond her original fervor of excitement . Really ! What had he shoved in there ? The girl brought herself closer to her friend , nearly pressing herself against him to get a better feel of what was inside the bag . “ It’s alive ! It’s — It’s a small animal ! A squirrel — ? No ! It’s — ”
It was right there at the tip of her tongue , yet the guessing timer surely ran out at the sound of a small and sudden yap ! Because how wouldn’t that give it away ? Unable to hold herself any longer , Teru’s eager hands slithered their way into the bag to quickly seize its occupant .
“ Yuji-kun ! Ah ! How — Where did you find a puppy !? ”
― 🜺 ― There it was. The smile that pierced the veil of a cloudy sky, sending his heart racing with her every reaction ― most especially so when he was spoken to in such familiarity. The sort that even his friends didn't call out to him with, that unfamiliar '-kun'. Truthfully, all thoughts of the dog he'd found very nearly slipped his mind at that moment. If not for its pitched cries and wriggling, he may have even allowed for the bag to drop in his hands. Instead, his heart beckons him to hold tighter, perhaps even tempt his luck by using the same familiar language to see if she would notice.
Snuggling the pup closer to prevent its fall, he parted his lips in trepidation for the risk he was about to take ―
" I found him under the overpass, Teru-chan. " a half truth, as he'd saved the dog from a particularly nasty spirit, shaking and scared, but otherwise uninjured. He presses on, as naturally as he could, stepping closer to watch both Teru and the dog. " A bit messy, but I think they must have been owned by someone really recently. I was gonna take it to a shelter but I couldn't find one so. . . Ah, you mind helping me out? I can't keep it where I am. "
Though he'd hate to put the pressure of taking in the dog on her, he also didn't want to risk having it at the school. The only option was to take it somewhere safest, much like he knew he'd have to do for Teru-chan eventually.
" Sorry, Teru-chan. I know it's kinda short notice. "