I'll Punish You!

Hey there! I'm Mei~ I'm an upcoming Trainer from Unova but currently attending LCU

[inthemeiofthemoon]

StaryuBucks Studying [Open]

[lonhugh]

"Oh, Red?" Hugh smiled at the familiar name, Red was always a great name to hear.Though Serena, that didn’t really ring any bells but he was sure that if Mei knew her then he was bound to meet her soon enough. "Red and I are in the same dorm actually. He’s a good guy, I’m glad you guys are friends too then."

Then she mentioned “Hilbert” and Hugh was brought back down to Earth. He sighed and rolled his head around his shoulders, trying to become a little more comfortable—but it didn’t work, unfortunately. Still, he just nodded along to what Mei had said and tried to push him out of his thoughts—

Until she said that last bit.

"Suck. My soul."

[inthemeiofthemoon]

"D-did...I hit a soft spot or something, Hugh?" she saw that he tensed up a bit

"I'm sorry, I didn't know it was that bad. Why didn't you...say something?" Mei try to comfort him by touching his back lightly, and rubbing it

"Does Nate know about...well, you-know-who?" 

[inthemeiofthemoon]

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[lonhugh]

  "I-I didn’t mean to… We didn’t mean…" he released a sigh and would have easily ran a hand through his hair if he weren’t carrying two cups of coffee right now. To be honest (with himself), this was one of the things that he always disliked about Mei, how she always made him feel bad and guilty. But it’s his own fault as well for not realizing his mistakes and placing the blame onto others. "You’re really social though Mei, I really doubt you didn’t make any friends yet. Come on, don’t lie to me.

"We worry about you too," it was really more of a subconscious decision, but he was glad the "we" slipped out rather than an "I." Could have been bad. But then he made an automatic frown when he heard the word "roommate."

"My roommate’s a ghost apparently."

[inthemeiofthemoon]

"I hate when you're right...." she let out a small laugh "I think I'm friends with a freshman named Serena and I met Red, he's the anime club president and he was pretty nice..." 

"Y-YOUR ROOMATE IS HILBERT?!" she almost yelled out, covering her mouth already feeling the embarrassment rise to her cheeks.

"Sorry Hugh....both for that reaction and room situation" she whispered "I met him not that long ago when I heard the ghost rumor...he's kind of weird....maybe he's just like that?" she said to him, smiling

"Or maybe he's already planning to suck your soul"

[inthemeiofthemoon]

Oh, I'm running for Secretary

"I hope you guys vote for me, it seems like I have some opponents too!"

"But good luck to both N and Hikari~" 

[dorksenpai]

join the anime club

[dorksenpai]

"You should, if you ever get the opportunity. There’s… A lot to do there." Okay, so he wasn’t exactly the best travel brochure, but his point still stood. Red was as moderately proud of his home as any other average person, and he’d certainly traversed the region enough to know what could reasonably be called a ‘great deal’ about it.

Well, she hadn’t done half bad at remembering, Red offering a smile of reassurance and an affirming nod. “Haruka— It’s Haruka. Sorry, I don’t… Watch a lot of dubs, is all.” There were certain benefits to being half Japanese and coming from a Japanese speaking home. Like not needing subs. Life is good.

Mei had enthusiasm, though, and Red had to give her that. It was all she really needed to have anyway. “Well, you’re more than welcome to come, Mei. I’m not sure how much there is to… Learn, exactly? But it’s fun, so…”

[inthemeiofthemoon]

"Well, I just need to know when the first official meeting is! I'm not sure if I could but I can try to convince two of my friends to tag along also, to see if they like it...." she continued "But I will certainly be a member!"

Mei signed her name and info onto the paper and gathered her things

"Thank you, Red. You were really nice." She waved goodbye and walked into the crowd. 

[inthemeiofthemoon]

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[lonhugh]

  "Of course we were. Nate went to a completely different school, remember? Hell, we even came together at the same time to Kalos, figuring you were already here."

Deep down, Mei’s little words hurt. The more she spoke, the more he realized how little of Mei he (and Nate to an extent) thought of her. After all, she was the one who told Hugh about this abroad program and yet he didn’t even think to send one message to her of how he got in. If anything it was because he was too excited to tell Nate first (and ended up with the conclusion of surprising Mei later).

That certainly worked out to his favor.

"I-In a way, we kind of wanted to surprise you… Well the purrloin’s out of the bag so there’s not much I can say huh?" the tick of his nervous laugh came out once more as he continued to lead them to Nate’s suite.

Sometimes it’s really hard to tell the truth.

[inthemeiofthemoon]

Mei looked at Hugh with curiosity in her eyes

"Surprise me...? I rather you have told me before. I've been alone most of this time, you know...It just really sucks being left out of the loop, Hugh."

"I just really worry about you sometimes." she then quickly added "And N-Nate too, of course" she followed him along to Nate's suite.

"But anyway....how is it so far? Do you like your roomate?" she smiled 

[inthemeiofthemoon]

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[lonhugh]

  "Well, just gotta drop off this coffee is all really. Not to mention you can come too, because well, you already know Nate so,” he laughed a bit as he began to walk ahead, signalling Mei to follow after him.

"It’s been a while since the three of us hung out right? No excuse to stop now if all three of us are free right now."

[inthemeiofthemoon]

She picked up her bag and followed him as he talked

"Oh...you're going to see Nate. I didn't know you guys were already hanging out." she sighed

"You never even told me you got accepted, you know. And you just suddenly stopped talking to me, Nate too." Mei continued

"I guess you guys were too busy together doing whatever you guys do..." she shook her head

"Dorks"

[inthemeiofthemoon]

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[lonhugh]

  Hugh sighed while at the counter, ordering two caramel fraps to go. It was weird, seeing Mei again, and it felt weird for him to admit that—even to himself. Probably because it’s been a while, despite going to the same school, but he wasn’t exactly sure how to say hi to her again after a while.

Sometimes life is weird.

After the order was done and he paid, he went outside and saw a teary-eyed Mei. Fantastic. He put on the most non-awkward smile he could manage.

"I uh… I didn’t know that actually… Nate didn’t mention anything so um," he coughed, shrugging his shoulders after. "I’m sorry though Mei, I really am… Hey uh, you’re studying right now, right? Why don’t we study together? To make it up for you huh?"

[inthemeiofthemoon]

He apologized, so that was a start. But she was still a little angry about him not speaking to her.

But they were friends and she would forgive him in due time.

"N-no, it's ok...you said you had to go somewhere, right? Who is it that you're visiting? I was finishing up my studying anyway so I can walk at least half way with you..."

she wiped away the remnants of tears off her face. 

"I don't want to have you late to anything.." 

[inthemeiofthemoon]

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[lonhugh]

"Uuuuh… I will in a second? Haha?" Hugh stepped around Mei, watching nervously how her thoughtful expression changed to something more… not so thoughtful. He inched slowly towards the counter.

"I have to pick up… some coffee for me and someone else, haha! I’ll be out in a sec,  yeah?"

[inthemeiofthemoon]

She didn't respond, she just went outside and waited. 

And that's when she went over her thoughts. She couldn't lie, she did feel SOMETHING for Hugh at one point, and she knew that it wasn't the same for him. They were only friends. Good friends. But she couldn't help but have a twinge of hope for him

She was always up in the clouds with him. But Nate told her, Nate told her to go easy on him when they saw each other. And she wanted to but she hurt herself again just by getting hopeful that maybe this college was her chance to get over him by meeting someone else. But as soon as he walked in, she forgot that promise to herself.

She took in a deep breath, and heard the door open up and turned around

Mei teared up a bit, she couldn't help it, she missed her friend

"I-I'm angry at you, you know that right? Nate must've told you."

[inthemeiofthemoon]

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[lonhugh]

  Hugh was out on a mission. Despite the fact that he was mistreated earlier, he couldn’t help but accomplish this one simple favor. Then again, it was just grabbing coffee for someone, and of course a cup for himself.

So he found the Staryubucks on campus after referring to the campus map Arceus knows how many times. He was reciting his own order in his head already, as the other coffee is a surprise order apparently (if anything, Hugh would just order two of the same to make his life easier). But before he could recite his order out loud, a familiar face struck out to him.

"Oh, hey, Mei!  Funny seeing you here."

[inthemeiofthemoon]

"Oh, hey, Mei! Funny seeing you here."

The world literally just stopped when he walked into the coffee shop. She could not believe this, she couldn't believe him, the audacity.

Mei had literally not heard from him since back at Unova...and that was a few months ago. She felt a rush of emotion bubbling to the service

Anger

Hurt

Maybe even....lu...No! No! No! No! She didn't feel any sort of romantic feelings for him no, nope. 

Well, maybe a little. Maybe as much as Nate. Or more. Yeah, definitely more.

But can't let that show now, she's chosen to be angry, that's the appropriate response.

"H...ugh...?"

She heard something snap, and she realized that was the pencil in her hand that she was using to write.

"How....funny it is to see you too...." she let out, her body was slightly shaking, oh...she truly was going to let him have it.

"Why don't we speak outside, huh?" she pointed to the door as she got up, almost slamming her book shut

"We have some catching up to do."

[inthemeiofthemoon]

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"The towers in Johto....Bell Tower and Brass Tower, right?" Mei mummered to herself as she wrote that down in her notebook She finally did what most college students end up doing, purchasing some type of caffeinated drinks (or more, she was already on her second Chai Latte) and studying her Mythology book and jotting down the important parts of her textbooks chapter "Ho-oh and Lugia are connected to those two towers, and also the three legendary dogs..." She wrote down in her notebook, her own thoughts just focused on her notes The shop was empty, for it was a Sunday, most people were already back in their dorms, but her room was feeling a bit stuffy. So she wanted to get some fresh air and get some note taking out of the way That's when the little bell above the door chimed, and broke her thoughts when she looked up at who was entering

[inthemeiofthemoon]

((I'll try to respond tonight if I can since I'm learning the basics of driving today and I have a day off of work Sorry!))

[dorksenpai]

join the anime club

[dorksenpai]

  "Unova…?" Right, Unova. Hadn’t the world tournament been held somewhere in Unova? Something like that, he was sure. "I’ve never really seen much of Unova. I think I’ve been to… Driftveil? But I’m from Kanto."

He nodded an agreement, though he didn’t exactly have much to say on the subject of needing friends. “That’s good. More friends are always… Nice.” It wasn’t that he had an overabundance of them, but he didn’t have a tragic lack of friendly acquaintances either, and big social groups weren’t exactly Red’s forte.

A soft ‘hmm’ was all that followed the question being turned on him for a few moments as he thought it over, hand going to his chin in deep consideration of the subject. “Usagi’s— I mean, Serena’s— character evolution is, well, you know. It’s incredibly important, as the protagonist… I’ve always liked Jupiter too…” It’s a difficult decision to make; every Sailor Moon character is pretty important to him. “Uranus, though, I think.”

[inthemeiofthemoon]

"Kanto, huh? Wow...far from home..." she nodded "I'd like to visit, honestly..." Most Unovians considered it the boonies, but she heard so many amazing stories about trainers there....

She noticed that he used the original names for the scouts. I guess he wanted to be easier on her.

"I know...I know their actual names! I'm sorry, I just use their english names most of the time. Hugh and Nate told me their names before...Usagi, Makoto...and Uranus is....I forgot...I'm sorry!" she blushed

"I really want to learn more about anime, honestly..."

[inthemeiofthemoon]

My Nate and Hugh senses are tingling

[chro-nate]

  "Haha, is your faith in us really that low? I’m hurt! But it’s like I said, we’re all here. No worries."

He placed a hand on her head and ruffled her hair a bit.

"I’m feeling great! The new place has really got me pumped. There are so many types of people and trainers here and there’s a lot of energy because of it. It’s really exciting, don’t you think?"

[inthemeiofthemoon]

"I-it's not that I didn't have faith in you!!" she stammered. Nate, in particular, always had this way of getting to Mei that was all types of flustering and annoying. But him and Hugh were truly her support system, after all. After all they've been through she'd hope they felt the same.

But she can never get mad at him. Ever. Nate had those movie star charms, and he was in the acting program after all....

"It is exciting!" she smiled "I'm glad you're enjoying it so far!" 

She got closer to him, saying in a whisper

"You're still an idiot though, worrying me like that, and Hugh is going to hear it later too..."

[inthemeiofthemoon]

I ain't afraid of no ghost! (She is) [open]

[hilbert-black-pkmn]

  "Well I didn’t like my brown hair, it reminded me too much of my Dad." he said with a shrug. 

"Well it’s nice to meet you Rosa, guessing by the way you seem to have Unova fashion I take it that you are Unova native as well?" he asked with a smile playing on his lips.

"It’s alright, I got kicked on my leg by one of my room mates so it wasn’t the most worst thing that happened to me today." he said lightly laughing.

[inthemeiofthemoon]

"I-...well, yes, I'm from the Unova region...." she blurted out.

This boy was surely something, huh?

"You got...kicked? Are you like accident prone? Because I'm a little bit of a klutz myself..."

Well, around Nate and Hugh most of the time, they always flustered her. 

"....Well, uh.....are you ok?"

[inthemeiofthemoon]

I ain't afraid of no ghost! (She is) [open]

[hilbert-black-pkmn]

  "Erm yeah. I don’t look too much like a girl, do I? I mean dyed white hair isn’t supposed to make me look feminine, well that’s what the internet said." he thought for a moment.

"Wait I get it, you think I’m a ghost like my room mates think? No, no, no you have it wrong I’m Hilbert." he said with a warm smile.

"Sorry did I scare you?" he asked noticing that she had stayed a nice space away from him.

[inthemeiofthemoon]

"You never know, ok! Jeez...rude ghost aren't we?" she still kept her guard up.

"Wait...you dyed your hair that color? Why? That's a pretty drastic....change." she shook her head

"Hilbert....? I'm...." she paused, did she want to give her actual name out? What if he really was some supernatural being and cursed her with just her name?

"I'm Rosa" she continued "I'm sorry for hitting you, I guess.."

[inthemeiofthemoon]

I ain't afraid of no ghost! (She is) [open]

[hilbert-black-pkmn]

  Hilbert had been in the library for some books to know what he had missed over the few days. Since he wasn’t outside and the school was connected to dormitories he wasn’t wearing anything thick. 

As he walked out with a ton of books in his hands all you could see was the top of his snowy white hair. He was wearing navy blue combat boots this time, which were lighter than his black ones but still made a noise.

He was going to answer when the girl called out but instead came a cough.

Due to the fact that his books where in front of his face he couldn’t see, and that lead to falling on the floor and bruising his leg even more.

"What’s up with people and hurting me today?" he mumbled rubbing the back of his head as it had clashed with the corner of his criminology book.

"Sorry." he muttered picking up his stack of books.

[inthemeiofthemoon]

The ghost spoke! Ghosts shouldn't be able to speak! They only wail and moan, right? Or at least those movies she watched always did....

"GET AWAY FROM ME!" she shrieked "I'M WARN-....wait...did you just say sorry?" she stopped, still clutching her bag to attack again just in case it was a cruel trick.

"Oh. It's a boy.....I think? I can't tell. Are you a boy?" she called out, still keeping her distance from the figure.

[inthemeiofthemoon]

My Nate and Hugh senses are tingling

[chro-nate]

  "Ah, hey, hey! No need to get worked up now that we’ve all found each other, right? We’re all in one piece (some strange rumors aside…)" 

He held his hands in front of him to gesture for Mei to calm down, an apologetic smile plastered on his face.

"How is our Mei doing then, huh?”

[inthemeiofthemoon]

"I'm fine! I was really worried you guy didn't get in the program too...no calls or anything you know..." she sighed, and blushed a little.

Hugh and Nate always made her like this. It was confusing for her because she always cared for them so much, but she always felt like she nagged them. 

"H-how...are you, Nate?"