HPA Gossip Gays Predespair Chatzy Highlights.
Takumi Akiyama: Well, I did at the start. I have t'keep an eye on the teacher remember. I mean, what took you so long to get down here? Were yah pityin' Zaizen-kun's detention? I don't know why he keeps passin' those notes; it was only a matter of time before Minami-san lost it. Ruri starts eating his bento like a wild animal while Takumi is talking Ruri: Pityin'...? I guess so. He gets so sad when Minami-san gives him detention, but he should learn not to push her buttons.
Takumi Akiyama He placed both of his hand on the table and leaned in slightly. Takumi Akiyama He then said rather loudly, as he does: Takumi Akiyama: Do you have a CRUSH ON ANYONE.
Takumi Akiyama Takumi held out his pinky as a way to almost force Ruri into this sense of 'You can't tell anyone this or I will get Suzuka to take you to court' kind of promise.
Takumi Akiyama Takumi moved his arms and lay his face flat down on the table and started to mumble.
Ruri: Fine, damn you! I'll tell Shinya-kun I like him if you confess to Koda-kun. I'll even do it on hard mode! I'll bring flowers and candy like a creep on Valentine's day! And you just have to go up to Koda-kun and say "I think you're really cute!"
Ruri: What, do you think you're a matchmaker now? Takumi Akiyama: I prefer the term: Shoujo expert, thank you very much.
Takumi Akiyama: Hahakigi-san and Naomi for example. Ruri: Ooh. You're trying to set them up? Do you just go around tryin' to make people get married?
Ruri: Hahakigi-san gets nervous when she's around any of the girls. Takumi Akiyama: That's because she's gay Egusa.
Takumi Akiyama: Watch this Egusa - Naomi always responds to my texts except when she's with Hahakigi-san. It's been tried an tested... Don't look at me like that, I have a lot of free-time alright? Ruri: ...I think you have too much free time.
Ruri: Sure? Yeah. I just don't really go around worryin' about other people's love lives... I got a lot of homework... and Shinya-kun--um... I mostly... uhh... I hang out with him... and sometimes Mariya-kun... Mariya-kun likes when I give him piggyback rides... and Sugawara-san--... Ruri: Digressing.
Ruri: No, I don't care because it's weird! You're weird. All you do is read your smut manga with Minami-san and you still can't tell she has a crush on you.
Takumi Akiyama: And it's not smut, it's sexual literature.
Ruri: Akiyama.
Takumi Akiyama: Yeah I know that. Also, just gotta say. If you are gonna end up kissin' him... Just... watch out. Ruri: ...um, what? Takumi Akiyama: He sneezed in my mouth. Ruri: ... Ruri: What?? Takumi Akiyama: He... Sneezed in my mouth. Ruri: That's... gross. I didn't really need to know that.
Ruri: That's no problem for me. I'm practically immune to Shinya-kun. Built up a tolerance..
Takumi Akiyama: Has Koda-kun talked about me? Ruri: Well, he doesn't talk to me. About anything. If he can avoid it. But he's always grumblin' about how he wishes you were around instead of me. He says I suck at video games and at least you're fun to play with. Stuff like that... so hurtful...
Ruri: You did it before, right? Shinya-kun's mean and distant in his own way. But if you hug him a lot he doesn't get mad. Maybe you need to give Koda-kun a hug.
Takumi Akiyama: Yah remember that sleepover we had with all the boys and Hahakigi-san? Back in first year? Ruri: Sure... that was... interesting.
Ruri: No way... that's so gay...
Takumi Akiyama: Have you two ever had an 'intimate' moment? Ruri splutters
Ruri: W-well, that's it! When he gets fussy I'll kiss him... on the cheek or something... but one time it--it was a mouth kiss... Y'know...
Takumi Akiyama: That's pretty gay. Ruri: Yeah... Suzuka silently appears. Suzuka: A little. Ruri: Ah--!! Oh, shit...
Suzuka does a deadpan wave. Suzuka: Hello, Egusa-shi. Akiyama-shi.
Ruri lowers his head. Ashamed of the gay.
Takumi Akiyama: Tsujio-shi, aren't you warm? Suzuka gestures to the one open button of her jacket
Ruri: You should take your own advice, Akiyama. He won't say anything to Koda-kun. Takumi Akiyama: DON'T BRING THAT UP. Suzuka: ...But I saw them talking last period. Suzuka misses the point by several miles.
Ruri: A little? I haven't... It's not a relationship... officially... Ruri looks distressed Suzuka: Res, non verba. A label means whatever one wants it to mean. Hegemonic relationship structures are sometimes unnecessary. Suzuka isn't doing this whole gossip thing very well. Takumi Akiyama blinked at Suzuka for a minute. He never caught a single word of that. Rather, the heat was getting to him so he unbuttoned his school shirt and tie and took them off, opting to sit in his more comfortable tank top.
Ruri just stares.
Takumi Akiyama: Anyway, we were discussin' the romantic potential between Hahakigi-san and Naomi. Suzuka: Those two? Let them have each other.
Suzuka makes a face that is exactly as bitter as she sounds. Hides it behind her coffee as she sips it.
Ruri: Hahakigi-san is kind of odd.
Ruri: She threatens to shove a broom handle up my ass sometimes? Suzuka: There was the part where she worked for an— Hmm. That is nearly as bad. Suzuka: And very unhygienic.
Takumi Akiyama blinks and scratches underneath his armpits.
Suzuka: Han-shi's type being... unscrupulous, unapologetic, unprincipled tools of corporate terror?
Takumi Akiyama: Tsujio-shi what beef do yah have with Hahakigi-san. Suzuka: ...She worked for the Mikata Corporation. Willingly. And she still hasn't made an effort to comprehend why I might object to that. Suzuka: And she threatens to shove a broom handle up Egusa-shi's backside sometimes. Suzuka nods at Ruri. You've got a friend in me. Ruri feels truly touched
Takumi Akiyama: Ok, so I guess I can agree that Hahakigi-san is odd... Well then, surely there must be other people in the class you think will work well together? Egusa thinks I'm weird. Suzuka considers this. Suzuka: You and Koda-shi, verbi gratia.
Takumi Akiyama opens his mouth and squints at Suzuka. Why. Takumi Akiyama: Why.
Takumi Akiyama: That doesn't mean anythin'? I mean, like I said, he likes Tsuzarahara-san. Suzuka tilts her head. This is news. Suzuka: I thought he liked you. And Tsubaki. And Minami-shi. Suzuka: And Han-shi. Suzuka knows how to read a room. Takumi Akiyama: Is Koda-kun really this much of a bachelor?
Suzuka also looks thoughtful for a second. Suzuka: Besides. Adachi Yurie is attractive.
Takumi Akiyama: Tsujio-shi it's hard t'just walk up and ask "hey man, whats good?" Suzuka: ... Suzuka: Well, that is true. I wouldn't ask that.
Ruri: I'm... okay at talking to boys. Suzuka: I think you're fine, Egusa-shi. Suzuka sounds more like someone's aunt or grandmother trying to reassure them than she intended. Suzuka: ...After all, you're talking to Akiyama-shi right now.
Takumi Akiyama clears his throat and pulls his shirt back on again, putting his tie on rather squint. Suzuka doesn't stop herself from staring at his tie.
Takumi Akiyama: Anyway, I heard that Kurosawa-san cheated on the maths test. Suzuka: I suppose that's expected from someone who claims to speak to ghosts.
Suzuka: And Hahakigi-shi's is 'janitor', but I've never seen her wash her hands.
Ruri: I think the ghosts gave them the answers. Is that it? Suzuka: ...That's what I'd do if I could speak to ghosts. Suzuka was joking. She would not break the law.
