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| Nonsequitur | Aug 22 2017, 07:23 PM Post #11 |
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There was an elated kind of thrill that Hanako had allowed herself to feel. She didn't have a real frame of reference for this sort of thing, but it was going really well! She knew she liked Hiro quite a lot and she thought he liked her too. So barring some other complication, there weren't going to be any problems, right? She was just free to calm down for a bit and enjoy his company for a while?She was trying to sort her own thoughts out when she noticed that her date seemed to be caught in a sort of reverie. Hanako had seen that kind of look on other people, and she understood what it meant. And then, he reaches up and punches himself in the face. That probably got them some strange looks from other tables, no doubt just as surprised by that as Hanako was. She watched him with an unsure glance as he apologized and tried to reassure here things were more or less fine. It didn't quite work. ”Um, Hiro-kun…everything okay?” Barring another outburst like that, things would have slipped back into the routine they had before…mostly. As the food was served, Hanako followed his lead with the napkins and watched how he ate. ”Ah, that's too bad. We'll have to make up for lost time, for sure. Do you like cake?” She smiled as she got to her food. Gingerly and neatly but nowhere near as refined as Hiro, though. He was really raised more strict than his sister about those sorts of things, wasn't he? ”What was it like growing up with him? There were good times, too, surely?” She had pretty fond memories of her own grandparents. When she was little, it felt like they were the only people in the world with time for her. |
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| Sylia | Sep 3 2017, 12:45 PM Post #12 |
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"Ahh, sorry, sorry!" Hiro apologized as he smiled a little. "Just my inner friend deciding to hit me for some reason or another. But I'm okay now." Noting that Hanako was following his eating style, he smiled a bit. "No need to restrain yourself with me." He says, setting his silverware down for the moment. "These are just my habits that were beaten into me." Luckily, the conversation moved onto his missing of sweets. "Oh god, that'd be delightful!" Hiro exclaimed, trying to keep his voice down. If he could have hearts in his eyes, he would've. "I love cake! I've yet to taste one I haven't liked!" Once the conversation moved on to his grandfather, Hiro sighed softly. "It wasn't all bad, per se, but he was really strict about my upbringing. He didn't want me to associate with anyone that was from a lower class than me, he didn't want me to eat sweets or anything that could ruin my body... things like that." He says softly. "But... like I said, it wasn't all bad. He could be kind, just he had a gruff way of showing it at times. I guess he raised me just how he was raised. To be a Yakuza boss." That last sentence seemed to come out the blue, but judging by Hiro's words and tone, he was certainly telling the truth. "My mom moved me to this place to give me a fresh start and to actually be able to socialize and be around other people." Hiro continued, smiling a little. "My grandfather doesn't know where I am at this time... but it's only a matter of time before he finds me again." |
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| Nonsequitur | Sep 3 2017, 04:29 PM Post #13 |
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”Well, in that case. I'll be sure to make you a good one!” She said with a smile. The matter of his Persona seeing fit to highjack his hand and strike him with it was smoothed over as far as she was concerned. She'd encountered weirder things regarding other Persona users and she didn't think it was a problem, or even think too hard on what had sparked the conflict between him and his other self in the first place. She was more interested in learning more about Hiro and his upbringing. She listened intently as he mentioned the grandfather that raised him. He sounded like a rather strict and serious man. Seeing how Hiro was, she didn't have any problems guessing how things went between the two of them. …wait, what did he just say? She blinked and stared back at him blankly for a moment while she tried to process that correctly. Surely she just didn't hear him correctly? It was best to not just needlessly jump to conclusions. ”…I'm sorry, did you just say 'yakuza?'” She was careful to keep her voice down when she asked incredulously. If you weren't careful, that was how rumors started, correct or no. As she asked that, she put her head down and her grasp on the fork subtly shifted, less to something of a normal eating pattern and closer to a white knuckled grip suitable for stabbing. ”I'm afraid I don't really have good experiences with them.” She said, calmly. Incongruous with how her body had tensed up at once at the mention. |
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| Sylia | Sep 4 2017, 05:27 PM Post #14 |
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Hiro noticed immediately the shift in body language and tone, frowning a bit as he sat his fork and knife down and sighing. "...Yeah." He says softly, staring down at his meal. "My grandfather runs things from the shadows, so to speak and was raising me as his successor. My mom was his successor at first until she gave birth to me. She never wanted that life for me so she moved me here secretly." "I can only imagine what sort of hell yakuza members might've caused for you and I also understand if you don't want anything to do with me after this." Hiro spoke quietly, clenching his hands on his lap. "Heh, I guess it's something of a stigma that follows me regardless, huh?" Taking a deep breath and exhaling softly, Hiro smiled a bit sadly at Hanako. "I guess that kinda ruined the evening, huh?" He says while sitting upright in his seat. "I'm sorry. I really am. I... well... there's nothing I can say in this situation, yeah?" "Goddammit grandfather... you're still giving me hell even when you're not around..." Hiro mumbled to himself. His heart had all but sank into his chest and he just wanted to scream. But he had to be a gentleman straight to the end. Finally meeting Hanako's gaze, Hiro spoke again finally. "So.. umm, if you want to leave, I can get that to go if you'd like?" |
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| Nonsequitur | Sep 16 2017, 05:47 PM Post #15 |
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Despite his offer that she was free to go without further complications if it was such a problem for her, she didn't respond right away. She was left looking at a half-empty dish of pasta whist wearing an apprehensive, hesitant frown. She raised her head and tried to link to his gaze. She had something to say, a moment later she'd apparently changed her mind. By the time she did speak, a full five minutes had past. ”W-well. Let me think about it please?” She spoke as though she was growing hoarse. The unsure words less spoken than meekly croaked directly from the back of her throat. She closed her eyes and her shoulders drooped and she gave a pathetic sigh. ”I still really like you, and I know you can't help who you were born to, but I still need to seriously think about this, okay?” She didn't make any moves to get up or leave. Evidently, any deep thoughts she had to consider about the matter could have been resolved at her seat and not something that had to be done in seclusion over the matter of hours or days. The whole problem she had that she mentioned was mainly tied ot the kinds of people the yakuza scions she had the poor luck to cross paths with were, and what they did to other people. There was definitely no comparison between him and the likes of Sadako, but there was also no doubt that what she knew was enough to give her pause. She looked back to him and bit her lower lip, her posture was fidgety as she suddenly found no comfortable position to sit. ”I…guess the only thing to do for now is continue the date. I'm sorry if things got awkward there, Hiro-kun. Will that be ok?” |
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| Sylia | Sep 17 2017, 03:25 PM Post #16 |
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Hiro wasn't sure what to do. It seemed like every time he revealed part of himself to someone, they reacted badly towards it. He seemed rather downtrodden about it, not realizing how bad that having such connections could be. Raising his eyes from his food to Hanako, he met her gaze. A lot of emotions were told in his gaze, but the most prominent one was sorrow. Five minutes passed before she spoke. Five minutes of silence that was rather uncomfortable for Hiro. He was about to excuse himself when she finally said something that made him pause. She asked for time to think about it. Well, that was to be expected, really. He thought to himself, his face softening at her answer. Managing to smile a bit, Hiro nodded. "Sure, that's fair." He says with a nod. What she said afterwards was surprising to him. She didn't want to hold his background against him, but it seemed as if she had a really bad run-in with the Yakuza and thusly needed to seriously think about where this might lead. But, as a silver lining, she wanted to continue the date. Offering another smile; much bigger than the last, Hiro nodded. "Yeah, let's enjoy our food before it cools." He says, letting out an exhale of air softly, letting the tension melt away. Even if they couldn't be together any further in this sort of way... maybe, just maybe they could remain friends? Hiro could only mentally pray such a thing were possible. Regardless, he wanted to be closer to her if possible. |
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| Nonsequitur | Sep 22 2017, 08:08 PM Post #17 |
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Hey were going to resume, not restart from the beginning and pretend the line of conversation didn't go the way it did. That never worked out, and in the long run it was more beneficial to have things like that out in the open. But if they couldn't have just restarted from the top, then that meant a graceful place to move the conversation onto was all the more important. She had a little bit to come up with something while she ate. It came to her soon, at least. ”You and Gwyn-chan don't go to the same high schools, is there any particular reason for that?” Gwyn was precocious, and wound up a first year much younger than anyone else she'd ever heard of. But that meant she got to be her senpai before she graduated. Hiro and her were much closer in age, and she would have remembered seeing him around Taiyou. He was too cute to fade into the background like that, after all. ”What would you like to do when you graduate? You're a third year now, right?” She smiled sweetly, but inwardly she felt a bit bad. Her senior year was so stressful. Nothing but cramming and exams, and she's jamming more drama into that on what should have just been a fun, light date. It was a fun, light date. And she wasn't averse to it going back that way though… Ah! Come to think of it, she was not going to dredge that back up so soon, but did Gwyn know anything about Hiro's grandfather? What would she have thought of it? And here Hanako was thinking the most awkward part of this would have been making eyes at a boy with the same given name as her own dad. |
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| Sylia | Sep 24 2017, 05:51 PM Post #18 |
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Hiro nibbled thoughtfully at his food while Hanako asked her questions. They were easy enough answers and he figured this was as good as any way to resume conversations. "Mmmm, well I'd say it was my mom's idea. She figured going to the same school as my little sis would stress her out, so she suggested I go to Reitaku instead." Hiro explained with a light chuckle, "I agreed as I didn't wanna just drop in on my sister's life and turn it upside down." Leaning back in his seat, Hiro looked thoughtful as he thought about what he wanted to do after highschool. "I.. kinda wanna get into baking. Even if my grandfather manages to intervene, I wanna learn how to bake and maybe open a shop somewhere." He finally says after giving it some thought. "Though I'm afraid I'd eat my products before I get to sell them! And yes, I'm a third year now." Smiling a bit, Hiro nodded to himself. "I... really am glad I got a chance to live my own life." He says, "Even if it is only for a short while, I'm happy. I don't want these times to end, y'know?" Blinking and shaking his head, Hiro lightly patted his cheeks. "Sorry! Sorry! Got on a depressing subject again!" He apologzed, then tilted his head to the side. "So tell me, what do you plan to do with your life? You're in college now, right?" |
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| Nonsequitur | Sep 26 2017, 07:31 PM Post #19 |
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Hanako leaned to the side and rested her cheek on her her hand, both supported by her elbow against the table. She smiled as he talked about his dreams for the future and how content he was in his present. She didn't see anything wrong with that, and shook her head when he was concerned that the subject was a downer. ”No, no! I don't mind. But I think it's really sweet that you're considerate of me.” Something so nice and simple was really appealing to her, and she was very glad that she heard it. ”And, I totally see what you mean. I've had a situation similar to that with my own sister. It can be a bit overwhelming! Especially if you're already trying to fit in.” She was quick to add more atop that thought. ”I think Gwyn-chan's gonna be fine though. At least she was back when we were in Taiyou together!” Of course, she just had to introduce Hiro and his sister to Kasumi! Why hadn't that been done sooner? That idea came and went like a car speeding by, and she was thinking about the precocious and kind blonde girl. A lot could have changed in a short time, but it's only been a few short months. Though, maybe she should have dropped in on the girl? See how she was doing as a second year? She mused over the question as she answered about her own future. She nodded and responded. ”Yeah. I'm studying marine biology specifically. I'd always had an interest in that kind of stuff, and I'm loving it so far. I can't wait to get out there and get hands-on, you know?” |
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| Sylia | Oct 16 2017, 03:46 PM Post #20 |
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"Sounds like that'd be pretty great!" Hiro replies as he smiles back at her. "I'm glad you've got something that you can do that with. Sounds like a winner to me!" Munching thoughtfully on his food, Hiro wondered what'd become of him and Trent. Trent's gone missing for a while so he hoped he was okay! Maybe he just needed some alone time? But either way, if this keeps up, he'll most certainly end up in Hanako's arms. Arms. Arms... WAIT! THAT'S IT! Pixie suddenly exclaimed from within his mind. ?? Hiro rose an eyebrow as he closed his eyes a moment. What're you up to...? He wondered. Oh noooothing~ Not thinking much of it, Hiro thought about his little sister as he opened his eyes again a few seconds later. "Oh! Did you wanna stop by my place when we're done here? Surely she'd be there if you'd like to speak to her and I'm sure she'd love that!" Hiro spoke, smiling brightly. "She's been a bit mopey lately anyhow so I'm sure that'll brighten her day." Oh yeeess.. that sounds like a perfect plan~ |
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