dumb kids doing dumb things

[soba]

kia and i will thread or else

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[inveilsible]

Can I see??

[ SANA YOU CAN'T JUST ASK-- ]

[soba]

No.

[ it actually doesn't work like that, but he will not explain that. ]

[inveilsible]

[ Poor Toi will never be a bride. ]

O-oh... [ and Sana deflates, poking her fingers together. ] Sorry, I guess that was really rude of me to just... I'm sorry.

[ Well, of course she can't just ask some guy she doesn't even know the name of to turn into a kappa. That's stupid. ]

[soba]

Whatever.

[ ... ]

Why are you even hanging out here?

[inveilsible]

… I wander. Sometimes if I don't make myself move and walk around, it gets a little too lonely...

[ And she has friends now, but they all go to different schools. ]

[soba]

[ ... hmmm

he scratches the back of his head ]

Come on. Those guys over there look like they're ready to pee themselves.

[ the kids??? they can still see toi talking to himself ]

[inveilsible]

S-sorry... I know talking to me is only going to make people think something's wrong with you.

[ But he'd said "come on", not "go away", which... she hadn't expected, but Sana will take it regardless and move after him. ]

[soba]

[ he can't say he isn't curious about what she's saying, and admittedly some of his concern is whether or not he might get roped into it so he might as well learn as much as he can now.

but once they're far enough from people as they walk, he'll speak again. ]

Can you go back to normal?

[inveilsible]

I don't know... I want to, but I don't think it can be undone. I've never heard of something like that happening, anyway.

[ So really, she thinks, it's her own fault for making a wish like that. ]

[soba]

Could another wish undo it?

[ he is not sure why he's asking, because he has absolutely no intention of handing his own wish off to another person, but he's. curious. ]

[inveilsible]

I... don't know. I've never heard about anyone using their wish to undo someone else's.

[ But it was probably powerful enough for that. ]

Even if it could, I couldn't ask anyone to do that for me and I'm not important enough for that anyway. It's... not worth the price.

[soba]

[ he raises an eyebrow. ]

Price?

[inveilsible]

... It's not worth it.

[ And that's all she'll say. ]

[soba]

... right.

[ he does not press, because it's not really any of his business.

but he'll keep walking. ]

[inveilsible]

U-um... thank you, though! For talking to me... I don't even remember the last time I've been able to talk to someone who wasn't like me.

[ And yet here he is, letting her tag along. ]

[soba]

I mean, it was kind of hard to ignore you...

[ since she was staring at him right after he technically committed a major crime. ]

[inveilsible]

Because I was staring...?

Sorry... I was just interested, and I didn't think you'd see me, so...

[soba]

I guess I lucked out that you can't snitch on me.

[ he probably would have threatened her. ]

[inveilsible]

I wouldn't--!! I mean, I don't know what you were doing, but that's-- not any of my business anyway! And you probably have circumstances, so...

[ Rude. ]

[soba]

Do I have circumstances?

[ he's just being difficult ]

[inveilsible]

I think so? Someone with no circumstances doesn't usually end up being able to see me.

[ That's fine. Sana isn't difficult at all. ]

[soba]

[ he points a finger at her ]

Oi. Stop jumping to conclusions.

[inveilsible]

... If I'm wrong, I'm sorry. [ DIPLOMATICALLY. ]

[soba]

Yeah. You should be sorry.

[ although it's said quietly

since she is, in fact, right. ]

[inveilsible]

... Is there anything I can do to make it up to you?

[ WELL.

Now she feels bad. ]