>>5802156“I’m serious. Several reasons. You’re a bit of a ditz so you haven’t noticed, but she’s never been too social. She always lurked in your periphery though, always near but retreating when you would rouse your eyeballs and look around. Since we were eight. Ever since she got on our team she’s been happy nonstop as well… And another thing, I doubt she would have agreed to move here if you weren’t here as well either, her grandpa was all she had. I met him when I was helping her move. Real decrepit guy, couldn’t string together a sentence. She still cried when she left.”
“Who are you, Katsuro? Is he haunting this conversation because Yudai killed him? Are you trying to make my life awkward? I have to live with her along with your pervy notions now, dick. She won’t like it if I turn around and adopt your ideas, we’re coworkers.”
His eyes give you an impish grin. “Hey, Otomo. Advanced distraction, right? And you were the one telling me that being work acquaintances wasn’t enough for you. I just took it to heart.”
With that, he leaves. Naoki was a real piece of work when he decided to be friendly.
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“Masami.” You state, banging on her door three times.
You hear a loud thump from inside her room, and some stuff clattering around. Eventually the door opens a sliver and you could see a blue eye staring at you. “What the hell do you want, Otomo?” She says, proving Naoki to be a lying asshole.
“I wanted to see if you wanted to watch a movie with me tonight, or something.”
She slams the door in your face. You continue standing there for several seconds until it opens up a crack and the same blue eye stares at you again. “What movie? VHS or theater?”
“I don’t know, I’ve never seen a movie before.”
“Otomo, you’re really sad, do you realize that?”
“Yes.”
“Have you ever seen the movie ‘True Ninken’?”
“No, Masami, what did I just say?”
“That you’re really sad?”
“No, that I’ve never seen a movie.”
“Yeah, that’s sad. ‘True Ninken’ is about a pack of three ninja dogs who flunk ninja dog academy for being too cute and friendly and are adopted by a family living in the countryside. They fight bandits and save the day eventually, becoming true ninja dogs. I guess that’s a spoiler… It’s a really cute movie. It’s animated. It has comedy.”
“Okay.”
“Okay what?”
“We’ll watch the dog movie.”
“I never said I’d watch a movie with you.”
“Then I’ll watch it by my damn self!”
“I have it on VHS.”
“You’re going to give me that movie or I’m going to take it.”
“Try it, loser.” She says, shutting the door in your face again.
You grab her doorknob and attempt to wrench it open with your full strength, only for it to slam shut again as she puts her full bodyweight against.
“Otomo, I was changing, you idiot! Pervert!”
“Stupid girl! You’re about to give me a brain tumor! This whole conversation is stupid! I’m going to eat the pizza Naoki sent us and stare at my blank TV. Alone! You can stay there and starve!”
