You are at your computer, playing your favourite videogame with the boys when Shiori approaches you.
"Would you still date me, if I was a worm?"
As she utters these words, your blood freezes. You know what they means. She has yet to finish her phrase, and time has already begun to crawl. Each sound stretching as you look around trying to find a way out, exploring options, noticing how interesting the wall is.
This is a test, you are a crash test dummy, the wall is getting closer, the car is speeding up.
"Shiori, what are you talking about?"
"Would you date me if I was a worm?"
"A worm worm?" "a worm".
"What are you talking about? no!"
Mascara tears running down her cheeks. She looks good like this. She does, but she's not listening. There is no point in telling her that. There is no time to buy her a gift. There are no flowers nearby. You can't look on wikihow how to calm girls down.
W-sitting on the floor, her arm gloves filled with tears and make up, she snorts and musters her courage.
"Why nyot"? every letter a sob
"Because you are a worm."
This time Shiori loses it. Screeching screaming shouting about how you see her. She's just a parassite who bothers you, she can't live without you, that's what you think she is. You might try to hug her but she would be screaming about how you should just listen to her but you can't listen because she's producing incoherent sounds, words that mean things but mean no thing when put together. She's already spitefully writing the script for a call where she lists the reasons why you made a mistake letting her go, all while crying.
"You could at least keep me in a jar next to your bed"
"But Shiori, a worm lives 4 years, and that wouldn't enough time with you. That's why I can't date you if you are a worm".
