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he'll stand up, straightening his outfit and checking to make sure he has all he needs. ]

I'd like to hear more about Nyanko. Are cats easy to take care of? My brother says they seem to be, so I was curious -- we don't even have strays around Reimei Academy, so I've never interacted with one before.

( ...

he does like her company, huh. what a dishonest little boy. )

It depends entirely on the cat! My darling little Nyanko-chan's been nothing but an angel, so that's probably why HiMERU-chan thinks they're probably easy to take care of... She's sooo well-behaved, such a perfect princess...

( her lovely baby. )

We have some strays around the academy though—Leo-kun took care of them—and they're... Hmmmm, they're a little bit of a handful... Little John's like, pretty picky about who she lets hold her. She used to go charging at Tsukasa-chan, too...

( they're on better terms now. mostly. )

Ritsu-chan accidentally picked up a stray at the beginning of the year, too—we named him D'Artagnan, the little scoundrel... Oh, and Sora-chan and I found a kitten together at Ensemble Square, and we got to see its mother, too... That was such a heartwarming reunion, I like, totally teared up.

[ no he doesn't. there is a purpose to this. don't consider it a bonding experience, this is nothing more than intel gathering. ]

I see. [ they do sound easy, though... as long as you're the person they like.

... ... ... ] And the dogs?

I don't have that much experience with dogs, but like, they seem really cute...?

( haha...? )

Bloody Mary-chan is super adorable, though. I looove seeing her around... She's just the cutest when she's being held by someone like Jun-chan.

( the juxtaposition is so... )

Let's see... Daikichi-kun's really friendly when he knows you, but like, he seems pretty stand-offish otherwise...? I wonder if that's a breed thing... I hear shiba inus are pretty cat-like. ( and difficult. ) And Leon-kun's totally adorable, but Koga-chan'd be so mad if he heard me say that.

( heheh. )

Sorry I can't be of more help! I've only ever had Nyanko, and neither HiMERU-chan nor Tetora-kun have pets, either. ( ... ) You ready to go? Lemme grab my notebook—

( woosh. she's out, she's gone to her room. )

[ so they're easy to take care of too??? there's no winning with pets. but a cat does fit their image more... ]

Naru-- [ kami... doesn't she just fit her name.

yes, he's settled, he's going to pointedly wait outside her room so she cannot escape him. they're having hangout time because he still needs something from her. ]

( what a tenacious boy... she won't make him wait long, she's out with a lil tote bag and stuff. her notebook!! and things, those are in there...

..,arashi's a little surprised he's actually here but anyway-- )

So! Where were we? ( motion, motion, time to go... ) Riiight, invasion of my privacy... Did you check out my selfies~? Mika-chan's in a lot of them, he's my best friend...

[ yes yes, he's coming along... thinking about it he has more than a few things to ask her. this is going to be a terrible trip. ]

Was that the boy with odd colored eyes? I've never seen such a thing before.

[ they were pretty... he and narukami seemed close, so he's assuming. ]

Anyway, I didn't go through that many of them. I simply clicked what I thought would be interesting, did a quick scan, and moved on. You have a rather good eye for photo composition.

( wow those are my favorite words. )

It was! Aren't they the prettiest? I tell him that all the time, but he's still sooo shy about them... ( sigh. mika kagehira the WORLD...

but ah, she sees. ) And thanks. It's from years of experience ♪ Plus you pick up a thing or two from modeling, I guess...

( ... )

You still shouldn't snoop though, alright? I'm really serious about that. Like, I'll let you off this time, but I'm not being nice about it if you do it without my permission again.

[ mm... so you don't just snoop if someone gives you something. he wouldn't want someone to do that to his phone -- not because he has pictures he wouldn't want most to see, but because of the text conversations and recent calls -- so he understands, but at the same time

it just hadn't occurred to him. his bad. but apologizing sincerely is hard, all of his "my apologies" are the sort that's courtesy and detached, but narukami really was upset. ]

... Don't be absurd. Your phone wasn't that interesting, Narukami, so there's no point in going through it a second time.

[ there we go. nailed it. ]

There was something that caught my eye on there, however.

I feel like a lot of things caught your eye, Yodaka-chan...

( boy... you've been asking NONSTOP QUESTIONS SO-- )

Which one?

[ hush. ]

You have a picture of my brother. I'd like it.

( she probably has more than a few because they're roomies

but

she gets the feeling it's not one of those. call it women's intuition. )

Is it the one from the same shoot as "Sena-senpai"?

[ yeah he saw exactly one of them. tetora who. ]

... The mean one? Yes, I suppose so. He didn't look very mean though.

[ more pretty... anyway he just wants his brother thank you. ]

He's a model like me ( she remembers HiMERU mentioning that ) so of course he can use those good-looks of his properly...

( she's fiddling with her phone, one sec... okay! she sends it )

There you go ♪

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[ he takes out his phone in a hurry, waiting for narukami's text to come through, and ]

[ ........................................... ]

-- What have you done to HiMERU?! Revert these changes immediately! You're ruining his good image, you dunce! How dare you mar him like this! HiMERU isn't some-- some--

[ he's searching for words he doesn't know exactly what he's looking for but-- ]

-- Some gravure model you can just do what you'd like to! There was nothing wrong with the original image!

[ fuck it he's gonna try and her phone back

... seems more personal than just about his brother, though. ]

( oh wow gee guess who is taller And faster And stronger than him--

it's her, she's raising her phone over her head )

Oh, calm down, Yodaka-chan! It's just a joke! ( why is he so worked up about this...? sure, HiMERU probably wouldn't find it very funny either, considering he wants to have such a clean image as an idol...

she'll move away from him, let's not make a scene wherever we are. did they even leave the house yet. i haven't been paying attention. whatever. ) I'll send you the right one next, alright? Ugh, you're no fun at all...

Also ( pushes him gently with her elbow ) there is nothing wrong with gravure models! I do gravure too, you know!

( yeah this was important to add on )

[ they have to have left. i'm not letting HiMERU have a moment to find his little brother fighting for his titty rights.

but at her word and gentle elbow, he'll step back, half-crossing his arms and keeping his phone held aloft in his hand. kaname's still tense, still pissed, and even when he does get the right image sent to his phone he feels irritation broiling beneath his skin. ]

... It suits you. You're elegantly long, so I'm certain you make for quite the attractive centerpiece in a magazine filled to the brim with other objects of adoration.

[ there was no reason for him to put it like that, really. ]

( arashi tenses up, staring at him--maybe so, but there is no reason for him to put it like that, and she has the air of a cat with its hackles raised

before she turns and walks faster, exhaling sharply. )

That was a gravure shoot too, just so you know! ( she's pretty sure. it's pretty in line with the other shoots she's had, view wise. calendar photos. ) I'm sure tons of people loved HiMERU-chan as a centerpiece too!

( was it for a magazine? fuck it she doesn't remember, she just remembers asking tsumugi for the data and-- someone else was there, but the face won't come to her, the name won't rise to her tongue, and she makes a small frustrated noise at that as she turns down another corner. better catch up! )

[ he inhales sharply and starts after her, gripping his phone tightly. ]

Shut up! HiMERU isn't the type of idol -- HiMERU doesn't do stuff like that! HiMERU is a squeaky clean existence, who would never debase himself in such a way for the public eye! I'm certain it was just... it was just to show off summer fashion, or something like that!

[ but not as some kind of-- calendar shoot, even if it that's what it looks like, what kaname can so easily imagine hanging on someone's wall and he flushes. ]

Get back here, Narukami! Don't you dare leave me behind!

[ ... not when he knows, without a shadow of a doubt, that if he's left to his own directions, he'll lose his way. ]

( oh

it's okay, he doesn't have to go far, because arashi stops short around the corner at "debase himself" and turns around to face yodaka. )

Are you calling all of my hard work debasing myself!? Sure, most of the time it ended up being work I didn't really like--if I'm going to show off my looks, I'd rather do it as a woman, not what everyone else sees me as, but it's still work I put my everything into! It's what gotten me this far in the modeling world, and it's something Knights still does! Sorry that you aren't elegant enough to get work like that, Yodaka-chan! But that doesn't mean you get to say whatever the hell you want about work you could never dream about being given!

( oh, she started yelling. arashi forces herself to relax her hands (just when had they turned into fists? when had her palms started to hurt from her nails?) and sighs, shaking her head.

to clear it. to calm down. to-- )

You know, I don't actually need your help with picking out fabrics, so why don't you just run back home like a good little boy and go back to doing whatever the hell was sooooo much more important than answering your door the first time I knocked?

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[ he takes an involuntary step back at her raised voice, that same fear flashing across his face from the time they reunited, and he knows that shrinking won't help ease her or her fury but he does it without thinking anyway, pressing his phone against his chest and his other hand going with it as a tremor wracks his body. ]

I... [ it infects his voice, just a waver, small and quiet compared to narukami's own. ] I was just... drawing, that's all. I was just drawing.

[ he hadn't wanted anyone to see, not until he was done -- but that's not important, it's just the first thing that comes out. it's different than the indignation he might have displayed before, and he takes another step back. kaname doesn't want to leave. he still has things to ask her, as stupid as it is. ]

... Narukami, let's... just forget it, alright? You're right, I haven't been called upon to do work like that -- despite my age, they've yet to ask me to pose in such ways. HiMERU... I'm simply a fan of him, so I became heated. That's all. I hadn't meant to be so harsh.

[ don't leave him, don't abandon him. don't hate him. it would make living together awfully complicated. they have to get along. so his brother doesn't worry. so suou won't hate him more than he does, or than he will. ]

( it's not so hard to live with people who don't understand you, but she has vastly preferred the dormitory to her own home.

so even if she's mad at yodaka, even if she's hurt, she won't make things awkward. she'll smile and act like they're perfectly good friends, especially in front of his brother, because he was nice enough to offer her a place to stay. he could have just kept it to him and yodaka--no one would blame him, and she expected that, too--but he still offered.

all that she's done for them? so far, all she's done is make at least one of them upset...

she shakes her head again, but it's still not at him. what is for him, though, is her sigh and gesture for him to follow her. it'll be quiet while they keep on to the nearest market, but eventually, arashi will pipe up: )

Sorry for blowing up at you, Yodaka-chan. ( and she sounds like she means it, because she does. she, of all people, doesn't want to be hated... her voice is still a little strained, her posture tense, but she's making an effort, like always, to smooth things over, to make it all okay again. passable, at least. ) I'm not a very good senior, am I? Haha...

( another pause, and: )

What were you drawing? You don't actually have to tell me, but like, I'm curious.

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