heartbeat, heartbreak ♡

❛   ahhh— chi - chidori!!?   ❜   how much of that did she hear? ahh, who was he kidding?? she definitely heard ALL OF IT…—

a gruff noise emitted from the musclehead’s throat, and the tinge of REDNESS on his cheeks affirmed that it was true— that he DID miss her. after all, he WAS…—

❛   HAH? you were SICK?   ❜  he voiced his confusion with a lack of any kind of restraint, taking the LUNCH off her hands with a bit more delicacy than he showed most other people.   ❛   i thought ya went back t’ sugomori…— well … got TAKEN back, i guess.   ❜   he’s still staring at the lunch. that was too sweet of her, she didn’t have to do that; —least of all for HIM.    ❛   what did ya catch? i imagine they got all KINDS’a DISEASES floatin’ round in this place. just kinda sounds like somethin’ that comes wit’ th’ territory.   ❜   tenga then stood, puffing his chest out.    ❛   i RARELY get sick, though!!   ❜   he remembered all the times he’s gotten sick, & then DEFLATED.    ❛   eh, —jus’ kiddin’.   ❜ 

His concern was a tad hilarious, specially the embarrassment that followed upon being discovered. Was it that terrible being worried about her out of all people? 

“I wish I was lucky enough to finally leave but I’m still here.”

“I’m sure it was a normal fever. If I had gotten an alien virus, I would have known since the beginning...” By no means would she be willing to handle such sort of infection by herself. If anything, she had been hesitant to approach anyone -- spending her time alone in this city forced her to grow used to this type of solitude.

❛   MAN, i miss CHIDORI…  ❜

the thug stooped on the ground in a shady area & drew little nonsense pictures in the dirt with a stick.

whenever a dog would come outta NOWHERE, like the one from earlier— barkin’ & crap, CHIDORI’d always be around to remind the pinkette that they were just damn dogs— & puppies, at that. most of the ones he ran into were PUPPIES. 

—— man … this whole thing is too damn stupid for WORDS.

with chidori having disappeared ( probably transported back home to sugomori, FINALLY. & good for her! seriously— how lucky was SHE? ) maybe it was high time that TENGA took the initiative, & familiarized himself with where all the dogs in hive city lived. where they took their daily WALKS, if they had OWNERS… & then, slowly but surely ( & against every CELL in his body ), he would start to prove to himself that those dogs were HARMLESS; & maybe even— maybe even play with each of them, one by one.

❛   i still miss chidori,   ❜   he mumbled to himself absently, still doodling atop the dust.

It is not a common occurrence to think of herself important. Deep down she looks at herself and admits there is almost no relevance if she is here or somewhere else. A girl easy to forget. Despite having a handful of acquaintances and friends, she fairly knew that there should be no issue if she went missing for a bit. Spring can be a tad of a melancholic season, was it not? And the romantic Chidori had no choice but to swallow her feelings back and disappear. Just like that summer where all they severed their connections.

Somehow, it was even more depressing and painful than she expected.

“You miss me?” A hint of hope lingers in her voice, a smile held back to not reveal how it actually made her happy. “Ah, sorry. I didn’t mean to sneak up on you like that. I brough you lunch as an apology...“ 

   “Hey Chidori— I’m havin’ a tough time understandin’ this place…” He’s stretching and lounging around the apartment that was practically shared between him and Chidori, NOT shirtless this time. “So we’re supposed to be lab rats in some huge experiment — an’ yet I haven’t been called in for a SINGLE shady ‘routine checkup’! Ahhhh this is BOGUS! I want my money back!!” Wait— he hasn’t actually paid anything, aside from a couple of brushes with DEATH, but y’know— who’s counting? “I must’ve watched about a bajillion hours of paid programming, and these really overplayed singing competition shows… Life without school ‘n’ the constant cycle of standardized tests seems appealing at first, but it’s actually really boring!!” Plus it’s about to rain and the humidity is seeping in through the cracks in the window. Go figure.

@invidere​

“We were kidnapped. Kidnappers don’t pay you.” Regardless of the freedom found within the cage they were trapped in, they still had no choice but to settle in the permitted boundaries. “Not a single time we were asked to volunteer, no one’s gonna give us anything. We have to deal with this and survive.” 

Chidori left a dish with apple bunnies on the table for him to take before sitting on the floor, a tired expression on her face. Sometimes she missed her life in Sugomori but after everything she has seen, maybe she would come to miss this peculiar kind of anxiety. 

Plus, she had Nori to think about.

“Maybe…Very, very, very, very, super good luck?”

> Bomb, Iron Giant

【由多くんです*☆】  ❛…❜ After a moderate pause, a dry chuckle escaped parted lips—one of his driest chuckles YET, perhaps. Although he understood Chidori’s feelings to a degree — after experiencing them for such a long WHILE — he was still amazed at the extent to which she could panic over one single subject. ❛There you go again… —Chidori-san, have you ever heard of the term, woosah?❜ He had to admit that it was quite the nonsensical word, and a foreign one at that, but it also seemed to be just what she needed. To woosah, an onomatopoeic term meaning ‘to relax,’ or simply, to breathe. ❛The idea is that the world isn’t going to end, and neither your love life, if you stop mulling over them for one second. Heavy girls can never get anywhere by remaining heavy, you know.❜

Did Yuta have to pull that sort of word now out of all times? Chidori stops panicking, clearing her throat in the process. “I get it, I get what you mean. I’m not that stubborn.” It wasn’t intentional to constantly walk in circles till a solution came up and as one ignorant in the matters of the heart, was it that terrible she wanted to do the right thing?

“It’s easy for you to say, you’re popular. I can’t compare.” High school debut. “You reject, not get rejected.”

【由多くんです*☆】 Yuta sighed. This was going to turn into a heart-to-heart, wasn’t it? When it came to Chidori, though, it was quite arguable that sometimes, it couldn’t be helped… ❛Well, I’d say the fact that you’re bringing up Tenga at all is proof that you have changed to some degree, isn’t it?❜ Slate irises were thoughtful, yet firm, as he stared the red-haired girl down. ❛Besides, have you even bothered asking Tenga how he feels?❜ He’s here too, isn’t he—? He could feel it intrinsically, strangely enough, to the point that as far as he was concerned, it went without saying. ❛If you only think about your own feelings, then it’s no wonder you’re so conflicted.❜

“...I haven’t.” Did she need to? Slumping on her shoulders, Chidori rubs her face desperately.  “I thought he still liked me, you don’t kiss someone you d-don’t....” Maybe he was that sort of person!? “No, I’m really just a side heroine and the most selfish one at the top of that! What will I do!? I’m no good, I can’t even have someone like me for that long! I ruined everything again! Ah, I’ll have to leave my hopes behind and join Kotocchi’s and Martha-san’s church if I wan’t forgiveness...”

【由多くんです*☆】 Okay, that look on her face was just SCARY. Indeed, Yuta was rethinking what he had said—though mainly for the simple reason that she had commanded him to. ❛You asked, and now you’re mad at the answer—which, like you said, is a mere relic of the past. It seems as if a year hasn’t changed much for you.❜ And he’s one to talk. Even though some redheads could be frightening, it turned out that he went for the throat anyway.

“Anyone would get mad, you have no tact whatsoever.” He did, but not now. And with how sensible the heart of Chidori Takashiro could be, was there a better way to approach? 

【由多くんです*☆】 ❛It wasn’t intended as an insult,❜ the former cunning normal refuted. ❛And anyway, would you really want me speaking your past shames aloud for this city to hear in addition to our own? I know that if it were me, I would want to leave those hulking emotions as FAR behind as I possibly could.❜ He’d felt them as well during the experiment—and quite vividly—so he knew for a FACT that his question might as well have been rhetorical.

It wasn’t but it did feel like an insult and Chidori wouldn’t be Chidori without considering it a personal attack of sorts.

“I would really like for our friendship to remain as civilised as possible, so maybe think what you say to me...” 

【由多くんです*☆】 ❛I used to agree with the VERY common viewpoint of you guys being weird…❜ The green-haired male began, ‘you guys’ being the other kiznaivers, sans Honoka-chan. ❛But after living in this city for as long as I have, I’d say I’m a living witness to the fact that there are much stranger things lurking around…❜

@invidere

listening to bo. part one

“But Kacchon..!!” She couldn’t contain herself anymore, an arm wrapped around her stomach while her body couldn’t help stumbling. “Y-you were moved to tears!! Over a puppy video playlist! You!! It’s been so long since I --” She stops abruptly, if only for the implication she was about to give. Kacchon was Kacchon, even when the one she knew in their childhood had vanished with the time. Much as it still pained her, the fact he showed a degree of emotion was satisfactory. 

Specially over something silly, something she could see alone and appreciate more than anyone else. 

No matter where his feelings were, they still had an unique bond.

Placing a hand on his back, Chidori would gently pat it before handing out a tissue to him. She was still smiling, bright as ever.

listening to bo. part one

“…” 

Shouldn’t he be saying the opposite?

listening to bo. part one

Calm first, she approaches as subtly as possible …

and slaps off the bottle from his hands.

listening to bo. part one 

“I am…” Her defeated voice reveals how unhappy she is about it. she should have never offered her help in the first place but who could tell that it was going to involve memes? What self-sufficient and reasoning human would go out in the streets and worry about such scenario? 

Hopefully he wouldn’t make her post it in some sort of forum or board.