{ Sweet Serial Killer-✂; }

Nobu was silent as she continued to speak, tilting her head slightly as she thought. “Hey, did you maybe hit your head when you got here?” she asked, just as easily as someone might ask what the forecast for the day was. “Never said anything about you being gross, you know?” Hmm.. well, maybe she could just chalk her overreactions up to just being scared? That was probably likely. 

Turning her attention away, she began to survey the island while the other girl dealt with her sand problem. The sand was hot, but it was the nice sort of powdery soft sand that made for a really nice beach–though it also reflected the sun’s light a little too brightly. The water was also a pretty, clear shade of blue…and there was some sort of jungle a ways up the shore. There was probably plenty of stuff they could use in there, right? It’d be nice to get out of the sun for a while too..

“Oh? Water’s first? Yeah, I guess that’d make more sense,” Nobu nodded, turning to face her once more. Jeez, she was seriously missing her hat right about now. She scratched her cheek. “If it’s fresh water, there’s bound to be something in that jungle, right? If there’s animals here, there’s gotta be somewhere they’re getting water..” As soon as she said it, the thought made her pause. They had no way of knowing just what sort of wildlife they’d encounter on this island…though not that she was that worried. She was a member of Homra after all. Surely she could handle some wild animals?

She blinked as the other began to speak once more. “Well, yeah, I don’t watch those shows all that often,” she nodded in agreement. Though maybe the other girl thought she’d be able to insult Nobu, but the dark haired girl only laughed. “Yeah, that’s right. I’m definitely an idiot. But if nothing else, I’m pretty good for hard work, so I’ll do whatever we need.” 

She grinned widely. “We’ll be working together, so might as well introduce ourselves, right? Just call me Nobu! My full name’s too dumb and stuffy. What’s yours?” she asked, and just like that she was already heading across the sand toward the lush jungle ahead of them.

“If I hit my head it’s because you did it while I was unconscious!!” Touko brought her hands up,stiffly wiggling them in her anger as she ground her teeth. “And you don’t need to say it! I can tell by the look in your eyes! Just because you’re a little bit pretty you think you can look down on me!? Don’t get so full of yourself! You’re still just a fool who ended up being betrayed by your partner in crime!” 

If any of Touko’s complaints registered with the other lady they went unresponded, or in Touko’s personal opinion, ignored as the other busied herself with surveying their surroundings. It was good at the very least that even if the other had dumped her here they had a mutual goal of survival. In exchange for Touko’s knowledge the other, who addressed herself simply as Nobu, would carry out all the grunt work. That suited Touko just fine. 

“.... Ha.” A thin yet wide smile spread across Touko’s face as Nobu presented her with her identity and made a comment about her name, which the girl focused on. “Bet it’s not as dumb as you.” Touko remarked this rather smugly, but it was for but a fleeting moment as she regained her usual withdrawn composure. 

“W-Why should I tell you my name!? Shouldn’t you already know!? You kidnap someone and you don’t learn any details!? What kind of half-assed kidnapper are you! Is your partner the only one with brains between the two of you!?” Her insults and shouting were relentless, but even the energy in her voice was starting to die out thanks to the unrelenting heat that bore down on the two women. 

 “Sorry, sorry, we’ll keep it down.” Subaru absentmindedly issued this apology to the store’s employee, though his eyes never strayed from the strange, twin-tailed girl, whose face had completely changed to one expressing utter shock. He had to wonder what exactly had been her plan in such a farce when she was so quick to deflate in the face of opposition. Then again, what exactly had she been thinking calling him out like that in the first place? Obviously, that kind of behavior was just going to draw attention, and then this kind of outcome just seemed inevitable.

During that brief moment of quiet after the worker had wandered off, with the girl’s body slumped in what could only be described as dejection, she looked so pathetic and sad that Subaru felt a pang of sympathy for her. Though he still couldn’t really fathom her reasoning for what she’d done, he wondered if maybe she wasn’t just lonely… or something like that.

However, he instantly regretted his sympathy as she turned back to face him, the large, twisted grin stretching across her face instilling heart-stopping dread within him as he realized that there were no traces of remorse within her at all. And then she opened her mouth to speak the kind of brazen and shameless words that sent color flooding to his face as humiliation-infused anger surged up within him.

“W-what the hell?” he sputtered back at her, aghast. She had been looking at it, too?! “R-really, what kinds of things are you saying? First of all, there’s no way it’s BL, did you even really look? But second of all, what the hell are you trying to do with kink-shaming me in the middle of the adult section of a bookstore?! Do you really just enjoy harassing strangers about their tastes that much? Like I said earlier, there’s definitely something off about that!”

Frustrated, humiliated, embarrassed, bewildered, Subaru realized there was no way he could walk out of this store with anything at this rate. This strange girl had drawn way too much attention to them, and his sense of self-consciousness had soared to almost record high levels during the exchange. With a sigh, he pushed the volume back on the shelf where he’d taken it from and stepped back. “Jeez, what the hell…”

“Hie!?” Once again Touko found her body tensing up and then shriveling under his gaze and his words. The fear that filled her wide gray eyes was displayed as her hands assumed a prayer like position, her body tilted away from him as if she feared physical retaliation. This recoil was not privy to physical abuse alone but the words that he spat back at her were, in her own opinion, just as bad as someone assaulting her. 

All things considered, she supposed it was a good thing he wasn’t actually into BL. No more fuel needed to be fed to the proverbial fire that was her murderous alter ego. Though it wasn’t as if they shared memories in the first place so he was spared of that at least. What added further to Touko’s fear was just how scary the male’s face was. He looked like he could easily belong to the Yakuza and a much more chilling dread filled her. More so than bullying her sad, pathetic excuse of an existence was in jeopardy now wasn’t it?

Normally Touko was not one to beg, grovel, or even apologize, but in the end self-preservation won in the battle over her pride and she shrunk more, steeling her already fragile resolve to face him while avoiding his sharp looking eyes at all costs. “I-I-I-I’m s-s-sor-- HIC -- s-sorry! Please d-d-d-do’nt kill me!!” Her cries were shrill and ear piercing and once again garnered curious, concerned, and even some annoyed glances in their direction. Most couldn’t tell if Touko was simply crazy or if the male before her was not only a pervert but a murderer!

The reluctant worker from before shuffled towards the pair again, looking alarmed and weary. “Excuse me, valued customers,” she began politely, glancing at the both of them, her eyes not reflecting an ounce of pity as she awkwardly continued. “I’m sorry but I’m going to have to ask you both to leave..” The worker stood there as to imply she would make no move from her spot until the two vacated the store entirely. 

This only alarmed Touko further and she found herself forcing herself to look into the male’s scary eyes in case it reflected his thoughts. She was already begging for her life and now she’d gotten them both kicked out! Surely as soon as she left the bookstore he’d sever her fingers! 

He had only arrived at the shop a few minutes ago, but he knew his order would take a little while to prepare. Luckily, Minato was patient despite his hunger. With his headphones on, he found his favorite spot, located in the back of the restaurant. It was cozy spot that tended to be overlooked by most, which is why the university student liked to snag the spot before anyone else could. His funds had been slowly drying out, his Uncle sending him less and less money as the months went on. He supposed the man had a valid reason to, Minato was now an adult and his Uncle had his own immediate family to worry about. There was really no reason for him to continue looking after his brother’s kid who so rarely initiated conversation. He could handle himself at this point.

Most of the jobs he did were flexible around his schedule as a student. He popped in certain cafes to pick up shifts from time to time, helped out at an accessory shop that he was fairly sure felt bad for him, and at night he did more…unconventional work that paid well. He could pay for his dorm and education considering it wasn’t nearly as expensive as it was overseas. When it came to food, he rarely worried about it. Plenty of restaurants had food ‘challenges’ where large amounts of food were served for free.

Well, not free exactly. You had to finish them within the allotted time slot.. For Minato, this wasn’t a problem at all.

As he waited for his ramen (or rather, ten servings of Ramen in one bowl), he was approached by a shy girl. Was she shy? No, maybe a bit awkward but for some reason, he couldn’t seem to narrow it down to mere shyness. Regardless, he removed his headphones to hear what she was saying. “Okay.” His response was short and sweet. He quickly shifted his attention off of her and back to his music, promptly putting his headphones back on and closing his eyes. He had to be careful doing so, or else he’d easily pass out.

And so, the waiting began. It took awhile, but eventually the comically large bowl was placed in front of him. Unfortunately, he had dozed off by then. 

“Sir? Sir…? Your meal is-” 

Before the employee could finish their sentence, his eyes shot open, roused from his slumber only due to the smell of the ramen that was now on his shared table. “…Mm.” 

“You have 30 minutes. If everything…including the broth isn’t finished by then, you’ll be charged 5,250 yen. Successful completion will earn you 30,000 yen. Good luck!” The employee seemed generally cheerful, yet doubtful that such a thin kid could manage to finish in only 30 minutes.

“Thanks,” he mumbled before splitting his chopsticks and getting to work. The employee began timing him the moment he began slurping the noodles. Even though he had a full 30 minutes, he seemed to be devouring the meal at an alarming rate.

A simple ‘Okay’ was all the male uttered before he put his headphones on and then closed his eyes. Any normal, rational person would ordinarily have been grateful at such hospitality, but Touko did not hide her thoughts which formed a complicated expression of disgust and fear. “S-So what? Am I that ugly that you have to shut your eyes?! A-And you don’t even want to hear me either?!” It wasn’t so much fear she was feeling as it was despair. She despaired over her unkempt appearance for which she attempted never to do anything about. As for her voice it was something she was born with so there wasn’t much she could do about that. 

It was a small mercy that the blue-haired male’s music or whatever he was listening to was turned up because he never responded. They were all rhetorical questions regardless and Touko feared hearing the responses which to her would only end in agreement in the others part. “Tch.. J-Just because you’re a little bit good looking you think you can look down on me? I bet.. you’re hiding a lazy eye under those bangs! Not so hot now are you!?” 

She made all these countless complaints as she slid into the seat and in the midst of all that jumped a few inches in her spot and yelped as an employee walked up sporting the largest bowl of ramen she had ever seen in person. Touko was shocked, her gray eyes wide as she witnessed the employee set the bowl down in front of the one sitting across from her and then laid out the terms of what even an idiot would recognize as an eating contest. 

“W-What the heck? There’s no way you can finish all that..” Touko had simply deduced that given the once over she’d previously given the male. He was very slender. Just where would he put all that food? 

Touko ate her words as quickly as her fellow table sharer had begun eating his food. What was going on, she wondered. Was the whole world in slow motion except for him!? She brought her hands to her mouth and chewed on her nail as she beheld the sight of the male devouring the food before him. It was odd how, in spite of how ravenously he inhaled his food, how good he looked doing it. Not a single drop of the broth dribbled down his chin or onto the table. Not a single bite was wasted. 

dairokutenheir​:

“See?! I don’t know you either! If I was gonna pull a prank, I’d do somethin’ more classic, you know? Like a bucket or chalkboard eraser over the door!” Not..dumping people on an island. It really made her scratch her head, but she was pretty sure she wasn’t dreaming anymore, not with the way her head was beginning to hurt. “You can’t prove you didn’t do it either, so that makes you just as suspicious!” Really, the situation was just absurd.

“Hah? He’s my idiot little brother! Though even this is a bit much for him to pull off without a hitch…Hrmmmm..” She furrowed her brows as she rubbed her chin. Well, she could certainly think of people who’d probably have it out for her, but she was pretty sure she had no connection to this girl, so that tossed out any of her usual suspects. Well, also the fact anyone coming after the Oda heir would likely be a lot more…violent than this. 

Her eyes widened and she sputtered. “ME?! Jeez, you got some serious accusations goin’ on here for someone just meeting me for the first time!” She huffed and pushed herself to her feet, frowning when she realized her trademark hat was missing. She winced as her hand brushed the top of her head, already hot from the sun. 

Well, this could be kind of fun though! She’d always wanted to try one of those survival things! The only thing was being alone with a stranger who really seemed to have it out for her–or maybe it was just the shock and stress of the situation? That was too much thinking for her right now though, especially if she’d need the brainpower to get anything remotely survival-y done.

She couldn’t help but snort, tying her long hair back as best as she could before placing her hands on her hips. “Lady, I don’t even know where here is! We can’t get back without some kind of boat or something..” What was the first thing they did on those tv shows in these situations? “First things first would be makin’ some kind of shelter, right? We’ll get roasted by the sun if we don’t…Then makin’ some kind of signal?” Or was finding food and fresh water next? 

“Hey, hey, you ever watch any survival shows?”

“I-I knew it!” She shrieked, her voice growing higher in pitch in response to the other woman’s words. “I bet you want to do all those things right?! A-And more! You think I’m gross, right?! Don’t look at me like I’m the scum you kidnapper!” Her voice cracked at certain words as she held her head and continued to shake it violently as if attempting to thwart a bad dream or some bug that had just crawled on her. Only the other woman was the bad dream and the bug all at once. 

She had completely brushed off her request, or demand, to turn away as she emptied the sand from her underwear and almost decided not to do it, not wanting those judging, lecherous eyes on her but ultimately decided that a stranger being able to see her bare thighs for a brief moment outweighed the uncomfortable friction of many tiny grains scraping against her skin. Touko very carefully reached back up under her long, pleated skirt and lowered her panties, shaking them free of the debris. Ultimately she turned away herself for fear that the scars on her thigh would enter the woman’s line of sight. When she was finished, Touko removed her hands and very quickly about faced, not wanting to lose sight of her captor for another second. 

“Nngh...” Touko raised her hand to her mouth, her white teeth biting nervously into her finger nails as she worriedly eyed the stranger. She was a novelist and there were many things she had to research and just by pure luck or happenstance she had known of how to survive on a deserted island.. Not that she was inclined to share it with her! And ultimately, that’s what she decided to do.

“What?! No you idiot!” She blurted out, in the end vexation won out as she felt the uncontrollable urge to correct this woman on her blunders at once. “O-Obviously the first thing we do is f-find a water source! In this heat we w-wouldn’t last that long!” First came water to lend them a bit of strength, then next came the shelter to shield them from the harsh sun’s rays, for without water working in this extreme heat to start on a shelter would only tire them out and make procuring water difficult if not impossible. There wasn’t much they could do if they succumbed to heat illness. 

“Ugh.. Why did I have to get stuck with her..?!” The rhetorical question she posed was expressed more to herself than the woman as it wasn’t quite as loud. “But...” She began, holding her hands up in front of her chest and fidgeting with her fingers, her eyes constantly moving from the stranger to some point in the distance. “You.. don’t know anything, riiight?” As she enunciated that last word, her lips curled into a a very long, condescending smirk. 

“S-Since I’m not an idiot like you.. I’m more useful so in this situation.. If you want to survive.. you should just do as I say..!” The confidence she exhumed while blackmailing the other didn’t match up when she was still stuttering and stumbling over her words, but she was confident that she now had the upper hand. In such a situation, Touko was physically weak. At best, the heaviest thing she had to carry on a daily basis was her pen, so making her captor do all the slave labor benefited Touko in the end.. Even if her knowledge would end up benefiting the woman. A means to an end. But she saw no other choice.

dairokutenheir​:

“Snrrk…mm…no…no more anpan…” she mumbled in her sleep, shifting slightly to scratch her stomach as she laid there. In spite of the situation, she was still sleeping peacefully, as if she were still in her bed back home. She was no stranger to sleeping through her alarms, so she assumed that’s all the piercing screech was–perhaps her brother had changed her alarm sounds to try and find something that would actually work.

The dark haired young woman rolled onto her side, letting out a little sigh as she settled once more, nuzzling her face into her arm as a pillow..until there was another scream, followed by…a voice? “Huh…?”

She blinked blearily, the beach slowly coming into focus. She stayed like that for a moment, as if she was still dreaming, even as her vision cleared and her surroundings became more clear. A minute or two passed before it finally clicked into place. “HUH?! WHAT THE HECK IS GOIN’ ON HERE?! I wanted a vacation, but not like this!” she shouted, immediately sitting up.

Not only that, but who the heck was this girl accusing her?! “W-what the heck are you talkin’ about? I was at home having a nice dream!” she sputtered. “How do I know you didn’t do this to me, huh? You got proof?!”

Of course, the final nail was getting called scum. She hadn’t even done anything! “S-Scum!? Hold on now, that’s pretty harsh considering we’ve never even met before! Wait, did you mistake me for my brother, Nobukatsu? He’s definitely kind of shady sometimes but I’m Nobu!”

“W-Why would I do this?! I don’t even know you!!” It was a foolproof argument in Touko’s mind and yet she failed to grasp that it went both ways. In Touko’s excuse she was definitely way more well known than this absolute nobody. “I don’t even like the beach! Why would I want to come here! Y-You’re the guilty one! Can you prove you didn’t?! D-Didn’t think so!”

Touko wasn’t allowing this weirdo one second to even explain herself. It wasn’t Touko’s job to prove it wasn’t her and she was as good as guilty in her mind. “N-Nobukatsu? Whose that? Your partner? Did he help you with this?!” The girl brought her hand up to her lips and chewed at her nail, her anger dissolving into a very thin smile.

“I get it.. I bet.. he abandoned you.. Turned on you.. S-Serves you right!” Touko got to her feet, straightening herself out and wrung the sand from out of her skirt. “Great.. I can feel sand in my panties... You.. You look away you pervert!” She was going to slide them down so she could empty her underwear of sand but then when she glanced over she saw the other girl still staring at her. 

Now that she was thinking of it where in the world was she? Was there a bathroom nearby? Probably not close enough. She didn’t want to go walking around like this. She didn’t want to walk at all to be honest. It was hot and the smell coming from the water smelled gross.. Oh, wait that was just her from not showering. “W-Why don’t you make yourself useful and take me back!” she snapped, once more glaring daggers at the other girl.

questionablehero​: 

Browsing the adult section of the bookstore freely was definitely one of the luxuries of life that Subaru could most appreciate. It was, in fact, one of the things he’d been most looking forward to about becoming an adult. His budget was tight as always, so he did have to choose carefully which volumes he wanted badly enough to keep, and then in addition weigh the cost of each one against how much he had to spend. Maybe he was making it too complicated in some ways, but in the end, he absolutely refused to settle for subpar works in such a delicate genre.

Spotting a title that drew his attention, he carefully slid the doujinshi off the shelf to leaf through the pages. Well, maybe it was just because he was still fairly young, but there was definitely something awkward about standing in the adult section of a store, perusing the material like this. He couldn’t help but have an elevated awareness of his surroundings, even though traffic through here tended to be sparse. Thanks to that, he was able to relax his guard bit by bit as he flipped through the pages, scouring the contents with utmost, determined concentration when–

A shrieking voice abruptly sliced through the air, shattering the comfortable veil of serenity over the store with such a harsh accusation.

Startled, Subaru jumped and fumbled with the book, almost dropping it in the process, and looked up to see… her. Those intense, glaring eyes bored into him, giving no room for doubt that he was the one she was pitching such a fuss about.

Wait, actually, was it even that harsh of an “accusation”? Wasn’t she also in this section of the store, though?

“Okay, I don’t want to hear that from someone who’s also willingly in this type of section! That’s just completely contradictory! If you don’t want to see perverted stuff, you can go to the whole rest of the store, you know?” Who even was this girl? Did she really just go around accusing random people she didn’t even know of being perverts? “Are you sure you’re not the perverted one here, actually? Poking your nose into other people’s business like that… there’s definitely something off about that.”

Touko tensed up, shoulder’s squaring up more as her body shrunk up due to his rebuttal. The way her anger and disgust changed to surprise and fear as she clutched at the fabric of her shirt. She had nothing to say to that. No witty retort as she just stood there at a loss for words. She looked like a fish out of water as her mouth opened and closed and when she finally found the words she was stopped when a worker walked by, evident by the green apron they wore with the bookstore’s logo on it. 

“Um.. Valued customers.. Could you keep it down please?” The workers voice was awkward as she looked over the male and female. When her eyes landed on the female something seemed to click for her, probably the lack of Touko’s hygiene that cinched it who the problematic one was. Touko recognized those judging eyes and she half wanted to accuse her of it but decided to just accept it and move on. “.... Yes..” Touko’s shoulders slumped back down, her body losing all tension as she stared at the ground like a kid who was just scolded by their mother. 

The worker shot the male a more sympathetic and apologetic look and then walked off. “.....................” Touko ground her teeth and turned so her back was facing the male and stared at the bookshelf without saying a word or really seeing anything. That moment of quiet lasted only for a brief moment as she turned her body slightly to face the boy, the most creepiest and widest of smiles on her face.

“I-I saw it.. You were looking at... BL...” There was a creepy chuckle that accompanied her words. She really had no idea if it was BL that the guy was looking at or maybe just a really flat girl. She had only been able to make out bits and pieces. Either way she was sure of one other thing. “And... tentacles...” One could infer she was teasing or judging but she was really just only stating the obvious... for anyone that was within earshot. 

Touko probably would have become a shut-in if it weren’t for the simple fact that she needed an escape from the few people that she knew in her life. Her mother’s beloved got on her nerves and so did her editor. When things at home became too overbearing she sought refuge in libraries or bookstores. In this instance the closest was the bookstore. It was entertaining to see what new books were in stock but also because it gave her a sense of pride to see one of her books sitting on one of the shelves.. But also..

She could look at any of the dirty manga’s she wanted! Though that in itself was a risk. What if some guy saw her thumbing through the pages of something indecent and decided to kidnap her and have their way with her?! How awful! Just let her browse her erotica in peace! Not that anyone in their right mind would want Touko for those reasons. She rarely bathed or did her laundry so not only was her hair greasy and her clothes stained but there was a light odor that wafted off of her if one got too close. It still didn’t stop her from thinking rather highly of her image. No, not highly, just that all men were pigs and thought more with what they had in their pants then with their eyes.

What did she want to do? Read something dirty or look at something dirty? She wandered through the bookstore as gray eyes searched over the plaques that read of the genres. She found the adult book section but kept it moving in case seeing the manga section swayed her opinion. The doujinshi’s were located quite farther away towards the back which made sense given the content. She whipped around the corner then immediately jumped back, hiding behind the bookcase for cover.

Another brazen one had beaten her to it! Within his hands was one of these questionable doujinshi’s that he plucked off the shelf to browse at his leisure and from where she was standing she could make out the sides of the pages. A normal person would have left him alone. In fact most people were too embarrassed and shied away from seeing something like that, Touko was neither of these things. She was an idiot with way too many conflicting complexes. 

“W-What are you looking at you pervert?!” She shrieked,her face a mixture of anger and disgust. The noise she emitted brought several gazes to focus on the two of them. Some immediately put back what they were viewing and walked briskly away and some were left wondering why the girl who purposely walked into the adult manga section was calling out someone for looking at something in the adult manga section.

Today just wasn’t her day. She hadn’t eaten in days thanks to slacking off on her deadlines, there wasn’t a single thing in the house to eat because everyone hated her and wanted her to starve, and she never bothered to charge her mobile phone because, let’s be real, who really wanted to talk to her other than her editor? And none of the contacts in her phone did she even want to speak to.

So here she was at the small ramen shop here in Shizume because it was the nearest food place that didn’t require her to look better put together than she was. Touko armed herself with her wallet and braved the streets, preferring to walk to her destination rather than take an uber or taxi. She saw the way those drivers looked at her.. she wasn’t about to become the next main character for another Taken movie. There definitely wasn’t going to be a badass father to come save her.

When Touko entered the shop there wasn’t really anyone inside save for a male that sat way in the back far from everything else. Dang, that’s where she wanted to sit! She ground her teeth as she slung a few silent curses his direction. She could have ordered her food to go but she was hungry now. If she didn’t put something in her belly she was sure she wouldn’t make it home.

“I’ll take... the basic ramen set...” she mumbled to the clerk, avoiding his gaze and then fumbled with her wallet awkwardly to hand him her credit card. “Thank you, ma’am. We’ll get your order right out to you!” This guy was way too chipper.. Was he planning on spitting in her food or something?! Touko turned her stare back into the room and decided to take the seat on the opposite side of the room where that one jerk sat but before she could take one step forward the dinner rush began. 

Maybe everyone else had the same idea of getting a quick meal but the place was suddenly packed! The spot that she’d reserved for herself in her mind was taken in the blink of an eye. Actually every seat in the whole place was, leaving a despairing Touko with her arm outstretched as if symbolizing her failure to grasp what she should have in a timely manner. Of course this had to happen to her! Now there wasn’t anywhere else to sit but..!!

She reluctantly shuffled over to the male’s table, fumbling with her hands awkwardly as she avoided his eyes, not that she was shy or anything but because she knew if she looked at him she’d give him the most murderous stare she could muster. “Um.. Can I... sit here... Everywhere else is full...”

Touko had seen him on the news in passing but it wasn’t anything that she cared about. Idols and boy bands weren’t to her liking.. The only way she would ever care is if it were research and wouldn’t you know there was a serious boon in korean boy band popularity? Touko had made the suggestion sarcastically, but her editor swallowed it up. How perfect! She said. Make a brainless, dimwitted main character that all the stupid girls could see as a self insert to pair with one of their korean idols! She said. 

“Ugh...” There was an idol group that was quite popular in Shizume who were locals. It was a group called UNDEAD. All the boys were stupidly good looking.. None stuck out more than the lead Rei Sakuma. That wasn’t who Touko had her eye on.. but someone else. That other part of her who happened to take an interest in hot guys just like that. 

The more Touko researched, the more that information gathered up and piled up on her desk.. She was bound to notice and take an interest. What a fool she was. She should have known better. 

So deep into the evening, one Genocider Syo stalked her delicious prey. Those shaggy black locks.. Those deep, crimson red eyes.. She could get lost in those eyes. That color suited him the most. Wouldn’t he look absolutely gorgeous painted in red?! Ugh, she just wanted to cut open that manly neck of his. 

“Good evening~!” she called out in chipper, singsong voice. She curtsied, grabbing the ends of her long pleated skirt and pulling the ends out as she placed one foot in front of the other. It would have looked so noble if it hadn’t been for that long tongue of hers hanging out of her mouth like a horse in heat. “I’ve got a space on my thigh just for you~ GEHAHAHAHA!” 

She laughed maniacally, reaching under her skirt and pulled out her Genoscissors, she tossed them at Sakuma like darts and he was the board. But the scissors were only a distraction as she lunged for him, her hands never emptying of the scissors as she closed the distance between them, the sharp edge of her nose aiming straight for Sakuma’s throat. 

Touko Fukawa didn’t remember dozing off but that wasn’t particularly odd. As someone who primarily made their living from writing she suffered many a sleepless night. The dark bags that had developed under her eyes were a testament to that. One would think that your face smacking onto a cold, hard desk would bother one enough to wake them up but that was familiar to her. What wasn’t familiar was the scratchy sensation pressed against every bared part of her body. 

She willed her heavy eyes to open and was met with the trouble of something blinding hitting her retina’s through her spectacles. She knew something was wrong right away it was just her body that needed to get with the program. ‘This isn’t right! This isn’t right! This isn’t right!’ she repeated it to herself over and over until her body grew more alert and she sat up, adjusting her lopsided glasses and scanning over what was unknowingly to her to become her new home for the next week. 

A high pitched scream radiated throughout the entire island as the girl slammed her hands to her head and shook it from side to side. If someone else was there with her she didn’t notice for a long while. “What is this?! Some kind of joke?!” She stopped shaking, paralyzed as her eyes widened in realization. Not a joke..! It had to be bullying!

“I knew it!! I should have known!!” As she wallowed in a mixture of despair, self pity, and tried to figure out who had gone through all this trouble to bully her, her eyes spied another girl laying just beside her. “HIIIIIIIEEEE!?” If her first scream hadn’t rattled her this one certainly would. 

“W-What? Who the heck are you?! Wait, I know! You’re the one who did this to me, right?!” It made perfect sense given that it... made none whatsoever. But she was here so that obviously made her the culprit. What culprit just fell asleep next to their victim? Who knows? Who cares? Touko had fingered her as the culprit and that’s all that mattered.

“H-How dare you!? You.. You... scum!”

My name is Elle! I will be playing resident emo gurl here! I haven’t played Touko in a long time so I may be a bit rusty (I did take a long time getting my app turned in because I was trying to canon review ;;; but I didn’t have the patience lmao I’m so sorry). I was an awful Touko RPer back in the day but I think I’ve improved a lot so please don’t judge me for this mess from.. years ago!! I wanted to keep everything for posterity sake.

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