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“Happy trash day- whoops, I meant birthday komaedasenpai, how forgetful of silly ol’ adorable lil me~!”

“... right.“ the reaction comes a beat too late, unimpressed. then again, isn’t it his own fault if he’s disappointed ? it only implies he held someone like enoshima to too high of a standard-- and he’s come to learn the hard way that the standard for enoshima is always zero. so, it serves him right.

how she knows, and why she took the time to tell him-- that’s anyone’s best guess. perhaps an intimidation tactic... he wouldn’t put her beyond that. then again, maybe he should remind her that two can play that game. it takes all the energy he has to force the features on his face into a tight smile-- speak in a low tone, be friendly, be composed.

“thank you, either way. that’s very considerate of you, enoshima-san.”