poooossibly looking for games. canon is hyouka!

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[ there are several things wrong with this situation. if he wanted to, houtarou can count them all off his fingers without needing to pause for breath, but he doesn't, and so he won't, because he's been around chitanda long enough to know that, sometimes (read: all of the time), he just can't win.

(though let it be known that he's already thought of twelve.) ]

No.

[ and still, he tries! if you can call that trying, because he knows his mun, and he knows the terrible, awful, no good places she could bring him to, and he should fight for his salvation, shouldn't he? or something.

Where's the line between fighting and begging for mercy?

quickly--! what would chitanda do? ]

Please.

[ Damn, I crossed it. ]

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Irrelevant.

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You're not just saying that? You should treat a lady right, maybe she's been interested all along. Don't play dumb!

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Relationships are exhausting.

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They can be rewarding.

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[ he sees. ]

So how many years have you been married?

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Ah - no.

I'm a bachelor.

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So how do you know?

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Trust me on this one.

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What's so rewarding about them?

[ not to say he doesn't understand love, or that he doesn't think couples can be happy. but for a boy as passive as he is, and as complacent as he is with his bachelor life, he can't think of a good reason to want to actively pursue one. ]

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Don't you want to know what it's like? A woman's beauty can go beyond her looks, you know.

[Well. Sometimes.]

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So make a friend with a girl.

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That sounds like you're assuming I don't already have a friend who's a girl.

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If you do, why aren't you dating them then?

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IT'S NOT THAT EASY

1/3

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[ ...! ]

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[ Bingo. ]

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Why not? Won't it be rewarding?

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[A-Ahem.] Now isn't the time.

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When is?

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I'm not sure ever.

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What? Is it Romeo and Juliet?

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Hahah, not exactly. That's morbid, isn't it?

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Starting with the worst-case scenario seemed like the better option.

[ well then? he's waiting. ]

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Half right. You could say Romeo got the shortest end of the stick this time.

1/3

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