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. ]

Comments

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Hm, guess so.

What would it be like dating a zombie, I wonder.

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...cold.

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And crumbly.

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[ he makes a bit of a face. ]

And smelly.

1/2

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I bet.

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NOT THAT I SMELL, AT ALL, BECAUSE I DON'T.

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...You have a scent.

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[...] I'd say it's closer to roses and the sweat of discipline than anything dead or crumbly.

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[ What kind of man prides himself on smelling like roses? ]

You're biased.

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Wouldn't you be biased if someone was talking about your scent?

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[ this is mostly just to spite him... ]

I smell like soap and paper, a little bit of sweat, and coffee.

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That's not flattering.

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Exactly. It's true.

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You don't sell yourself well.

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I think I'd have more pride smelling like paper than roses.

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What's wrong with roses?

Ah, no. I probably smell more like shampoo and hair product. [His job, sigh...]

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And rain.

[ his sense of smell isn't as freakishly good as chitanda's... but he can detect a hint of it. ]

[consumptive]

Rain?

[Have you been sniffing him...]

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--or maybe someone left a window open...

[ wow, no, that's creepy. shut up. ]

[consumptive]

[He looks around. No windows.]

... Well. I'll take your word for it.

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[ Damn, no windows! ]

...in any case. The point is you're alive now, right? Why not take it as a second chance?

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Where I am now isn't exactly the same as where I came from. I wouldn't change much from here.

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So make a new life.

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Good advice. Is that what you would do?

1/2

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[ it was good advice, wasn't it? but hmmm.. is it something he'd do? ]