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[setmefree]

[ She didn't think she'd see such a familiar face so soon. Haruki got discharged from the hospital - her arm was still in a cast and she walked with a bit of a limp, but she was fine and functional. Doctors said that she could go on home, all she needed to do is take care of herself.

(Not to mention she hoped she'd get out sooner than later. She didn't know how they'll pay the hospital bills.)

But as she walked out of her hospital room, there was a door nearby that read: Inukai Isuke.

And that caught her attention.

Haruki came back every day, at least three times, to make sure Isuke was okay. She helped feed her, helped brushed her hair and painted her nails and did whatever she could do to help the doctors out. After all, not many people could deal with Isuke's temper, or her high standards.

Admittedly, Haruki wasn't even sure if she could live up to Isuke's standards either, but she could at least be someone she tolerated.

It's been a few weeks, maybe even a month already, since Isuke's been hospitalized. Today she comes in around lunch time, a tray of hospital food in her hands. ]

Ready for lunch? They've got a special rice lunch so I grabbed it before it was gone. Need help sitting up? [ She sets the tray down to the side, sits by the edge of the bed in case Isuke needs some help. ]

Comments

[shiseido]

I don't want it.

[color tinges her cheeks. if only her arms weren't like this, then she could actually smack Haruki for being an idiot.]

I've had enough of this crappy hospital food~ ♥

[setmefree]

That's why I got you the pocky!

[ She opens up the box and just. pops one end of the pocky stick into Isuke's mouth.

Haruki's grinning as if she's expecting Isuke to fall in love with it or something ]

Taste good? It's not a gourmet dessert, but nothing goes wrong with pocky!

[shiseido]

[what!! oh fine. she holds it between her teeth, threatening to snap it in half. how does Haruki even talk with these things hanging between her lips all the time?]

No~ ♥ It tastes cheap. [well.] Take it back!

[she doesn't spit it out, expecting Haruki to do as told.]

[setmefree]

It's not good to waste food, though. [ Seriously brah, it ain't good.

So Haruki has the perfect solution!!

She's going to lean in and take a bite of the pocky even though it's still in Isuke's mouth! That's a smart idea! ]

Don't know why you wouldn't want it, it's not like there's expensive or cheap pocky. It just is what it is.

[shiseido]

[THAT... NO....... NO DON'T DO THAT ugh!! she doesn't move a muscle, only glares hard.]

If you like it so much then you take it. ♥

[Haruki ur face is too close]

[setmefree]

If you say so.

[ Sorry, going back in for the pocky again. She's gonna keep munching until she gets a brief kiss, then pull away, wiping her mouth with the back of her hand. ]

Tasty.

[shiseido]

[she still doesn't move when Haruki steals that kiss, completely frozen, willing herself to stop the color that's likely running up her neck right now.

it's not working. goddamnit.]

Pervert. Isuke doesn't remember giving you permission to do that.

[setmefree]

Not like you can do anything to me, in the state you're in.

[ Griiiin. She munches on her own pocky stick. ]

When you're feeling better, I'll let you do the same to me then! [ so sly, Haruki ]

[shiseido]

As if I would even do something so unrefined. ♥ Isuke has class~

[classy as fuck!!]

[setmefree]

Darn, and here I was, so close to getting a kiss from Isuke-sama herself!

[shiseido]

Better luck next time. ♥

Ahaha, just kidding! There won't be a next time.

[except there will be.]

[setmefree]

Hmm, I always find an opportunity when I can!

[ there totally will be ]

You know I'm not gonna stop visiting until you're outta here.

[shiseido]

And then what? You're going to find Isuke's house and bother me there?

[no that'd be terrible.... sort of... not really??]

[setmefree]

I'm not gonna stalk you or anything.

[ She pouts. She's not that clingy! ]

I mean, the only way I'd know where you live would be if you invited me over.

[shiseido]

Mama wouldn't like it if I brought a stray mutt into our home. ♥

[always with the dog comparisons...!]

[setmefree]

Whoa, even if I was well-groomed and everything? That's harsh, Isuke-sama.

[ why is she always a dog can't she be something cool and badass ]

[shiseido]

[a wolf... puppy!!]

You say that like you could even be well-groomed. ♥

[though... now she's trying to imagine it. goddamnit the color isn't leaving her face.]

[setmefree]

You don't think I have what it takes?

[ Haruki laughs, because admittedly it's kind of true, but...! ]

Alright, just picture this. I'm outside your door and I ring the doorbell. Got a bouquet of flowers in one hand and a gift for your parents in the other. You open the door and there I am, dressed in a nice shirt and a vest, a nice pair of pants, polished shoes... The hair is a different story, but that doesn't sound bad, right?

[shiseido]

It sounds cheesy. Isuke won't have her life become something out of a bad romance novel. ♥

[godDAMN though that mental image.]

[setmefree]

But for someone like me, it's totally plausible, right?

[ Come on, don't shoot her down...! as if she has clothes like that to begin with but shhh ]

I'm really digging the dress shirt and vest look, though. Think I could work it?

[shiseido]

Good clothes can make even a hopeless case look decent. ♥

[so roundabout.....!]

[setmefree]

Haha, then maybe I"ll have to scrap together the expenses to try and impress you.

[ is she serious or is she joking, we just don't know ]

[shiseido]

... You'd really go through that much trouble?

[doki doki- no wait]

What an idiot. ♥

[setmefree]

If you gave me the time. [ Griiin ] You thought about it, right? It's a totally solid image, even if it's a little out of reach for me.

[shiseido]

When the day you can dress like that arrives, I'll go out to dinner with you.

[sarcasm?? is it???]