Suite Dreams - Kazunari

[aono]

Art from here.

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[dms]

You think...? But you don't kick a baseball. That sounds like it might hurt, actually?

[aono]

Well no, but you just play the rules of baseball but with a soccer ball. That's why you kick it!

[dms]

Oh! In that case... yeah, I guess it kind of is just kickball? But no one said they had to play at the same time, just share the field!

Either way, it sounds pretty fun to me.

[aono]

Think we can get a bunch of people to come here and play a game?

[dms]

Ohh, I hope so! That sounds pretty fun!

[ it's really a shame kumon can't play, but hey, kazunari will just have to play for him! ]

It's worth a shot.

[aono]

Yeah! There's enough of us here for it!

[Me, looking at Aikawa's post.

But anyway Rin is going to get showered in stardust now, it's time for a memory!]

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"Now we can finally talk face to face."

Suriel is so cute. You knew she had a sweet personality already, but seeing her without her mask on makes it obvious just how cute she is. You can already feel your face getting a little warm, but you try to shake that thought away. Be cool, Rin. Don't be an idiot around her just because she's a cute girl!

"I- yeah, it's nice to be able to talk like this!" Your reply is with a bit of a stammer, but you're still trying to be cool here.

"Mmm!" After saying that, Suriel taps her chin thoughtfully. "I still wish I could tell you my real name, but that's still off limits. But maybe I can give you a hint...?"

She summons a cup of tea too, probably to help her think of what to say for a hint or something. You have no idea what could be a good hint though, but you can at least encourage the hints at least. "Yeah? If you give a hint I'll try to guess!" You're not the best at puzzles but she knows you pretty well by now, it shouldn't be too difficult right?

Then she hands you the cup of tea, and you just stare at it for a moment. "Oh! Um, thanks? But didn't you make it because you were thirsty?" Come to think of it, she didn't even drink from the cup did she?

Then Suriel laughs. "It's a hint!"

"Oh! R-right! A hint!" So now you're staring down at the cup of tea. Something about this is a hint. The cup is white with pink dots, so that's probably not a hint...the tea is green though...

...c'mon gear, turn in his mind...

"It's okay if you don't get it, I just... wanted to give you a shot, since we aren't allowed to tell you ourselves. You can still call me Suriel." She's smiling as she says it, but that just makes you more determined to figure this out.

Finally, something clicks. "...Midori!" The tea is green, Midori is a girl's name, it all fits!

But Suriel just laughs again. "No, that's my friend's name! It's not about the colors, okay?"

"Oh." Okay. Not about the colors. Tea...Tea... "Tea...Ocha?"

"You got it! Or most of it, anyway."

"Ocha-chan~" You feel proud of yourself now. That was a tricky hint, but somehow you managed to puzzle it out! ""r maybe just O-chan." That feels like a cuter way to say her name.

"That's close enough. I'll answer to whatever you want to call me, Okumura-kun."

"Okay~!" But there's something else he needs to say here, isn't there? "Oh, but if we're sharing names like this, you should call me Rin."

You swear you can see her demeanor change into something a bit softer after you say that, and it makes your face feel warm again. Does she like the idea of going by first names? You hope so, it would be nice to use a less formal way of addressing each other. Just the thought of it makes the fondness you already feel for Suriel grow.

Fortunately she confirms it a moment later, saying, "Okay... Rin."

[dms]

[ you're really gonna make me talk about my own character? okay, fine. kazunari will do this. he's grinning like a fool when the memory fades. ]

O-chan, huh~? Is that your girlfriend? She's super adorbs~!

[ he has no shame and no problems with asking outright so it's time to cough up the deets, rinrin! ]

[aono]

[I sure am lmao]

She's not my girlfriend!

[Rin why are you shouting that first? He's going bright red at the question by the way.]

She was one of the Watchers in that game! And she was super-nice and yeah she's adorable but it's more important that she's nice!

[dms]

[ oh? oh?????? kazunari's grin simply widens. ]

You're awfully red talking about someone who isn't your girlfriend~. So she's just a crush, then? This super nice and adorable Watcher of yours?

[aono]

Stooooop!

[He's dragging his hands down his face now.]

She's training to be a superhero! It didn't feel like a good time to ask her out!

[dms]

Ehhhh? Can't you guys do both? It doesn't hurt to have someone you like to spend time with when you aren't on duty, does it?

Besides, if you like her, you should totes ask her out! I bet you'd be cute together~!

[aono]

Yeah, we would be kinda cute...

[For a moment it's like he's imagining it, but he quickly shakes his head.]

...but I have to talk to her first! About other stuff. I was kind of a jerk to her, even if I didn't mean to be.

[dms]

[ we can derail with more memories shortly but first kazu wants the deets ]

You should always talk things out! But what do you mean, you were a jerk? What'd you do?

[aono]

[Me coming back here so we can continue delicious memshare.]

It's kinda complicated, but...so there were two people I kinda liked. But instead of just picking one, I...never really talked about it with either of them? I mean, Allen's not gonna live long, so I figured I could hang out with him until he...you know. And then I'd go talk to Ochako again. But I never really talked about it with either of them, because I was scared of getting told no. So we just went our separate ways without really talkin' about it, and now I feel like a huge jerk because I never considered how she might feel about it.

I know the right thing to do is to just talk to her and tell her all of that, and accept whatever answer she might have about it. But I'm scared, you know?

[dms]

Ohhhh. Yeah, I get it. Doing or saying things that might upset someone... it's always scary.

But you know the right thing to do, and TBH? It might make all of you happier if you just go ahead and do it. Being honest, even if it's scary... that's the only way to have a real friendship or relationship with anyone, you know?

[ speaking from experience, it seems. ]