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Hey,
I need something light to help me take a break from Murokami. Preferably a one-shot—not sure if I'll have the time or discipline to follow a series. Will appreciate it if you scribbled down some suggestions. Or perhaps leave a little something from your personal collection? 。◕‿◕。
Thanks!
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You 'read' Murokami? What. Do you also post a picture of Norwegian Forest and a skinny latte on Tweeter with the caption: 'Best way to spend one's time in rainy days'?
If you do, don't touch my book.
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(Gasp!) How did you know?! And do you wanna follow me?!
Please.
I'll be taking your book.
P/S: Keep this arrogance up. You'll definitely get yourself a girlfriend.
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What makes you think I don't have a girlfriend?
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For starters, you have the time to lounge around the rooftop almost everyday.
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Be that as it may.
What makes you think I want a girlfriend?
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Oooh...
Writing to you has gotten thrice as interesting... ( ͡°╭͜ʖ╮͡° )
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I'm straight.
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Page-Turner
五月
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Question: did you think hard about choosing a LN suitable for me, or did you just pick it out by random?
Because I LOVE it. It's everything I'm looking (feeling) for. Thank you v. v. v. much!
Couldn't put it down and Sawaguchi-sensei called me out. Now I'm his favourite pick for the questions that nobody wants to answer and also the official blackboard-cleaner. Do you have any idea how much chalk he uses?
P/S: Got the sticker-residue off this one too. Again, love it. (´▽`ʃƪ)
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Sawaguchi?
Then I'm guessing you'll only add on to the confused silence since it's Physics. Watch out; he gets kicks out of watching students squirm under impossible questions. Word of advice: stare at his moustache when he makes you stand up in class. He'll back off.
And yes. I also know that he practically carves his words into the board. Good luck with your arms.
I'll start lending you my entire collection for that service then.
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Tried it and IT WORKS! Can't wait to get called on again just to see that grin slipping off. Even got asked by my classmates if I knew a dirty secret to induce such discomfort within him. Ah, the perks of having a senpai. Thank you!
To know such a trick must mean that you got picked on a lot as well?
Will gladly do it for more school hacks.
P/S: DID YOU SEE WHO THE NEW STUDENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT IS?!
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I'm good in Physics—so, no. Besides, nobody ever picks me. Realised he's sensitive about his moustache after having him for months. Eventually got one of my classmates to test it out. The success is what you saw and what you'll use. Welcome.
No. Not interested. They'll announce it during the next full assembly anyway.
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NOTICE.
BOARD.
NOW./SOON.
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Rakuzan High
洛山高校
STUDENTS' NOTICE BOARD
ʷʷʷʷʷʷʷʷʷʷʷʷʷʷʷ
MONTH OF: [MAY/春]
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Please welcome and congratulate our new Student Council President:
AKASHI SEIJUROU
(SPECIAL CLASS 1-A)
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That guy's in my club. Heard he's gunning for captaincy too. Insane.
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IT'S BEYOND INSANE. HE IS A FIRST-YEAR. BETTING THAT SATAN NOW OWNS HIS SOUL AND FUTURE NEWBORNS BECAUSE THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE. A PHENOMENEN. AND THIS. IS. RAKUZAN. THAT MAKES IT TWICE AS CRAZY! IS THE UNIVERSE IN ORDER?!
And you, a third-year, are all fine and dandy with it?!
(Asked around—so you're in the Basketball Club?)
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Never met him, but apparently you'll be more surprised at the fact that such an unreal person exists. Heard crazy things about his skills in the sport as well; good enough to be dubbed as a 'miracle' and tote around an epithet. Also, he's to inherit the Akashi Group.
Doesn't concern me anymore. Handed in my resignation form yesterday. So, to your question: I was in the basketball club.
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THE AKASHI GROUP? THE AKASHI GROUP AS IN ONE OF JAPAN'S LONGEST-RUNNING PRIVATE FINANCIAL GROUP?! WOW. OK. SO HE'S A LITERAL PRINCE?
Two very crucial questions: is Akashi-kun (or -sama, more like) single? And is he into older ladies?
Oh.
If I ask why, will you give me an answer? Does it have anything to do with you having a bad time on that day you wrote that (horrible) note to me?
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Some answers:
1. Never met him, don't know him.
2. Never met him, don't know him.
(Bonus: I strongly advise you to kill any unnecessary pipedreams.)
3. Doubt it. Can't be sharing personal matters with a stranger.
4. Maybe. Maybe not.
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OK. Saw him up close in the cafeteria and heard his President's speech today—how can somebody be so freaking flawless?! It's unfair. If you ever want to meet: hit me up at the Kyoto Municipal Zoo because I'm now officially a cougar.
Then are you joining another club or are you going to live the rest of your high school days in complete obscurity? Pretty sure you'll be able to ravish Japan's entire stock of LNs with all that extra time.
You can join my club, if you like. :)
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Two things to tell you:
1. I'm back in the basketball club. It's quite embarrassing to withdraw anything you've submitted, really.
2. Nobody is flawless. You'll get what I mean if you ever have the (mis)fortune of talking to Akashi.
Just mildly curious: what club are you in?
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I'll have to frame your previous note up because it's the first time you've actually asked about me. I'm weeping.
Yours truly is in the Drama club. Before you get excited: I do the back/off-stage work. Can't and won't act for infinite wealth, eternal youth and a steady line of S-ranked ikemen suitors—don't really appreciate being stared at by so many.
Why the sudden reversal? Guessing that Akashi coaxed (coerced?) you back into it. Was there a catch? BTW; really did not expect you to be in a sports club.
P/S: CODE-RED: SAWAGUCHI-SENSEI SHAVED HIS MOUSTACHE. WHAT DO I DO NOW?
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If you're going to make such a fuss I'll stop asking entirely.
I figured you'd be in the Performing Arts from the way you talk/write. Just don't sell me any tickets if you guys are having a gig or anything. What? Not all sportsmen devote themselves strictly to protein, weights and the sports channel. Though there is a guy like that in my club... Nebuya—you recognise that name?
Akashi did offer me a catch. But I'm not going to tell you because a) it's too long to explain and b) I don't want to.
PS: Die a slow, torturous death—he'll be exacting revenge and considering his personality, it'll come tenfold.
Alternatively, you can just brush up on your Physics.
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Yep. He's in the class behind mine. AND HE'S A BASKETBALLER? I've always thought he was in the Wrestling Club! Ran into him once and nearly got a concussion. I'm starting to fear for your life considering you'll be engaged in close physical contact with that Hulk. (There's a kind of legend amongst us Year 2 girls about touching his biceps and achieving great success in dieting. Might have to try that out now.)
Fine. Whatever makes you happy.
P/S: You make it sound so easy. (...though it probably is to you. Nerd.)
If you're such a genius, help me out. (*see attached worksheet which I'm on the verge of lining pet dog's potty tray with.)
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So you're fat?
And please don't. The only thing you'll achieve is inflating his already gargantuan ego.
I'm no saint. Can't be doing your work for you all the time. If you want my help, some fees are in order.
As for your worksheet: line your pet's tray with it or use it yourself—I don't care.
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You really are no saint.
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Neither am I cheap. Take your worksheet and meat bun back.
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Sorry for the sudden disappearance. Contracted food poisoning and missed school for a week. Would supply details about the horrors and wonders of human waste expulsion but that'll forge irredeemably bad impressions and effectively lose me a pen-pal. Friends now have to shield me from the sight and smell of a meat bun lest severe vomiting is triggered.
Don't think I'll have to molest Nebuya 'cos I'm pretty sure I'm now 5kg lighter.
(Did you miss me?)
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Don't tell me you ate that meat bun you left as bribery.
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It'd be a waste if I threw it away...
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It would've been 2 days old.
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I'll delude myself by taking that as a display of your concern.
Read over this notebook during Chemistry (Nakazaki-sensei—familiar?) and you mentioned something about never getting picked. What do you mean?
P/S: If Sawaguchi-sensei isn't deigned the top customer of chalk companies I would feel indignity on his behalf. Really confident about my eligibility in challenging Nebuya to arm wrestling right now.
P/P/S: Might reply slower/lesser since the mid-terms are coming up.
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No, but heard she can even put 60% of the teachers to sleep in a meeting.
I meant exactly what I wrote. People just don't notice me easily, I guess. I'm somehow fine with it too. School and life are a lot less annoying that way. You, on the other hand, sound like you can't deal with solitude.
That, you can do. I'd like to see his face after being challenged by a girl. Unless you're a she-Hulk, which I doubt is the case.
Good. I'm tied up nowadays too.
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Are you really 100% fine with that?
(Ignoring that laced implication of me being attention-seeking.) Well, I can't deal with complete solitude. I don't think anyone can. But neither can I deal with too much attention. Just having a small group of close friends is more than enough to satisfy me.
Then what cases do you not doubt about me?
Oh. With basketball? (And are third-years exempted from midterms? 'Cos the upperclassmen in my club are living life as though you all are.).
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Why do you ask?
Don't know. I don't really think about you. Sorry.
Yes. Currently receiving special torture from Akashi himself.
We aren't. But since we don't have to worry about being promoted to the next year, nobody really cares if they fail or not.
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For someone who purportedly favours solitude, you're replying to a stranger eagerly enough.
...At least you apologised.
(But haven't you wondered, even for a single, fleeting moment, what kind of person I am? Or at least what I look like?)
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Anonymity is effective in coaxing voices out. This exchange between us would never have happened in real-life.
Not really.
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Well, I have.
From what I gathered from your tone of voice, you look a little something like this in my mind:
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I...don't even know where to start...
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I spent a quarter of Chemistry trying to get the lines right. The least you can say is 'good effort'.
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Aren't you supposed to be more diligent in class considering how close the mid-terms are?
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Everyone needs a break, alright? Besides, I study more than I breathe now. Period.
P/S: Sawaguchi-sensei hasn't called on me at all since The Shave, and yet constantly eyes me over with a demented gleam. S.O.S.
P/P/S: Just a gripe and not a shot for your sympathy: mid-terms are in a week and a half and there isn't a single Physics formula I understand. Have resorted to making Kinematics notes during World History. Y'know, Shirogane-sensei's class.
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Studying subjects unrelated to the lesson in Shirogane's? Can't deny being impressed by your guts.
However, recent observations of the leadership hierarchy in my club has lost me some respect for Shirogane. No adult should be rendered that useless by a mere first-year brat.
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Forget the 'mere' part.
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Are those... drops of water blotching your words?
Hoping they are instead of sweat/tears/both/something worse.
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Just study for your tests.
(For formalities only: good luck.)
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(•̀ᴗ•́)و
(With ocean-deep sincerity only: stay alive.)
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Rakuzan High
洛山高校
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Semester 1 Mid-Term Examination Results:
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Student: Miyama Taeko
Year 2 Class C
Index No.: 21
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SCIENCE:
Biology: 67/100 (D)
Physics: 9/100 (F*)
Chemistry: 54/100 (E)
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SOCIAL STUDIES:
Japanese History: 73/100 (C)
World History: 69/100 (D)
Geography: Subject not taken by student
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Mathematics: 65/100 (D)
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LITERATURE:
Modern Literature (Japanese): 98/100 (A)
Ancient Literature (Japanese): 91/100 (A)
Classical Literature (Chinese): Subject not taken by student
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ENGLISH:
Grammar: 77/100 (C)
Conversation: 77/100 (C)
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OTHERS: [NO IMPLEMENTED EXAMINATIONS]
Art: -N/A-
Music: -N/A-
Home Economics: -N/A-
Health and Physical Education: -N/A-
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THAT SUPER SADIST SAWAGUCHI!
90% OF THE PAPER WERE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE STUFF TAUGHT DURING THE WEEK I WAS ABSENT. ELECTROMAGNETISM. YOU KNOW, ONLY THE HARDEST AND MOST COMPLICATED TOPIC AROUND?! THE KIND YOU'RE UNABLE TO DERIVE FROM THE TEXTBOOK AND MUST BE CLOSELY TAUGHT BY A TEACHER?
APPARENTLY—ACCORDING TO MY FRIENDS—HE WANTED TO DO KINEMATICS, BUT UPON DISCOVERING THAT I WASN'T IN CLASS AFTER THE ROLL-CALL, HE SWITCHED THE TOPIC.
NOW I HAVE TO ATTEND PHYSICS REMEDIAL LESSONS WITH THE OTHER FAILURES OF MY YEAR WHICH I CANNOT GET OUT OF UNTIL I PASS THE FINALS OF THE 1ST SEMESTER.
I AM NOW SYNONYMOUS WITH DESPAIR.
NEVER GONNA ATTACH A '-SENSEI' SUFFIX TO HIS NAME. EVER. AGAIN.
NOT TO HIS FACE, AT LEAST.
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Can't say it's not within his character to pull something like that. But then again, even if you were absent, it was your responsibility to approach other people to clarify your doubts.
Physics isn't that difficult to grasp. It's very systematic.
Who's the supervisor for the remedial?
PS: Do you know the next 6 pages of this notebook is embellished with your rant?
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Seriously contemplated staking out the rooftop for your arrival to ambush you with a beating worthy of Mike Tyson infamy. Complete with ear-biting and all. Then I remembered that I can't afford to miss any more lessons.
And I also attended the first lesson, which forced me to concede to the truth of your second line: 98% of my cohort scraped a pass at least. Full attendance of the remedial numbered 8/8. Guess who's feeling like dirt now?
Mikoshiba-sensei! She's such a sweetie and I could actually grasp some of the thermal laws. Oh, and do you know a Hayama Kotarou? He's in your club. Sat beside him in remedial today.
P/S: Not my fault that the paper quality is indistinguishable from 2-ply tissue.
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Fyi, understanding thermal laws shouldn't come as such an achievement because they are one of the absolute basics.
Yeah, heard good things about Mikoshiba. Guess you got it good.
Hayama? I suggest you book an appointment with a ear specialist because that guy will never shut the hell up.
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Had a hunch you'd dislike him considering you two are like polar opposites. (Unless you have some double-personality issue going on and I've been writing to a huge lie.)
Well, I do tire sometimes, but it feels good talking to him. Literally, 'cos he laughs at everything you say.
...And maybe also because we were bitching about Sawaguchi.
P/S: All the best for your Inter-high Prelims, especially if you're playing! Heard about it from Hayama-kun.
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Don't worry. I'm not the one with that problem.
Maybe he's 'sweeter' to you because you're a girl.
Sure.
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From: Hayama Kotarou
To: Miyama Taeko
(Today, 7:38pm)
HI TAEKO-CHAN~! HAYAMA KOTAROU HERE~! (。•̀ᴗ-)✧
OK, I can't attend remedial next week 'coz we have a practise match and my new captain says I can't miss it since I'm a starter. (He's just a kid but daaamn he is scaaary~! ◝(๑⁺д⁺๑)◞՞) So can you collect the worksheets that sensei will give and pass them to me at the school gym after class? PLEEEASE~! YOU'LL BE A GREEEAT HELP~! (๑•́ㅿ•̀๑) ᔆᵒʳʳᵞ
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From: Miyama Taeko
To: Hayama Kotarou
(Today, 8:08pm)
'Sup, Hayama-kun! Sure, consider it done. Play without worries and win! (•̀o•́)ง
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From: Hayama Kotarou
To: Miyama Taeko
(Today, 8:15pm)
REALLY?! (。◕‿◕。) THANK YOU! I'll treat you to Pocari~ And duh, I'll win for sure~ ᕙ༼ ͝°益° ༽ᕗ
YOU'RE THE BEST~! b(^O^)d
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A/N: First off, a huge thank you to guest-sama, Tsuru Maiden and CanYouSeeMeNow for the lovely reviews, and everyone who has read, followed and favourited this little pet project of mine! :') Hope this chapter's less uneventful, haha.
CanYouSeeMeNow: Pls read the manga so you can meet the sassy perfection that is Mayuzumi Chihiro =w= Oh! If this makes it any better: Mayuzumi writes in the normal font while Taeko writes in italics (it's supposed to represent a fancier kind of handwriting lulz =u=;;;). Hope that helps!
Same as always, please point out any discrepancies you guys have noticed, especially in terms of characterization. (I feel like I relate to Mayuzumi the most and yet he's so tricky to write...)
Thoughts? :)
