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That night the duo decided to meet the next morning at 12 on the street that housed the cafe in which they met. Rei promised to print out many copies of the survey and bring clipboards for people to write on. Nagisa promised he would bring a sign. To Rei the sign wasn't really a necessity but Nagisa insisted that more people would come and they would be able to get more results. And who doesn't want more data?
The following day Rei and Nagisa met where they agreed to: in front of the cafe. The time was just before 12, so there wasn't much of a lunch rush yet. And as promised, Nagisa brought a handmade sign that they could put in front of where they planned to stand. This sign read 'Scientific Survey Volunteers Wanted!' It also had a couple swirls and other decorative things to go with it.
"Nagisa, I told you we don't need a sign." Rei pushed up his glasses as he observed the sign more closely.
"I think it will help others know that we're here!" Nagisa was pretty proud of his handmade sign, as he smiled widely.
"Fine." With a sigh, Rei turned to the bag that he had brought. The contents were copies of the survey, pens and pencils, multiple clipboards, as well as his lab coat. With one swift movement he put the coat on.
"Rei-chan why do you have your lab coat?"
"I figured some might take this more seriously if I wore it. There are probably people who will think this is some sort scam. But here." Rei searched in the bag for something before handing it to Nagisa. "You can wear this one for today." The blonde took the white lab coat with a smile. This one didn't have a name embroidered on it, or the lab's name.
"Thanks Rei-chan!"
After about 15 minutes they got everything set up, making sure that they both had a good amount of surveys, that the pencils were all sharpened, but mostly they were just trying to get the sign to stay up. The lunch rush was also beginning to arrive. Nagisa and Rei positioned themselves closer to the buildings' walls so as to not be in the middle of the sidewalk. The plan was to go up to a variety of people and ask them if they would participate in the survey, and hopefully a couple would come up to them to volunteer themselves.
A good portion of people turned down the offer when Nagisa asked for their help. The same was happening to Rei; most people thought it was a scam to steal their information. Nagisa was almost ready to go and call it quits for the time being until he saw a couple who caught his eye. Maybe if these two people took the survey others would be inclined to say yes as well. So he decided to go up to them before they walked by.
"Excuse me!" The blonde came up next to them with a smile on his face. They both snapped out of their conversation to look at him. "I'm sorry to interrupt, but I was hoping you would take a couple minutes to fill out our survey!" He gave a slight nod back to where Rei was standing next to the sign.
"No thank you." The shorter man made to walk away.
"Come on, Rin. It'll just be a couple minutes." The taller male smiled at the person whose name was apparently Rin.
"Fine." Rin reluctantly stayed beside the taller man's side.
"Well here you both go! Two clipboards, two pencils, and two surveys! Please take as much time as you need! You can either stand here and fill them out or go stand with my partner under the shade of the awning," Nagisa explained with a smile. "Oh! I forgot to introduce myself! I'm Nagisa Hazuki!"
"Thank you. My name's Makoto and this is Rin." Makoto smiled as he went to go stand in the shade, and to also get out of the way of other pedestrians.
Nagisa skipped back to where Rei was standing which was a couple feet away from where the other two were. "Rei-chan I got two people to fill it out!"
"You've been far more lucky than I have, no one even stopped to listen to me." Rei let out a sigh before handing some more clipboards and pencils to Nagisa. "Obviously you are better than me at this. Thank you for helping me, Nagisa. It really means a lot." Rei had a small smile on his face.
"It's no problem Rei-chan!" The blonde gave Rei a quick kiss on the cheek before rushing back into the crowd to find more people to give the survey too.
Under the awning, Rei was thinking of a strategy of how to get more people to take the survey. Maybe he should try and be cheerful like Nagisa, with a shake of his head he decided against it. Even if he wanted to he could never pull it off like the energetic blonde.
After some time had passed the two men who had the surveys headed over to where Rei was standing.
"Here you go." The brunette went to go hand his survey Rei, but stuttered on the name.
"Ah! Thank you. You can just call me Rei." He smiled as he took the papers from the two other men. "I really appreciate that you both took the time to fill this out."
"It's no problem, it wasn't that hard. Just like... it's Nagisa right?" Makoto made a gesture towards the blonde going through the crowd, earning a nod from Rei. "Just like Nagisa said. Right Rin, it wasn't that bad?" He turned to the redhead next to him.
"Yeah, it wasn't too bad." As Rin talked Rei caught a glimpse of his sharp teeth, and did his best to not act shocked.
"Well I'm glad. I hope you both have a good day."
"The same to you Rei." Makoto gave him a smile before moving to hold Rin's hand, and begin to walk through the crowd again.
In the crowd Nagisa managed to get two other men to take the survey. One was a stoic-looking man with dark raven hair and bright blue eyes. He seemed to struggle a bit with the last page but still finished it. The other man was broad shouldered, tall and dark haired. He seemed to have an injury in his shoulder, but he also managed to finish the survey in a timely manner.
Rei was getting ready to head back into the crowd when a tall blonde saw their sign. He pulled the girl he was with over to the sign.
"So you're doing a survey?" The tall male asked, which made Rei turn to them. He saw the tall blonde and a shorter brown haired girl, who could have passed for a boy.
"Why, yes we are. Would you like to participate?"
"Of course! I love to help with science!" And with that Rei nodded before handing them both a survey on a clipboard and a pencil. While the girl just let out a sigh.
"Thank you for your help, please just follow the instructions on the papers."
"I can certainly do that for you, good sir!" The blonde was making very exaggerated hand gestures as he talked.
"Senpai please stop." The girl looked up from the survey to the blonde next to her.
"Haruhi! I've told you before that you don't have to call me senpai anymore! I am simply your loving boyfriend!" With this Haruhi rolled her eyes before going back to her survey.
They both walked over to a different part under the awning to get out of Rei's way.
Out in the crowd Nagisa found two others that appeared to be a couple, one had bright orangey-red hair and the other's was maroon-colored. The girl had a striking resemblance to the other maroon-haired male he found earlier.
"Excuse me!" Nagisa enthusiastically jumped in front of the pair, who turned their attention to him. "I was wondering if you would like to help with a survey for science!"
The maroon-haired girl chuckled at the sight in front of her. "Sure, I don't see why not. Right Seijuro?" She turned to the male beside her, with a smile on her face.
"I don't see why not, Gou."
"I told you to call me Kou!"
"Gou, Kou. It's the same thing." Seijuro shrugged, a smirk on his face while Nagisa handed him a clipboard and pencil.
"No it is not! As my boyfriend you should know better!" She sighed before taking her clipboard and pencil from Nagisa who knew now that he had been right about them being a couple. He explained how they just needed to fill out the survey and hand it to his partner, Rei, who was standing under the awning. They could also stand under there if they wanted to.
Throughout the rest of the day some people walked over to the sign and Rei themselves. The most memorable being a sandy blonde girl who pulled a white haired male over to the edge of the sidewalk. This man also had sharp teeth, leaving Rei to wonder why so many people had sharp teeth in this town.
In the crowd Nagisa found two more sets of couples. The first being two girls, one with long sandy blonde hair and the other with long blue hair, almost the shade of Rei's. The second one was two males, one with striking orangey red hair and a strong resemblance to the other orange haired male named Seijuro. The other male had light grey hair, which Nagisa would have been able to see even if he couldn't see color.
"So how many do we have Rei-chan?" Nagisa peered at the stack in Rei's hand as he organized them.
"It looks to be at least 15. That's just an approximate though. I thought we would have gotten more, but then again barely anyone would respond when I went up to them."
"Will this be enough?" There was a look of worry on Nagisa's face.
"It should be fine." Rei replied with a small smile "We'll most likely be able to find a pattern."
"If you say so, Rei-chan!" Nagisa responded before giving Rei a quick kiss sending the world into full color once again.
"Nagisa?" Rei quietly inquired.
"Yeah?"
"Why do so many people in this town have sharp teeth? It doesn't make any scientific sense!"
I hope that this was enjoyable :) I'll see you guys in the next chapter! Props to you if you can figure out the three anime references there are in the story. Thank you for reading my story, feel free to follow, favorite and review!