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[Yuya just stares at Kano for a moment, shoulders sinking. Like that's really what matters, and he hopes Kano doesn't think it's some battlefield that he can stand far enough away from to avoid. Daemons will go after the vulnerable. Those who can't fight are at even more risk.

But wasn't Yuya here so he could be the one to do that? So that he could carry the burden for his friends?

In the silence he reaches to, and tries to grab Kano's hand with a gentle squeeze.]

I'm definitely a fool that rushes in. [He smiles genuinely despite that.] So try and keep yourself safe so I don't have to, okay?

[ He thought he was being convincing, but Yuya's even more of a fool than he thought, taking his hands like that and Kano can only let them hang limply in Yuya's grasp. It was a mistake to make friends, and it was an even greater mistake making friends with Yuya. He's going to get Yuya killed someday, especially at the rate he's going. ]

If you know that, you should also know better! I'll do my best to keep myself alive, but I'll also be counting on you~

Yeah. [He knows it'll get worse, and nothing they do can stop that. So he definitely needs to get strong enough before then.

He smiles warmly.] You can trust me! I'm not going to stop getting stronger, and I'll protect you.

[Nana, too, Gongenzaka and all his other friends.

He lets go, giving Kano a moment to get on position opposite to the bed before starting to push it in place.]

[ He says that, and meanwhile Kano will die two to three times this month alone, but Yuya doesn't know that. Kano's going to almost kill Yuya two or three times this month too, so really, it's like they're even?

Kano goes over to his side of the bed and leans his weight against the frame. Ugh. His side barely moves, as Yuya's slides into place. He's definitely weak, and spends too much time strolling around scheming instead of going out on runs or lifting weights. Doesn't matter. ]

Come here and help me with my side too~

[ How in the world did he even manage to rearrange the furniture in the first place?? Mysteries. ]

[Yuya assumes Ellie did it.]

That's awful, Kano. [Yuya shakes his head, but he comes around and uses his shoulder to push the other side in place.] Are you having fun?

[ Ellie could definitely singlehandedly rearrange all the furniture all by herself, but like most things in his life, it was something set in place far before she'd arrived here in the academy, from the furniture to the hidden spaces under the floor and in his desk, there's a lot he's grateful he had a single bedroom for all these years.

Still, the help is nice, and he's grateful for that too, telling aside to let Yuya do all the work, because it's not like Kano would be any help and would just be in the way. ]

Yep, it's fun~ How 'bout you?

I think we should get some ice cream after. [Yuya winks, adjusting the bed before walking to the other bed to slide it into place as well. This is probably close enough to the middle.]

[ Ice cream and happiness, huh... ]

With waffle cones? And rainbow sprinkles??

And at least two flavors! [Yuya holds up his fingers for emphasis.]

And those bright red cherries that taste like cough syrup~!!!

Right! [Yuya scoots the bed over, each corner, letting out a breath after and stretching.] That's how you want it?

[ Cough syrup is gross and sprinkles taste like chalk and Kano likes waffle cones more than he likes ice cream and doesn't know if he can stomach two entire scoops but ]

Yep, that's it~ Come on, let's go! Your treat, right~?

[Yuya laughs.] Sure, my treat.

[Because he was just going to go to the station on campus, which is free, but Kano can call it what he likes. He moves to the door to open it first, and holding it open for Kano.]

[ It's the thought that counts!! He makes his way out of the door and locks it behind him before heading down the hall, hopping down the stairs two at a time, outside and— ]

Oh, yikes, it sure is hot, now, huh?? Is it spring?

[ He missed all of April... It doesn't really hit him until he steps outside, seeing everything coming into bloom. Winter is over. ]

[Yuya follows right beside him. He spares the guards a glance and a wave, whether they follow or not, but after that his attention is on Kano.]

I told you! It's May first now.

[ It's hard to refute that with the sun shining on his face, leading Kano to tug his hood over his head to block out the sun, rather than hiding his face like he tends to do all winter. A black jacket and tall boots are going to make the summer brutal, but he'll continue wearing this all summer and suffer. It's definitely ice cream weather. ]

...So you did~ I hope the month passes quickly, without incident~

[ He hates May. Too many bad memories. ]

[Maybe if Kano himself didn't process to cause chaos this May.

Yuya laces his fingers behind his head.] I think we've already exceeded out incident quota, anyway. And it won't be much longer before the summer vacation.

[ Maybe he got fed up and decided that if he had to suffer, so does everybody else, idk. ]

Haha, I thought that quota got filled all the way back in January~ I tried real hard, making sure we'd have a peaceful rest of the year~

[ As if him front-loading trouble will clear out the rest of the year. Spring's just started, but summer is something he still looks forward to- there's still the charm of summer vacation, days at a time where he can lounge around in his room doing nothing and that's to be expected, sweltering summer days droning with insects and, best of all, the campus clears out as everybody else goes home. ]

If that's the case, I wonder why it keeps following you. [A pause.] And Toki. You two make me look really well behaved in comparison...

UHH, Toki is a trillion times worse than me??

[ Toki is the one who keeps almost dying. Kano's just... the one who almost kills people, the one who causes trouble instead of attracting it. It's different. ]

... Yeah. [Toki causes a lot of his own trouble, too.] I think if he wasn't at the Academy where people could watch him he'd probably be dead?

...Yeah. [ YEAH. Can't refute that. ]

I'm super relieved you're his roommate, you know? Thanks for taking care of him all this time, Yu~ya! I mean, imagine if he and I lived together?

[ The Academy wouldn't be able to save Toki then. ]

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[Toki is here for his own safety.]

It's exhausting. But it's like nobody else ever took care of him... [And now Yuya's invested so that's just his job now.] I'm really worried about his visions, so I hope he really gets help with them this time.

[ He knows that Toki had a sister, but that's a can of worms he was never willing to pry open and have spill out. Tsuyukusa also looked after him, sort of. Enough to threaten Kano over Toki's mental well-being. What happened to Toki's parents? There's lots he doesn't know about Toki— he knows very little, possibly nothing at all. Just that his favorite color is this weird orange. And even that he doesn't know if it's the truth. ]

Hmmm... They're getting worse, aren't they? It sorta feels like it.

[ Then again, it's been a full month since he'd really seen Toki, and longer since he'd seen Toki have a vision. ]

He's been having some really bad ones lately. [Yuya rubs the back of his neck.] And I think, although they're getting clearer he's not getting used to them. And he doesn't talk to other seers as mitch as he should, so he only has his own interpretation and it might be wrong.

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