Kitchen (Young Aichi)
-So she likes proving the people that think she's a villain wrong?-
"Oh, I think I understand...!"
-...Well, sort of.-
—
Roof (Aichi)
-Oh, it's Anna...-
"O-Oh, it's you, Anna. You really startled us..."
-Aichi's got a sheepish expression... and of course he's got a bit of a blush as well. This is a really embarrassing situation to be stuck in...!-
"I-Is everything all right?"
—
Main Room (Misaki)
-Misaki's really not feeling any better looking at Sthesia's smile...-
"...What did he say?"
-There's no way Aichi was talking about her. Absolutely no way.-
-Looks like Misaki's playing into your hands, Sthesia...-
Roof (Aichi)
-Huh? Chicken soup...?-
"...Oh, do you need help getting something to eat?"
-That would make sense... If she was created to be a disposable weapon she probably wasn't taught how to... well, do a lot of things.-
—
Kitchen (Young Aichi)
-Yeah, he knows that saying! Who doesn't?-
"Yeah...!"
—
Main Room (Misaki)
-...What.-
"T-That doesn't necessarily mean me."
-He could have just as easily been talking about some other girl... Like Sthesia. She matches the description too...-
"He could have been talking about anyone."
Kitchen (Young Aichi)
-He remembers what Monika and Muramasa told him about bullies...-
"Y-Yeah..."
—
Roof (Aichi)
-Yeah, Leos and Aichi can go help Anna.-
"All right."
-Aichi's glad to be able to help (and help distract him from some of his stress related to Sthesia)...-
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Main Room (Misaki)
-Misaki not nicknaming Aichi on her phone says nothing about who Aichi may have been going on about.-
"I don't see how they're related."
-It's not like Misaki likes Aichi like that or anything. That would be ridiculous. He's a good guy and she's fond of him, but that doesn't mean she has some kind of super secret feelings for him or that he has some kind of super secret feelings for her.-
-There's nothing between the two of them.-
-Nothing.-
-At all.-
-...She's got a very strong feeling no one would believe her.-
(puts a hand on her hip)
...Everyone wants to feel powerful. Lording over someone who can't resist is the easiest way to do that. Like how Ieyasu turned me into a pariah just because a sword I made cut off his finger... it's pitiful. But I'd bet good money that many of them go through the same things you do. Maybe worse.
edited 12th Apr '18 2:11:16 PM by foxmccloud4387
(Leos is surprised that Anna is willing to do that, so he offers a suggestion)
Take the long way?
(Meaning the roof access and the stairs across from the hallway.)
You could call it a coincidence?
Besides, does he know any other lilac-haired girls?
(Welp, she just baited herself, Misaki.)
edited 12th Apr '18 2:22:44 PM by G2BattleConvoy
"We all fail. We all make mistakes. That is what makes us human."Kitchen (Young Aichi)
-Yeah... Monika said something like that too...-
"...S-So you're saying I shouldn't think of them as just bullies...?"
-Sometimes it's difficult for kids to imagine things from another person's point of view...-
—
Roof (Aichi)
-Whoa, wait she's climbing down?!-
"A-Anna we can just use the roof access! Y-You could get hurt climbing down like that!"
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Main Room (Misaki)
"You."
-A blunt answer from Misaki.-
Kitchen (Young Aichi)
-No, he doesn't.-
"Uh uh... I don't."
-And thus, the moral of the story is:-
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Roof (Aichi)
-She probably is, but still...-
-...At the very least it seems like she's going to go with them instead of climbing down now.-
"L-Let's just go ahead and get to the kitchen..."
-And thus Aichi begins making his way there.-
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Main Room (Misaki)
-...Did Sthesia seriously not consider that?-
"He could just as easily be talking about you as he could me."
edited 12th Apr '18 2:40:56 PM by CrystalMemoria
Kitchen (Young Aichi)
-Aichi gets it now.-
"I understand. I don't see them when they're not picking on me..."
-So...-
"Like how people don't see you being nice to me..."
-Hooray for the moral of the day!-
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Main Room (Aichi) and (Misaki)
-Misaki can't deny that Sthesia has a point...-
"Yeah, but—"
-Oh, hey, look who just arrived, Sthesia?-
"O-Oh, hello, Sthesia, Misaki..."
-He seems nervous. He's still a little frazzled after the previous conversation and he didn't expect to see the both of them so soon afterwards...-

Well... hmm. How to put it? It just means that people are wrong about me. I'm a better person than people think I am, which is honestly pretty satisfying to think about. Even if it's really just lowering the bar, but whatever.