[But now it's back to the un-fun conversation they need to have.
This is tough. Jun says they won't disappear and Hiyori wants to believe him, but he can't. Not when he's noticed more and more people vanishing. Vil's two underclassmen, Robin-kun, that girl he woke up in bed with upon arrival... Give him a month or two and he'll notice Monika doesn't seem to be around anymore, either. (And that'll inspire some guilt on his part. Didn't he used to wish she'd go away?)
He has no proof that doing anything related to Game 52 will protect them. But he still feels like he should be making every effort to keep Jun safe. There's nothing he'd regret more than losing Jun.
Still, he can't bear the thought of doing something drastic and terrible. Like breaking up to sleep with other people. Or like deciding to sleeping around on each other during the day, and coming back to their room at night, knowing full well they've spend the day cheating on each other. Like they're in a marriage of convenience where fidelity means nothing. Those ideas make him feel sick, and going through with them would surely break both their hearts. He wants to protect their hearts and their lives.
But how? Is there any way to do that?
Jun asks him what he's talking about, what he means by a loophole. Now's the time to spill. But boy, is it difficult.]
That's what I thought, too. But someone here told me about a loophole. And someone else said something that sort of supported that...
[More heat gathers in his cheeks. It sounds like there's one more thing he hasn't told Jun about, which Jun can't be pleased to hear. But maybe when he finds out what the "loophole" is, he'll understand why Hiyori didn't rush off to tell him right away. Hiyori doesn't have any great excuse. But in a word? He was embarrassed.
And he still is embarrassed, squirming a little and fidgeting with Jun's hands.]
You get someone's card if you sleep with them, but apparently you also get it if you watch them with someone.
[Pause.]
Or if you get watched by them. You all get each other's cards. Or, well, at least I think that's how it works...
[He trails off, his face growing steadily even redder. The ever-confident Hiyori Tomoe sure looks awfully unconfident now.]
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This is tough. Jun says they won't disappear and Hiyori wants to believe him, but he can't. Not when he's noticed more and more people vanishing. Vil's two underclassmen, Robin-kun, that girl he woke up in bed with upon arrival... Give him a month or two and he'll notice Monika doesn't seem to be around anymore, either. (And that'll inspire some guilt on his part. Didn't he used to wish she'd go away?)
He has no proof that doing anything related to Game 52 will protect them. But he still feels like he should be making every effort to keep Jun safe. There's nothing he'd regret more than losing Jun.
Still, he can't bear the thought of doing something drastic and terrible. Like breaking up to sleep with other people. Or like deciding to sleeping around on each other during the day, and coming back to their room at night, knowing full well they've spend the day cheating on each other. Like they're in a marriage of convenience where fidelity means nothing. Those ideas make him feel sick, and going through with them would surely break both their hearts. He wants to protect their hearts and their lives.
But how? Is there any way to do that?
Jun asks him what he's talking about, what he means by a loophole. Now's the time to spill. But boy, is it difficult.]
That's what I thought, too. But someone here told me about a loophole. And someone else said something that sort of supported that...
[More heat gathers in his cheeks. It sounds like there's one more thing he hasn't told Jun about, which Jun can't be pleased to hear. But maybe when he finds out what the "loophole" is, he'll understand why Hiyori didn't rush off to tell him right away. Hiyori doesn't have any great excuse. But in a word? He was embarrassed.
And he still is embarrassed, squirming a little and fidgeting with Jun's hands.]
You get someone's card if you sleep with them, but apparently you also get it if you watch them with someone.
[Pause.]
Or if you get watched by them. You all get each other's cards. Or, well, at least I think that's how it works...
[He trails off, his face growing steadily even redder. The ever-confident Hiyori Tomoe sure looks awfully unconfident now.]