soulping | GROUP 4

GROUP 4

[You step into a cosy den! There are couches, beanbags, and space hoppers to sit on, and in the middle of the room is a small table with a board on it. In each space is a button, and on the top of each button is a number. Next to the board is an empty bottle, just the right size to be spun . . .

A closet and a large box can be found in one corner. There are all sorts of clothes in the former, and in the latter you'll find, clearly labelled, everything you might need for some dumb shenanigans. Such as: a bedazzling kit!]

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[snorts and flaps a hand at him]

You're saying a lot of them right now. Just forget it, stupid.

[catches her hand gently]

And I've said stupid things before, right? Especially when they're things I shouldn't be saying?

[TURNS VERY VERY RED]

K-Kaito, what—?

. . .

[ugh, fuck, he can't do this properly with Diamond and Clover glaring daggers at him]

[DRAGGING HER INTO THE CLOSET]

[OMFG]

[SQUAWKS AND. FOLLOWS HIM. I GUESS.]

H-Hey!

[closing the door behind him]

[and thunking his head against it]

'M sorry.

K-Kaito, what are you doing . . .

I'm apologizing.

[turning around to face her, slumped against the door]

And I'd rather do it in here, where my team can't glare daggers at me, than out there in front of an audience.

[opens mouth]

[closes mouth]

[seems pretty lost for words tbh]

[scrubs at his face]

I was just-- I was teasing, y'know? Like we do all the time. I didn't mean it. I thought you'd insult me in return, y'know? I did't think you'd take it to heart.

But you did, and I should've known better, so. . .

But . . . but it is true . . . I wasn't angry with you for it.

It would've been better if you were.

[breathes out]

Because that would mean you realized you didn't deserve it.

And you don't. . . deserve it. 'Cause it's not true.

[l-laughs]

Geez, look at you.

[trying to make me feel better when we both know i'm unattractive ( '-')]

[blinks]

. . . look at me, what? I'm serious, Aoko.

[shakes her head and pulls up a smile.]

We both know that it's not true. I-I mean . . . [gestures awkwardly] But it's sweet of you to try to make me feel better.