Forty-Third Spool of Thread - [Voice/Action]

[so_shik]

[There's the sudden sound of a bunch of boxes falling to the ground, contents spilling everywhere as the journal's camera points up to the ceiling. It shifts suddenly to focus on a particular pink-haired girl who was unceremoniously dumped into the back room of her shop on top of said boxes.]

Ugh...thanks for the warning, jerks. [She begins to untangle herself from the boxes of ribbons and fabrics, moving the journal closer to speak. For the most part, she seems pretty unharmed.]

Hey...so what day is it anyway? Here's hoping I wasn't gone too long, totally bad for business. [There's a slight beat, suddenly remembering something. You know, her housemate that was alone for like a week.] Haruhi, report. [She works her way out from under the pile of materials and the door to the back room swings open, allowing her to enter the main part of the shop.]

Neku...you better have made it back. That was pretty low of them, keeping us sort of together and then sending you back first. Besides, I was right in the middle of designing a n--

[There's a long pause suddenly as she really takes a look at the shop. She's staring at a row of dresser dummies, counting them in her head.]

All right, which one of you broke into my shop when I was gone?!

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[soundfrequency]

Heh, yeah. I can't believe it's been that long.

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[so_shik]

...Neku? Did you think we'd last this long?

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...I didn't really think about it at all to be honest. Mostly I was just going with it. I still haven't really thought about it.

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[so_shik]

Maybe I should be giving less thought to it, then.

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[soundfrequency]

...how much have you been thinking about it?

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[so_shik]

...not as much as I used to, trust me. When we were first dating? I thought about it all the time. Sorry.

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But you still do?

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[so_shik]

Only sometimes...I did for a little after we broke up a while ago.

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...

[His grip might has loosened a little.]

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[so_shik]

...I wasn't sure you'd want me back. That's all.

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[soundfrequency]

Er, why would you think that?

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[so_shik]

Remember what you thought of me when we first met? I haven't changed much since then.

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[soundfrequency]

That's not true. You've changed a lot since then.

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[so_shik]

You've changed a lot more than me. Sometimes I feel like I'm still stuck.

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[soundfrequency]

How though?

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[so_shik]

The whole thing about if you like me for me or for Eri's body? You'd think that wouldn't even cross my mind after everything.

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...if it helps, I'm not even really attracted to Eri. I mean the first time we had sex it was you in your own body, and the only reason why I'm willing to still do that and other things while you're back in her body is because I want you. It's weird to think it's her body and not yours, but I try not to ignore it. I'd... probably actually jump you more if you were in your own body.

[All that was kind of awkward and embarrassing to say.]

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[so_shik]

[She just looks at him for a moment, lips twitching a bit because it's sort of funny hearing things like that come from Neku. But she doesn't laugh because she knows he's serious, and that itself makes her feel better.] Well at least I know what to look forward to when we get back to Shibuya. [Snuggling closer.]

...I know you try not to think about it, but...I just think about everybody who doesn't know this isn't me. Everybody who doesn't know about the Game? It gets complicated sometimes.

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...do you think things would be different if they knew?

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[so_shik]

Depends on who and how much. If they knew just that this wasn't my body, maybe not so much. If they knew about the Game and why this isn't my body...maybe a little more.

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[soundfrequency]

It's not like we chose to die though.

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[so_shik]

Yeah...I know. [Shifting closer. Damn it, we are not having this conversation right now.] Whatever, I'm just glad both of us are here and we don't have to worry. End of story. Unless Joshua decides to be an asshole again...

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[soundfrequency]

It's been this long, so I don't think he'd do anything. He has different ways of being an asshole anyway.

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[so_shik]

Good...well, not good but you know what I mean. I like knowing we're all safe.

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[soundfrequency]

Yeah. We're both back now and are okay.