[ whatever comment nisaka might have had to that proposed sign is lost to the ether the moment onoda opens his mouth again.
what does someone even say to being asked something like that? nothing, apparently, or at least not for a good, long while, because all nisaka ends up doing is staring at the other boy, half-expecting him to laugh and carry on with the rest of his joke.
but no... that's a pretty earnest question. so earnest, in fact, that nisaka is 99.9% sure it isn't some form of a come on, and so he's able to stave off some of the blush that's formed on his cheeks. but only some. ]
...is that something you ask everyone you bump into?
[It is thanks to Nisaka's reaction that Onoda realizes how awkward that sounds isolated from its context. His face turns pink and he starts getting fidgety.]
A-Ah, no, I wasn't- I wasn't asking anything strange! I just wanted to know because- Um, well... When I took my shoes and socks off, there was a number on the bottom of my foot. It was like a tattoo...
No. [Onoda regains his nerves as he's able to focus on a different matter.] Someone else had one, too. It was on a different spot- his inner thigh. That's why... I was wondering if you had one, too.
( ooc; so sorry i never got back to the tlcr ;; my brain has been failing me lately but i wanted to say i totally agree with you wrt the tdm thread! it was probably my favorite that i'd done with this guy. i wish we'd been able to make it canon too... wails 5ever )
[ nisaka follows onoda's line of sight and feels the faint stirrings of hope in his chest. ]
Yeah... [ assuming the hallway doesn't suddenly change on them, but. ]
It's nice to finally be able to read something, too.
( It's perfectly fine! I am sure they will have similarly nice moments together in the futuuuure )
It feels like we're in a foreign country... No, that's not quite right.
[Seriously. Could it ACTUALLY be ALIENS?? What if that first remark of his really was onto something? Onoda swallows, then decides to keep moving onward to the next set of classrooms.]
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[Something else of interest comes to mind, and he barely hesitates before speaking.]
Oh! Umm... Have you... gotten undressed at all today?
[WAY TO LEAD INTO IT, ONODA...]
onoda pls...
what does someone even say to being asked something like that? nothing, apparently, or at least not for a good, long while, because all nisaka ends up doing is staring at the other boy, half-expecting him to laugh and carry on with the rest of his joke.
but no... that's a pretty earnest question. so earnest, in fact, that nisaka is 99.9% sure it isn't some form of a come on, and so he's able to stave off some of the blush that's formed on his cheeks. but only some. ]
...is that something you ask everyone you bump into?
SIGH...
A-Ah, no, I wasn't- I wasn't asking anything strange! I just wanted to know because- Um, well... When I took my shoes and socks off, there was a number on the bottom of my foot. It was like a tattoo...
smh
I haven't noticed anything like that, [ he offers, but then again he hadn't gotten the chance (or thought to) disrobe yet...
curiously, he glances down at his foot. ]
Was it just you?
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I never had reason to check.
[ until now, that is.
he hesitates, slanting a glance towards the other boy. ]
I'll — let you know if I find anything. [ meaning he'd really rather not have to do it now... plsthx... ]
Oops... I'm kind of late...
Okay.
[There are some classrooms they pass. The closest one reads 2-A. It fills Onoda with a bit of hope. He gestures toward it.]
If that's 2-A, then... Maybe we're getting close! It might be just up ahead.
never late...! the late one is i, friend...
[ nisaka follows onoda's line of sight and feels the faint stirrings of hope in his chest. ]
Yeah... [ assuming the hallway doesn't suddenly change on them, but. ]
It's nice to finally be able to read something, too.
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It feels like we're in a foreign country... No, that's not quite right.
[Seriously. Could it ACTUALLY be ALIENS?? What if that first remark of his really was onto something? Onoda swallows, then decides to keep moving onward to the next set of classrooms.]