CATCHALL OTOME

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[momming]

... A reset? Why?

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Same reason as the first. Except this time they said it was necessary, to separate the real world from the digital one. But we... managed to convince them not to go through with it.

[momming]

What a thing to have in common...

Have things settled down, then?

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... It should have. We... took care of the source. That's the last thing Taichi and I did before winding up here.

[momming]

... You two really are attached at the hip.

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[ ... ]

I wouldn't go that far.

[momming]

You didn't see him when I was tending to him-- well, I suppose you might have. But you didn't hear him.

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[ ... damn it, he's curious ]

What did he say?

[momming]

[ hook, line and sucker. ]

Well, you already know he refused to be treated until he found you. Then when I'd finished, I think I asked him if he wanted to rest or check on you, and you were immediately his first priority.

More than anything, Yamato-kun, Taichi-kun wanted to be there for you. And with you, I think, also for his own peace of mind.

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[ ... ]

We're partners. It's... I'd have been the same way if I'd come out first.

[momming]

[ She says this. Very, very, very gently. ]

I think it might be a little more than that.

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[ hilariously and genuinely: ]

What do you mean?

[momming]

[ Lord. ]

I can't speak for him, but I think his feelings for you might possibly run deeper than friendship.

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[ ... ah. ]

... Yanagiya-san, Taichi's straight.

[momming]

[ The hell he is ]

... Yes, well, it's only intuition based off an impression. I could very well be wrong.

[ NONE OF HIS BEHAVIOR TOWARDS YAMATO HAS BEEN STRAIGHT. ]

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... He's clingier than usual recently because of what he's been through, and it's only the two of us here. Normally, we...

[ he sighs a little ]

I know my behavior muddles things, but it's not like that.

[momming]

Your behavior?

[ Does Yamato is gay ]

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[ god he's embarrassed and looking away ]

For me, Taichi's... [ he shakes his head ] I want too much from him. That's all.

[momming]

... [ She just.

Goes on her toes to rest a hand on his head. Silently.

She's clearly thinking. ]

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[ ???????? ]

... Yanagiya-san?

[momming]

... Mm, it's nothing.

I will say, Yamato-kun, that I do think you'd be quite the catch.

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[ oh my GOD ]

...Careful, you sound like the aunties when I visit my grandmother in Shimane.

[momming]

... If you're calling me old, I would reconsider that in the next ten seconds.

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I said sound!

[ UH OH ]

[momming]

That's still an implication, Yamato-kun.

At any rate, your bandages should be secure, so just be careful with them, all right? Do you need any more to have on hand?