[Being with Seimei for as long as he has, he thinks he's gotten decent at knowing his moods. Apparently, he wants to be helpful and so Soubi adjusts his playing based on that and follows after.
It says a lot that Seimei's advice, though, is hide how creepy you are instead of don't be creepy.]
I don't think I'm creepy. She thought I was trying to touch her but I wasn't. She just misunderstood me.
[ soubi doesn’t think he’s creepy. that’s sweet. seimei won’t be the one to correct him on that, even if he does think that soubi wasn’t being creepy in this particular instance. ]
You’re always like that, aren’t you?
[ seimei’s tone could be mistaken for fond. he’s staring at the screen. ]
[ that’s one of many reasons, seimei thinks, that soubi needs him. he’s already a pathetic excuse for a person, but he would be completely and utterly contemptible without seimei to guide him.
his character on the screen jumps a few times. ]
Oh, will you jump right there? I forgot to get the secret block.
[It wasn't important for Soubi to be able to communicate. It was true. Ritsu had told him similarly. Even Soubi would say he didn't want to talk to people.
Yet part of him did miss the way he could talk with Kio and Ritsuka.
It wasn't good to think about so instead he just goes to do what Seimei tells him to do.]
[ there’s something soothing about games with predictable patterns like this. they can get boring if they’re all he has, but every now and then, he does have to be grateful for the ability to learn a game inside and out.
he leads them both to the end, but he lets soubi take the first victory leap. when the level is done: ]
Who called you creepy? I wonder if I’ll have to apologize for you.
[ it’s not a very common name, seimei thinks. there can’t be that many moonblessed named emerald, and it would be just seimei’s luck that soubi would run into one of his acquaintances. his character does not move on the screen, and the timer ticks down. ]
[Soubi is focused on the game and he notices that Seimei's character isn't moving. Is something wrong?]
Maybe. She offered to show me how to grow herbs. [He's distracted now by how Seimei isn't playing anymore.] Um, we're going to run out of time if you don't keep moving.
[ seimei looks over at soubi. he smiles; it seems a little more ominous than usual, with the way he echoed emerald’s name, but he also is honest when he speaks. ]
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It says a lot that Seimei's advice, though, is hide how creepy you are instead of don't be creepy.]
I don't think I'm creepy. She thought I was trying to touch her but I wasn't. She just misunderstood me.
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You’re always like that, aren’t you?
[ seimei’s tone could be mistaken for fond. he’s staring at the screen. ]
Poor Soubi.
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I'm not very good at talking to people.
[That goes without saying.]
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[ that’s one of many reasons, seimei thinks, that soubi needs him. he’s already a pathetic excuse for a person, but he would be completely and utterly contemptible without seimei to guide him.
his character on the screen jumps a few times. ]
Oh, will you jump right there? I forgot to get the secret block.
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Yet part of him did miss the way he could talk with Kio and Ritsuka.
It wasn't good to think about so instead he just goes to do what Seimei tells him to do.]
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he leads them both to the end, but he lets soubi take the first victory leap. when the level is done: ]
Who called you creepy? I wonder if I’ll have to apologize for you.
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Her name is Emerald. I don't think she thinks I'm creepy anymore. She's the one I'm going to teach to make pasta.
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[ it’s not a very common name, seimei thinks. there can’t be that many moonblessed named emerald, and it would be just seimei’s luck that soubi would run into one of his acquaintances. his character does not move on the screen, and the timer ticks down. ]
I’m sure she still thinks you’re creepy.
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Maybe. She offered to show me how to grow herbs. [He's distracted now by how Seimei isn't playing anymore.] Um, we're going to run out of time if you don't keep moving.
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[ seimei looks over at soubi. he smiles; it seems a little more ominous than usual, with the way he echoed emerald’s name, but he also is honest when he speaks. ]
I was waiting for you.
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[But he has no idea what Seimei is bothered by but now it's obvious he's bothered by something. That he talked to people?
He shouldn't assume.]