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Audio:
[If you thought Kuzuryuu would be happy about the prospect of a fancy red carpet event, then you are sorely mistaken. Though, at the moment, this might have more to do with the uh...method of invitation Clair decided to employ than the event itself. Three guesses who got beaned right in the head with a few of those ping pong balls. First two guesses don't count.]

[It was Kuzuryuu.]

Why the everloving fuck would you decide to invite people to something by dropping goddamn plastic balls on them!? That's not fucking normal, who the hell does something like this!? This better not be something that happens regularly here, I swear...

[He trails off, falling into a sort of contemplative silence for a few moments.]

What the hell is a prom, anyway? Some kind of party or something? [Hello, I am very Japanese and we do not have proms. Also I went to murderschool. There are no dances at murder school, only murders.] VIPs I get but wh-- son of a bitch!! [The sounds of a jostled struggle can be heard, along with a range of very happy Ariados noises.]

Goddammit, Meiwaku!! You can't fucking-- [What is even going on over there...] Get off you dumbass!! I swear to fu-- [Thankfully, the transmission cuts out fairly quickly into the unseen scuffle. He'll uh...he'll get back to you if anybody actually wants to answer that question about prom.]

Action:
[For anybody who happens to be out and about, they might run into Kuzuryuu mid-spider scuffle just outside of Goldenrod on Route 35. He's been out here training for most of the day (as per usual) and has two new evolutions to show for it: Bisharp and Ariados. The former appears as calm as she ever does, cradling Kuzuryuu's Pokégear in her hands and watching the scene before her with something that might be amusement. As for the latter...apparently she either hasn't noticed or doesn't care that evolving means she's quite a bit bigger than she used to be. So she's very determinedly trying to climb all over her master just like in the (not so) good ol' days. It's not really working but that isn't stopping her. Nothing is stopping her.]

[She WILL reclaim her fuzzy throne, rules of physics and everything that is logical be damned!!]

[Needless to say, Kuzuryuu is not amused and there's quite a bit of yelling going on and even more swearing.]

You're too big for that now, dipshit!! Fucking-- QUIT!! I didn't even-- DAMMIT! How about I fucking sit on you for a change, huh!? Then what, fucker!?

[He wasn't kidding about that because after a few more moment's wrestling, he definitely plants himself squarely on her back. Though...since he hardly weighs more than she does, the impact is probably not as impressive as he was hoping for. It surprised her enough to pin her to the ground, sure, but she barely seems to mind if the even happier noises and excited squirming are anything to go by.]

[Approac-- more like turn around and walk away and pretend you didn't see this. Why would you...]

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[NO SHIT, NANAMI, YOU THINK?]

N...NO!!!

[Kuzuryuu, your face is basically a tomato you really can't tsundere your way out of this one. The proof is right there.]

[ All she said was that he was a Super High School Level friend... ]

...You're all red.

Hgk!!

[Look, it's one thing to say you think of him as a friend. It's another thing entirely to say that he's a friend to a Super High School Level degree. Think about how often he hears something like that.]

[Never. The answer is never.]

Sh...Shut up, that doesn't mean shit!

...It means you're embarrassed. Why else would you be blushing...?

[ It's PRETTY DAMN OBVIOUS...

She doesn't even need to break out the evidence bullet detective skills here. ]

[For a moment, Kuzuryuu makes a noise that can really only be described as verbal keysmashing.]

[...then he hangs up.]

[That might have been an accident though? Because he calls back about a minute later (looking slightly more composed and significantly less red). So clearly that wasn't a ragequit.]

...I didn't mean to do that.

[ ................ ]

...You got so flustered you hung up on accident...

No! I just--

[Just...what? Accidentally hung up for no reason at all? Yeah you ca't lie your way out of this one, Kuzuryuu. End of the line.]

Look I'm just...not used to people saying shit like that, okay?

...That you're a Super High School Level Good Friend?

[ what's that did you want her to SAY IT AGAIN ]

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...that I'm a good friend.

[Just the regular level friend, okay we're not even getting into the Super High School Level shit here.]

...But you are one.

[ Again, point-blank. ]

Whenever I need to talk to you, you listen, even if you think you can't help much or even if you think I'm being silly. You hear me out all the same, and you try to give advice. I think you'd do that no matter when I called, or about what. For my birthday, you...you're part of the reason everyone played nice, right? You asked them to, I bet.

And you look out for us, even if you're sometimes a little clumsy about it...even back in the game. You checked on Owari, and you offered to go with Hinata before the third trial, to that place, and...although you were bad about saying what you wanted or felt, I think your actions were the important thing, and those always very clearly showed what you meant. You never stopped trying to help get us all out, no matter what.

You've always been there for all of us when we needed it, and that hasn't changed here...And there's lots more besides that.

Doesn't all of that make it obvious that you're a good friend? It's not...like I'm saying something that hasn't always been there...

[By the time she's done talking, Kuzuryuu actually looks...slightly disappointed. Though it's pretty clear that this has less to do with Nanami and more to do with himself.]

[After all, though everything she just said is true, she's missing one really big and kind of important fact...]

[He shakes his head.]

It hasn't always been there. [...] I haven't always been there. Don't tell me you forgot the trouble I caused in the beginning. It was more than I'm fucking worth.

...Kuzuryuu-kun, you didn't consider us friends back then. Or am I wrong? Although, I think even then you wanted to be our friend.

[ ... ]

I don't think how you acted before we were friends really counts in terms of what sort of friend you are...And as to the trouble, haven't we already forgiven you for anything there was...?

Your worth, too, is not just up to you to decide. I think you're worth a lot, so...that has to count for something, right? Hinata-kun, too, I think he would say the same. We can't undo the things that were done there, but...rather than dwelling on it, I think the best thing to do is just keep them in mind as we go forward...

I'm not dwelling! I've come to terms with my screw ups. I'm not proud of 'em, but they happened and I can't change that. All I can do is try to make up for them and change myself so I don't fuck up the same way twice.

[Which...he is trying very hard to do and he likes to think he's doing an okay job at.]

Maybe you've got a point though, maybe what matters more is how I act after the fact. But it's hard to think of myself as good friend material when I've spent so much of my life shutting everyone out. Fuck, I mean...Hinata was my first... [Why is it still so hard to admit this, months later. And why couldn't he have picked a better, less-awkward place to pause in that sentence?] my first friend.

If there's anybody that deserves that title, it's probably him. Or you. But not me, I'm still a beginner when it comes to this shit.

Rather than "maybe that matters more" I think it's "it definitely matters more". Don't you think it's true that most of our classmates didn't have real friends before we woke up on that island...? I sort of got that feeling. And...I don't think the fact you spent so much of your life shutting people out means you're a bad friend not.

I don't like to lie about things, even if it's to make someone feel better. I think...it's important to look at the truth! So, when I tell you I think you're a good friend, it's...because you have really been a good friend to me so far, beginner or no.

It's...not like I had a lot of practice before you guys, either, you know...?

[Kuzuryuu laughs softly. An actual, genuinely happy-sounding laugh for once, not his more oft-heard haughty chuckles or self-depreciating laughs. He's still not quite sure he agrees with her, but...maybe she has a point. Just maybe.]

I guess you're right.

[...]

...Thanks, Nanami.

...No problem, Kuzuryuu-kun.

[ A genuine laugh from Kuzuryuu...well, that's certainly worth something, right? ]

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