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[hippocarnival]

YUYA SAKAKI UN: FUNDIRECTION

STATUS: Student Grade 9

ACCOLADES: (Here is a list of leading roles Yuya's has in school theater performances over the past two years, plus a glowing review of his familiar Odd-Eyes)

BIO: Hello! You can call me Yuya. I'm from Sendai, Japan. This is my second year in Daybreak Academy. I'm a Tamer, and Odd-Eyes is my familiar. He's the big red dragon that hangs out in the courtyards. He's friendly but he tries to steal food sometimes. I speak Japanese and English but not very good French. I'm also in the theater club. I'm in Lumiere 203. Let's be friends!

© TESSISAMESS

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[deuteranope]

[(x) doubt]

Pretty sure it'll be way fucking less noticeable if you let princess just do his thing, but I just remembered I really don't give a fuck.

[hippocarnival]

I think we can let Akechi at least get his tools. [Because Yuya remembers how breaking into Kano's room went, with a busted-ass doorknob. Maybe they shouldn't repeat that.]

Late May (idk)

[yokeye]

[Toki has something very important to discuss, and after much consideration, he has decided Yuya is the one to hear it. He's come to the realization he really doesn't have many friends at all to choose from, and though Yuya's the youngest and probably least experienced in these things, he's still maybe the best for this somehow.

Returning to the dorm room one afternoon, Toki finds it locked. He takes out his phone and sets up an alarm to tell him every single day to get a key, until he finally does it. Today, he'll just wait in the hallway until Yuya gets back from wherever.]

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya powers up the stairs, coming to a stop when he sees Toki before approaching the door.]

Hey, waiting for someone?

[yokeye]

You! I'll get a key soon, I swear!

[Awkward. It's been like four months and he still hasn't gotten a replacement.]

Anyway! If you're not busy, I want to talk about something!

[hippocarnival]

You still haven't replaced it? [Yuya raises a brow, putting his key into the lock and opening the door.]

What's up?

[yokeye]

Not yet!

[Toki enters the room after the door is open and drops his bag in his chair. He sits on his desk.]

Okay~! So... Uhh...

[He bites his lip, not sure how to actually start this since Yuya has been privy to his previous escapades and the like.]

I think... Have you... Do you know what it feels like to love somebody!? Not like your family or like just finding someone attractive, but like... I can't explain it...

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya lets Toki walk in first, closing the door behind him as he enters--and then stops.]

Uh, you mean like a crush? [Boy does he.] You have a crush on somebody?

[yokeye]

It's more than that! Like I had a crush on Orihime because she was pretty and fun to be around and that's... it? Then when I got to know her better, it wasn't anything real, you know? Maverick was like that too! It's usually always like that! Something that doesn't last, that isn't- it's just fun! But now I've been like thinking about her all the time and I talk about how perfect she is, trying to get someone else to notice it and maybe make her happy and it just hit me when I was talking about her like that, that I want to make her happy!

[Actual feelings are hard.]

[hippocarnival]

So you really like her. [Yuya's expression twists into an amused look. He walks over to his desk, circling his chair around to face Toki before sitting down.

He props his chin on his hands.] So you're thinking you want to ask her out?

[yokeye]

[Toki sighs in frustration, because there's so much that comes with asking her out.]

I want to! But, we're really good friends and I don't want to... change that!? Like I don't want to mess it up just by asking! She's really special and I don't want to lose that connection by telling her how I feel!

[hippocarnival]

[Oh. Yuya's expression sinks immediately, because he knows that feeling exactly.]

Well... do you think she definitely doesn't like you that way? Does she seem like she'd be awkward that you liked her?

[yokeye]

[Toki looks down at his hands and picks at his fingernails. There's only a very slim chance she feels anything like that for him.]

I'm pretty sure she doesn't. I know she likes me and likes hanging out with me, and we can talk about things, serious things, but... I think if there's anything she feels beyond friendship, it's like platonic still! I can't tell! She might be awkward about it, she's awkward sometimes, and I don't want everything to be like that... but I want to her know?

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya leans back in his seat.] That's a hard one... I guess, do you want to tell her because you want to be honest to your feelings? Or address you hoping if you tell her she'll say yes?

[yokeye]

[It seems like that distinction should be hard to figure out, but it's not.]

I just want to be honest! I don't want to hide it from her? It just... might change things and I don't want that either! But... I think being honest with her and telling her how I feel is important, even if she just wants to be friends.

[hippocarnival]

[Yuya nods.] Then I think, if you tell her I'd just... tell her. Like, you don't have to be romantic if you don't really want to pursue her? But if risking your friendship is a bigger issue, there's worse things you could be hiding.

[He doesn't sound terribly driven to get a date, though, so Yuya won't try and encourage that.]

[yokeye]

[That's good advice, and maybe exactly what he needed to hear. Because dating her is not a goal; he would, but he's much more concerned with preserving what they have already.]

Okay! It's decided! I'll tell her, but I won't make a big deal out of it! I won't ask her out, just tell her how I feel and that I hope it doesn't change anything just because she knows.

[Toki smiles, relieved. He feels good about this; maybe he's made a decision that won't lead to disaster for once. And now, he thinks he should return the favor of discussing such topics.]

What about you, Yuya~!? Do you like anybody!?

[hippocarnival]

Eh? [Yuya lifts his head, blinking rapidly. He waves his hand dismissively.] No, I'm not really looking right now!

[yokeye]

Ah, you're still young~! You don't have to be looking; it will hit you out of nowhere~! Well! when you do like somebody, you can always come to me for advice~!

[He likely has very bad advice.]

[hippocarnival]

You were just coming to me for advice! [He points his finger at Toki.] And you're not even a year older than me, like--when's your birthday?

[He remembers suddenly he and Kano meant to figure that out.]

[yokeye]

Mutual advice trade~!

[Yuya's definitely better off with his own advice. His mood shifts when Yuya asks that question, but Toki tries to hide any evidence of that with too much smiling.]

My birthday's at the end of December~! The 28th~!

[It's not really a thing he wants to think about anymore. Everything happened in December: his sister's death, the daemon contract, the first string of horrible visions. He turned 15 en route to Daybreak.]

[hippocarnival]

See! You're only two months older than me. [And based of what he knows of Toki's escapades, it's probably not useful advice to him. He's not going to pick random girls up at bars. Or any girls.] So you can't say anything about my age.

[yokeye]

Point taken! However~! There are different kinds of youth and you are clearly more inexperienced in the ways of romance~!

[hippocarnival]

I don't think getting drunk and going to a stranger's house is romantic. [Yuya sticks out his tongue.] So I'll pass.

[yokeye]

[Toki looks away in embarrassment; he hadn't really made a habit of that kind of thing, but Yuya will never forget.]

Well, maybe that wasn't...