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Oh she would show him handsy, but it wouldn't be the handsy he liked.

Shiori pointedly ignored him as she stuffed the unopened pack into her bag, deciding to leave the other one in her pocket. She walked over to the swingset and paused as she searched her pockets for her lighter. At his comment, she openly rolled her eyes as she dropped her bag. Sato was weird but not [i]that[/i] kind of weird. Granted, the fucker was all too eager to sell cigarettes to a high schooler, so Totsuka might have had a point if he hadn't pulled that little stunt before.

Whatever the case was, she was more focused on lighting up than whatever the hell Sato thought. She closed her eyes as she inhaled briefly, slowly exhaling as the nicotine slowly began to calm her jitters. Man, was anything better than that first puff? As she opened her eyes, however, she was treated with the sight of reality. The park looked shittier every time she came here. Still, there [i]was[/i] a certain charm to it, and most people avoided it so that was always a bonus.

As much as she'd rather ignore it, though, she felt like she had to give him some kind of response. She had gotten caught up in his cologne that she hadn't paid too much attention to Sato. [color=pink]"Don't get the wrong idea, I haven't done anything to feed [i]that [/i]addiction,"[/color] She stated first and foremost. [color=pink]"But [i]anyone[/i] would get the wrong idea with how you acted. Do you always sling yourself over any girl that doesn't shake in fear or did you really find the college dropout cashier that threatening?"[/color]

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Shoichi was fully exasperated by the time Kanna finished talking. He was in pure disbelief at the lengths this girl would go to. He had heard that she was...tiring from a few people, but he genuinely didn't think it would go so far. He looked over at Umeko in an attempt to get some help, but the girl gave him a half-hearted shrug. No doubt Umeko agreed with Kanna to some extent, or at least enough that she wasn't willing to voice any objections. He couldn't believe [i]he[/i] had to be the one to make the attempt to stop this craziness! All he wanted to do was keep his head down and finish proofreading! He didn't sign up for any of this!

But as the seemingly sole voice of reason, he had to at least point out some flaws in Kanna's lengthy metaphor.

[color=lightsalmon]"Or you can see what was thrown in if you just watch the surface,"[/color] He couldn't help but reply dryly. [color=lightsalmon]"Honestly, your dismissal of my concerns is pretty...uh, concerning."[/color]

Umeko let out a sigh. [color=lightsalmon]"So long as we don't get in trouble, it's not like she's doing anything wrong,"[/color] She said as she decided to start sorting through the stack.

Shoichi threw a glare her way, but he returned his focus to Kanna. [color=lightsalmon]"I really, [i]really[/i] think you're gonna end up either getting beaten up if you keep bothering the guy."[/color][/indent]