hopefragment | week 08, sunday, late o'clock??, hinata's room

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week 08, sunday, late o'clock??, hinata's room

[WELL THAT SURE WAS A TRIAL. Satori can rot in hell for all he cares, but Undyne...

He still doesn't know how to feel about Undyne. Not to mention not hearing anything about the hostages, seeing how easily an actual nation like Poland was killed...? He needs Cuddles, stat. As soon as Roxy's in his room, he's immediately turning to wrap her in a tight hug. Clearly he is... comforting her? Because of Rose. Yes. That's 100% it.]

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[ A TRIAL IT SURE WAS. Satori can get rekt, but man, Undyne... she should have gotten that win. Sure, it was maybe Dumb to fight a crazy OP boss by herself, but that douchebag Wrath lady cheated, darn it. Who paid off the referee, that was uncalled for. Not that that's surprising.

She hugs back tightly, burying her face in Hinata's shoulder. Clearly for her own comfort. Yes, this is definitely solely for her benefit. She is certainly not worried about him after all that yelling he was doing, nope, what are you talking about. ]

...How're you holding up?

[Clearly the most important question to ask as he presses his nose into her hair, all but wrapping her up completely. His own feelings can wait, making sure Roxy is okay is the most important thing. Having someone solid to hold onto for the moment is enough, even if his voice is still hoarse from yelling all through the latter half of the trial.]

[ Hajime "gives himself his own deathshock" Hinata. ]

I dunno. A'right, I think. [ as all right as anyone can be after All of That ] I mean, I've seen some anime shit before, but goddamn. That was all just-- [ vague keysmash noise into his shoulder ]

What about you? No lava burns, right? [ On your skin or on your soul. ]

[It would be weird if he didn't have some kind of deathshock, lbr. He snorts a humorless laugh at her vague keysmash noise, though, turning his head just enough to press an affectionate kiss to her hair.]

I'm... fine. Thanks to you.

[He'd probably have been at least a slightly crispy bagel if she hadn't flown him up to safety. He pulls back enough to try turning his head to meet her eyes, if she'll unbury herself from his shoulder.]

I just... didn't think anyone could... take on Undyne like that.

[ There's a big difference between crispied bagel and toasted bagel. One is hot and one is on fire. ]

Hey, flyin' comes in handy. Who knew.

[ Roxy will reluctantly unbury her face from his shoulder, if she must. ]

I know... but I think Undyne would have won, if her... sinmom hadn't shown up to fuck it all up. Well, maybe.

[ Despite Undyne's dying words, as cool as they were (and they were very cool) she still finds it hard to believe they really could be that easy to kill. """Easy""". But, maybe. ]

It... proves they're not invincible, anyway.

[Other than that? He's not sure that piece of information was worth Undyne's life, and it shows on his face as he looks her in the eye, hoping that maybe she'd have some kind of answer for him. He's supposed to be the one with answers, though.]

There's... there's got to be a way to take them on. Without... without direct fighting. There's no way even all of us working together could fight against that. Not without Undyne.

[Or Vegeta, as loath as he is to admit that.]

I just... need to figure out how. For all of us.

[ Tragically, Roxy's only answer is a lip bite and a shrug. ]

Fuck, there's gotta be.

[ Roxy would love to say she could take them all! on! in a direct! fight! but after seeing Undyne melted and ultimately dead, she's not sure throwing cubes and pumpkins would be much more than a nuisance. ]

There's no way we're all just gonna... die here, as their shitty playthings. We can't, that's just. Too stupid.

[ Undyne did not die for their sins just for them to lose in the end. They have to win for the sake of fish jesus.

She runs her hands down Hinata's arms, then back up, trying to rub some comfort in. ] I bet you can, but don't feel like it's gotta all be on you, ok? That's too much shit for any one person's shoulders, even if theirs are handsomely broad.

[It would be a hilarious nuisance, but not worth the inevitable loss of Roxy in the end. He just nods, because yes, that would be way too stupid after everything they've been through.

He huffs another one of those humorless laughs through his nose at her assessment of his shoulders, flushing lightly as usual at the compliment and ducking to press a kiss to her forehead. The rubbing doesn't do anything to ease the tension in his shoulders, though, and his lips linger a little too long against her skin, as if afraid to pull away. He does, though, instead resting his forehead against hers and closing his eyes.]

It... really should be me, though. I mean... this... this isn't the first time I've been in this kind of twisted game.

[His voice is quiet, hesitant, as he opens his eyes to try to meet hers, trying to tell if she's going to be angry that he's kept that a secret from her for two months now.]

[ They've come too far to get bad end, when was the last time they even created a save file. It's all or nothing at this point.

She closes her eyes when his lips meet her forehead, letting the moment linger. There's likely something to be said that there was a time when she never imagined she'd have this, just the simple comfort of actual human affection. It'd likely be a three page long essay, however, and who has time for that.

For a moment, his secret doesn't even quite register in her ears. Mostly because she wasn't really expecting a sudden secret confession like that. But she isn't angry, just... really surprised?? Like wait what you WHAT.

Opens mouth, closes mouth. ] Ok, do I have a shitty memory or have you failed to mention this before?

[ JUST CHECKING?? Why was this a secret, Hinata, pls. ]

[Hajime "makes a bigger deal out of his secrets than they really warrant" Hinata. His voice is still quiet and almost wary, just because, even after all this, he isn't completely sure how she'll react. He's kept it a secret from almost everybody for a reason, after all, even if in retrospect it's almost silly.]

No, I... Faize is the only one who knows. I didn't want anyone to know, but... he figured it out from... that week where they tried to tell us that we could... fix our mistakes. When I got here, I was so worried it was just... it was just a continuation of that sick game on the island, and... I didn't know anyone, you know? No one who'd even heard of Hope's Peak, no one who'd admit they'd gone through something like this before. I... was afraid people would be suspicious of me because of it, so I... didn't say anything.

It's... it's why I'm so worried about Sonia. Because... it's a really bad situation, where I came from. A-and... I just wanted to find out if they were going to send her back there.

[He's still not letting go of her, even if maybe he probably should, since he's not quite able to meet her eyes anymore. His hands are shaking, and that's uncool. His voice is shaking, too, but that's probably just from all the yelling. Yes. 100%.]

A-and, I guess, I just... wanted you to know. In case it ever comes up, I don't... I don't want to hide anything from you.

[ She listens, keeping a less shaky hold on him. Don't fall into the ice water, Hinata, there's enough room on this door for the both of us. She half-expected him to reveal that it was the same murder game as whatever happened to Sadie... and that he was her brother, Charles Manson Jr and then Roxy would have ollie outed the fuck out the window, bye. So really, this is fine. ]

I cannot believe...

[ For a moment, Roxy actually does look angry. ]

... that your other murder bullshit was on an island! That's just goddamn cosmically unfair. Why the fuck are we stuck in Frozen McEurope Tundraland when we could be murdered in a tropical paradise among the coconuts and... whatever else islands have, I don't know.

[ Okay, no, she is not pissed about it. That'd be dumb. As dumb as the secrets he keeps, but they are his secrets and he can keep whatever dumb secrets he wants, so his secrets aren't really dumb at all. ]

I'm glad you wanted to tell me. [ Was she perhaps a mite concerned that he didn't trust her after reservecoursegate2k16? No never gosh. (A mite, just a mite and now she feels like a jackass for that.) ] I'm guessin' you didn't... finish that game? Which is a shame, 'cause my next question was gonna be how and how we can apply that to this bullshit.

I'm sorry you had to get double murder bullshit... Once is enough. [ universe, stop hurting this pure bagel ]

...

[He flinches when it sounds like she might get angry, closing his eyes again -- only to open them less than a second because wait, what? The island?? Sure, the setting is like, infinitely better, it's true, but-!

He laughs, quietly, dropping his head to her shoulder instead. He has to bend a little, but not far enough to be uncomfortable. She's only a couple inches shorter than he is.]

It was... it seemed like a really nice place to be, until... until the game started.

[She isn't wrong about that. She is wrong that he didn't trust her after reservecoursegate2k16, though! There's just no good way to bring this shit up, and there's only so many revelations about himself he can handle in one conversation.

He shakes his head no at her question, turning his head a little to exhale a sigh against her neck.]

No... there was only... one trial that I saw. The difference was for us, if... if we didn't solve it, and voted for the wrong person... we'd all be killed, and the true culprit would go free. They'd be the only one permitted to leave the island and go back home. They... they stole our memories of our school life, and...

If my classmates... [Except can he even call them classmates anymore, now that he knows the truth?] have to be involved in that, I... after all this, I don't... know if they're going to be okay. Or even what could happen to them now.

[he laughs quietly again, shaking his head. At least he's stopped shaking, though, now that he knows she's not going to just immediately throw him out the door. Of... his own room.]

That's... what Clover said, kind of. In her letter to me. "Kids like us don't belong in games like these."

But... I'm really glad I have you, you know? I don't... know what I'd do without you.

[Pine pathetically for Faize, probably.]

[ Hinata's life would be easier if he didn't have so many revelations to be revealed. You can't swing a stick without hitting a new one! ]

Wow, that's fucked up. I mean, this place is fucked up but... if we had a rule like that, we'd have been dead after the bs with Buddy weeks ago. [ god how many weeks ago even was that??

She runs a hand through his hair, ruffling it slightly. ~~Is there any glitter left ]~~

We can add it to the to-do list-- saving your class friends and shit, once we save ourselves here. We can figure out that shit.

[ Assuming they don't end up stuck in this town even after the Evil Is Defeated, or that they don't just get sent home like it never happened, or that-- so on and so forth. But has anyone even started thinking about After, besides "go home"?

Also, wow is she the only kid here who wasn't involved in a deadly game th-- oh, wait. Sburb is a thing, she guesses?? It's less murdery, though. Maybe. Depending on the day of the week, phase of the moon, etc. ]

You'd be fine, I bet. Maybe lacking in quality cuddles and kisses, but. I think you'd be a'right.

...Yeah. I don't know if you remember, but that's why... I was so worried. About people casting the wrong vote.

[Unfortunately there's no glitter left! Try Faize, he's probably still got some of Clover's glitter on him. But he leans into the hair ruffle, almost catlike in a slight encouragement to do more of that. And he just sighs, because... week after week of murder, or finding body parts, is kind of taking its toll. Who knows if they'll all make it out...? Alisha should be proof of that.

But he just exhales a sigh and nods, squeezing her a little closer. There aren't words to describe how relieved he is that she's... just accepting this. All the time he'd spent worrying, for nothing? Feels good, man. Enough so that he laughs quietly, bonking his forehead lightly against hers.]

Definitely lacking that, yeah, but... I'm glad we're friends, too. [And also dating, sort of. Not much cheese being grated over dinner, but it's still A Thing.] Don't sell yourself short, Roxy.

Yeah, I remember. Makes sense now, ha...ha.

[ She will continue to ruffle the hair, then. She can't resist catlike responses to pettings, be her cat Hinata. Wait no that'd be creepy.

She lets out a half-laugh at the headbonk. ]

I'm glad, too. We'd make such shitty enemies. [ Ugh look listen if Lithuania would let her borrow her abs, she would grate cheese all over your dinner. ] Well, it's hard when you have several inches in me.

... On. On me, in height. 'Cause you're tall.

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a week later w/ starbucks, just to make an unnecessary innuendo