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[When she rests her head on his chest, he sighs quietly and wavers for a moment, thinking about trying to bring one hand up to stroke through her hair. But... maybe later. He doesn't have enough courage to try something like that right now, afraid of ruining the moment.

Which could be ruined at any second by the Countess or Souda, lbr, but still.]

"Katze-san"? [he repeats, blinking once. He doesn't remember hearing about something named that before!]

[ it's a miracle she left them alone for this long? it's only a matter of time before she comes back for the ahoge. it's just sitting there, an easy target.

but oh... now that she thinks about it, she only really told korosensei about berg katze? she mentioned them, sort of, to both dirk and URSULA but. hm. ]

Katze-san is an alien who's a little naughty, so I was keeping a close eye on them. But when I came here I somehow showed up alone!

[#DanganProtagProblems]

An alien...?

[He doesn't know why he's surprised by any of this nonsense anymore. It's not like he can forget that Hajime can turn into some kind of power ranger, even if he only saw it once.]

I mean... I guess that makes sense. I was with all my classmates before I came here, but for a long time, it was just me until the others showed up.

Oh no, this is different than that. They should definitely be here with me, even right now.

[ she taps hinata's chest, once, twice, three times. ]

I just don't understand how they could have gotten away from me without me noticing? Because normally it's a strong tingling feeling, but it's the bad kind of tingling, and I didn't get that! It's soooo frustrating.

Hm?

[He blinks at the taps to his chest, confused for a couple seconds before his expression falters from surprise into something a little closer to a sympathetic horror.]

You mean... the alien was inside you? How does that happen?!

[That... sounds like the plot of an American horror movie. Or hentai.]

Edited 2016-10-02 14:59 (UTC)

[ number one what kind of porn are you watching...... ]

Oh, I put them there! I shoved their NOTE inside me so their soul lived inside me.

[ this is probably a good time to mention that the tiny notebook she carries around that lets her transform is actually her soul? that isa thing. ]

[HE'S NOT WATCHING IT!!]

W-what?!

[Wait, hang on. Hang on.]

The NOTE... that's your notebook, right? How did you... what? Why?

[?????]

[ she lifts her head up, shifting slightly so she can pull it out of her pocket. hajime sets the book next to them on the floor. ]

This got pulled out of here. [ hajime taps hinata's chest again. ] It was that bad tingling feeling. So I figured that if they can get pulled out, you can push one back in. So I took Katze-san's note from them and put it inside me.

Is that... your soul?

[If her soul is a literal notebook, he supposes that makes a little bit of sense-- No! It definitely doesn't!! In what kind of world are notebooks just pulled out and shoved into people's chests?!]

Is that really okay...? [All he knows about souls is what Dirk told him about his own. And if that's really what her NOTE is, then... that definitely belongs inside her!! And just swapping souls around doesn't... seem like it should be a thing that's done??]

Mmhm, it's what makes me a Gatchaman. And my NOTE is so cute, isn't it? I'd miss it if it were gone.

[ these are her priorities. ]

And it was the only way to take care of Katze-san. We couldn't beat them, even after everyone worked so hard! It'll be really bad to let all that effort go to waste and it'll be worse if they kept doing bad things, so I had to make sure they went somewhere safe.

[ you know, inside of her. ]

It is cute, but... was that safe?

[He glances toward her NOTE again, really wondering if it's really a good idea to just... leave it laying around like that. If that's true, that's it's part of her, then... just losing it would be a bigger issue than whether or not it was cute!]

I mean for you. I can't imagine...

[That it was safe? That something like that is even possible? What kind of weirdass alternate Japan Hajime comes from that this is even a thing??]

[ if anything happened to it she'd like. die. but it's no big deal?? and it being cute is obviously the most important part of it. she beadazzled it once (and got yelled at for doing it). ]

It's okay! I take very good care of mine, nothing will happen to it.

[ she won't comment on whether or not shoving katze's into her was safe though. because it definitely was not, and she actually had no idea on whether or not that would work. hajime wasn't even completely confident that they wouldn't have just taken over her body after the fusion happened? but it worked out. everything is Fine. ]

Number Two...

[No, now he's worried about her. He tilts his head, meeting her eyes with a frown.]

Really. If Katze-san isn't... if they're not here, shouldn't you... put that back?

[he shifts as if he might tap her chest, then pauses, thinks better of it for obvious differences between her chest and his, and just lets his hand drop back down between her shoulder blades.]

I can't do that. [ she frowns, her voice losing that slightly whimsical tone that usually accompanies her words. ]

I can't take it back out on my own. And what if something happens, and I could have saved someone if I had my powers? That wouldn't be very Gatcha of me, Hajime-kun.

[Her use of his first name instead of the dumb nickname makes him pause, looking up to meet her eyes. Then he sighs quietly, glancing toward her notebook again. It sounds absurd. Totally crazy. But he'd seen what she'd been able to do with her NOTE, and... he knows he could never do anything like that.]

You're... a really admirable person. I wish I could be as strong as you are. I just... don't want to see anything happen to you. That's all.

I'll be okay. I'm very tough!

[ although even if she wasn't okay she probably wouldn't say anything? as much as she likes to listen to other people talk about their feelings, hajime never actually talks about her own. whoops. ]

I didn't tell you this to worry you though! It's something important about my life, and since we're friends I just figure you might want to know.

I'm... glad you told me.

[He stares up at the ceiling, exhaling a quiet breath through his nose. It's easy to forget that everyone here has their own stories; Hajime has always been so cheerful, so impossible to keep down, that it's easy to assume she'd never had to struggle for anything. But that's obviously wrong.]

I know you're tough, I just... didn't realize just how tough you really are. To go through something like that, and keep your optimistic outlook... you really are strong.

So I'll try not to worry.

You probably will worry anyway, right?

[ it's one thing to try not to worry, but actually managing it is something else entirely. ]

I'm very careful though! [ no she's not. ]

Maybe not.

[He laughs quietly, giving her a small, almost rueful smile. He's just lost too many people he cares about not to have a nagging fear in the back of his mind, that one day he's going to wake up and she'll just be gone. Or she'll go on a mission like Faize and Lymle had, and never come back.

But he will try not to show it. Which is... progress, or something. Right?]

Just keep being careful, then. And take a mechanic with you next time.

I'll bring Souda-kun along!

[ because that seems like the obvious choice? she can't get stuck with any of the other mechanics because they actually do useful things for the base, after all.

sorry souda. ]

Ah, he... gets motion sickness...

[The reason Souda hasn't taken a single vehicle anywhere in the time he's been here.]

Really?! How does he leave base?

[ besides swimming? since... a lot of the places are kind of too far away to swim to unless you are REALLY determined. ]

I, uh... don't think he's really gone anywhere that he couldn't reach by swimming...

[Clearly they just need to sedate him or knock him out.

But bringing up Souda reminds him of something else, his expression sobering again.]

Hey... when you guys were out there, you... didn't happen to run into Sonia, right?

Ah, Sonie? No. We didn't see anyone until we came back to the base.

[ she frowns, looking at him quizzically. ]

Is she missing?

...Yeah. My classmates and I always meet up for breakfast and dinner, but... none of us have seen her for a few days now. URSULA says she left the base, but... that's all we know so far.

[He exhales and closes his eyes. Way to ruin a light-hearted moment, Hinata-! A real champ.]

It's part of why I'm so glad to see you guys all made it back.

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