Halloween Ball [Everyone]

[Suzuki Keiko]

ooc: Short response is short, but I don't care.



The beat of the bass managed to filter its way into the bathroom, and Keiko could see it, with the combination of the drums, could still make the mirror on the wall quiver.

It was almost enough to hide the look in Uchida’s eyes.

She watched as the other girl crossed her arms and turned her head away from her, "Shouldn't you be out there, with your friend? He's the one crying, and all."

It was sudden, she really didn’t expect… well, anything, from Uchida, and the obvious disdain on her tongue caught her off guard. Keiko bit her lip, reaching up to take the cap off her head. She twisted it in her grip, “Ryosuke-kun…” She looked down, at her twisted accessory in her hands, “He can take care of himself, I’m sure he’ll meet up with his friends…”

She dared to sneak a peek under her bangs, at the other girl for any reaction. She quickly glanced back down. This was the person Ryosuke claimed to love, the same person who saved her from a pervert and then slapped the blonde. On the one hand, she wanted to be there for the Yankee, even if he was…

But on the other… She didn’t know much about Uchida, or what made her tick, and she could see, if only a little bit, why Ryosuke would start to think there was something more to the nurse.

There was more to Uchida than what she appeared to be.

“But you looked so… lonely.”

Keiko kept her face towards the floor, her grip on her little cap tight. “Maybe it would be alright to leave you alone here, and find Ryosuke-kun, but I can’t bring myself to do that.”

She forced a gulp down her throat, the only silence drowned out with the steady beat from the music outside.

[Uchida Kaoru]

OOC: I think I mentioned that I thought this reply might turn out short, so... sorry? ^^;;EDIT: So talked with Ter and retroactively appended the post~


As expected, Suzuki didn't react to Kaoru's words immediately. Perhaps the maid girl felt a little bad, but at that point, Kaoru didn't mind wasn't sure if she minded that. If the other girl sympathized with the yankee that called her a whore like that, then Kaoru wouldn't worry about tiptoeing around feelings. The way her mind was still going after her interaction with the blonde, well, she didn't really feel like worrying about it, either.

Out of the corner of her eye, Kaoru saw Suzuki lower her head. "Ryosuke-kun… He can take care of himself, I’m sure he’ll meet up with his friends…"

The girl in the nurse outfit rolled her eyes, her gaze resting on the sink in front of her.

And then the other girl spoke again.

"But you looked so… lonely."

Lonely?

Suzuki -- this girl that she'd only met a few minutes ago -- just said she looked lonely. All the sudden, she got this sinking feeling in her gut. Other people didn't think of her that way, did she? As far as she was concerned, lonely equaled pathetic, and she couldn't imagine everyone she knew thinking of her like that. Unless people only talked to her because they pitied her? She wouldn't be stuck at this stupid party if her friends were genuine, would she...?

But tonight had been an exception to the rules in several kinds of ways. She'd succeeded in thoroughly making a spectacle of herself. She groaned, wondering if any Washizu kids had seen the outburst that had just taken place, and any resulting backlash she'd experience at school next week.

Kaoru looked up to the girl, who was playing with her hat as she spoke again. "Maybe it would be alright to leave you alone here, and find Ryosuke-kun, but I can’t bring myself to do that."

Closing her eyes, Kaoru exhaled. She'd been stricken the desire to leave again, but once again, the possibility of bumping into blonde yankee plumbers crossed her mind. Perhaps hiding in the bathroom for a while wasn't such a bad idea. However, she wasn't too sure how she felt about being stuck in there with Suzuki, friend of yankees.

She opened her eyes again, and fiddled with the syringe prop in her arms before she summoned the resolve to stone her face and turn to face the girl. "You don't have to worry about me. I'll be fine. My friends will come soon and I'll be fine."

Kaoru learned further against the sink, grumbling a few choice words about the entire situation when she heard the restroom door squeak open, and some heavy footsteps approach. She stood at attention, not knowing whether to hope that it was one of her Washizu classmates or not, but it's not like she had long to do so anyway.

Instead, her jaw dropped, and she paled at the sight of the person that stepped into view... It was exactly the last person she expected it to be.

Recovering slightly, she cocked her head to the side. Not once did her eyes leave the newcomer, though a few shaky syllables managed to spill out of her lips.

"...a guy?"