oh, the dregs of high school

[canonarails]

WHO: canonarails  and outspeeds 
WHERE: Mikoto's MAC Bro Pad
WHEN: Forward-dated to uh Saturday
WARNINGS: Tsundere displays of violence
SUMMARY: Brotimes turns into Awkwardtimes.
FORMAT: ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWER and by that I mean quicklog

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[outspeeds]

[ Bart, on the other hand, thinks nothing of all this. He's just glad to have a good friend with so many common interests!

-- The zapping and unpredictable violence aside, of course.

Right now, he's lying on the floor with his two hands clutching the controller. LET'S SAY THIS GAME IS A FIGHTING ONE. He's trying his best not to use his speed SO THEY'RE PRETTY EVENLY MATCHED NOW.

Then, he remembers something that he wanted to ask her. Eyes still on the screen, he types his messages on the sideline. ]

Oh, yeah. Was gonna ask you something.

[canonarails]

[She honestly wishes she could be as simple-minded as he is sometimes. At least she wouldn't be half as stressed out as she is much of the time.

Mikoto's busily mashing buttons and doing loop-de-loops on her joystick, dodging and blocking Bart's attacks on-screen. AND IF HE DID USE HIS SUPER-SPEED SHE WOULD KILL HIM BECAUSE THAT PLAYTENDO ZII COST A LOT OF HARD-EARNED MONEY THAT SHE SAVED.

Her eyes are also strictly focused on the screen, but she, too, manages to type out with one hand:]

...Ah? Oh, yeah? What do you need?

[outspeeds]

[ His eyes dart to the side for a millisecond, and that's all he needs to read her message.

He takes just about the same amount of time to type a new one, too. ]

You saw those posters all over school, right? [ The ones promoting the Prom! ]

[canonarails]

[Mikoto narrowly counters an attack of his, furiously mashing buttons, and only taking a moment to skim over his message.]

The prom, I know. What about it?

g-going to bed now. smell you later??

[outspeeds]

[ Now it's Bart's turn to narrowly evade her special move. He jerks the controller to the side; clearly very absorbed in this game right now. After the SPECIAL MOVE threat is over, he can respond to her: ]

Wanna go with me?

goodnight desu~! 1/2

[canonarails]

[Oh damn him----she's working that controller like a pack mule until she catches a glimpse of his message. And then...

THUNK.

That was the sound of the controller hitting the floor.

That was also the sound of her dignity breaking into pieces.]

[canonarails]

[Okay, he's officially distracted her. Gaping, she whirls around to face him, stuttering:]

A...atashi desu ka...? [WAIT SHE'S TALKING IN THE WRONG LANGUAGE. She fumbles for her controller, and furiously types out:]

M-me? You want to go with me?!

1/2

[outspeeds]

[ His eyes dart to the side as he hears the sound of the controller. He probably should have expected this reaction by now, huh? ]

Yeah . . .?

[outspeeds]

[ When his eyes glance back at the screen, he sees that her character is COMPLETELY IDLE and he has one special move left to use! CHANCE. ]

Hmmmm.

[ See that? That is Bart completely destroying her character. K.O. ]

1/2

[canonarails]

D-doushite?!

[No, she still hasn't noticed. She hasn't even picked up on the audio cue of the in-game announcer yelling, "K.O.!!!"]

B-b-b-but why me?!

[canonarails]

[And then she just lets out a loud, embarrassed, frustrated huff noise and turns back towards the screen and picks up her controller, but not before typing out:]

What's in it for ME, hu

[WAIT. HER CHARACTER. HAS BEEN DEFEATED.

WHAT.]

[outspeeds]

[ Since HE'S ALREADY KICKED HER VIRTUAL BUTT, he's actually making eye contact when they talk now. ]

Why not? You're a good friend. Guys only seem to take girls to these things, and I don't have a lot of girl-friends right now.

[ FRIENDS WHO ARE GIRLS.

ALSO LMAO HOW DOES DEFEAT TASTE LIKE, MIKOTO? ]

[canonarails]

[Sorry, Mikoto's been too distracted by the Taste of Defeat to really register the whole prom issue right now. Because she keeps looking from Bart to the screen and then back again. When she looks back at Bart, her eye's twitching wildly, and her teeth are grit.]

Omae ga... YOU CHEATED!!!!

[And cue obligatory abuse! She's leapt on him and is smacking his head repeatedly.]

Baka! Dobe! Sagishi! Kusottare!

[outspeeds]

[ SUDDENLY, PHYSICAL ASSAULT. He drops the communicator and it's lying on the floor beside him ... IN CASE SHE EVER WANTS TO READ WHAT HE WROTE. ]

OW! I didn't --Ow! Cheat! You shouldn't have looked -- that hurts!-- away!

[ UNLESS SHE'S FOUND A WAY TO HOLD HIM IN PLACE, HE'S JUST GOING TO ...VIBRATE TO SAFETY. B( ]

[canonarails]

[ACTUALLY, SHE'S GOT HIM PINNED TO THE GROUND IN THE MIDST OF HER ASSAULT. But she spots his communicator out of the corner of her eye and releases him, picking the thing up and reading over what he said. She shifts her eyes toward him, still partly embarrassed and mostly annoyed at falling for one of the oldest tricks in the cheating book, but...]

[...Ultimately, she sighs irritably and crosses her arms. She takes her comm out where she'd shoved it in her short pocket and types out.]

Fine, I'll go with you, only because you managed to beat me in the game---even if you did cheat just now. But under one condition.

You. Cannot. Tell. Anyone I went with you!

[outspeeds]

[ Again with the secrets! He raises an eyebrow, because he really doesn't see it necessary.

Also, we all know how good Bart is with secrets. ]

. . . Sure, I won't. Won't they know when they see us there, though?

And it doesn't count as cheating!