9: ...I'm Not Imagining It...Right?

[shywhiteyes]

Um...I t-think I'm h-hearing s-singing...I-It's n-not just m-me r-right? A-And music coming o-out of n-nowhere...a-and when I look out the w-window I see p-people dancing...P-Please tell me I'm n-not hallucenating...please?

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[guardian_haylin]

...You're not imagining things, Hinata; I heard it, too.

[shywhiteyes]

...Well, a-at least i-it's only s-singing, r-right?

[guardian_haylin]

This time, it's only singing. Last time I was infected, it involved me falling in love. I tried staying inside my room for a week, but that didn't work so well...!

(OOC: Strikes unreadable.)

[shywhiteyes]

...T-There w-was a virus t-that caused p-people to f-fall in l-love?

[guardian_haylin]

...Yeah. It only lasted a week, but not many people like talking about what happened then.

[shywhiteyes]

...I-I suppose t-that makes s-sense...I h-hope some p-people w-were happy a-about it t-though...

[guardian_haylin]

Some people were happy about it! I'm sure of that, Hinata. ^^;

What I'm worried about is what would happen if that virus came around again, and it only affected you after you looked at someone.

[shywhiteyes]

...T-That seems troubling...d-did it work l-like that last time?

[guardian_haylin]

Hmm...I don't think so. It only heightened the emotions you already felt for someone to begin with.

[shywhiteyes]

That w-would be better t-then just sudden a-affection...b-but i-it still w-would b-be...difficult i-if it happened again...

[guardian_haylin]

Yeah, it would be...then again, maybe it wouldn't be like sudden affection. Maybe it would be like the other one and we wouldn't know it-bringing what was already there up to the surface.

It's like knowing you like one type of food and when you get a taste of it, you suddenly have a craving for more.