Naoya [8]

[un_forgetting]

Who: Naoya and YOU.
Where: Espoir
Style: Either!
Status: OPEN

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[carpo_vita]

[Minato loves sleep. You'd expect him to be a bad morning person, but that's actually entirely untrue. Going to school does that to you, yes, but he can be up quite early.

...Then again maybe it's because he slept early, too. What he woke up to on the 31st was strangely VERY draining for a mere dream, which is why... he went to bed right after dinner, and couldn't sleep again in turn after he woke at this hour.

Which is also why he is also out on the streets now, with his set of headphones and keeping his head down and hands in his pockets because that was only his favorite position to walk around in ever. That is, until he notices an actually familiar silhouette up ahead.

Moenato Minato slows downs, and unclips an earphone as he approaches. It's that man again - Kiyoshi's cousin. Naoya Yamada, going by the contact list thanks to Kiyoshi confirming the fact that they shared the same last name.

What an unusual place to meet. Should he say something?]

[un_forgetting]

[If he doesn't, Naoya won't move. He notices him there, sure enough. And he...tenses, just so slightly.]

[carpo_vita]

[He's okay with not moving. He was more wondering if you'll say anything, but it's okay. He kind of has an idea of how you tick already so he'll just stop when he's a few feet away from your bench.

He can hear your trance. Normal, since it's so quiet out at this time. ...Not bad, too. He'd ask you where you got it but... yeah.

Blink.]

Are you up early or late, Yamada-san?

[un_forgetting]

[The internet. :| What, you think Naoya doesn't pirate? But he does open his eyes, and sighs. This one...]

I tend not to sleep much. [The memories are much harder to ignore that way.]

[carpo_vita]

[The quality is crappier. Sure he's got his 6GB or something here but you can always use more! And Somarium's restricting his pool, :<

Yes, this one. You can tell, can't you? He gets that impression easy enough.]

That's not healthy. Bad habit?

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[Not if you do it right. And he can tell, oh, how he can tell.]

Sleep isn't restful, so I'd rather be up.

[carpo_vita]

[...You're the tech genius, granted, Na-chan.

He'll nod lightly and let go a small wisp of white, bundled under that dark blue scarf of his. Hands are still in pockets, though.]

Are you alright?

[un_forgetting]

[Snort.]

And you're concerned...why?

[carpo_vita]

[Blink.

> Try explaining to him why it would be normal to feel concerned about someone out so early alone in the middle of more or less nowhere.
> Be rhetorical. ]

Why not?

[un_forgetting]

Because I have repeatedly shown I'd much rather not have the company of other humans, particularly the messiah's?

[carpo_vita]

[He lightly frowns at that, and faintly shakes his head.]

No matter how different our definition of that term is, that doesn't change the fact that I'm a very much human high school student. Why does that bother you so much, Yamada-san?

[un_forgetting]

Because the last person to bear that term was nothing more than a naive fool used as a pawn to become a showy sacrifice.

[carpo_vita]

[Curious, despite himself. He briefly unpockets a hand to pull down the scarf over his mouth before re-pocketing it again.] Did you know that person well?

[un_forgetting]

Well enough to see he didn't know the truth. I didn't need to know him any better.

[carpo_vita]

Did it affect you considerably?

[un_forgetting]

No.