001// when I woke up tonight, I said I'm gonna make somebody love me

[special_student]

...That's strange, I was sure that car hit me... In fact, I'm pretty sure I remember hearing the tires screeching, and then... I wind up here?

[looks around, she's in the street outside the church] And I wasn't by a church--in fact, I haven't ever seen this church.

So then... this is the afterlife? I always thought there would be more clouds.

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[moonlitlunacy]

... It would be preferred if this wasn't the afterlife. I've been trying to find a way out since I got here.

But, ah, welcome nonetheless.

[special_student]

I appreciate the welcome. I'm Haruhi, can I ask your name?

So, are you one of those people who doesn't remember dying?

[moonlitlunacy]

Nice to meet you, Haruhi. [Have a polite smile.] I'm Remus Lupin.

[Shakes his head.] I'm neither. I'd say I'm one of those people who believes he didn't die. Which might be silly of me, I suppose.

[special_student]

Oh. [immediately looks less pleased with his presence] You're that pervert who was giving Kula a hard time.

[moonlitlunacy]

P-pardon? I wasn't trying to give anyone a hard time, she just... brought up snakes that weren't snakes and it turned into... that. [The lack of eloquence is a sure sign that he's upset~]

[special_student]

[ B| SHE'S NOT CONVINCED. ] If you weren't trying to give her a hard time, then why were you telling her about diseases and semen when all she needed to know was that boys and girls are made differently?

[moonlitlunacy]

[Why am I being scolded? ;;] I wasn't expecting a sixteen-year-old to abruptly bring up seeing my friend running starkers through the city, not knowing what it was! And James - another friend of mine - was the one bringing up diseases and semen, while I was too... unprepared to properly explain.

[special_student]

Oh, so it wasn't your fault at all. [Looks uncertain for a moment, but then smiles.] Your friends are the perverts! I'm sorry, but yours was the only name Kula mentioned, so I didn't know.

[moonlitlunacy]

Yes, they're both renowned for their excessive immoral behaviour. [Sees her smile, and begins to loosen up a bit.]

[special_student]

That's, unfortunately, not so uncommon in boys our age. [Shakes her head a little patronizingly] Your accent, are you from England?

[moonlitlunacy]

Quite true. It makes me wonder if my brain developed wrongly as a child... [And he nods.] Yes, I'm from England. And yourself?

[special_student]

That's okay, people act like mine did all the time.

I'm from Japan. But, being here... I have a feeling I'll be getting all A's in English from now on, I don't think anyone here speaks Japanese other than me... not that I've met, anyway.