[RL Open to close friends of Naoto | School Rooftop]

[truthinfortune]

Naoto decided to hide out on the school rooftop after that last prank Kaito pulled. She was wearing the boy's gym uniform--powder blue sweatpants and zippered jacket--while her clothes were being laundered. In her hands she held her cabbie hat, still wet, but no longer dyed festive colors. She wouldn't allow anyone to touch that hat, which belonged

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[bluespring]

[Karen is the sort of person who probably has the eating habits of the entire school memorized, and is therefore temporarily a closer friend of Naoto's than usual.]

Shirogane-san?

[truthinfortune]

Mi-Minazuki-san...? [She scrubs at her eyes with the cuff of her sleeve, hoping she won't see the tear tracks on her face.] What are you doing up here...?

[Crap, how long had Naoto been sulking up here? She was probably going to be late to class, wasn't she? Maybe Karen was here to lecture her.]

[bluespring]

I wanted to get away from the chaos inside. [And minimize the number of people seeing her like this.] Are you all right?

[truthinfortune]

If by "all right" you mean "completely and utterly humiliated in front of the entire student body," then I'm just damn peachy!

[She doesn't mean to lash out at you, really. Naoto's just been having a really rough time these past few weeks.]

[bluespring]

[The good news is that Karen gets that. The bad news is that the real problem sails right over Karen's head, as often happens.]

Kaito really did go overboard this time.

[truthinfortune]

He certainly did. [Naoto's brows furrow with renewed anger.] I thought that I had finally managed to catch him, all on my own... but he tricked me yet again.

Why? Why should he be the only one to evade punishment just because he's too quick and too clever to get caught? It's not fair...

[bluespring]

[Ohhhhh.]

He's been doing stupid things like this for a long time. It isn't your fault.