fifty-second fuse

[ohmytenth]

[Gokudera hasn't been around much lately. Keeping much of a low profile, both at school and at home, he's tried to stay out of the public eye as much as possible. There hasn't been much to do to begin with, and he's been feeling a bit bored. But, he realizes that it's December. Which means Christmas

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[hwamei]

[ She's on her way home when she sees Gokudera and she finds his behavior suspicious.

Also she is a busybody. ]

Hey, are you a stalker? Stalking is bad. It's creepy.

[ It doesn't even cross her mind to ask what he's up to, or if he actually lives here or not... ]

[ohmytenth]

[Something's suspicious about an odd looking boy just walking back and forth in front of a house? Of course not!]

Who's stalking? I'm just waiting for someone!

[hwamei]

[ Waiting for someone? Oh, well, that piques her interest. ]

Is she a girl? Is he a boy? Are they cute?

[ohmytenth]

It's none of your business.

[Too bad, Gokudera is the last person to play 20 questions with.]

[hwamei]

She's a girl.

[ SHE IS SO SMART. Puts two fingers on her temples, hnnnn pretending to be psychic. ]

Your... sister?

[ohmytenth]

Wrong.

And I'm not waiting for my sister. It's someone else.

[hwamei]

So he lives here? [ points at Tsuna's house ]

... Do you even know when he'll be back?

[ohmytenth]

...no. I don't even know where he could be.

[hwamei]

Some stalker you are.

[ohmytenth]

Like I said, I'm not a stalker!

[hwamei]

What are you, then? [ hnnn his hair looks... hnnn ] Oh, oh! Is your name Octopus Boy?

[ Because she's friends with Squid Girl! Maybe they're related!! ]

[ohmytenth]

I'm his-- what?! Who's an Octopus Boy?!

[hwamei]

Your hair. [ gestures at his hairdo - this is totally the same way she identified Squid Girl

she's always hungry don't mind her ] It's like an octopus.

[ohmytenth]

[Damn it.]

It's always "octopus this", "octopus that"... It's not like an octopus, damn it! And even if it was, my name wouldn't be something as stupid as "Octopus Boy"!

[hwamei]

So you're not related to Squid Girl? [ So disappoint. ] And I thought I found one of her friends from the sea...

[ohmytenth]

...I don't even know what that is. Is that some kind of cartoon character or something? [From the sea?]