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Love Suite

[Every time Hajime came to the love suite, he was meant to play out the other's ideal as if in some sort of shared fantasy. This time around, he's found himself with Natsumi, who seems to be sizing him up with her eyes. Her expression is serious, brows furrowed almost as if she's a little troubled.]

...so what kinda skills do you have, huh? If they really gave you that position, you have to be useful for somethin'. Are you super strong? Or really good with a knife?

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[This time it's Natsumi Kuzuryu, huh...? I wonder what kind of fantasies a girl like her has... no, wait, they're probably violent!! I should probably try to get out of here!

Hajime manages not to groan, though, instead going stock-still. It seems like for this fantasy, she thinks he's part of her brother's group. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to play along a little... if she starts getting weird, he'll dart for the door.]

Uh...

[A smooth start, then a bluff. If he's really a yakuza, then it's okay to speak a little informally, right...?]

Well, what do you think my skills are? I wouldn't have gotten to this position without them, so you must be able to guess.

Edited 2017-10-07 02:46 (UTC)

Hmph! Definitely don't have any sense of who you're serving. I asked you didn't I?

[Even though she says this, she's smirking a little.]

Well...you'd have to be good with a sword or something. Like Peko-chan! You'd have to be fast and really smart too. Oh, and you probably don't have any hobbies either, since you have enough free time to waste it hanging around me. If you did have some, you wouldn't be able to do your job. You're not allowed to take your eyes off me, y'know? Heh, pretty pathetic.

[Crap!! Though if she's smirking, maybe he hasn't done as much wrong as he's thought. It's hard to tell whether it's an approving smirk, or a 'I'm-going-to-break-his-kneecaps-with-a-bat' smirk.

!! She must think I'm her bodyguard...]

You make it sound like me not having hobbies is a bad thing, [he latches onto instead of defending any skills he might or might not have.] I don't think protecting someone like you is pathetic at all. I'm... honored to do it.

[That's what bodyguards say, right?]

Tch...!

[That seems to have caught her off guard. She seizes up a little, smirk gone, before looking away.]

Honored...don't lie to me. You're probably disappointed that you couldn't be oniichan's bodyguard instead, right? I mean...the only reason I even get a bodyguard is because Peko-chan's worried about me and that's interrupting her time to protect him. It's gonna be a borin' ass job protecting someone like me.

Huh?

[Now that, he wasn't expecting, not really. He knows how much she idealizes her brother, but...]

H-hey, don't put words in my mouth. You're... a really important person, after all. Pekoyama wouldn't make sure you had someone to protect you if she didn't think you were important.

I don't think you're the kind of person who's boring to be around at all.

You realize you'll just be wastin' time right? Who's gonna attack the heir's little sister? Especially one who can't do anything like me?

[She's nothing special. Not like her brother. Of course he needs a bodyguard! But her...?]

I won't hurt you for admittin' it. It'd be better if we were on the same page, wouldn't it?

It's not a waste of time!!

[Jeez, what kind of fantasy is this? This can't be going right. ...Well, if she wakes up disappointed, there's not really much he can do.]

Uh... if it helps, think of it as helping your brother. Right? If he and Pekoyama don't have to worry about you, he can focus on what he needs to do. So...

[He tries for a self-deprecating smile.]

You're stuck with me, I guess.

[She's quiet for a bit of time, thinking about that idea. Helping her brother by keeping her out of trouble...so he can focus on what he needs to do, and Peko can fully protect him...she doesn't look that convinced, but she relaxes some.]

Yeah...I guess. Just feels like a waste, givin' someone like me a bodyguard. But if it helps them then...

[She turns to approach him now, arms crossed over her chest and once again looking him up and down. Still not done appraising him apparently.]

But hey, that means you can't complain about being the one stuck with me, got it?

[That's definitely the situation here.]

You better work hard to help oniichan out!

[He can't help but exhale softly in relief when she seems to buy it, though he tenses right back up again when she gives him that appraising stare.]

I will, I will! I swear, I'll protect you so he doesn't have to worry.

[Wait, this is her fantasy, right? Maybe he should say something he's pretty sure she'd like to hear.]

I'll do whatever you need... as your bodyguard.

Whatever I need, huh...?

[That does get her to smile a little, but that little smile turns into a smirk pretty quick.]

What if it's outside of the whole body guarding thing, huh? Would you even be able to do something like that?

[What is this "that" she's talking about? She's not elaborating. Just watching for his reaction, leaning in just a little bit closer.]

I mean, she does that for oniichan all the time, so...

[When she leans in, small as she is, he can't help but lean back just a little. His heels are already against the edge of the bed, so he doesn't have anywhere further to retreat to, which... was pretty poor planning on his part. He swallows against a suddenly dry mouth.]

W-what're you talking about, what does she do...?

Not sure if I'm allowed to say. It's pretty private, y'know? I'm sure oniichan would kill me if I said anything about it. [She leans in a little more, fingers reaching up to run over his shoulder a little.]

But I guess you'd find out if you agreed...are you curious? You look like you are...

[...Oh. Okay. Yeah, okay, he thinks he sees where this is going. She might reverse course at the last second just to mess with him, but...

He shivers at the touch of her fingers against his shoulder.]

I guess... I could do it for you. Since I'm your bodyguard, and all.

Edited 2017-10-07 04:16 (UTC)

Really? Promise? Even for a girl like me?

[Even as she says this though, she starts pushing him backwards, trying to get him to fall back onto the bed.]

That wouldn't bother you as a bodyguard?

Whoa-!!

[He doesn't resist at all, falling back to sit heavily on the bed and stare up at her. It's... a little intimidating, staring up at her like this, but it's kind of exciting, too... in a weird way. But right, she's still talking.]

As long... as it doesn't interfere with protecting you, I don't see why it would be a problem...

[Don't worry, you won't have to stare up at her like that for too long. She crawls onto the bed after him, a knee on either side of him, and stares down at her bodyguard like that instead.]

Do you have any experience? I don't want to get hurt you know...if you don't know what you're doing...

[Nope, that's still intimidating. He keeps his palms perfectly flat against the bedspread, just staring up at her a little wide-eyed. Is this really what she wants...? It's not even that weird or violent.]

I have... all kinds of experience.

[Yeah. Yeah that's a cool line. He's getting pretty good at this whole "act out people's fantasies" thing. --Wait, should he be proud of that?!]

[Is that weird, Hajime? That her fantasy (so far) hasn't been that weird or violent?

She smiles down at him before getting off and sitting on the bed instead of hovering as she was.]

Glad to hear it. Well then, I'll probably have to let you get up. You can't do anything like that underneath me after all.

[And as she says that, she starts to undo the tie on her yukata.]

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