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[ A few days after their exciting bee-adventures, Yukari will suddenly receive a rather ominous bag. It's a white shopping bag without a note or anything. Should she dare to open it, she will find... another bag. This bag will then contain... fish? Yeah, that's right, fish. Just two raw fish wrapped in paper, surrounded by a bit of ice. Well, that's, uh, interesting. At the very least, she'll receive a note immediately afterwards. On the front is a drawing, and if she flips to the back, she'll see some neat handwriting. ]

I caught extras and I thought Argus might like them. They're also good for cooking.

- Meowji

[Wait, why did Argus just hack up a package, and what's inside...

Oh. Fi...sh?

At least there's a note shortly thereafter.

Ohhhh, okay. Well, might as well throw one of them to the bird immediately, who wolfs it down, happily. She sketches a quick note back.] Thanks!

[Weird gift, but she might as well be gracious.

Also she now has to fight off her Carrier, who wants the other fish. NOT YET, ARGUS.]

[ Sometime after the protag's giant fuck up, Maki feels like sending a message to Yukari by carrier. ]

Hello? Takeba-san? It's Nishikino. I was just wondering how you're doing...

[And sometime after the protag's giant fuck up, Yukari is just sort of... grumpily existing. She feels like some kind of outlet, but she isn't sure what to make of it.

Maki is not whom she is expecting to call her, but... hey, it's someone mostly unrelated to the goings on, and that helps because it's someone she can't think about what happened while she's talking to them.

Luckily, it's video. She can make her voice a lot more enthusiastic than she feels.]

Huh? Oh, hey Nishikino-san! I'm... alright, how are you?

[ Maki can only imagine how someone would feel about that kind of thing existing, but they did say they were going to burn it... but did they really?

So many can't help but want to see how Yukari (and Aigis) are doing. ]

I'm okay, I guess. Things have been kind of.. hectic lately. [ Dragons, fanmail, paintings.. ]

Did you end up going to Gresser?

[... Yeah. Hers is just Boys Are Dumb, which she knew, but it's always a Thing to be reminded of it consistently.]

Gresser... oh for the dragons? Yeah, I did. Took down a couple of 'em with some other people, in fact! [Actually, this is sort of why she wanted to; Boys Are Dumb]

[ Maki has to live with four of them now. She has very quickly had to learn how 100% true that is. ]

Y-Yeah... wait! A couple of them?! There were more than one!?

[ Somehow Maki had only faced one, she hadn't known there was more! ]

Oh yeah, definitely. I attracted like three of 'em to me. I've noticed things don't seem to like me so much now that I got this rank promotion...

... But it wasn't so bad. Lots of heroes like to help.

[ Nevermind that Maki herself fought a couple.... but let's say those threads happened at the sametime. ]

R-Really? That's how I feel too... Someone said that Kings are what the monster usually like to go after first... I feel like I should really get heavier armor or something...

But I'm glad you're okay! But uhm... That's not what I actually called to talk to you about.

That's what it seems like. It also seems like a lot of animals don't really like me after this promotion, and I dunno why...

Anyway, what's up? You had a different reason?

Animals?

[ Maki hadn't noticed anything like that herself, but then, she was never any good with them anyways. ]

I just felt like getting in touch with you, after those two guys put up that post about the... um... book with you and Aigis-san in it...

Ugh, I don't even want to talk about it. They're my friends, but they're idiots. I hope you don't think Aigis and I have ever...?

...I mean, I'm sure if I were you I wouldn't either. I just wanted to see if you were okay.

[ Then-- ]

O-Of course not!!

Okay, good. Cuz that's not happening. [And that word is the Law here, apparently.]

But yeah, I mean, I'm fine. I'm more worried about all the other people they publicly shamed like morons. Laughing and thinking it's funny... ugh, how terrible person do ya have to be to think making people uncomfortable in front of a bunch of others is funny?

... I might not be talking to them again for a while.

Right, obviously not.

[ If there was a slight feeling of disappointment in Maki's voice it must be imaginary. Because she hasn't been struggling with anything herself for the past few months, nope. ]

I didn't really know any boys back home, I went to an all girl's school... Are they always like that?

[ Mean spirited she means! ]

[Yeah, Yukari's not even from a canonpoint yet where she gives a fuck about Mitsuru other than as another member of SEES, what chance has Aigis?

But, there's a question here to answer.] Didn't know any... boys back home? [That's. That's weird. You're weird, Maki.]

Um... I guess I could say that it doesn't surprise me a lot that they'd do that? But honestly, that was almost something I expected more out of Junpei than Minato-kun. But maybe I just want them to be better than they are.

I had a few fans, but no one my age!

[ She was REALLY rich. And had zero friends at all before she went to high school.

Not weird! Just sheltered. ]

Souji-kun and Minato-kun both went to school with you?

... Um, okay. [That's still weird, but that's not the topic here, so she can brush it off.]

Just Minato-kun. I had no idea who Souji-kun even was before I even came here, but Minato-kun is...

[Going to just trail off there. And once more be glad there's no video here so Maki can't see the rather pained expression she pulls.]

... Well, he's in trouble now, so it doesn't matter, I guess.

[ Maki twitches, just a little, but is glad Yukari at least somewhat understands. Even though Maki feels like explaining herself more, so that there's no misunderstandings. ]

W-Well, they seem like they've found each other well enough, given how similar they seem!

[ What with the multiple posts of them together, and she's pretty sure both boys have teased her equal amounts now. ]

I think I would be mad at them too, if they had done anything like that with something involving me.. Do you plan to ever forgive Minato-san

Yeah, I'll forgive him eventually. Maybe even sooner than I really should, but that's what I get... [Sigh.]

... Souji-kun seemed to understand what he did wrong better, so maybe I should talk to him first. I dunno. I'll give it a while before I speak to either of 'em.

And... it wasn't so much that I was involved. I know that... was a part of it, but... I can't stand it when people mock others in public. Embarrass 'em like they did. It's... basically just bullying, and I hate that.

I guess if he's your friend, then even if you want to stay mad at him you can't for long right? I-It's the same way, with me and Nico-chan...

[ How often does Nico, despite being her senior, say or do something that makes Maki incredibly embarrassed/angry? ]

I know that if that was me... I would have been as mad as you are. I'm sorry for bringing it up, I just thought you might want to talk about it with someone.

Yeah. Something like that. But I gotta make sure he got the point, so I can't just... go back to talking to him so easy, yanno?

[Eventually... eventually she will. Eventually she'll probably do a looot more than that, but for now, he has to know he is in trouble, and suffer with it.]

It's alright, but... I dunno. There's not a whole lot to talk about. I mean, we all know those books're just... basically fanfiction. It's disgusting they were even written, so it wasn't really the books themselves that were the problem. It was how the guys handled bring it up... there's a lot of better ways than to go about it like you're making fun of the people the books are about.

Right! If it were me I'd just ignore him until he he couldn't stand it anymore!

[ Maki at least does understand pretty well how Yukari feels on this. ]

I had... the same problem with some things made of me. I should have known to expect it but... A-Anyways! I'm glad you're okay, I guess.

[ That's all she had called to see anyways. ]

[Is this what it's like when you square tsundere. It's awkward.

Yukari, though, smiles behind her Carrier, and hopes the tone carries into her voice.]

I'm alright, definitely. Thanks for being concerned. Not a lot of people would be, I think.

[And then...]

Hey, you good at freeing up your weekend nights? I got some VIP pass to some fancy club or something, and I was hoping to get a group together to go check it out.

[ When it doesn't come to down to making Maki admit things she'd rather keep hidden, she's hardly all that tsundere surprisingly. ]

W-Well.. I-It's only natural that we'd look out for each other, right?

[ Orrrr, like right now, the tsundere comes out in full force. ]

Huh? I guess so... that sounds like fun. I wouldn't mind an excuse to dress up if it's to go out with people.

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