infinite_reflection | Strawberry Short-hair (Seiya Hangout Thread) (RANK UP!)

Strawberry Short-hair (Seiya Hangout Thread) (RANK UP!)

((Open RP, I welcome multiple threads! <3)) It had been a few days since... the incident. Seiya and her friends were able to save Miho, however, there'd been some emotional side effects. Well, and physical. Seated behind the Yamada Mart counter, it was her first day back in the saddle after the whole ordeal. Mr. Yamada had somehow had a miraculous moment of compassion and let his daughter stay home for about four days. Now that her little mini vacation was up, the girl was expected to be bright eyed and bushy tailed for a while. Still, despite the expectations put on her, Seiya couldn't help but feel down. Self-consciously tugging at her now stubby pony tail, the girl reflected on what she'd told Greg about her hair. How important it was to her, and how it was the one thing in her life that she could control. Oh well. Win some and lose some. Propping her feet up on the counter, she opened a magazine, deciding to lose herself in the lives of celebrities for a while.

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He grinned at that. "Well, she's a writer. It's kinda what she does. That's why we'd play, actually - when she was stuck we might start up a game, and she'd go back as soon as she got an idea." Life had been hectic at times, but his mother had done her best and Kota'd had fun. He figured that was the best result, in the end.

He was starting to realize that he'd rambled on a bit, and knew that (even if he liked talking), people didn't always appreciate it. "...So yeah, that's how I sorta learned Go."

"Oh wow a writer?" Seiya smacked down another mint, bouncing happily along with the tune playing behind them. "That's a really neat story."

Some people didn't like talking much. Seiya, on the other hand, thrived on conversation. "Has she written anything I'd have read?" Asking a lot of questions about his mother, Seiya hoped it wasn't too intrusive.

"Heh, guess I was just born lucky." Kota grinned, because it was a stupid pun on his name and he couldn't resist. Seiya could smack him for it and he'd deserve it.

"I dunno, does Nanami Satou ring any bells? She writes light novels, mostly adventure or fantasy type stuff." He paused to think it over for a moment. "I think Ash is the most popular thing she's done."

"... and you're allowed to leave the house why?" Seiya raised a brow, grinning playfully. She unwrapped another mint, tossing it in her mouth to join the other one.

His mother's name actually did sound a bit familiar. "I think I've heard of her! That's so neat. Maybe you've heard of my dad. He owns this kinda lame truck stop. Yam Mart or something."

"Because the world would pine without me. Or because my parents don't want to deal with me either. Choose whichever one you think fits." That grin of his didn't falter as he wagged a finger at her. "You taunt me, senpai. I can't eat my pieces without paying for them. It'd be a wonderful way to forfeit the game, though."

"Y'know, I think I've heard of that place. It's supposed to have good service - at least if you're looking for a game and not for a drink!"

"Snrk!" She giggled, shaking her head. "You can have some on the house, don't worry 'bout it." Yamada Mart definitely lacked rules when Seiya was in charge.

Placing another piece, her laughter continued. "Yeah, the girl who works there should totally get fired."

"Not gonna wait for you to change your mind," he said as he unwrapped a piece and popped it into his mouth. Delicious.

"Ah, but then who would give me free candy?" Nevermind that it was just the once. "Besides, then you'd be broke, and I can't lend you anything because I'm broke too." Kota paused aft placing his piece, looking suddenly concerned. "You do get paid for this, right?"

Popping down another mint, Seiya scrunched her nose. Her strategy was starting to look pretty weak, but it couldn't be helped.

"Mmm shady people near the train?" She grinned. "To work here? Yeah, I get paid."

Kota was starting to get a little more aggressive, mostly because there was only so much board space. This was where he was more inexperienced, though, and he was taking a few seconds longer with each move as he thought about it.

"Oh no," he said, his tone one of exaggerated denial. "I learned that lesson a long time ago. Never again." He pretended to shudder, but nodded at her answer. "Good. That only seems fair."

"Ahahaha!" Seiya whipped her hat off, fluffing off the hat hair. Placing her mint without much thought, the girl was definitely more into the conversation than the game. And that was okay!

"I've been working since I was 12, so!" Seiya smiled, pretty much used to the daily Yamada Mart routine.

Well then maybe Kota would actually get to taste victory for once. It might even be as sweet as the candy.

This time the shiver seemed a little more real as Kota glanced around the store. Since she was twelve - that meant she'd been working here for five or six years, probably. "I can't even imagine that," he said. "Doesn't it drive you crazy?"

"Mmhm." Seiya just nodded, putting down her piece. Things weren't looking too good for her peppermint men, but she was enjoying herself either way.

"But sometimes people, like you for example, come by and keep me company. And it's just habit by now."

Kota may have the advantage in the game, but that looked like cold comfort right now. Then again, if Seiya remembered his Shadow - "I'm so afraid of getting trapped into something I hate" - well... He hadn't yet conquered that side of him, for all he accepted it, and so Seiya's situation was making him feel a little queasy. Even if she seemed fine with it.

"Yeah, well. If you ever need someone to come by and keep you company, you could give me a call. I'll think up some more terrible jokes, just for you." He wasn't sure she'd ever take him up on the offer, and totally certain that he would be far, far down the list of people she'd prefer to hang out with, but he meant it all the same.

Moving forward, she pressed her way onto the offensive side of things. Going at him quickly, her peppermints began to have more purpose. Seiya glanced up at her friend, lips pursed in a taunting manner. "Here I coooome."

The offer to come by at any time was, however, welcomed. "Oh totally! I expect terrible puns as well. Can't have anymore candy if you don't make me laugh, sonny." Bringing back their old little joke, she took a sip of her drink.

Kota grinned, matching the pace that Seiya set. A race to the end! "Don't think I'm going to scare that easily!"

He laughed at the nickname and the terms of the "deal" she was offering. "Well, Grandma," he drawled. "What does it say about you if you laugh at those bad puns?"

Slapping down another mint, Seiya raised a brow. "It says that as your elder I'm allowed to laugh at whatever I want. Look it up."

Kota placed his next piece with determined casualness, like he didn't even have to think about it. (He did.) "I didn't realize there was some sort of senior citizen guidebook."

"Oh totally. You should pick it up at the local bookstore." Seiya stared at the board for a moment before placing a mint down with a furrowed brow.

"Next time I'm there," Kota promised absently. This was the part he wasn't so good at, trying to figure out all the moves he could make and all the ways she could respond. He didn't have the patience for it either, so he mentally shrugged and just placed his piece in the spot that looked the best now.

Tapping her fingers on the edge of the counter, Seiya watched the board with a curious gaze. Of course she had no idea how to anticipate any of Kota's moves, but she cold pretend like she did. "Hmmmm." Pursing her lips, the girl placed a mint in mock caution, eyeing her opponent smugly. Having no clue what she just did, she hoped making him sweat a little would at least be fun.

Making him sweat indeed - Kota didn't immediately look back at the board immediately, instead watching Seiya and her smug smile with suspicion. Hey, she'd always been full of surprises, why should this be any different? Still, he had to make a move and he so he did, cautiously continuing with his plan.

Maybe it was the nervousness that made him pick the conversation back up. "So you go to school, work here, and occasionally highlight as a superhero. Must eat into your video game time."

Stifling a giggle, Seiya just kept grinning. "Oh no, I just never sleep. Super heroes can't sleep, Kota-kun." she joked, watching the clock. They'd probably play into closing time, not that it bothered her! Seiya wasn't doing much work anyway.

"Wish you'd told me that when I signed up for the gig then," Kota replied, relaxing a little as he focused more on the banter than the game. "Might've had second thoughts if I'd known!"

"You didn't really have a choice, Robin." Seiya just haphazardly plopped a mint down, shuffling from side to side. After a while, her legs got a little numb. Yamada Mart wasn't exactly the perfect place to get your daily stretching done. "Super Hero duty is a calling, not a decision! Grow a backbone, man!"

"Too much work," he replied with mock laziness. "I've made it this far without one." He absently started to unwrap the candy in his fingers until he remembered it was for the game, smiling a bit sheepishly before placing it down. "But I can't quit anyway, so you're stuck with me."

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