But Mafuyu isn't one to spoil Christmas, she just ruins the holiday by continuing on as she always does and terrorize little children as a mall santa or something. There's a very little small part of her that believes in the spirit of the holiday, but it's largely overshadowed by the idea that behaving herself in the two weeks leading up to Christmas counts as being a good kid all year and deserving of presents. ]
[ Is that "could you please pay for it" or "are you able to pay for it please" because those are very different questions and... well, she has the same answer for the both of those, because she doesn't carry around a wallet so much as she carries around a change purse, because any reasonable person would rather carry several pounds of quarters on them instead of figuring out credit cards. ]
Let's see... [ She turns out her pockets and lets everything drop out onto the snow: there's a key ring without any keys on it, some bubblegum wrappers, a cigarette lighter, and thirty-some quarters. ]
Tsukasa looks down and stares for a moment. Why... Why, Mafuyu. ]
I think they're usually a little closer to twenty or thirty dollars, so... [ ...why have a key ring with no keys?? He's stuck on this. Why. ] Count up your quarters and we'll split the difference, I guess?
[ She doesn't need keys when she's got a bedroom window on the second floor with a broken latch, and in the case of dire emergencies, Hinata has a spare key. ]
Alright, hold out your hand.
[ While she picks up the quarters one by one and passes them over to him. ]
—Four. Hmm? It's 'cause I like how they sound when they jingle— like this!
[ She pauses her counting and cups her hands underneath Tsukasa's jostling them a little so that the coins clink against each other, but not hard enough that they spill out and fall out of their hands. ]
Besides, when I get my allowance, I use them at the arcade, so it has to be quarters.
[ There might be better use for her money, but whatever. She turns back to counting... What number was she on? Hmm. ]
Wait, Mafuyu— it's my fault for distracting you in the first place, so sorry, but... There isn't enough here [ a soft jingle of his hands ] to be sixteen? There's six.
[ He should just call her a dumbass and be over with it, so she doesn't stare up at him blankly and ask in all earnest: ]
Where'd the other ten go? ...Whatever. You'll cover them for me, okay?
[ And she goes right back to counting, one hand moving the coins and the other hand with her palm out in front of his face so he can't say anything that will distract her from this task that requires all of her focus. ]
He stares down at her in exasperation before he carefully tilts them into just one of his hands and grabs hers to move it out of the way. ]
There is no other ten. You just lost your place and miscounted because of me. [ ...actually it's more accurate to say the other ten are still on the ground but. details, probably. ] Do you want me to do this instead? They're yours anyway, so you should be holding them.
[ ...Let him count what they already have. Six, seven, eight...
Eight coins deposited into her hands, and he'll kneel down beside her with a sigh. ]
You're terrible. [ But he's still doing it? Nine, ten, eleven... ] Math isn't even my strong suit, and I can do this much... Don't you go to school with Hinata?
[ It's called playing to their strengths; Tsukasa is good at counting, and she's good at holding the weight of several dozen coins without so much as her hands shaking. ]
You're wasting a gift. [ SIIIIIIIGH. Twelve, thirteen... Why are there so many. Fourteen, fifteen, sixteen. ] Are you one of those people that doesn't like school because of mean teachers or bullies and such...? I've met a lot of them...
[ high school has not has stunning reviews but he still wants to go ]
[ She... might have been... something like a bully? That's not a label she'd slap on herself, but rather what people tell her is what her strong-arming people into doing things with her feels like. But that's not the problem, and she's never backed down in the face of another person. ]
It's just hard sitting still and keeping quiet for so long every day. It's easier to learn when it's one-on-one, like studying with Kiryu, or Prompto, or Takumi, or Terra.
[ ...Oh. Seventeen, eighteen... He can just grab another two, that's twenty. ]
Maybe you'd like getting homeschooled then. Er, I guess it sounds like you're already sort of there... [ What with her multiple tutors. ] Though you have to still study on your own time too, or I do... but that might just be because my parents both still work.
[ Her parents still work too, long hours and subsequently not enough supervision allotted for keeping an eye on her. For a while, school doubled as daycare with the encouragement of after school clubs, but then clubs were too fun and school not fun enough and now she just can't. ]
It's not fair. You go to school and sit there and it's tiring, and then you go home and have to do more school! That's not fun at all.
Why not just do your work with a friend, or make a game of it or something? Or plan rewards... [ He's finishing picking these up as he talks, dropping the last ten into her palms. ] I do my review with my grandmother, since she's always at home, and afterwards we have dinner together and do something fun.
[ Her tutors are basically that for her- both teacher and friend who have quickly surmised that Mafuyu's primary motivations consists of food and freedom, and so snack bribes are a norm. That doesn't stop homework from being hard or lessons impossible to understand. ]
—still real frustrating! We are we talking about school anyways?! I don't have to think about that until after winter break's over. Do you get winter breaks?
[ Or is homeschooling a 365 days a year thing, which in that case she absolutely wouldn't be able to stand it. ]
Edited (A YEAR...........................) 2018-01-06 03:28 (UTC)
[ Mafuyu just get Tsukasa to put them into tiny stupid people words when he attends school with you next semester— ]
Uh—my parents teach me for a few extra days during break since they have the time, but otherwise we follow the university's schedule, so... Yes?
[ he gets a winter break, and hell. it's even longer than high school's. thanks. ]
I have to take an assessment this year though—I have one every couple of years, just to show that my education's proceeding smoothly and that I'm allowed to stay out of school. [ Tsukasa. may have considered failing it once, but he couldn't do that to his family; they've been good to him. ] Sometime after Christmas, I think...
[ Yes please write everything at the level of Simple Wikipedia for her. ]
If it's you, you'll pass it for sure! But I didn't know that about home schooling— you're telling me that as long as I can pass a test every couple of years, I don't have to go to school?!
That's right. Of course, it's sort of lonely, since there aren't any other kids...? Depending on where you live too. My neighborhood is full of older people—grandparents and stuff—and I don't mind them, but until recently, you and Hinata were the only friends I had around my age...
[ She's not sure she can relate, even though she didn't have a lot of friends growing up either— initially, she'd gotten along with boys who liked roughhousing, but not too rough or they start crying, and everybody she comes across turns out to be a crybaby— before being with Chiyo and Hinata reeled her in a little. ]
I've always had my dog and cat and now my snake to keep me company when I'm feeling lonely. Or I go outside and find somebody to play with! Even during school time when there's nobody else our age, I'll be there and we can play!
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But Mafuyu isn't one to spoil Christmas, she just ruins the holiday by continuing on as she always does and terrorize little children as a mall santa or something. There's a very little small part of her that believes in the spirit of the holiday, but it's largely overshadowed by the idea that behaving herself in the two weeks leading up to Christmas counts as being a good kid all year and deserving of presents. ]
Then it's cookie time!
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I'll— [ ...uh. ] ...Mafuyu, could you pay for it? I'm, er... trying to be a little more frugal lately...
I'll— <small>[ ...uh. ]</small> ...Mafuyu, could you pay for it? I'm, er... trying to be a little more frugal lately...
<small[ because he keeps going "hey let me treat you" at all his friends. ]</small>
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Let's see... [ She turns out her pockets and lets everything drop out onto the snow: there's a key ring without any keys on it, some bubblegum wrappers, a cigarette lighter, and thirty-some quarters. ]
How much d'you think it'll cost? Is this enough?
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Tsukasa looks down and stares for a moment. Why... Why, Mafuyu. ]
I think they're usually a little closer to twenty or thirty dollars, so... [ ...why have a key ring with no keys?? He's stuck on this. Why. ] Count up your quarters and we'll split the difference, I guess?
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Alright, hold out your hand.
[ While she picks up the quarters one by one and passes them over to him. ]
One... Two... Three...
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He's going to end up using both hands too, he's sure, so he'll just preemptively make a nice little bowl out of them. ]
Why do you carry so much change? You can exchange these for bills, you know.
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[ She pauses her counting and cups her hands underneath Tsukasa's jostling them a little so that the coins clink against each other, but not hard enough that they spill out and fall out of their hands. ]
Besides, when I get my allowance, I use them at the arcade, so it has to be quarters.
[ There might be better use for her money, but whatever. She turns back to counting... What number was she on? Hmm. ]
...Fourteen... Fifteen. Sixteen...
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Wait, Mafuyu— it's my fault for distracting you in the first place, so sorry, but... There isn't enough here [ a soft jingle of his hands ] to be sixteen? There's six.
[ He's here to help... ]
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Where'd the other ten go? ...Whatever. You'll cover them for me, okay?
[ And she goes right back to counting, one hand moving the coins and the other hand with her palm out in front of his face so he can't say anything that will distract her from this task that requires all of her focus. ]
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He stares down at her in exasperation before he carefully tilts them into just one of his hands and grabs hers to move it out of the way. ]
There is no other ten. You just lost your place and miscounted because of me. [ ...actually it's more accurate to say the other ten are still on the ground but. details, probably. ] Do you want me to do this instead? They're yours anyway, so you should be holding them.
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Eight coins deposited into her hands, and he'll kneel down beside her with a sigh. ]
You're terrible. [ But he's still doing it? Nine, ten, eleven... ] Math isn't even my strong suit, and I can do this much... Don't you go to school with Hinata?
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...I am a student at Hinata's school.
[ But does she go? Hm. ]
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...So you do?
[ Is there a difference he's not getting, or. ]
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[ And like. Mostly that's it. ]
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You're wasting a gift. [ SIIIIIIIGH. Twelve, thirteen... Why are there so many. Fourteen, fifteen, sixteen. ] Are you one of those people that doesn't like school because of mean teachers or bullies and such...? I've met a lot of them...
[ high school has not has stunning reviews but he still wants to go ]
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[ She... might have been... something like a bully? That's not a label she'd slap on herself, but rather what people tell her is what her strong-arming people into doing things with her feels like. But that's not the problem, and she's never backed down in the face of another person. ]
It's just hard sitting still and keeping quiet for so long every day. It's easier to learn when it's one-on-one, like studying with Kiryu, or Prompto, or Takumi, or Terra.
[ She has a lot of tutors. She needs them. ]
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Maybe you'd like getting homeschooled then. Er, I guess it sounds like you're already sort of there... [ What with her multiple tutors. ] Though you have to still study on your own time too, or I do... but that might just be because my parents both still work.
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It's not fair. You go to school and sit there and it's tiring, and then you go home and have to do more school! That's not fun at all.
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Why not just do your work with a friend, or make a game of it or something? Or plan rewards... [ He's finishing picking these up as he talks, dropping the last ten into her palms. ] I do my review with my grandmother, since she's always at home, and afterwards we have dinner together and do something fun.
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[ Her tutors are basically that for her- both teacher and friend who have quickly surmised that Mafuyu's primary motivations consists of food and freedom, and so snack bribes are a norm. That doesn't stop homework from being hard or lessons impossible to understand. ]
—still real frustrating! We are we talking about school anyways?! I don't have to think about that until after winter break's over. Do you get winter breaks?
[ Or is homeschooling a 365 days a year thing, which in that case she absolutely wouldn't be able to stand it. ]
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Uh—my parents teach me for a few extra days during break since they have the time, but otherwise we follow the university's schedule, so... Yes?
[ he gets a winter break, and hell. it's even longer than high school's. thanks. ]
I have to take an assessment this year though—I have one every couple of years, just to show that my education's proceeding smoothly and that I'm allowed to stay out of school. [ Tsukasa. may have considered failing it once, but he couldn't do that to his family; they've been good to him. ] Sometime after Christmas, I think...
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If it's you, you'll pass it for sure! But I didn't know that about home schooling— you're telling me that as long as I can pass a test every couple of years, I don't have to go to school?!
[ IS THIS REAL, WHERE CAN SHE SIGN UP ]
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That's right. Of course, it's sort of lonely, since there aren't any other kids...? Depending on where you live too. My neighborhood is full of older people—grandparents and stuff—and I don't mind them, but until recently, you and Hinata were the only friends I had around my age...
[ and then he met like a bunch of people but
yeah anyway ]
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I've always had my dog and cat and now my snake to keep me company when I'm feeling lonely. Or I go outside and find somebody to play with! Even during school time when there's nobody else our age, I'll be there and we can play!
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