006 - [ text ] All the boys and girls form a circle

[keptwaiting]

hello, everyone! ＼（＾▽＾）／

it's february and i'm sure you all realize what that means! valentine's day is in less than a week!

so i was wondering... is there anybody in particularly you would love to get chocolate from or give chocolate to?

what are you looking for in love? what does this day mean to you? was there somebody in your life before to make Special Memories with?

if you want to go anonymous, that's okay, i guess, but it's most fun to discuss with friends openly, right?

let's warm up for the day of love by discussing it, alright? the more details, the more fun it is!

((ooc: this is a discussion post and as such, threadjack all you like. all comments will be treated as general discussion comments and not something directly sent to yamashita, unless specified otherwise!))

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[keptwaiting]

[ Ack, that's a mean question, even if Shouma may only have meant it as a rhetorical one. Yamashita's hands shakily hesitate over the buttons of his phone and then they only type faster. ]

is it really always want?
there are things you keep to yourself because you have to, but it's nothing you really want bottled up inside of you forever and forever and forever, right?

[waifu]

[He was expecting Yamashita to disagree, since they are on opposite sides of the fence about this. He's been prying long enough (for two minutes, not including Shouma's little angst!fit) for him to figure out that his friend isn't gonna go down quietly. The best possible outcome is that they see from eachother's point of view and maybe Shouma will feel better about discussing this baloney in the future.]

Some people deserve that kind of a burden.

[As per Takakura ritual, he's not making this let's-agree-to-disagree outcome very easy.]

[keptwaiting]

[ Yamashita quickly starts typing that Shouma is not the kind of person who deserves any of that, but then he actually has the sense to backspace and think again, this time considerably longer. All that comes out of it is one single word though. ]

why?

[ There is nothing else he has to say to this. Everything he could add, every bit of opinion just sounds so small and useless compared to whatever deep thoughts Shouma may be having. 'Why?' is probably the most truthful question he could ask - he genuinely can not understand why Shouma thinks like this, why anybody could think like this. ]

[waifu]

[Going into detail would be the same as revealing his cards, even tough ebbing along the lines of spilling vs not is a total dickmove. Shouma would feel more comfortable confiding in an anonymous source if he ever had to — someone unattached, who wouldn't necessarily feel affected by it.

..By all means, Yamahshita really shouldn't feel anything about his convoluted situation, but the threat is there.]

Because life isn't fair.

[It's downright cruel.]

this thread kills me and the keywords of my icon don't make it better

[keptwaiting]

maybe it is

it's not anybody's fault that is is

if the only reason someone deserves to bear a burden is because they are in the wrong place of an unfair life, then that person doesn't have to bear that burden at all

if life isn't fair, then that kind of punishment isn't rightful either

[ It is like that time all of them had to clean up the street even though they weren't the ones who tossed everything around. It wasn't them. The people who did bad things were elsewhere and others had to suffer from it.

That is what 'unfair' means.
That is why anything an unfair fate decides is no rule to live by. The only consequence one should endure is that of ones own actions. ]

YOUR KEYWORDS COMPLETELY KNOCKED ME OUT

[waifu]

Somebody has to, right? It has to end somewhere. Making up excuses like that is selfish.

[Yamashita presents good arguments, but imagine arguing with a wall. That's exactly what's happening, and hell is prone to freeze over before Shouma decides to stop and appreciate his words. It's easier to settle into the default and prattle on about his own thoughts, none of which being very healthy.]

Weren't you asking about something completely different?

[Initially; this is him trying to change the subject.]

[keptwaiting]

[ Are his thoughts excuses? Is his way of thinking selfish? Yamashita likes to think that it's not, that he's always being fair enough... But now that Shouma says it like that, he somehow can't think of anything to defend his argumentation with. ]

well, i was asking to talk about love but up until now you did not seem very willing to

[waifu]

[At least they're still staying on the topic of unfairness.]

Good luck.

[In wooing his special someone, that is. Whomever it may be. He's doubtful as ever.]

[keptwaiting]

[ Yamashita stares at the message for a good 18 seconds before just hitting his head against a wall. 'Ow, bad idea' he says to himself and then finally gets to writing a reply. ]

at this rate, i really need that

[ You don't even know, man. ]

[waifu]

[Yamashita no. You need every single one of those brain cells if you're gonna be keeping after Shouma.

He's totally gonna leave it at that, by the way, lest he incite another random deep!talk. No denial to be had anyway.]