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Noah Campbell

"This is Noah. Leave a message."

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[kagepuro]

[Shakes his arm some more!!!!]

I did it for us, silly!

[redarm]

-- You did?

[Girl?? Signed him up???]

S-seriously?

[kagepuro]

[Now she's frowning for REAL Noah. Look at these pouty frowny lips. It's your fault..]

I thought...You know, we could both use a pick-me-up...And maybe we could do it together...?

[redarm]

[Dammit. He needed a moment to process ok]

Uh- right.

[DAMAGE CONTROL]

Okay. I mean, I was gonna do it anyway I guess, so-

Thanks for signing me up? So we'll be doing it together?

[kagepuro]

Yep! Just the two of us! [She's. Grinning right up in his face. Wait, was that frown actually for real...!?]

You're good with that? Really, Noah?

[redarm]

[-- And she's smiling again? That was fast-- Had she been playing him?? That's not...

...Wow, she's really close. And she's smiling at him, and apparently wanted to spend time with him enough to sign him up-- and the name-- ]

Y-YEah! [VOICE CRACKS. He quickly tries to clear his throat to cover it up] I-I'm good with that.

[kagepuro]

[As soon as his voice cracks, she back away to put a bit of space between them as she covers her lips to giggle lightly.]

You're funny, Noah. I'm glad that you don't mind!

I figured, y'know, it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission...

[When she removes her hand, she's still grinning.]

I'm glad you seem so excited about it, too!

[redarm]

Y-Yeah, sure-

[Gonna just take his soda and chug it down some, to try to calm himself. Jesus. It's hard being a 16 year old guy.

Finally swallows and lowers the can.]

Fucking better than working with some random person. [...] Why "Team Ayanoah" though?

[kagepuro]

Eh? [Pokes her thumb against his soda can, running it up the length of the cool refreshing beverage.]

Isn't it obvious?

It's the two of us, combined into one. Duh.

[redarm]

It is?

[Except he made the fatal error of biting into food when she gives that explanation. Two of them combined into one. Like he's only heard that for marri--

STARTS WHEEZING AND COUGHING UP A STORM AS FOOD GOES DOWN THE WRONG PIPE]

[kagepuro]

N-Noah! Hey! [Ayano quickly scoots up to him and starts patting his back, leaning in close with concern all over her face.]

Are you okay? Are you choking? Do you need help? [WORRIEDLY HOLDS UP THE SODA CAN.]

You should drink something!

[redarm]

[COUGHING AND HACKING- but he's pretty used to eating an insane amount of food at once, so he puts down the food in his hand and pounds his chest until the food comes looses. He wheezes some for air]

Shit-

I'm fine. Just went down the wrong fucking pipe.

[He'll take that soda can though. AND TRY HARD TO IGNORE HER BEING CLOSE AGAIN]

[kagepuro]

[This is the frown you get for WORRYING AYANO TATEYAMA.]

Be more careful when you eat, please...[& lightly touches his arm to accentuate her point.]

You know, my Dad used to tell me that when you curse too much, you end up choking on your words...

Just saying...

[redarm]

Oy. It's bad enough I don't get to swear at home anymore.

[Don't try to stop his swearing! And he tries so hard not to react to that touch, lord]

It was the fucking food, really.

[kagepuro]

Was it the food, or the person eating the food? [She does her best to look wise––really.]

People die from choking, I don't want you to die, okay?

Plus, who else would be my partner for the charity thing? Our names fit together too well to waste that, right!

[redarm]

[NO IT WAS THE GIRL MAKING THE PERSON EATING THE FOOD HAVE FEELINGS, he wants to say but doesn't]

I'm not gonna die!

-- Is that why you picked me? Our names?

[kagepuro]

Well...

[Blinkblink.]

It's just an added bonus? I already told you, I thought we could both use a fun project to get our minds off stuff.

And our names fit together nicely.


And I like you.

[Grin!!]

[redarm]

[If this was over text and not in person, he'd probably be frantically texting Minako right now to ask wtf is going on.

But alas. They are in the middle of lunch. He has to wing it]

Uh.

O-Okay.

Sounds fun then.

[kagepuro]

[she would snatch his phone out of his hands and look at it anyway, probably.]

Great! It's settled then, team Ayanoah! I knew you were kind at heart, Noah.

[Grins, taking his soda into her hand for...some reason.]

Can I sip?

[redarm]

Tch- don't say weird shit like that!

[Can't let people know I'm actually nice!! Not at school!

He eyeballs the soda though...]

Just one sip.

[kagepuro]

Thank you, sir!

[Ayano will take the soda can into her delicate hands and raises it up to her lips, the red aluminum reflecting the cafeteria lights above as she takes a long, eager gulp of the sugary, refreshing beverage. More than one gulp, actually––a very liberal sip, really. Her scarf naturally dips down enough for Noah to see the movement in her throat––and how she's drinking way too much.

Mercifully, she'll eventually set the can down, licking and smacking her lips before transitioning into another hearty grin.]

So good, am I right?

[redarm]

[Watches her drink it like this. HIS SODA!!!]

Oy that was more than a sip!

[Taking that can back to see if there's any left!!]

[kagepuro]

[Ayano's laughing sheepishly because Noah is no longer a threat to her.]

Different people have different ideas of what a sip is, I suppose!