[VoiceMail] IC Contact for Tanagura

[irridescentspider]

"Sho! You've reached Makishima Yusuke, the Peak Spider of Sohoku! You know what to do, sho!"

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[nemurerumori]

Feelings, of course.

People who are always like "It's rude to answer but we can talk in private" is answering it already, you know?

Did he ever talk to you like he was supposed to? How did that go?

[irridescentspider]

[ It takes awhile for Makishima to answer. ]

He talked to me.

[nemurerumori]

And? What happened? Did you let him down?

[irridescentspider]

It...

I didn't have a choice.

[nemurerumori]

[ That's not the answer he wanted. ]

What do you mean you had no choice?

[irridescentspider]

I mean I had to turn him down.

[ Though it wasn't what he'd wanted. ]

[nemurerumori]

I know you had to turn him down, but why wouldn't you have a choice in doing it?

[ Having no choice made no sense. There was always a choice. ]

[irridescentspider]

[ Maki had the overwhelming urge to bang his head against the wall, or throw his phone. ]

You know why! You were the only other person here that knew!

1/??

[nemurerumori]

[ He knows why? Why would he know-- Wait. That was dumb was a dumb reason. He couldn't be serious, could he? ]

[nemurerumori]

[ He has to stare at the phone for a moment or two in disbelief. ]

[nemurerumori]

You mean how you're going to school in England?

[nemurerumori]

The only reason you "had no choice but to turn him down" was over the distance???

[nemurerumori]

You're not that stupid, Maki-chan. Haven't you heard of long-distance relationships?

Texting? Calling? Emailing? Skyping? Face-time? College BREAKS? SUMMER VACATION?!

...end.

[nemurerumori]

Don't give me that dumb reason! You were suppose to turn him down over something reasonable!

[irridescentspider]

[ Maki's phone is blowing up and for a moment he really does almost consider not answering it. ]

why else would I have turned him down?!

[ He nearly texts more, but he stops himself. ]

[nemurerumori]

[ Really Toudou could give him a list as long as his arm that started with 'he's not good enough for my rival'. For Makishima's sake, he's not. ]

Because this is a crap place to try and have a seriously romantic relationship?!

[irridescentspider]

That...

That's one of the reasons.

[ And really the only other reason that mattered in Maki's book. ]

[nemurerumori]

What were the other reasons?

[irridescentspider]

You already said it!

The distance and this place!

[nemurerumori]

[ Sometimes the gods send him trials to test the strength of his devotion to Makishima. This might just be one of them, he feels. ]

So you like him.

[irridescentspider]

[ The pause before Makishima finally answers is extraordinary. ]

It doesn't matter.

[nemurerumori]

Maki-chan!

[ There was going to be more to that text, but he's just trying to collect himself and what to say.

And also just yelling around the apartment. ]

[irridescentspider]

[ Makishima doesn't bother to answer. He doesn't want to have to explain himself to Toudou or anyone else for that matter. Having to turn Kinjou down was bad enough. ]

[nemurerumori]

[ Leaving him to stew in his glass case of emotions is probably for the best. ]