[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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[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. ]