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High-Casual 1x1 Romance/Fantasy

Bumping again, looking for one or two more partners.

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

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^@Feyblue

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Hilariously, Suzuka's blank expression becomes even blanker as Eikichi's words land. But he thinks he knows enough about his childhood friend to guess what's going on in her mind. It's nice, knowing she's as shocked to see him as he is to see her. He leans forward subtly, hoping for the words he's always wanted to hear: "Wow, Eikichi, you've become so cool!"

But although Suzuka seems to give him the ol' once-over, she says nothing about his earrings, or his new hairstyle, or anything, really. Instead, she seems content to play it safe and answer his question in the most boring manner possible:

"...Nope. Not at all. I just got taller."

Huh. Okay then.

To add insult to injury, she doesn't seem interested in chatting, and only affords him enough attention to pick up his pencil up off the floor and return it to him. Which, like, she noticed him dropping his pencil, but she's not gonna comment on his new look? What's that all about!?

Eikichi slumps back in his seat. He wouldn't tell, but he's a bit disappointed. It's not that he's fishing for compliments here! Heck, he'd be happy with any sort of acknowledgement of all the hard work he's done to reinvent himself. After all, it was Suzu—

Anyway. Not important anymore, he tells himself, turning his gaze out the window. It's a known fact that the Fujis can be very petty. If Suzuka doesn't want to talk, then he doesn't either. Of course, she's probably just overwhelmed and confused and yada yada—but wasn't Eikichi her best friend? Or was he just imagining things?

Hearing her talk to Mikako doesn't help, although for the first time in a while, Eikichi reflects on the fact that he was close to Mikako, too, way back when. He glances over her way, and for the briefest of moments, feels a flash of guilt. But then it's gone, replaced with a growing sense of unease. Eikichi knows that it's uncool to get worked up over things, and that getting too attached is lame, but man, it sure is hard when Suzuka is involved. He doesn't really want to think about why that is.

Sighing, he looks back out the window, nervous energy still vibrating inside him. Maybe there will be time to talk to Suzuka later.

High-Casual 1x1 Romance/Fantasy

Bump.

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

@Lemons alright. I’ll do a small post for Eikichi and then Mikako can have her turn.

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

@Feyblue@Lemons how do y’all want to swing this? I figure the three can walk home / to the train station together if you wanna jump right to the end of the school day. Or I can wait if anyone else wants to get in on the classroom action. It looks like Haru’s tied up with Koharu right now though, and I’m not sure how to include Junko and Takaya at this point.

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

@Nani, I can’t speak for everyone else, but my intro posts tend to be super long since it’s the first introduction to my character and my chance to really set the scene. I know I couldn’t keep up that length for every post, especially ones with a lot of back and forth dialogue.

In short, I wouldn’t worry too much about post length as long as you’re giving enough detail for others to work off of. Writing should be fun, not laborious.

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

Happy to retcon if need be but yeah, hopefully the flow of the rp won’t make class assignments a big deal - gotta keep everyone involved, after all.

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

I'm imagining the gang all hanging out at the playground while their little siblings play and the sun sets... And Haru's taking pictures of everybody hehe.

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

@Lemons Mikako is just the sweetest! I grew up in a big family, so the interactions between Mikako and her siblings made me smile. I hope I'm not stealing your thunder (your mom friend thunder?) by describing Eikichi's family as kind of loud and rowdy. I wanted to convey that sort of disorganized chaos that comes when your siblings are all doing their own thing in the same small space. But Eikichi isn't responsible for them like Mikako is, so they will probably come up a lot less than Mikako's siblings will.

But now that I'm thinking about families, I wanna meet Haru's siblings, too! I want sibling playdates! I'm interested to see how Mika, Ei, and Haru behave differently than the rest of the cast, which are all the only child. It's a completely different life as far as I'm concerned. Although Koharu strikes me as the type to get along with kids really well...

Shoujo⁴: Hatsukoi Reunion

Okay, all done. Please imagine Eikichi as a dog, or maybe a parrot. He will try to regain his coolness, but right now he's too elated to keep up much of a front.