Catch-all; Taichi

[momming]

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[goalsides]

[he allows the hair ruffle. at the words though, he tries to make a face, but he winces slightly because his face is still bruised.]

We'll see. [he doesn't sound certain of that.] There's nothing I can do about it now until he decides to talk to me.

[because he sure as hell isn't reaching out to yamato anytime soon.]

[momming]

I'm sure that will be soon enough.

[ Given this place. ]

But on another topic... what happened to your face, exactly?

[goalsides]

[....he very strongly debates lying to her, but he also figures that if he does, she'll just figure it out when she actually looks at his face so he just...shrugs.]

I...kinda got kneed in the face. It's not a big deal. It'll heal on its own.

[momming]

Kneed? How on earth--

[ Taichi?? ]

[goalsides]

[...he just...kind of looks away...]

It was probably an accident. [PROBABLY?] I'm kind of hoping it fades a little more before Saturday though.

[momming]

...

[ she is a lot of things but she is also not blind and-- ]

Would this have anything to do with the bite on Yamato-kun's leg?

[goalsides]

[. . .]

What bite?

[...yeah, that's absolutely the correct conclusion.]

[momming]

... Well, I'll leave it at that.

[goalsides]

[...???]

Whatever. [he seems embarrassed and immediately ignores it.] Anyway...it's not gonna take that long to fade, right?

[yamato kneed him pretty hard, it is definitely going to be there saturday even if it's faded a lot by then.]

[momming]

... Mm. Maybe by next week, it should be fully gone. But you've definitely damaged some blood vessels.

[ Sorry, Taichi. ]

[goalsides]

[there's a groan.]

You'll be my alibi if anybody asks weird questions, right? [eheh.]

[momming]

Yes, of course. Hopefully I won't need to be, but...

[ Better safe than sorry. ]

[goalsides]

Well...you saw what happened last time everybody started looking at injuries. Everybody became a suspect if something didn't have a good alibi.

[momming]

That's very true. And you'll vouch for my ribs, right?

[ Otome, everyone saw that. ]

[goalsides]

[he just grins a little.]

Otome-san, if anyone even tries to point fingers at you, a whole room full of people will vouch for you. Trust me.

[momming]

Goodness, I'm not even sure what I did to deserve that! [ with a soft laugh. ]

Injury-wise, I suppose I'm safe.

[goalsides]

You can't be serious. You kind of did a lot. [hewwo?] But...you're right about that. I don't know if anybody would suspect anything from you at all.

Not that I think you'd really hurt anybody without a good reason in the first place.

[momming]

I wouldn't. And I dearly hope I never have to.

[ she said, in a murdergame. ]

[goalsides]

Me too. [he hopes that for her, he means.]

...let's not think about it right now. Maybe we should focus on that debate? That had to be one of those extracurriculars the dorm heads were talking about. So we must get something for it.