Holly Heights: mailbox

[parkvoyeur]

"Hey, it's Asuka! Leave a message after the- Hey Dumbledore, not there!"

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[thirdbeauty]

Ah... yeah, I've got one left.

[Natsuru pulls up a chair and sits nearby, folding her hands over the tin in her lap.]

Sounds like bad things'll happen to us if we don't give them away. And you're-

[Suddenly, there's an awkward pause. She's not sure how she meant to finish that sentence, but it's embarrassing enough to make her blush a little.]

Well... you're really important to me, so...

[Picking up the tin, she places it on the table. Still avoiding eye contact and hoping Asuka won't take any of that the wrong way.]

... You don't have to take it if you don't want to.

[parkvoyeur]

Hm? [ She doesn't know what Natsuru was going to say, but that blush is kind of cute. She has such cute friends! Oh. Ooooh! ] You're important to me too, Natsuru-chan. [ She picks up the tin with a smile. How can she not accept it after such a sweet thing? ] I'll take it! Thank you.

[thirdbeauty]

[That answer just makes her blush even more! ... But she's also smiling. Asuka's always been so nice... she really hopes nothing bad happens because of this.]

Oh... you're welcome!

[She seems to relax a lot now that that's over and done with. Even though she'll still look a little embarrassed for quite some time. It was such a simple little thing - she probably didn't need to make such a big deal out of it.]

Don't you think it's a little weird, though? ... That the landlord keeps doing stuff like this?

[parkvoyeur]

[ No, of course they're going to make a big thing out of it if it's from the landlord. Asuka can't blame her for making sure to tell her, can she? ] Yeah, it's kinda strange. He likes messing with us but he's trying to do something nice too? Maaaaybe.

[thirdbeauty]

Yeah, I dunno...

But it's probably better to do what he wants and give 'em away. He's gonna mess with us anyway.

Besides, he might give us something for playing along, right?

[parkvoyeur]

Sure, you never know! We might get lucky and win like on the lottery.

[thirdbeauty]

Right! We might even get some important stuff back from home...

[Her smile drops a little as she recalls some of the things she did for the sake of getting certain... intangible things back...]

Well... as long as I don't have to walk around town in my underwear again. I don't think anything's really worth that.

[... Anymore. She thought it was worth it the last time, but-]

[parkvoyeur]

Oh, that'd be cool. I don't really have anything important to get back though, so I guess you could have my wish if I got one.

[ If it comes down to wishes, unlike when they just get a random object in the mail or some other way. ]

How about a swimsuit? It's not embarrassing if it's raining.

[thirdbeauty]

Really?

[Natsuru still has that one very important thing she wants back, so if Asuka really doesn't need anything...]

Thanks! Even if we don't get anything like that... it's really nice of you to offer...

[She chuckles a little nervously at the swimsuit comment, but doesn't seem too bothered. Things like that are to be expected when she talks with Asuka.]

And I guess a swimsuit wouldn't be too bad...

It's still a little embarrassing, though!

[parkvoyeur]

I got my bed and magazines back so I don't really need more.

[ Well. Magazines she's taken from her dad, but they were in her room. ]

Not if it's raining! I've tried it.

[thirdbeauty]

Magazines?

[She's going to regret asking this, isn't she?

And how is it less embarrassing if it's raining?!]

Ah... I guess if it's warm enough outside, yeah...

[And yet she still ends up agreeing somehow. Such is the power of Asuka.]

[parkvoyeur]

Yeah, you know, gravure and porn magazines.

[ On a scale from one to ten, how much does she regret asking now? ]

You should try it.

1/2

[thirdbeauty]

[That is like, a twelve on the scale of regret! Gravure is one thing, she's known some girls personally in the music group who have done gravure work. But mentioning porn magazines so casually...!

Maybe she should have listened back when Asuka said she was a pervert. But now it's too late, the thought is far from her mind, and she's just. Silently gaping in utter shock.

Give her a second here...]

I-... um... I didn't know you liked... er, had those kind of...

2/2

[thirdbeauty]

[Wait what?!]

T-Try it?!

[Sorry, her brain is still stuck on porn magazines.]

[parkvoyeur]

[ Porn and gravure are things any girl would talk about, isn't it? It can't just be because her dad works in that industry that she's got no problem talking about it, can it? That doesn't seem all that likely. ] Swimsuits? Yeah.

[thirdbeauty]

[... Oh! Okay. Just look at how relieved she is to hear that.]

Oh, um... sure! Okay...

[Swimsuits doesn't sound nearly as questionable compared to gravure and porn magazines.]

Wait, you mean, like... both of us?

[She doesn't want to be the only one...]

[parkvoyeur]

Sure, it'd totally be easier than if we're on our own, right? And you look great in swimsuits.

[thirdbeauty]

Right! Exactly!

[Careful there, Natsuru, someone might think you were actually excited about this idea.

At least, for the five seconds it takes for her to look shy and nervous again.]

Ah... th-thanks. But you look great in them, too, you know...

[That's an okay thing to say to a friend, right? It's not like she looked a whole lot when they were having that weird bath party! It's just impossible not to notice these sorts of things!]

[parkvoyeur]

You think? Maybe. There was a guy who tried to scout me once when I was at the beach.

[ Now she should do a retest of her experiment, shouldn't she? ]

But I bet people have scouted you on the beach too!

[ Because Natsuru isn't just your average pretty girl (in more ways than one). ]

[thirdbeauty]

S-... 'Scouted'?

[Is that some other way of saying they were checking her out? ... Actually, even if Natsuru really understood what it meant, it probably wouldn't change her answer.]

Well... yeah, I guess...

[She's a little confused why that's coming up now, though. You know, besides the obvious bit where they were just talking about how they look in swimsuits.]

[parkvoyeur]

[ It's not an uncommon word, is it? It can't be that she's so familiar with it since that's what her dad does too, can it? There's so many things that seem more normal to her than for others but she often forgets it. ] See, you're popular, and would totally rock it if you walked around in a bikini or swimsuit.

[thirdbeauty]

Ah... i-if you say so...

[Asuka has a way of saying things that would normally embarrass Natsuru in a way that she can't help but see them as at least attempts at genuine compliments. That's the kind of thing any normal girl would like to hear, right? So that's how she'll take it!]

You would too, you know! You looked great in that swimsuit you wore last time.

[From what she remembers of that day that wasn't about what happened with Gau, that is...]

[parkvoyeur]

Thanks! It was cute, right? They really have some great clothes in this place.

[ She's no fashion expert, but she knows her own taste, and it's always fun hearing someone else who likes it as well. ]

You did too, it suited you really well.

[thirdbeauty]

[It certainly was cute! Natsuru wouldn't know much about the difference between clothes here and clothes back home, though... she only just started paying attention more here. Though she did kind of have to pay attention a little back home, and what she remembers is pretty similar...]

Th-Thank you... um... you don't think it was too, ah... sexy?

[She tried to find another word, but that was the only one she could think of. Cue more blushing.]

It's just... Sayaka picked it out for me! I wasn't too sure about it, but it was comfortable and it fit... a-and I wanted to dress nicer, so...

[Honestly, she wore it at the time so she could ask Asuka's opinion, but with Gau there the whole time, it just never happened.]

[parkvoyeur]

You look great in sexy. I could never pull that off as well as you did. Sayaka-san has good taste.