[While Aone has grown used to seeing this boy around, it does come off as sort of odd to find him chattering endlessly at the poor flowers. He stands in the doorway of the greenhouse, listening to him for a long time, before he finally says something.]
Why?
[Is this a 'why are you talking so much?' or a 'why' to any of the things he said? It's very unclear. Take it as you will, you chatterbox.]
[Izumida goes silent for a moment because he really did think this nonstop stream of consciousness talking was just between him and the hydrangeas, but it's only for a moment. Despite his own embarrassment, the need to keep talking is compulsive.]
Well, I do have teammates here so it's not as bad as it could be but I've never been especially close to Toudou-san or to Manami so I feel alone here sometimes, and my family is not always very helpful in that regard either. Yukihina-san is downright mean! He's a bully and I don't think he should be looking after anyone, let alone me and a young girl like Hiyori-san. She's much more delicate and impressionable than she looks and I don't think he appreciates that.
[Fortunately, Aone is just as good of a listener as the plants. So he just nods along to the ... very lengthy explanation, stepping more fully into the greenhouse in the process.]
Sucks.
[It does sound like a crummy situation. Aone can relate. He's been fairly lonely without his own team, even though there are others around who he knows.]
Aah, I appreciate that, Aone-kun! [He knows he should stop, especially because this boy's always been quiet around the shop when he's seen him, but it's like he can't control it.]
I didn't expect to enjoy Hiyori-san's company as much as I do, but now she's the only thing that's keeping me from requesting a change of houses. They keep so many animals there, I imagine it's what living on a farm or in a zoo must feel like. Yukihina-san even managed to get a dragon when we had that big night carnival in July. A dragon! We have a dragon living in our house and when he's at work he just expects me to look after it like it's not a dragon.
[A heavy put upon sigh and another little round of pruning at dry, dead leaves. There, that one should be good to go.]
[Aone keeps moving closer until he's squatting next to Izumida and idly helping him pull out the dead leaves on the other plants. It sounds like Izumida has gotten a pretty raw deal and Aone wants to convey how much sympathy he feels for the poor guy, so he hesitates a moment and then places a hand very solidly on his shoulder.]
[Some part of him knows, knows, that he's rambling. He's embarrassed, cheeks getting warm, but...
He does stop, briefly, when Aone-kun puts a hand on his shoulder. It's a comforting weight, as well as a huge surprise from the normally hands off giant he works with from time to time, but it's appreciated. Izumida lifts his own hand and puts it on top of Aone-kun's for a moment, but... there he goes again.]
I think it will be in the end but I also think that's because I'm just optimistic by nature! If you work hard enough, you can turn any situation around. All you need is the right approach and tools and guidance, but the most important ingredient is a willingness to work hard, to abandon everything you've ever thought about yourself and start over. I did that with my training and perhaps I can do it here too. Perhaps the Izumida of Hakone isn't meant to be anymore, and I should embrace some kind of change here. But... what kind of change? They may be powerful in their own worlds but I don't want to be more like Yukihina-san and Hiyori-san. They don't respect me, and I want to be able to respect myself.
But I respect myself how I already am... except that I'm scared more often than I'd like to be. So maybe the Izumida of Holly Heights just needs to be braver!
[The contact seems to be helping at least. Oh thank goodness. But the barrage of words doesn't seem anywhere near stopping, aahhhh. Okay, okay. Aone will continue to nod along thoughtfully.]
Mm... I'll help.
[He wants to be able to help poor Izumida if he can. And brave is definitely something he can do.]
Brave!
[...he is sort of awkwardly offering to kick the ass of anyone he might need to, okay.]
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Why?
[Is this a 'why are you talking so much?' or a 'why' to any of the things he said? It's very unclear. Take it as you will, you chatterbox.]
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Well, I do have teammates here so it's not as bad as it could be but I've never been especially close to Toudou-san or to Manami so I feel alone here sometimes, and my family is not always very helpful in that regard either. Yukihina-san is downright mean! He's a bully and I don't think he should be looking after anyone, let alone me and a young girl like Hiyori-san. She's much more delicate and impressionable than she looks and I don't think he appreciates that.
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Sucks.
[It does sound like a crummy situation. Aone can relate. He's been fairly lonely without his own team, even though there are others around who he knows.]
Sorry.
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I didn't expect to enjoy Hiyori-san's company as much as I do, but now she's the only thing that's keeping me from requesting a change of houses. They keep so many animals there, I imagine it's what living on a farm or in a zoo must feel like. Yukihina-san even managed to get a dragon when we had that big night carnival in July. A dragon! We have a dragon living in our house and when he's at work he just expects me to look after it like it's not a dragon.
[A heavy put upon sigh and another little round of pruning at dry, dead leaves. There, that one should be good to go.]
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Okay.
[...it's gonna be okay, Izumida! You're strong!!]
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He does stop, briefly, when Aone-kun puts a hand on his shoulder. It's a comforting weight, as well as a huge surprise from the normally hands off giant he works with from time to time, but it's appreciated. Izumida lifts his own hand and puts it on top of Aone-kun's for a moment, but... there he goes again.]
I think it will be in the end but I also think that's because I'm just optimistic by nature! If you work hard enough, you can turn any situation around. All you need is the right approach and tools and guidance, but the most important ingredient is a willingness to work hard, to abandon everything you've ever thought about yourself and start over. I did that with my training and perhaps I can do it here too. Perhaps the Izumida of Hakone isn't meant to be anymore, and I should embrace some kind of change here. But... what kind of change? They may be powerful in their own worlds but I don't want to be more like Yukihina-san and Hiyori-san. They don't respect me, and I want to be able to respect myself.
But I respect myself how I already am... except that I'm scared more often than I'd like to be. So maybe the Izumida of Holly Heights just needs to be braver!
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Mm... I'll help.
[He wants to be able to help poor Izumida if he can. And brave is definitely something he can do.]
Brave!
[...he is sort of awkwardly offering to kick the ass of anyone he might need to, okay.]