June 16, 1999 -- later in the day

[all_onis_are_true]

[The call came to Alice later that evening. It's Hiroshi, and he sounds... unnerved.]

...I know what you did. I know you got to them all. I don't know how, and I don't know why, but...

Stay away from me. I am entirely ready to defend myself if need be.

[And then he hangs up. That's... unnerving.]

Comments

[itwasfeyt]

Oh, hey Minako!

Wh-what?

[Oh, right. She stifled a yawn.]

No, she's just fine. I've just been kind of busy for a while with... stuff.

[happyhalloween]

Is that Minako? You should tell her Hiroshi was bad! Maria's giving him a hundred demerits!

[itwasfeyt]

...Yeah, there was also something to do with Hiroshi.

[loveandwillpower]

Hiroshi? What's up, did he disappear too?

[ Minako why is that the first thing that leaps to mind... Ordinarily she'd make a dumb joke about the club's half-fictional love octagon but Maya sounds actually serious. How serious is she. ]

Was he picking on Maria? He's been taking that whole thing either too seriously or not seriously enough, and he can't decide which one it is himself half the time!

[itwasfeyt]

No, he didn't.

[Maya sounded pretty serious. It was unusual to heat the spirit medium as she was right now.]

He was... threatening Alice. And when Alice asked us to go and see if he was okay, he threatened us too.

[1/2]

[loveandwillpower]

Whaaaat?! That's horrible! That doesn't sound like Hiroshi at all! What's wrong with him?!

[2/2]

[loveandwillpower]

....Ugh, wait, no, I know what this is about.

I'll go talk to him.

[itwasfeyt]

...Wait, you do?

You probably shouldn't go down there. I don't think it's... safe.

[loveandwillpower]

It's... eh, I won't get into it for Alice's sake, but it's just a love triangle that got out of hand. I'm the last person to say anything against romance, but you need to know when you're taking it too seriously!

[itwasfeyt]

A love triangle? Really?

[She... wasn't expecting this.]

I don't know, Minako... It didn't seem like it was about love. He was talking about really weird stuff too.

[loveandwillpower]

Trust me on this, I've been to England. Nothing makes a boy turn weirder than finding out a girl doesn't like him as much as he wants her to.

And there's more stuff going on than just a regular love triangle. I thought Hiroshi would be the last type of person who'd be weird about that, but I guess he's more about emotions and less about logic than we all thought.

[ Which would be great in ANY OTHER CONTEXT. ]

[itwasfeyt]

...If you say so.

[She trusted your judgement on romance more then her own, Minako.]

Just... be careful, okay? I think it's really dangerous.

[loveandwillpower]

If he was picking on you and Maria instead of Nui, that just makes him a chicken! There's nothing dangerous about a guy like Hiroshi for someone like me! I've got everything handled when it comes to affairs of the heart, so just leave it to Minako~!

[ Cliiiiick ]

[itwasfeyt]

[......]

...Okay, I trust you, Minako.