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[korekara]

WHO: Souji, Honoka and you poor unfortunate soul
WHERE: Recollé Square
WHEN: 2/21, late afternoon
WHAT: Rescuing cats from trees. or something like that.
WARNINGS: probably none?!? will be edited if needed

[ It's a nice, ordinary day in Recollé Square, isn't it? The weather's passable. Birds are singing. Cats are meowing.

Hold up.

That's right, cats are... meowing? Or that's what it sounds like, anyway. The distinctive nyaaa of a mildly distressed cat seems to be coming from the branches of one of the trees dotted around the park. It's followed by another meow, which suggests the presence of another cat up there. Weird.

Surely you wouldn't have the heart to leave a feline in distress up a tree, would you? ]

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[korekara]

Thaaaank meeeeeew!

[ just leave her in the tree, Yukiko. It's what she deserves. ]

[burningblossoms]

[Deserve or not...Yukiko acquires a ladder and returns, putting it up so these nerds can come down.]

...why the cat noises though.

[korekara]

Well, people rescue cats from trees, don't they? It seemed like a good idea at the time!

[ sssllllooowwwly scooting over to the latter like she's expecting the branch to snap under her. You might be waiting for a little while. ]

[burningblossoms]

[Yukiko will soldier on and wait. She did go on a date with you, Honoka, and it wasn't a total disaster. She will at least wait for you to get down from a tree.

That isn't to say she hasn't noticed.]

You know if you fall I'll catch you, right? You'll be okay.

[korekara]

... Yeah. I know I-- hold on-- I just--

[ she r e a c h e s with her foot and completely fails to reach the first rung of the ladder, so she has to scoot a few more inches across the branch. ]

I'd rather. Not. Fall. Y'know?

[ oookayyy time to try and ease herself onto the ladder... ]

[burningblossoms]

[Honoka...

Yukiko is very patient though, just holding onto the ladder, making sure it doesn't move around even a little bit.]

It's fine. I won't let you fall. You've got this...

[Seriously, don't be that guy.]

[korekara]

Y--yeah, I... I got--

[ whatever the rest of that sentence was supposed to be gets lost in a little yelp as Honona sort of. Slips sideways onto the ladder and manages to slide down a few rungs before actually getting her footing.

Give her a moment to just wrap every single limb around the ladder to steady herself. She might be there a while. ]

[burningblossoms]

[Yukiko is...patient. She really, really is. Only with girls, though. And she'll stand there, obediently holding the ladder. However, she is also slowly but surely letting individual fingers slip loose so that it's supporting itself.]

I believe in you.

[korekara]

[ She doesn't deserve you, Yukiko Amagi, she really doesn't.

After a painfully long pause, Honoka unglues herself from the ladder and starts to slowly ease herself down it. It's pretty clear she does not want to be making this climb but she knows there's no other way for her to be getting out of that tree.

She doesn't risk a glance until she's sure she's close to the ground and even then it feels a bit too far. She doesn't open them again until her feet hit solid ground. And at that, Honoka reels away from the ladder with a very authentically feline yowl. ]

Ohhh my god, I thought I was gonna die!

[burningblossoms]

[Let's be honest, Honoka. Most people don't, even when she's giving out a punishment.

And for a friend she'll be there. Guaranteed. With Honoka skittering away from the ladder, Yukiko takes a moment to lower it and fold it up before turning to speak to the future idol...]

You'd have been fine. That was only about an eight foot drop. The worst that happens is you bruise yourself if you fall bad. But you're totally fine.

[korekara]

Have you ever seen me take a spill, though. I bruise in places I didn't even know I had.

[ Which is true, honestly. You can usually tell when she's been at dance practice because she comes into school looking like she's just had a disagreement with a baseball firing machine ]

I'm safe, though...! Yukiko, you saved my life. I'm in your debt forever or something.