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[On the feed today, a girl, unfamiliar to the community, seems to pop up. At first, her face seems a bit serious...but it eventually lightens up into a little, cutesy smile as she brings her hands up to her cheeks.]

It's so cute! What is that, a little duck! Ooh, I wish I had one, too, I would raise it to be a cute thing forever...! ...hey, wait.

[It seems to dawn on her that, whatever this thing was, it was letting her see some sort of...community? Whatever it was, it had her curious, but not curious enough to deter her away from the fact that there's a cute little duck.

...but no, really, she seems to have focused now, seemingly inspecting her scroll as to what in the world this could be. Someone...help her out? Scare her a bit into making it seem like a youkai had invaded it? She'll just be entranced by the duck for the time being.]

I wonder what all of these things are... [...okay, at least she's not...fawning over it...]

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[--Wait. She knows who Reiko is (Natsume your grandma is creepy) but she's a little curious about that other name now...]

Kyouko? Who is that? [The other girl hasn't introduced herself to Taki on the account that she's being tsun about Taki being Natsume's bff.]

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She's got red hair, in a ponytail. She can't go five minutes without eating something. I talk to her a lot. She comes over sometimes, too..

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[...oh. Yeah, Taki now knows who she's talking about once she says that.]

You two must be close. She really seems to think highly of you. [Or at least from what she can tell. She wonders if she should let Natsume know, or just let them live in this..weird world they're in...]

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She's my best friend on here.

[ Because Kouji told him he was friend zoned so he believes it and wouldn't ever pressure Kyouko into anything ever so 8');

and taki do you even have that right have you looked at nishimura ]

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[Who was Nishimura again...oh wait, that's right. Does he even count tho.]

Oh, I didn't realize that was the case. What things have you done together?

[BECAUSE SHE'S CURIOUS NOW ENLIGHTEN HER...]

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We just talk a lot, sometimes I go over to her world and sometimes she comes over here.. she's in sort of a different situation too, though it's nothing like ours.

[ No spirits, just witches. No happy family either she's a hobo. ]

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...she's in a different situation? Are you saying that she goes through weird things just like we do...?

[Cause if so that's a bit concerning Natsume...at least she doesn't know about the age gap.]

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It's.. hard to explain. [ She doesn't really keep it a secret though.. ] I think she'll tell you eventually, but it's not the exact same thing as with us. She's more of a fighter.

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Mm...I think I'll have to ask her myself later. She's actually being a bit stubborn right now. [Especially since the girl is using food as an excuse like really Kyouko.]

Can you talk to her...? I mean, about opening up a bit, at least...

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She's like Nyanko-sensei in terms of food and attitude, Taki.

[ Just give her food and Kyouko's wrath shall be sated.. ]

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...oh! So does that mean she gets cute whenever she sees food, as well? Hehe, I'll keep that in mind, then.

[IS THAT YOUR ONLY CONCERN HERE, TAKI...]

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She can be cute even outside of that, but.. I guess you could say that.

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...cute outside of that...? [Something about that is a bit...weird, and Taki's just squinting at Natsume a little.]

Are you saying you find her cute, yourself...?

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A little, yeah..

[ What's with that.. look.. Natsume's feeling self-conscious.. ]

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Natsume-kun, you do know what it means to find someone cute, right?

[Or does she have to spell it out for you...]

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It's.. nothing like that.

[ He obviously knows what it means because it's totally something like that but there's a situation in which he can't let Kyouko know it's something like that okay?

The situation that he tried to ask Kouji about it after Kouji told him (anonymously) to ask one of Kyouko's friends. Kouji said she only thought of him as a friend so he decided that was okay and he wouldn't make anything of it.

Even as he said it's nothing like that though, he's averting his eyes and sounding really unsure about it. When did he get so bad at lying? ]

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[...ah, okay. Taki just lets out a light nod, looking at Natsume because he's giving away the fact that he's hiding something, but she'd rather not speak up much about it if it's going to make him uncomfortable.

Instead, she'll just let out a small smile.]

I see, well, I hope you two remain good friends then, right?

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[ Maybe he'll tell her eventually. Just not in a public place where Kyouko can probably read it, he doesn't want Kyouko to have to deal with that..

He doesn't want Taki to have to deal with that, but he trusts Taki at least. ]

I'll tell you more later. I hope we do too.

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I'll be looking forward to that explanation then.

[It's probably gonna happen at either of their houses or at school, who knows.

...wait does Tanuma know about this though...probably not but hey she has to be a little curious right...]