[he holds the now empty glass back to hibiya with a small nod]
Thank you for your faith in me— I'm sure I can get her to realize how good I'll be to her within a month's time as well.
Or... or is she not fond of my hobbies? H-Hibiya! Do you think she knows about the BL? Do you think... she cares? I can... I can write a Shooting☆Star doujin where I'm not about this life! But at the same time I can give her everything she wants and more because of it! [he holds in a scream, trying to unblur the line between 3D and 2D before he goes off on some long winded rant and starts embarrassing his parents. again.]
Hibi, what should I do?! Give me... a hint! At least! I'm sure the turning point in her decision to date me lies with me helping her childhood friend but when I do that she ends up falling in love with him instead! How can I win?!
[hibiya automatically takes the cup, then frowns in his ensuing moment of goddammit, why did i take this back when i didn't even drink from it. thankfully, a waiter is passing by, and with a dexterity born of ridiculous hand-eye coordination honed from endless hours of gaming, hibiya places his glass on the waiter's tray and snatches up a full one without upsetting anything.]
Izumi—chill. Chill. Relax. It'll be okay. [surprisingly, hibiya is perfectly casual about this and not even remotely unsettled, and it goes to show just how used to this he is. now his objective is to calm izumi before there's any kind of actual scene.] She doesn't know about the BL. It's a non-issue, because it won't come up in conversation.
Think on it, man. That is the turning point, but there's a specific series of dialogue and actions you have to take starting from there. Like, you've noticed that he's a little strange in some of his dialogue right? It's subtle, but he has a small line where he mentions an important time and day. If you head to the right location at the right time, you'll trigger an event that leads to Sayu realizing something about him, even though she likes him at that point.
Yes... chill... relax... I can do that... I can do this... I can... for Sayu-chan...!
[as soon as the glass lands in hibiya's hand izumi takes the chance to snatch it up and take another drink, though this time he passes the glass back half full.]
Hibiya can I really trust him though? What if he wants me to meet him in the park at dusk and he actually plans to beat me up for accidentally walking in on Sayu-chan changing? A-And before you say anything I only did that option because I was being the gentleman type and knocked all the other times but I'm really strapped for options here!
[izumi takes a deep breath and places a hand on his chest to calm down and slowly nods at hibiya] I... I will try my best. And then you can have your game back... and then you can help me with that doujinshi...
[without even missing a beat, hibiya just casually rotates the glass in his hands and then, when the part izumi drank from is safely on the opposite side of how he's holding it, he finishes off the rest of the glass. then he promptly makes a face, because ugh, this stuff is too strong. how does izumi even handle this stuff? hibiya's sure he'd be better off with mixed drinks that are partially diluted with juice and soda. once he's recovered, he continues:]
Well, in this scenario, he doesn't find out about the Sayu changing incident, and if anything, you get to find out some incriminating things about him that help Sayu out. Just don't, uh, jump the gun too fast on anything. [at this point hibiya is positive izumi will flip when he finds out about sayu's childhood friend keeping a girl on the side while making moves on her because how dare he do that to newest waifu and he prays his game disk will survive whatever pandemonium ensues.] The game gets a little trope-y, but things'll work out, don't worry.
[hibiya nods too, then looks a little resigned and solemn.] What plans do you even have for this doujinshi?
[IZUMI CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HIBIYA WHEN THINGS GET ROUGH it might be the glass and half of something that's itching at his throat now BUT HE REALLY WANTS TO CRY BECAUSE OF THIS BEAUTIFUL MOMENT OF TRUE BROTHERHOOD!!!]
Hibiya! W-We'll name our first born after you! I promise!
[incoming hug train. 3... 2... 1— did someone ask about doujin plans?]
Okay so like we'll name the main protagonist after you because you are a saint who is the best and I love you so like it makes sense right? So like Hibiya will go in, right? And he'll be like Sayu-chan I am here for you because maybe she twisted her ankle in a sports accident— she likes tennis so clearly it's tennis! So because of tennis betraying her Hibiya will be like a hero and carry her to the infirmary and like the nurse won't be there! So he patches her up himself and she's all Hibiya-san...! You're so gentle! And that's all I got so far but it'll probably be R-18 and you're basically the protag but he won't be asleep half the time like you because Sayu deserves nothing but undivided attention no matter the conditions so it's not really a self insert of the IRL Hibiya but like... a fictional representation.
[he takes a deep breath and gives hibiya a big hug, slipping the glass away from him once he lets go and plops it on a waiter's tray who passes by.]
[izumi. no. no. at this point, hibiya isn't sure if he should be glad he asked so that he can at least attempt to derail izumi's current plans and nudge him into doing something else or if he should be dying on the inside from the knowledge of these things.]
That. That won't be necessary, Izumi. You don't need to name your newborn after me, you should pick something. Uh. Cooler sounding. And I think you should pick someone else more fitting as your protagonist. [god. he wants to shrivel up inside. his face might be turning a little red because even he can't handle the full embarrassment that izumi somehow works into situations.]
Man, you know I'm not big on self-inserts. It seems like a cop-out somehow, unless you only loosely base characters off people or whatever. Like in some of your other doujinshi. The tennis is cool though. Sports are good. Yeah.
[he just kind of deflates in the face of izumi's hug because oh god let's hope no one else can see him except they probably can and all the stuffy uptight parents are probably wtfing endlessly...]
[izumi looks down and rubs the back of his neck with a long, drawn out sigh because wait that was loud and he definitely just got done hugging hibiya a bit too tightly just now anyways]
[the BL life sure is haunting]
L-Let me... let me rephrase that... It's not you it's me— no that doesn't work either! I just— I won't use you! Okay? Okay!
[at this point hibiya just hopes the earth opens up and swallows him whole and takes izumi too so their local BL artist can't cause anymore potentially irreparable harm.]
This...just went from zero to a hundred real fast.
[AND WITH ALL THE POISE HE CAN MUSTER, HIBIYA PLACES A HAND ON IZUMI'S SHOULDER AND SHAKES HIM SLIGHTLY.]
This whole exchange about the doujinshi never happened. [his gaze sidles to the side, warily eyeing people in the distance, because god knows how many people from their swanky rich kid high school have showed up and how awful it'll be for them all if weird displays trickle up to their parents' ears. then again, with parties like these where half the attendees are probably going to get piss-drunk anyway...]
So yeah. I guess I know how you're doing with Shooting☆Star. How's school coming along? Nendoroid collection? Any other suspiciously specific new hobbies I should know about aside from the usual?
[here is a salute for you hibiya, from izumi to you]
Yes sir!
School is boring! Nendoroid collection growing! Suspicously specific hobbies are confidential! [he nudges hibiya and wiggles his eyebrows at him] Unless you wanna sneek peek?
No no, my dear friend, please tell me how school is going for you! Any juicy gossip? Fodder for some future doujinshi I can borrow? Hey hey, you got a girlfriend yet? High scores beaten? Hey, why haven't we gone to the arcade in a while? Hibiya! We need to go!
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Thank you for your faith in me— I'm sure I can get her to realize how good I'll be to her within a month's time as well.
Or... or is she not fond of my hobbies? H-Hibiya! Do you think she knows about the BL? Do you think... she cares? I can... I can write a Shooting☆Star doujin where I'm not about this life! But at the same time I can give her everything she wants and more because of it! [he holds in a scream, trying to unblur the line between 3D and 2D before he goes off on some long winded rant and starts embarrassing his parents. again.]
Hibi, what should I do?! Give me... a hint! At least! I'm sure the turning point in her decision to date me lies with me helping her childhood friend but when I do that she ends up falling in love with him instead! How can I win?!
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Izumi—chill. Chill. Relax. It'll be okay. [surprisingly, hibiya is perfectly casual about this and not even remotely unsettled, and it goes to show just how used to this he is. now his objective is to calm izumi before there's any kind of actual scene.] She doesn't know about the BL. It's a non-issue, because it won't come up in conversation.
Think on it, man. That is the turning point, but there's a specific series of dialogue and actions you have to take starting from there. Like, you've noticed that he's a little strange in some of his dialogue right? It's subtle, but he has a small line where he mentions an important time and day. If you head to the right location at the right time, you'll trigger an event that leads to Sayu realizing something about him, even though she likes him at that point.
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[as soon as the glass lands in hibiya's hand izumi takes the chance to snatch it up and take another drink, though this time he passes the glass back half full.]
Hibiya can I really trust him though? What if he wants me to meet him in the park at dusk and he actually plans to beat me up for accidentally walking in on Sayu-chan changing? A-And before you say anything I only did that option because I was being the gentleman type and knocked all the other times but I'm really strapped for options here!
[izumi takes a deep breath and places a hand on his chest to calm down and slowly nods at hibiya] I... I will try my best. And then you can have your game back... and then you can help me with that doujinshi...
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Well, in this scenario, he doesn't find out about the Sayu changing incident, and if anything, you get to find out some incriminating things about him that help Sayu out. Just don't, uh, jump the gun too fast on anything. [at this point hibiya is positive izumi will flip when he finds out about sayu's childhood friend keeping a girl on the side while making moves on her because how dare he do that to newest waifu and he prays his game disk will survive whatever pandemonium ensues.] The game gets a little trope-y, but things'll work out, don't worry.
[hibiya nods too, then looks a little resigned and solemn.] What plans do you even have for this doujinshi?
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Hibiya! W-We'll name our first born after you! I promise!
[incoming hug train. 3... 2... 1— did someone ask about doujin plans?]
Okay so like we'll name the main protagonist after you because you are a saint who is the best and I love you so like it makes sense right? So like Hibiya will go in, right? And he'll be like Sayu-chan I am here for you because maybe she twisted her ankle in a sports accident— she likes tennis so clearly it's tennis! So because of tennis betraying her Hibiya will be like a hero and carry her to the infirmary and like the nurse won't be there! So he patches her up himself and she's all Hibiya-san...! You're so gentle! And that's all I got so far but it'll probably be R-18 and you're basically the protag but he won't be asleep half the time like you because Sayu deserves nothing but undivided attention no matter the conditions so it's not really a self insert of the IRL Hibiya but like... a fictional representation.
[he takes a deep breath and gives hibiya a big hug, slipping the glass away from him once he lets go and plops it on a waiter's tray who passes by.]
Whaddya think so far?
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That. That won't be necessary, Izumi. You don't need to name your newborn after me, you should pick something. Uh. Cooler sounding. And I think you should pick someone else more fitting as your protagonist. [god. he wants to shrivel up inside. his face might be turning a little red because even he can't handle the full embarrassment that izumi somehow works into situations.]
Man, you know I'm not big on self-inserts. It seems like a cop-out somehow, unless you only loosely base characters off people or whatever. Like in some of your other doujinshi. The tennis is cool though. Sports are good. Yeah.
[he just kind of deflates in the face of izumi's hug because oh god let's hope no one else can see him except they probably can and all the stuffy uptight parents are probably wtfing endlessly...]
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It's not a self-insert if I'm the one inserting you!
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[izumi looks down and rubs the back of his neck with a long, drawn out sigh because wait that was loud and he definitely just got done hugging hibiya a bit too tightly just now anyways]
[the BL life sure is haunting]
L-Let me... let me rephrase that... It's not you it's me— no that doesn't work either! I just— I won't use you! Okay? Okay!
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This...just went from zero to a hundred real fast.
[AND WITH ALL THE POISE HE CAN MUSTER, HIBIYA PLACES A HAND ON IZUMI'S SHOULDER AND SHAKES HIM SLIGHTLY.]
This whole exchange about the doujinshi never happened. [his gaze sidles to the side, warily eyeing people in the distance, because god knows how many people from their swanky rich kid high school have showed up and how awful it'll be for them all if weird displays trickle up to their parents' ears. then again, with parties like these where half the attendees are probably going to get piss-drunk anyway...]
So yeah. I guess I know how you're doing with Shooting☆Star. How's school coming along? Nendoroid collection? Any other suspiciously specific new hobbies I should know about aside from the usual?
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Yes sir!
School is boring! Nendoroid collection growing! Suspicously specific hobbies are confidential! [he nudges hibiya and wiggles his eyebrows at him] Unless you wanna sneek peek?
No no, my dear friend, please tell me how school is going for you! Any juicy gossip? Fodder for some future doujinshi I can borrow? Hey hey, you got a girlfriend yet? High scores beaten? Hey, why haven't we gone to the arcade in a while? Hibiya! We need to go!