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|Date of Scene=2015/10/11
|Location=Uminari City - Midori-Ya Cafe
|Synopsis=Hannah's dad looked at her journal! She calls Mamoru to tell him a few revelations!
|Cast of Characters=27, 38
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|Poses=:'''{{#var:27|Hannah Sharpe (27)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span> It's about ten am on a sunday when suddenly Mamoru's phone rings! It shows up as Hannah's civilian number! <br /><br /> Click. "Moooorning Mamo-kun! How are you!?" She seems oddly more enthusiastic than normal. Her voice may even seem a bit embarrassed!<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:38|Mamoru Chiba (38)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Mamoru's usually up at this time of day on weekends anyway; he's usually been up for hours, and always sounds it. It doesn't sound like he's home; there's traffic and street conversation in the background of his voice.<br /><br />He also sounds absurdly cheerful for Mamoru. Maybe something good happened to him recently!<br /><br />"Hannah-chan, good morning! I'm pretty good." It also doesn't sound like he's heard about last night yet. "What's up? --one sec."<br /><br />There's now background patter of him paying for something, and actually engaging the vendor in cheery conversation.<br /><br />"Sorry! Anyway what's up?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:27|Hannah Sharpe (27)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span> There's the sound of exertion in the background! Not fighting, but likely general gym noises. No surprises there: Hannah works out religiously. <br /><br /> "Heh. You sound like you're in a good mood! What, did you find a girlfriend or something?" There's an audible grin as she teases. <br /><br /> "Right! Uhhh, okay. How to put this..." Back to embarrassment. <br /><br /> "S...so I miiiight have kept a diary. Silly, I know, but it helps me think! And I kinda...wrote a lot about you in it. Um, not the 'odd' bits." Meaning, of course, magic. <br /><br /> "But the rest. And, well, my Father got nosey." Her voice drops, and there's the sound of a punching bag being hit in irritation. <br /><br /> "Long story short, my parents know that you've been doing a lot for me." A long dramatic pause. <br /><br /> Her voice is low here, and her blush is all but audible. <br /><br /> "...So I guess what I'm saying is that we'd like you over for Sunday dinner. I'll be blunt. You've given me a lot of advice, you've never failed to smack me when I'm doing something dumb, and well..." <br /><br /> Deep breath. "Just come over, okay? You're..." She suddenly mumbling. It's really, really odd for the straightforward girl.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:38|Mamoru Chiba (38)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>"..."<br /><br />Mamoru's silent for a long moment. It might be shock. It might be awkward social things. It might be embarrassment. It might be something else entirely.<br /><br />"Um," he finally says, to the tune of a mental bluescreen. A placeholder sound.<br /><br />"Do they think I'm your boyfriend?" he finally asks worriedly, then hastily adds, "I mean. Thank you. Thank them, rather. I mean-- I like them, they're very nice, also not that it would offend me if they thought that, but I'm ''not'' and it would be awfully awkward to-- uh."<br /><br />"Um."<br /><br />"I don't know how to cope with parents," he finally blurts in a sort of strangled desperation. "I don't know what to do. Even if they don't think that. I don't-- know how I'm supposed to act! You remember how I was with you at first..."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:27|Hannah Sharpe (27)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span> "Y...you there, Mamo-kun?" She sounds just as awkward right now. Oh yes. Magical girl things are /nothing/ against this! <br /><br /> Then he finally speaks, worried, quickly! <br /><br /> "Wait, me and you, a couple...WHOA WHOA WHOA!" She adds suddenly, perhaps /too/ suddenly! <br /><br /> Hannah gulps. "Nothing like that! I mean, yeah, they thought so at first! But, you're attached! I told them that!" Cue another audible blush. <br /><br /> Then, she can't help but give a flustered, frustrated grunt. <br /><br /> "Mamoru Chiba, stop being a dolt! What /we/ mean to say, and I agree, is that a nice man like you shouldn't eat alone on sundays! Even if it's just a surrogate one, you should have a family! You've been a big brother to me, okay!? And I just want to give you something close to a Mother, a Father, and a little sister! The family I grew up with! You deserve that!" She ends, her confidence and aggression pouring right in. <br /><br /> Huff! "And you got used to me, remember? So you'll get through this. So yes or no, Mamoru?" She finally ends, huffing.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:38|Mamoru Chiba (38)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Mamoru's tone's changed; his words are small and quiet and it takes him an agonizing ten seconds before he can answer at all.<br /><br />"I'll do my best," he says, his voice cracking on the last word.<br /><br />He doesn't sound anything like the confident big-brother Mamoru, the arrogant head-of-class Mamoru, the commanding tactician Mamoru, the kind empath Mamoru, or even the awkward asocial Mamoru or the flustered embarrassed Mamoru.<br /><br />He sounds like the frightened tiny orphan Mamoru trying to be brave.<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:27|Hannah Sharpe (27)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span> It's time for Hannah to sigh a bit. This...isn't the reaction she'd expected! But thinking back, it makes sense. A man orphaned like this, and the sudden offer? One that's so awkward with people, as much as he tries to hide it. <br /><br /> "...Hey. It'll be okay. So stop trembling, I can hear it, you know?" <br /><br /> Her voice warms a bit. "I'll teach you a few things. First of all, you keep your shoes on. Second, you shake hands, and Mom's going to hug you to death. Don't try to escape it, it's useless!" <br /><br /> "Other than that, say Sir and Ma'am, and just go with the flow. We're not exactly formal people around the house. Particularly when it comes to family."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:38|Mamoru Chiba (38)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>Instantly, there's an audible scowl, which is most likely exactly the intended result. "I'm not trembling, ''gods''."<br /><br />Deep breath. Centering! Centering. "Okay. Uh-- can you, I don't know, somehow please tell them I really don't like to be touched suddenly or without warning? If-- if you have to, make something up about some kind of trauma, I don't know-- I know it's not something often respected unless there's a Reason, in America..."<br /><br />Finally he sounds more like himself, but it's in the way of someone mapping out strategies for a cautious and somewhat paranoid diplomatic mission into uncharted territory. "I don't want anything to happen. Because it can happen with anyone at all."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:27|Hannah Sharpe (27)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span> "I. Don't. Believe. You. Big. Bro~" Teases Hannah, utterly unhelpfully! <br /><br /> But then she sobers up, as it were. <br /><br /> "Right, right, we don't want /that/. Trust me, you'll have enough to explain. I don't think you'll get out of the hugs. But if you wear gloves and long-sleeved shirts and stuff, you'll be fine! I'll get her to avoid the cheek-rubbing and smooches!" <br /><br /> Her voice is laughing at him. How mean! <br /><br /> "More than anything, try to take a deep breath and lighten up, okay? My parents are good people. If you look like a nervous wreck, Mom will be doting on you trying to calm you down, and Dad will be trying to get you drunk until you relax."<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:38|Mamoru Chiba (38)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span>"Maybe getting drunk wouldn't be such a bad option," Mamoru mutters into the phone, and then there's the sound of a car door closing and everything's quieter in the background. "Okay okay okay. What time?"<br> <br>

:'''{{#var:27|Hannah Sharpe (27)}} has posed:'''<br><span></span> Hannah gives an utterly joyous sound. Some part of her always wanted an older brother, and Mamoru is the first person she'd pick these days. <br /><br /> "8 pm! Sharp! And try to wear something decent, okay? But not /too/ decent! Anyway, back to practice for me! Nationals are coming up! See ya~." Ker-click. <br /><br /> Thus does the phonecall of destiny end, and the Parental Meeting of Doom begin!<br> <br>
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