The Bruised E/Shoutarou Won't Admit It

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Characters: Shoutarou and YOU.
Setting: Cafeteria, Dorms, or somewhere in between, including stairwells.
Format: Starting prose, but cool with matching.
Summary: After his run-in with Mistress 9, Shoutarou seeks painkillers and ice for the killer bruise he's gonna be hosting for a bit. Why do the infirmary and cafeteria have to be so far from the dorms?
Warnings: Nothing to start.


First stop, the kitchen - hunt down a plastic bag. Fill it with ice. Now, Shou gingerly holds it against his chest, and tries to pace himself up the stairs to the infirmary. Get some asprin or something similar here, and then stubbornly try to make it up the stairs to the dorms...

...and arrive a half-hour-ish later from taking his time. That took a lot more effort and time than he would've preferred, but he's stubborn. Shou stumbles to his room, and carefully lays down on his bed, hat resting over his face, icepack on his chest with a pained groan. He left the door open, though.

_{[Feel free to encounter him at any point - if you're in medical, you're welcome to try and detain him - he's pretty damn headstrong, though.]}

Comments

[thisclinchesit]

[Falling down staircases builds character! Also hospital bills, and other peoples' worry.]

[Shou grunts, then sighs at the current step.] I don't mean any harm, just a little ribbing. Keep my mind off the situation, y'know?

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[missmarliest.livejournal.com]

[You have really expensive hobbies, buddy.]

I get it! I should just rib you back, huh.

..I don't know you well enough to come up with anything good.

_{Your hat's silly?}

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[missmarliest.livejournal.com]

[wait

is that

the end of the staircase, in sight

it is]

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[Once at the top, Shoutarou gives Cornet a Look™ - whether he's serious or going along with the teasing is a bit blurred, because hats are serious business.]

Oi, I'll have you know my hat is hard-boiled. Not silly!

[Okay that much force in that word was a bit painful time to wince.]

[missmarliest.livejournal.com]

Boiled hats? Why would you boil a hat? Is yours made out of some kind of unusual material...? It looks normal, but...

[Cornet is scrutinizing Shoutarou's hat now. Still looks normal to her, and yet...]

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[Shoutarou is just going to stare at Cornet now.]

It's not--[Sigh.]

It's another figure of speech, kiddo.

[missmarliest.livejournal.com]

Oh.

...Erh.

..What's with using cooking terms for things that aren't food? You shouldn't take that kind of thing so lightly...

[thisclinchesit]

[Shoutarou gives her a funny look.] What's wrong with it? Admittedly it's not a very poetic way of saying things, but there's nothing necessarily wrong with it.