[accidental video] John: Wake up already

[theheirofbreath]

[John's phone falls to the ground and the video switches on to reveal him sitting up gingerly and rubbing his head. Waking up in an alley was not what he expected to be doing today. How the hell?

Oh. Wait..... Wasn't he looking for that serial killer? Actually.... did he find him? He certainly remembers a finding this guy and then... a lot of pain.... He still feels like crap.

He glances around and finally notices that his phone is on. He picks it up.]

Hey guys....

Um.... I'm not sure what happened, but I think I've been out for a while.

So.... what'd I miss?

Comments

[theheirofbreath]

Haha, yeah. I guess you could put it that way. It's really all just for laughs.

My dad and I used to have sort of a contest going to see who was the better prankster.

[breatheinthefog]

Was it fun?

[theheirofbreath]

Yeah, it was....

[His smile is a little sad, knowing those days are long gone.]

[breatheinthefog]

Do you only have to do it on April first?

[theheirofbreath]

No, that's just sort of.... a special day for it. It's a day when even people who don't normally play jokes will.

And also people who don't usually have jokes played on them are more willing to forgive you.

[breatheinthefog]

Then you can still do it.

[theheirofbreath]

[There is a surprised pause, then he laughs.]

Yeah, I guess I could. I may have missed April Fool's day, but it'll still be fun to play a few tricks. And I did have a bunch of them already planned out.

[breatheinthefog]

Happiness is important to you, isn't it? So nothing should stop you from that, if that's true.

[theheirofbreath]

Hehe, I think happiness is important for everyone. But.... thank you.

[breatheinthefog]

I just said what came to mind.

[theheirofbreath]

Yeah, I know. It's just.... nice to know that you care.

[/blushing again]

[breatheinthefog]

I do?

*Blinks. Contemplates this.*

[theheirofbreath]

Well, um, why else would you be trying so hard to cheer me up? I figure.... you wouldn't waste your time.... if you didn't care about me.... a little?

[His voice slowly trails off and his intended statement ends as a question.]

[breatheinthefog]

...Maybe I do. I don't know.

*WHAT IS CARING ABOUT PEOPLE. Kaoru has gained one (1) identity crisis.*

[theheirofbreath]

[Way to go, Egbert. This conversation obviously wasn't awkward enough.]

Oh, umm.... don't worry about it. It's not like that's something you have to figure out right now.

[breatheinthefog]

I suppose. But it's confusing.

[theheirofbreath]

And I guess I'm not exactly helping, am I? Sorry....

[/is so bad at this.]

[breatheinthefog]

Don't apologize.

[theheirofbreath]

S-sure. But seriously though, if you ever want me to just shut up about this feelings stuff, you can just say so.

I won't mind.

[breatheinthefog]

I don't care if you talk about it.

[theheirofbreath]

Oh.. uh.... good.

[Great. She says she doesn't care if he talks about it and now he can't think of anything to say. Good job, Egbert.]

[breatheinthefog]

I don't mind if you talk about this April Fool's Day thing, either. You seem to like that.

[theheirofbreath]

Hehe, It's fun. And.......

It kind of reminds me of my dad...

[breatheinthefog]

Then do it.

[theheirofbreath]

You know what? I think I will. I was trying to figure out something fun to do on my birthday anyway.

I'll just do it then.