a sow's company

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'I'm both cursed and blessed,' she decides with a sigh as her back hits the bench. Being surrounded by the most annoying creatures ever to have laid foot on this planet– teenage girls with a fondness for gossip– is decidedly unpleasant. It's a miracle in and of itself that the brunette is somehow capable of sleeping through it all. Which, shockingly, is not what she's actually doing this time around. “Do that thing again,” Ushio mutters, voice hoarse and brows raised expectantly.

Lying down with one arm behind her neck and another flat against her stomach, you wouldn't think they were in a public setting, let alone in a filthy cafeteria full of pubescent chicks with too much time on their hands between classes.

“Y'know, with the paper bag.” As if that explained anything. The girl beside her had so many tricks up her sleeve that simply specifying 'with the paper bag,' had probably only narrowed down the options to, like, thirty things. Knowing that, Ushio flashed her infamous shit-eating grin. “Oooor...” Her toes press against the other girl's thigh. “We could go mess with that first year again. What was her name–” She pauses, genuinely having forgotten the name of last week's victim. Whatever. “Keep me company, Yuuno?” Ushio stretches, putting as much of a subtle emphasis on the name (and its lack of honorifics) as she could.

It's difficult to decide which is more surprising: that this kid– she's younger, Ushio can call her whatever she wants– had somehow put up with her for so long... Or that, apparently, she's chosen to continue doing so. Their first meeting might have been tame, with the third year humouring her “senpai's” attempt at entertaining her (nevermind that she'd been genuinely intrigued and wanted to see more)– but Ushio would have thought Yuuno would've learned by now that she is not, in fact, good company.

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WORDS? IDK. @river JUNIER OF GS + ADOX

Nothing was more relaxing than having lunch at the cafeteria. Or so it seems. Although her company wasn't particularly enjoying Yuuno's company, probably the other girls' gossips at the same time. She wouldn't side by her nor the gossips. Instead she'd just play around with a paper bag and make use of everything about it. Simple brown paper, rolled to a bag, great for a magician to trample and deform it all over again. "Sure, sure." She added, meddling with the bag. She huffed and puffed inside the bag, inflating it into a balloon. Tying with a small thread, she simply adored her own silly trick. Her palms crushing the bag, popping it rather loudly. But since the cafeteria itself brought it's own noise, it can't even be considered as loud. Brown tissue paper gently flew downwards like a feather falling down, her palm wide open to catch it soon enough. She clasped her hands tight, opening it once more to see it as an origami. She repeated the same close-open hand trick with different origami to compensate with, and kept going. It's not like she had to impress Ushio, anyway. Her thighs were lightly pressed on. She rolled her eyes to Ushio, the star in the girl's eyes sparkling oddly. Ushi-tan forgot the name again... Yuuno thought, lightly sighing as she continued hearing out the girl's words. She sighed once more with her head shaking left to right. "Sure. I'll keep you company." her relaxed tone distinct from her usual tone that was energetic in a way. Honestly, the fourth year would give company to her magic tricks instead. The girl hovered her palms over the origami, soon becoming a chocolate bar. She ripped it open, taking a bite on it. She cracked one piece for her 'friend', handing it over. "Want some?"