The Chikamori Selfacy (A Reboot)
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Generation One
Chapter Four - "Close Neighbours Make for Tense Relations"
Part Four
Upstairs in Haruo's Room The Next Evening (of the Full Moon)
The two friends seemed to be having a good time with playing on the Nintendo Entertainment System with cartridge games like Duck Hunt, Blades of Steel and Suoer Mario Bros 2 as Haruo and River enjoyed the rest of the afternoon after homework was finished.
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River and Haruo had tried to drive the uncomfortable feelings stemming from the May Spring Festival in hopes that they wouldn't have to revisit the feelings and maybe get back to what it was before. But now that River had those feelings hop out of the genie bottle; the feelings wouldn't go back quietly into hiding again. They needed to be confronted. But was she really ready to face all that?
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She was here with her best friend playing video games like they used to, but soon they would each be off doing their own thing; dealing with whatever adult life threw at them. Their focus would have to be making a living with whatever skills that they could manage to develop into earning potential. She sighed, audible enough that it made Haruo notice.
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"What's wrong?" He asked looking kind of puzzled.
River looked at him, "You know? How many years has it been since we first met?" She asked him, putting her controller down and looking directly at her friend.
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"18 years, since we’ve lived together or close by each other for our entire lives according to my dad." Haruo eyed her curious that she would ask a question that she already knew the answer to.
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"And we're only two weeks till graduation." She informed him. "Then we're off doing whatever it is that we're intending to do in life." She looked at him and noted that he had a hangdog expression as if he was loathe to consider the fact that they would soon embark on separate life-paths. After-all they'd been together sharing friendship for so long, it seemed unnatural to do something without the other present. River watched him as he digested the idea of that eventuality.
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"Yeah," he commented un-enthusiastically as he finished pondering that unpalatable thought. "It seems so...” he paused for a moment unable to find the words then continued, “...and I still don't know what I plan to do with my life. It just seems so overwhelming, y'know?"
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"Yeah", River told him, "I only have a bare-bones idea myself and the idea that I want to travel and see the world in some shape or form."
"seventeen; almost eighteen years..." Haruo said quietly, reflecting on the past, "We've had a lot of good times together." He looked out the window.
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So there it was;: a finality. River sighed. "Yeah, we did..." She asked herself if she was prepared to strike out on her own and pursue her life goals. The answer she was prepared to give herself was mixed and she wasn't ready to throw the potential for their continued relationship in the trash-heap of unrequited interest so all things considered, since Haruo, after being thoroughly stepped on by his mother-dearest couldn't bring himself to make the first move, she would have to press the issue, "So, what do we have together?" She asked looking him in the eyes.
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Haruo pondered that for a long time before answering. "A good long friendship. A lot of people don't have that." He said, "They usually grow apart, each go their separate ways and well the friendship ceases to exist." He said.
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"Is that what we want?" River pressed him. "To take nearly eighteen years and just say it was a good run?" She didn't understand why she felt rather nettled, but it appeared that she had been hoping for something beyond just a friendship that just hadn't come to fruition. Oh, well, one last chance and it had truly come down to that. "Is that all we're going to say for eighteen years?" Please, Haruo, say something.
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"No. That's not what I want." He stated. When all was laid out on the table, and the choices were starkly shown, he wasn't ready to let her go. "You want to travel and do things that you've always aspired to do. And I'm more of a stay-at-home sort. I don't want to drag you down and keep you from doing every thing in your life that you want to do."
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River realized that he wasn't wanting to cast off their friendship. It was that he felt like his own grounded aspirations were going to be a tether to her ambitions. He cared about what she wanted. He wasn't just paying lip service."Who says that you would drag me down? What says that I wouldn't drag you with me everywhere I want to go to get you out of that comfort zone you've conveniently cocooned yourself in?" She looked at him square on, daring him to object to the characterization. He didn't.
"Well, uh..." he stammered. "I don't know, I've always wanted to visit the Pyramids." He was tentative.
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"Well, then that settles it, you're coming with me to Al Simhara." Object to that now! She challenged him silently.
"Are you sure?" He asked, "I'm probably not the very best travel companion." He said.
River shot him a mischievous grin as she said, "Just so long as you don't steal the covers and snore in my ear." Haruo took a long minute to really comprehend that and his eyes widened at the implication.
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Oh, that was just evil of her to throw that out at him, but she wanted to rock him back on his feet and keep him unbalanced; to not give him any chance to talk himself out of it. She grinned to herself, maybe the mental visual of the two of them in bed together will render him speechless.
"So where do we go from here?" Haruo asked and River looked at him.
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"Well." She eyed him, "...it all depends..." she looked past him for what seemed an interminable moment. "What do you want..."
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"I don't want to lose this..." he said.
River asked him, "This, as in our friendship?"
"Yeah, but..."
River held her silence, she knew there was more and she wasn't going to pressure him.
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After what seemed like hours, he finally spoke, "...also, what could be." He finished tentatively looking at her.
"Once again, we're at the so, what do we have together question..." River pointed out.
The answer was like an admission dragged out bit by painful bit, "I don't...want to lose...you, River..." Haruo admitted. There it was laid out on the table. He was afraid that they would let life experiences pull them in separate directions.
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"You won't lose me..." River answered, taking his hands in her own. "We've always been together, what makes you think our friendship would end?"
The most painful admission that Haruo could give; he wasn't sure if River would be receptive, whether she thought of him as something more than just a good friend who she'd shared moments together where they'd had a good time, laughed their asses off and were always hanging together. "What if friendship isn't what I want..." he asked her, "What if it's something more?"
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River looked at him barely moving a muscle but silent, waiting for him to finish instead of prying it out of him.
"What if that something more means a commitment?" He asked a bit braver now since she hadn't voiced an objection. "What if I want something more out of this friendship?"
"...to move beyond mere friend-ship?"
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Haruo nodded.
River looked at him as she squeezed his hands gently, "I wouldn't be averse to the idea." She said softly.
Haruo looked at her, "Would we consider each other girlfriend and boyfriend?"
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River looked at him, her expression softening from the determined woman determined to get answers, "Yes, I think that's entirely accurate."
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Haruo leaned in as River tilted her face up and their breath brushed each other's face as their lips met in a kiss that sent tingles down their body from the top of their head to the tips of their toes.
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After that no more words were necessary as they wrapped each other up in a tight embrace and all was right with the world.
End Part Four
Generation One
Chapter Four - "Close Neighbours Make for Tense Relations"
Part Four
Upstairs in Haruo's Room The Next Evening (of the Full Moon)
The two friends seemed to be having a good time with playing on the Nintendo Entertainment System with cartridge games like Duck Hunt, Blades of Steel and Suoer Mario Bros 2 as Haruo and River enjoyed the rest of the afternoon after homework was finished.
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River and Haruo had tried to drive the uncomfortable feelings stemming from the May Spring Festival in hopes that they wouldn't have to revisit the feelings and maybe get back to what it was before. But now that River had those feelings hop out of the genie bottle; the feelings wouldn't go back quietly into hiding again. They needed to be confronted. But was she really ready to face all that?
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She was here with her best friend playing video games like they used to, but soon they would each be off doing their own thing; dealing with whatever adult life threw at them. Their focus would have to be making a living with whatever skills that they could manage to develop into earning potential. She sighed, audible enough that it made Haruo notice.
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"What's wrong?" He asked looking kind of puzzled.
River looked at him, "You know? How many years has it been since we first met?" She asked him, putting her controller down and looking directly at her friend.
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"18 years, since we’ve lived together or close by each other for our entire lives according to my dad." Haruo eyed her curious that she would ask a question that she already knew the answer to.
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"And we're only two weeks till graduation." She informed him. "Then we're off doing whatever it is that we're intending to do in life." She looked at him and noted that he had a hangdog expression as if he was loathe to consider the fact that they would soon embark on separate life-paths. After-all they'd been together sharing friendship for so long, it seemed unnatural to do something without the other present. River watched him as he digested the idea of that eventuality.
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"Yeah," he commented un-enthusiastically as he finished pondering that unpalatable thought. "It seems so...” he paused for a moment unable to find the words then continued, “...and I still don't know what I plan to do with my life. It just seems so overwhelming, y'know?"
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"Yeah", River told him, "I only have a bare-bones idea myself and the idea that I want to travel and see the world in some shape or form."
"seventeen; almost eighteen years..." Haruo said quietly, reflecting on the past, "We've had a lot of good times together." He looked out the window.
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So there it was;: a finality. River sighed. "Yeah, we did..." She asked herself if she was prepared to strike out on her own and pursue her life goals. The answer she was prepared to give herself was mixed and she wasn't ready to throw the potential for their continued relationship in the trash-heap of unrequited interest so all things considered, since Haruo, after being thoroughly stepped on by his mother-dearest couldn't bring himself to make the first move, she would have to press the issue, "So, what do we have together?" She asked looking him in the eyes.
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Haruo pondered that for a long time before answering. "A good long friendship. A lot of people don't have that." He said, "They usually grow apart, each go their separate ways and well the friendship ceases to exist." He said.
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"Is that what we want?" River pressed him. "To take nearly eighteen years and just say it was a good run?" She didn't understand why she felt rather nettled, but it appeared that she had been hoping for something beyond just a friendship that just hadn't come to fruition. Oh, well, one last chance and it had truly come down to that. "Is that all we're going to say for eighteen years?" Please, Haruo, say something.
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"No. That's not what I want." He stated. When all was laid out on the table, and the choices were starkly shown, he wasn't ready to let her go. "You want to travel and do things that you've always aspired to do. And I'm more of a stay-at-home sort. I don't want to drag you down and keep you from doing every thing in your life that you want to do."
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River realized that he wasn't wanting to cast off their friendship. It was that he felt like his own grounded aspirations were going to be a tether to her ambitions. He cared about what she wanted. He wasn't just paying lip service."Who says that you would drag me down? What says that I wouldn't drag you with me everywhere I want to go to get you out of that comfort zone you've conveniently cocooned yourself in?" She looked at him square on, daring him to object to the characterization. He didn't.
"Well, uh..." he stammered. "I don't know, I've always wanted to visit the Pyramids." He was tentative.
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"Well, then that settles it, you're coming with me to Al Simhara." Object to that now! She challenged him silently.
"Are you sure?" He asked, "I'm probably not the very best travel companion." He said.
River shot him a mischievous grin as she said, "Just so long as you don't steal the covers and snore in my ear." Haruo took a long minute to really comprehend that and his eyes widened at the implication.
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Oh, that was just evil of her to throw that out at him, but she wanted to rock him back on his feet and keep him unbalanced; to not give him any chance to talk himself out of it. She grinned to herself, maybe the mental visual of the two of them in bed together will render him speechless.
"So where do we go from here?" Haruo asked and River looked at him.
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"Well." She eyed him, "...it all depends..." she looked past him for what seemed an interminable moment. "What do you want..."
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"I don't want to lose this..." he said.
River asked him, "This, as in our friendship?"
"Yeah, but..."
River held her silence, she knew there was more and she wasn't going to pressure him.
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After what seemed like hours, he finally spoke, "...also, what could be." He finished tentatively looking at her.
"Once again, we're at the so, what do we have together question..." River pointed out.
The answer was like an admission dragged out bit by painful bit, "I don't...want to lose...you, River..." Haruo admitted. There it was laid out on the table. He was afraid that they would let life experiences pull them in separate directions.
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"You won't lose me..." River answered, taking his hands in her own. "We've always been together, what makes you think our friendship would end?"
The most painful admission that Haruo could give; he wasn't sure if River would be receptive, whether she thought of him as something more than just a good friend who she'd shared moments together where they'd had a good time, laughed their asses off and were always hanging together. "What if friendship isn't what I want..." he asked her, "What if it's something more?"
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River looked at him barely moving a muscle but silent, waiting for him to finish instead of prying it out of him.
"What if that something more means a commitment?" He asked a bit braver now since she hadn't voiced an objection. "What if I want something more out of this friendship?"
"...to move beyond mere friend-ship?"
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Haruo nodded.
River looked at him as she squeezed his hands gently, "I wouldn't be averse to the idea." She said softly.
Haruo looked at her, "Would we consider each other girlfriend and boyfriend?"
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River looked at him, her expression softening from the determined woman determined to get answers, "Yes, I think that's entirely accurate."
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Haruo leaned in as River tilted her face up and their breath brushed each other's face as their lips met in a kiss that sent tingles down their body from the top of their head to the tips of their toes.
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After that no more words were necessary as they wrapped each other up in a tight embrace and all was right with the world.
End Part Four
