jade leech [ gym uniform ] r - "it truly is"

[mandytl]

 

Location: Cafeteria 

Jade: Ah. It’s that again.

Azul: Hm? What’re you looking around like that for, Jade?

Jade: Oh, excuse me. I felt someone’s gaze on me, is all. 

Azul: Gaze? I didn’t notice anyone near you. Perhaps it’s just your imagination.

Jade: I was thinking that myself, but apparently not.

It's been going on for quite a few days now, you see.

Azul: Uh?

Jade: Exactly. It’s happening too frequently to be explained away so easily.

Azul: Then why didn’t you do something about it?

Jade: I didn’t think it was worth bringing to your attention.

Azul: I suppose a hunch that someone’s watching you is… merely a hunch and nothing more.

Jade: Fufu. Well, yes, and besides, there’s nothing telling me that this presence is hostile.

They’re clearly not motivated by revenge, as all they’ve done so far is observe me.

Azul: Watching someone for no reason is just abnormal. There has to be some motive behind it.

… What’s more, we don’t need some unseen perpetrator nosing around our “business”, disturbing our plans.

Jade: We’ve dirtied our hands quite a bit, after all.

Azul: Your uncalled for remark wasn’t necessary. Eliminate the disturbance immediately.

Jade: Certainly. Now, to deal with the matter at hand.

Location: Sports Field

— Fourth period: Physical Education

Jade: ……

Riddle: Didn’t you hear Vargas-sensei’s instructions, Jade? We’re to pair up for warm-up stretches.

Jade: Oh, Riddle-san. My apologies. I was a little lost in thought there.

Riddle: Is something bothering you? It isn’t like you to be so inattentive.

Jade: Not at all. I merely thought, “they’re right behind us”, is all.

Riddle: Behind… us? What is?

Jade: Here, in these bushes… if you’ll excuse me.

Riddle: What’re you wading through those for…?

???: So, you’ve discovered me.

Riddle: Whoa! Who goes there?!

Rook: Once the hunter, now the hunted. I’d expect nothing less, Jade-kun. 

Riddle: R-Rook-senpai?! What were you doing in there…?!

Jade: Just as I thought.

So you were the one observing me this whole time, Rook-san.

Rook: Oui!

Riddle: What do you mean by “whole time”... ?

Rook: Jade-kun’s captured my interest lately, you see.

Riddle: Wha… ?!

Jade: Hmm. I’d like to hear about that in more detail.

Rook: It was on one beautifully starlit night, where the shimmering stars reminded me of ripples on the water.

The ocean is filled with creatures that glimmer like the stars above, yet I found myself wondering—

To what extent would they shine on land… ?

The more I pondered… the curiouser I became! I couldn’t even sleep!

That’s when I decided to start observing you, who hails from the Coral Sea.

Jade: Now I understand.

Rook: Your eating habits, mannerisms, walking speed, bedtime, heart-rate, number of times you blink, as well as various other details, have all been carefully recorded by yours truly.

Riddle: How’d he determine all that purely by eye?! He’s literally a stalker… 

Jade: And yet there wasn’t anything particularly special about me, was there? Didn’t it bore you?

Rook: Why, on the contrary! Your behavior was so interesting. Merci!

Now I’ll be able to follow my target even if they happen to be a sea creature.

Jade: Goodness. I could’ve sworn you were a hunter; not a fisherman. 

Rook: You've quite the point there. Ahahah. Amusing, isn’t it?

Jade: Fufufu. It truly is.

Rook: Hahahah!

Jade: Fufufu!

Rook & Jade: AH, hahahahah!

Riddle: … I’ll just pair with someone else, so have fun doing… whatever together.