Second Song ♪♫ (stage four)

[heart_x_strings]

[phone]

Everyone. I have something to tell you all.

[There's a clinking of pots and pans in the background as she pauses for a moment.]

When I was a little girl, I almost burned my house down. On purpose. My parents were going overseas to present a thesis, and died when their plane crashed into the ocean. I took it upon myself to get rid of the thing

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[ phone ]

[imoutosnake]

... [ Nadeko is a little quiet too. ]

Losing your parents like that.. I-it sounds very sad.

[ phone ]

[heart_x_strings]

It...rather was. I cried for a very long time.

[ phone ]

[imoutosnake]

Did that happen a really long time ago..? They wouldn't have left you all on your own if you were that young, right?

[ phone ]

[heart_x_strings]

I was still a very young child, yes.

It was an emergency, though...they had gotten the call that morning, and there was food in the fridge that they had made, a-and I knew to not open the door for strangers...

[ phone ]

[imoutosnake]

No way.. If my parents would have left me alone like that, I.. would have been very, very sad..

[ phone ]

[heart_x_strings]

I was. I-It was my birthday, that day. And they had to leave, and I never saw them again. On my birthday...

[ phone ]

[imoutosnake]

On your birthday..

[ Nadeko is quiet. For quite some time, actually. ]

That sounds very painful.. I-I'm not sure what to say..

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[heart_x_strings]

[As is Kotomi. After a while, she cracks up a very fake-sounding laugh.]

Um, well...it's gotten better. I received a letter that they'd sent right before their death...i-it made me feel quite a bit better, but the sadness will always underlying...

[ phone ]

[imoutosnake]

[ Nadeko knows the laugh sounds fake, but she doesn't really dare to question it. ]

... W-would you.. um.. maybe like to go do something fun instead..? Sometime..?

[ phone ] 1/2

[heart_x_strings]

[...!]

[ phone ] these two are going to kill me with hnnnngh

[heart_x_strings]

I...I...

[Mumbling to herself for a second there.]

S-Sure. ...I don't believe I know your name, though. Mine...mine is Kotomi, spelled with three hiragana.

[ phone ] I know right they're so cute.. ;;

[imoutosnake]

... Oh-- I'm sorry, I-I should have introduced myself earlier! My name is Nadeko, spelled with two kanji..

N-nice to meet you!

[ phone ]

[heart_x_strings]

Na...de...ko... [Scribble-scribble on the other end of the phone.]

What...what did you have in mind?

[ phone ]

[imoutosnake]

I'm okay with whatever would be most fun for you.. Um, I'm not sure what sort of things you like, but there's a lot to do here in Mayfield..!

Re: [ phone ]

[heart_x_strings]

[Thinking....thinking...]

The library only has books on cooking and cleaning and childcare...so that's no fun. [Yes, the library is her idea of "somewhere fun" hoo hoo hoo.]

[ phone ]

[imoutosnake]

[ To be honest, Nadeko isn't such a social animal either, but she's at least better than that.. ]

Um.. have you tried making cookies before? We could do that together, it's fun..!