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Sticks and Stones by Anonymous
Fandoms: 忘却バッテリー | Boukyaku Battery | Oblivion Battery (Manga)
29 Sep 2025
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"Welcome! Come in! Sooo sorry to keep our guest waiting," Haruka's brother says from the door, extending the word with a flourish to match the sweep of his arm inwards in invitation. He straightens his mask out with quick, sharp flicks of his hands, then goes over his shirt in the same manner. "Completely inexcusable, don't you agree?"
Kei has known for long enough to never answer a question like that from Haruka's brother, not unless Kei really can't do anything else. No matter what he's tried, it's never the right answer for Haruka.
Kei breathes in and then makes himself smile. Cool, confident. He's cool and confident. "Thank you for having me. I'd like to see Haru-chan now," he says, as coolly and confidently as he can manage. It's the best response he's prepared to bypass the answer and end the exchange in one go, so he tries his best to follow it through like the cool, confident Kei he pictured saying it would.
It works, no continuation demanded. Kei nearly drops his smile in his rush of relief when Haruka's brother just flicks a dismissive hand behind him further into the house. "The idiot's holed up in the bathroom."