That's how I feel, too! Once I start re-reading it's hard to stop.
[ Unless Monika is there to interrupt you, of course. She takes the book back and looks at it fondly for a moment, before her face lights up as she remembers something. ]
Oh, right ... There was something else, too.
[ She reaches behind her to produce the box she had hidden behind her back with the book. It's a small pink box, and inside there's a cupcake: dark chocolate, with picturesque strawberry icing. On top of the icing, there's some long, thin strips of strawberry jam drawn in a "grid" that matches the pattern on his dumb hat. Don't worry, Sayori probably made sure that there were more than 4 lines drawn on it. ]
[Okay, here's the thing: it actually takes a second for him to recognize that it's a cupcake. It's way more decorated than the cupcakes he usually eats, which are shoved directly into his mouth without a second thought. So he considers it for a moment or two before his eyes go wide and he looks up at Natsuki like a child who's just been told about Santa for the first time.]
[A moment of silence for Mista's total incomprehension of the words she's saying, but he does understand that there is a process that's way above his head that Natsuki is somehow incredibly competent at. So. There's that. Wow.]
[Natsuki's Stand, CAKE.]
This is the coolest cake I've ever seen. [He examines it from a different angle.] I can eat it? For real?
I dunno. I guess it's kind of crazy that you made this for me! So I wanted to make sure.
[. . . that she is not tricking him and going to snatch it away at the last second or something. Nobody bakes him things??? Or makes him things in general. Except for Sayori, now.]
[ It's a quick, huffy response, followed by a punch to the shoulder.
After all, it's so much easier to just bully him into eating it than to earnestly explain that she made it for him to thank him for being nice to her, and for actually being willing to spend time with her. He can hopefully figure that out on his own by how tasty it is.]
[Hate to break it to you, Natsuki, but he figured it out by the fact that you came to hang out with him and were nice to him back . . .]
[That being said, permission granted, he definitely just shoved the whole cupcake in his fucking face. It's grotesque, but at least he's happy? His complete delight at Delicious Snack is totally apparent by the muffled noise of joy he makes and the double thumbs up of joy she gets.]
[His mouth is mostly crumbs, though. Jesus Christ.]
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Well, the good news is that there's fourteen more books, and I have all of them.
[ FOURTEEN. DAMN. But she pauses, suddenly looking surprised. ]
Wow, we finished the whole thing ... I guess I lost track of time.
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[NICE... he grins.]
I mean, yeah. It was good, so I didn't wanna stop.
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[ Unless Monika is there to interrupt you, of course. She takes the book back and looks at it fondly for a moment, before her face lights up as she remembers something. ]
Oh, right ... There was something else, too.
[ She reaches behind her to produce the box she had hidden behind her back with the book. It's a small pink box, and inside there's a cupcake: dark chocolate, with picturesque strawberry icing. On top of the icing, there's some long, thin strips of strawberry jam drawn in a "grid" that matches the pattern on his dumb hat. Don't worry, Sayori probably made sure that there were more than 4 lines drawn on it. ]
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[Okay, here's the thing: it actually takes a second for him to recognize that it's a cupcake. It's way more decorated than the cupcakes he usually eats, which are shoved directly into his mouth without a second thought. So he considers it for a moment or two before his eyes go wide and he looks up at Natsuki like a child who's just been told about Santa for the first time.]
Wait. Did you make this?
[GURL]
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... Y-yeah? So what?
[ He seems excited, but ... ]
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[He is holding this dumb cupcake box like it is the holy grail. He wants to eat it but also it's got his hat pattern on it! What the fuck!]
How'd you make it look like my hat?
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Ferran bought me a piping tip ... [ She mimes the shape and size of the icing tip. ] You can put it on a bag of icing to decorate cakes and things.
Anyways, it's not that big of a deal. I mean, it was really easy.
[ Tell that to the four or so duds Sayori ate, Natsuki. ]
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[A moment of silence for Mista's total incomprehension of the words she's saying, but he does understand that there is a process that's way above his head that Natsuki is somehow incredibly competent at. So. There's that. Wow.]
[Natsuki's Stand, CAKE.]
This is the coolest cake I've ever seen. [He examines it from a different angle.] I can eat it? For real?
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She gives him a bit of an incredulous look. ]
... What else would you do with it?
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[. . . that she is not tricking him and going to snatch it away at the last second or something. Nobody bakes him things??? Or makes him things in general. Except for Sayori, now.]
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[ It's a quick, huffy response, followed by a punch to the shoulder.
After all, it's so much easier to just bully him into eating it than to earnestly explain that she made it for him to thank him for being nice to her, and for actually being willing to spend time with her. He can hopefully figure that out on his own by how tasty it is.]
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[That being said, permission granted, he definitely just shoved the whole cupcake in his fucking face. It's grotesque, but at least he's happy? His complete delight at Delicious Snack is totally apparent by the muffled noise of joy he makes and the double thumbs up of joy she gets.]
[His mouth is mostly crumbs, though. Jesus Christ.]
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She grimaces a little, a sarcastic comment covering up the happiness she feels from getting his approval. ]
You know there's, like, a non-gross way to eat that, right?