2423/Izou, Go Get Your Boyfriend

Izou, Go Get Your Boyfriend
Date of Scene:	22 March 2025
Location:	Plot Room 4
Synopsis:	After her fateful White Day encounter with Kazuo, Minako cuts school. And texts Izou to tell him he might want to check on Kazuo.
Cast of Characters:	Minako Aino, Zoisite

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Minako Aino has posed:
On the afternoon of White Day, the opposite day to Valentine's Day when boys would reciprocate the gift giving to girls, some texts begin to light up Izou's phone.

Minako TXT: Hey, Primadonna. You around?

Zoisite has posed:
Phone buzzes, and he picks it up while he's making his way to science class. Minako's name lights up and he's arching his brow before swiping and letting thumb glide over the screen's keyboard.

Izou TXT: i dont leave anywhere without my phone. what do you need?

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako TXT: Just check on your boyfriend when you get the chance.

Zoisite has posed:
Now he frowns, stepping aside so he's not in the way of other students.

Izou TXT: what did you do?

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako pauses her texting to stare at the response with a frown. What? How dare he? She thumbs over the keypad of her phone quickly to shoot off a response before the video game she sat in front of started up the next round.

Minako TXT: Nothing! *I'm* not the one with the temper!

Minako TXT: He's feeling guilty about stuff. Just... Just look after him I'm sure you'll enjoy it.

Zoisite has posed:
Oh yes, he has a temper. What the hell does that have to do with anything they were talking about? Much less what he'd find enjoyable?

Izou TXT: whats that supposed to mean?

Izou TXT: dont beat around a bush if you want me to find out about something

Izou TXT: say it or just shut up

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino button mash. Button mash. Button mash. Forward, forward, down, up, button mash- "No! No how did I miss that! Ah I'm so off my game." Another coin is fished out even as the phone buzzed again revealing the newer texts.

Minako TXT: Oh for yelling out loud

Minako TXT: It's White Day!

Minako TXT: He made me stuff and I couldn't accept it because he was turning me down

Minako TXT: You don't make handmade stuff if you're turning someone down! That's not fair!

Minako TXT: So just check on him before he guilts himself to death

Zoisite has posed:
Breathes in. Holds. One. Two. Three. Four. Five. Exhale slow. Green eyes look down to the screen and thumbs type.

Izou TXT: so you turned down an apology gift from kazuo who put his time and effort into it, trying to be nice about something that was going to hurt

Izou TXT: typing

Izou TXT: erases

Izou TXT: i cant tell if i should kick his ass or yours, but since youre in the rules to not mess with, i suppose that option is out the window

Izou TXT: thanks for the heads up

Izou TXT: feel better or whatever

Izou TXT: happy white day

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino stares at the responses that shoot across only to snort quietly, and take a sip of the soda she'd bought herself. Sure she was playing hooky from the rest of her day at school but she kind of needed it. It was self-care!

Minako TXT: Of course it was going to hurt it has to hurt to get over it

Minako TXT: Otherwise something sweet and kind and caring is just going to make it harder to get over

Minako TXT: Like I told him it would have hurt my pride as a woman to accept a 'heartfelt gift' of pity.

Minako TXT: You don't have to act like you're not happy it turned out this way

Minako TXT: Welcome.

Minako TXT: :P

Zoisite has posed:
Jaw clenched. His shoulders were tense and all he wanted was to find her and loom over her, shake her shoulders. But that would escalate quickly and he didn't want that, and he was already in the princess' shit list.

Izou TXT: pity?

Izou TXT: that's really what you're going with

Izou TXT: kazuo isn't the type to give pity.

Izou TXT: pity would've been a gift from me returning that nougat on white day. that's a me thing

Izou TXT: outside of japan, there is no white day. sometimes you dont get a confirmation or a reply. its nice to get a damn reply, whatever that is. you get to have closure, dumbass.

Izou TXT: obviously youre hurt. i can read that fine and clear. whether im happy about it or not is whatever, assume what you want because apparently you already made up your mind on what i think. thanks, mina-chan. thanks.

Izou TXT: call someone to vent at.

And he immediately turns his notifications off after. It would be foolish of him to think that anyone would suspect anything good coming from him. That was one thing. Having done horrific things, admitted to so much worse, that was understanding. Forgiveness and redemption was not something earned easily. Yet it carved his skin to know that things could be walked back or thought of in bad faith.

He's being a hypocrite, but it was a knowing thing at least. Right now he didn't want to think about it since he wasn't the one that needed the comfort. Minako had her friends. Kazuo had his own. He could spare an absence.

Minako Aino has posed:
Minako Aino stares at the phone in her hand, video game forgotten for now. With a heavy groan she just lets her head drop to the game console top smacking rather hard. Too hard. "Ow."

She wasn't trying to start a fight darnit.

Minako TXT: I was trying not to go into details you're the one that wanted them

Minako TXT: I know he's upset right now and I can't help

It's a long time before the next text she sends. She knew he hadn't read the others, but it had to be said. A good fifteen minutes later one final message is sent his way.

Minako TXT: Of course I'm upset. I'm being bitey. Take care.