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Who: Hajime and Shantae
What: Magic and technology
Where: Dance room
When: May 20
Warnings: nah

The last several months had been surprisingly quiet, for this school, and Hajime was glad for the respite. He'd needed time to think, and at least try to pull himself out of his funk. It had been long enough that the fact had sunk in: he really was stuck in this form. This meant he needed to start taking what that meant for himself seriously. He wasn't the same person he was before, no matter how people tried to insist, though now he could at least accept that he wasn't entirely different either. Now it was a matter of figuring out what lay in the middle.

Edging into the practice room, Hajime caught a flash of purple hair and faltered. He might have expected Shantae would be here, but he'd dared to hope for a private moment.

"Ah--sorry. Is there a club meeting? I wasn't sure." After one or two attendances early in the dance club's start, he'd gotten too caught up with squad activities to keep up.

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"I'll be fine," she tried to reassure him, sitting with his help. Thankfully he was able to catch her. She wasn't expecting the energy usage to be that significant, but at least it worked. Hajime was human again... She couldn't help but smile at that, even if she felt a bit too weak to do much else. "Wish granting isn't exactly easy for a half-genie. I just need to rest up a bit..."

"You're sure? I'll get you anything you need, it's the least I can do..." He looked down at his fleshy hand again, and felt the tears surge again. She did this for him. It took every effort not to hug her again. "Shantae... thank you. I can't possibly say enough... I, I don't have words, how much this means, I just... You're amazing. I couldn't have wished for anything more."

"Well, that's exactly what you got," she said with a weak laugh. "Nngh... I guess practice is done for the day... Think you could help me get back to my room? I feel like I just need to sleep..."

"Sure, here, I can--urp." He'd maybe gotten a little used to having that increased robot strength, as he tried to pick her up a little too quickly. "Sorry, okay, I got you. Just relax." Easy to say, when he's all hyped up.

"It's okay," she replied, trying her best to help him out by getting up. "This has certainly taught me a lesson about my limits," she laughed as they left together.