/jp/ - Otaku Culture

I had a feeling that I knew how the story was going to go as soon as I started. Keine was far from pleased when I described my various awful dates, and all my times waking up in Eientei from them. It put her back in the bad mood that I'd thought I'd just barely escaped. "Off." She said, pointing at my coat. Sighing, I did as she said and took it off. "Where did you get clothes like these? Nowhere in the village..." She took it from me and laid it to the side. "That too." She continued, motioning at my sweater. I looked over at her and frowned. "Don't look at me like that. Off, off! I want to see them." She motioned again, and I asked her if she was certain. It wasn't...Pleasant. "Yes. Show me." She told me, and I had a feeling that it had stopped being a request.

I breathed in, then pulled my sweater off, exposing my upper body. Instantly, I heard a sharp intake of breath from Keine. I squeezed my eyes shut, not quite wanting to see her face. "All of..." She breathed. I heard her move closer. "Your - Your arm..." She still hadn't seen my back, I realised with dismay. "And your shoulder. That's a bite mark..." I nodded. That one, compared to the whole network of scar tissue on my right arm, was just Raki proving a point in the strangest way possible. "A-And all of that, on the right, that's..." That had been Rumia. "W-Why would you possibly go on a date with Rumia!?" She cried. That, I explained, would require more of an explanation but the short answer was that Marisa had set it up while blind drunk. "...I'll kill her." Keine muttered. I said that she'd already suffered enough for that little mishap. Honestly, I thought that nearly getting enthralled or whatever it had been that Seiga Kaku had been planning to do to me was probably worse. "E-Enthralled!? She's the one with that Jiangshi, isn't she!?" I nodded. "She - She was going to..." Keine now looked very upset, and I couldn't imagine that she was going to be any happier soon. "So...That's it?" I opened my mouth, then closed it again. "It's not, is it?" I scratched my head and wondered if there was any way to make the next one sound better.

Then, Keine got up, seemingly to go to the kitchens, but as a result, she caught a glimpse. "Wait..." I squeezed my eyes shut again. "Y-Your back..." She whispered, slowly stepping round. I heard her breathe in sharply, and then drop back down to her knees. A moment later, I flinched when I felt her cold fingers gently trace the scars left from being scorched by Miss Junko's divine flames. "These are...burn scars..." She whispered. I nodded. It had been the end result of one of the dates. "B-But, this much...?" In fairness, I said, she'd been really upset when I'd mentioned the moon. Then, I stiffened slightly when I felt Keine's arms wrap around me. "Oh, I'm so sorry..." She whispered. I couldn't exactly reach her, so I awkwardly patted one of her hands and told her that I was okay. She sniffled, and then I felt a drop of liquid hit my back, which made me jump. "I-It's just that - I'm still mad at you - But you've got all these scars and - And..." I was a little worried now. I'd been beaten up by a bunch of angry girls and I'd dealt with worries, but here was Keine, crying and hugging me, and I wasn't entirely sure how I was supposed to deal with it. I decided that the best thing I could do was turn around and hug Keine until she'd stopped crying, however long that would be.

And eventually, she did calm down. She let me go, moving back to sit by me on the table. "Are there any more?" She asked me. She sounded like she was dreading the answer. I thought for a moment, which stretched into a moment more as I realised that I was - Slightly worryingly - Not actually sure. There'd been a fairly large number of situations that could have caused more. Maybe...When Miss Narumi had fallen on me? Or, perhaps, when Marisa had hit me with a fully powered Master Spark. Keine laughed slightly, but it was a worried, nervous laugh. "It wasn't supposed to need so much thought." She exclaimed. I smiled weakly, then, as I put my sweater back on, decided that I'd best continue with the story. Especially since I had a feeling that she would be equally, if not more, upset by Satori Komeiji's treatment of me. The next part was my encounters with Miss Narumi and Miss Iku, which then led to my first meeting with Tenshi. This was also the part that explained Miss Yuuka, Lady Hecatia, and why I was suddenly so durable.

"H...How have you been meeting so many youkai? You weren't like this when you were younger..." That, I still didn't quite have an answer to. "And - You ate that peach, which that ex-celestial girl, Tenshi, gave you?" I had, though it had taken me a few days longer to actually realise what effect it had. "I know Narumi...She comes to Suzunaan sometimes. She's nice." I agreed. She was very pleasant. Keine was less complimentary about Miss Iku.

>>31399347
Why do people keep saying that!?

>>20683444
Sensei is not a cow!

>>17876962
Get out of here, impostor! The children need more history than math!

>>14496241
Keine forbids sexualization of children! Especially when that child is her!