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@THUNDERDOME: still trying to wrap my head around the fact that HAILEY got a date first
@fides1104: ur boy crazy
@THUNDERDOME: im GOING THRU PUBERTY
@fides1104: is it secret conversation hours
@sugrjangz: im still awake u know
@spookyscaryskeletons: minnies asleep
@THUNDERDOME: FUCK
@THUNDERDOME: SHIT
@THUNDERDOME: uh
@THUNDERDOME: FUCK AGAIN
@fides1104: language
@sugrjangz: didnt we alr cover this
@sugrjangz: it was under duress
@sugrjangz: not like i hv anything better to do
@not_ur_power_bank: planner.pdf
@spookyscaryskeletons: SHE MADE A LIST
@fides1104: LFKJADFLKJFLKAJSDASLK
@THUNDERDOME: PUT HER ON BLAST SIS
@sugrjangz: ok well its not like we HAVE to spend all our time around each other for the whole weekend
@sugrjangz: ill just squeeze him in its not a big deal
@fides1104: curious tt u didnt ask any of us to accompany u...
@fides1104: [criminal-offensive-side-eye.gif]
@spookyscaryskeletons: yeah what happened to asking ur oldest and closest friends to protect u from the uncouth delinquent in the back of the class
@sugrjangz: uh bc idn any protection???
@sugrjangz: i cn take care of myself???
@not_ur_power_bank: shes growing up
@not_ur_power_bank: [wiping-tears.gif]
@spookyscaryskeletons: shes going thru puberty
@fides1104: u just need to admit tt ur gg bc u want to...
@fides1104: not bc u have to...
@not_ur_power_bank: just ditch him lmao its not like a huge deal right
@sugrjangz: idg why yall arent more concerned abt my welfare...
@sugrjangz: I CLD HV DIED
@THUNDERDOME: yeah but u didnt lol
@THUNDERDOME: nd he almost killed u but u still agreed 2 meet him?
@fides1104: good attempt at changing the subject tho B+
@spookyscaryskeletons: DOWN BAD ALERT [police-car-light]
@not_ur_power_bank: actly what was the deal w ur phone lol
@not_ur_power_bank: i didnt drain ur battery
@spookyscaryskeletons: @fides1104
@fides1104: [hackerman.png]
@sugrjangz: U CANT HACK INTO MY PHONE
@sugrjangz: ITS UNHACKABLE
@fides1104: u sure???
@fides1104: i unscrambled the tachyons, decrypted your subnet mask and inserted a protozoa through the central port
@sugrjangz: those arent real words
@fides1104: try me
@sugrjangz: ugh im giving him a chance ok
@THUNDERDOME: SEE WAS THAT SO HARD
@sugrjangz: WHY IS EVERYONE @ING ME ANYWAY 
@sugrjangz: WASNT MINNIE TALKING TO SUN BOY
@not_ur_power_bank: his name is sunlight man
@spookyscaryskeletons: so who do u think is gna crack first
@spookyscaryskeletons: hailey sidling 2 the back of the class
@spookyscaryskeletons: or hufima sidling to her seat
@sugrjangz: his name is hifumi
@sugrjangz: and hes an idiot
@THUNDERDOME: LET'S FUCKING GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
@fides1104: dude keep it down the neighbors r gna complain agn

Max threw her stress ball into the air, wrist clicking as the small, yellow rubber sphere left her hand, its synthetic smiley-face spinning as it did. She was laying on one of Hailey’s many couches, the Kyoto skyline sprawled before her in all its glory, and the fuzzy material felt wonderful against her bare back.
“Max!”
“Yeah?”
“Help!”
“Ask H!”
“Minnie is doing her makeup!”
Max grumbled under her breath and sat up, blowing a stray strand of hair out of her face as she snatched her stress ball out of the air and tossed it to the side. Her arms unfolded from her back as she stood up, their many joints clicking sibilantly. Hailey’s penthouse was a maze, but Max knew it well. She walked into Hailey’s walk-in wardrobe, pincers skittering over the shelves, and planted her hands on her hips. “What?”
“Help me grab that thing.”
“What thing?”
“That thing,” Edie insisted, pointing at a shred of light green fabric poking out from between two blouses, and Max finally managed to zero in on it. “My arms aren’t long enough.”
Max rolled her eyes. Her arms snaked between the shelves, delicately, gently, and plucked the hanger out, revealing a light green kimono. “Woah.”
“Not bad, huh? Now we just need an obi.”
“The heck’s an obi?”
“It’s like a belt. Have you ever seen anyone wearing a kimono without an obi?”
“Weeb.”
Edie raised an eyebrow at her. “We’re literally in Japan.” She glanced over Max’s shoulder, squinting, and brightened. “I think that shelf should be where Hailey keeps her obis.”
“She has obis? Plural?”
“Hailey has everything,” Edie said, matter-of-factly, and Max found herself unable to disagree. Her walk-in wardrobe was practically an apartment unto itself, boasting its own automated washing-cleaning system. It even had sofas. They riffled through Hailey’s stuff, hunting for something that would pass muster. Max was on the verge of giving up when Edie pulled out a thick, black sash decorated in what may have been actual gold with a shout of triumph.

“– and, you know, he has a flip phone. A flip phone! I don’t get why –”
“Hey, H, think quick!”
Hailey jumped up from her vanity to pluck the kimono out of the air as it sailed across the room. Faith shrieked as the obi landed in her lap. Minnie remained where she was, mascara brush still in her hand, and sighed. Max laughed, looking around. Hailey’s palatial bedroom looked like it had been hit by a hurricane. Outfits were scattered over the floor, ranging from tracksuits to fur-coats. She curled her toes into the fluffy carpet. “When is he reaching, anyway?”
“Thirty minutes,” Faith chirped, looking down at Hailey’s phone from where it was sitting in her hand. “H, you really need to pick out an outfit soon.”
Hailey groaned.
“I really like this one,” Edie interjected, pointing at the kimono.
“You said the same thing about the other fourteen,” Minnie grumbled, and turned to Hailey. “Just pick one, or you’ll have to go out in that.” (Hailey was wearing a neon pink Hello Kitty dressing gown.)
Hailey was silent for ten seconds, which was a significant period of time for her. Abruptly, she let out an inarticulate noise of annoyance, plucked up the kimono and obi, and disappeared into the bathroom. The four of them looked at each other.
Minnie sighed. “I’ll clean it up.”

“– and remember, don’t overthink things,” Minnie added, putting the finishing touches to Hailey’s makeup. “Don’t bend over backwards for him, either. Be firm. Don’t let him force you into anything!”
“You haven’t even dated before,” Hailey mumbled.
“Neither have you.”
“All men are pigs, so be prepared to sock him in the mouth, quirk license or no quirk license,” Max said matter-of-factly, drawing a gasp from Faith and a snigger from Edie. “Anyway, do you want us to leave before he gets here?” She waggled her eyebrows. “For some… alone time?”
Hailey opened her mouth, glanced at her phone, and bit her lip, pulling away from Minnie. “Okay,” she said, breathing in deeply. “Okay. Yeah, uh, maybe you should leave. I can take it from here.” Before any of them could say anything more, she accepted the call, running her other hand through her hair, and switched from English to Japanese.
“That’s our cue,” Minnie whispered, steering them out of Hailey’s bedroom, and set them on a course for the door. They passed the wreckage of today’s lunch, threw on their shoes, and waved at Hailey as she emerged from her bedroom, still talking on her phone, the dirty dishes flying into the kitchen as she gestured at the table agitatedly. The door shut behind them.
They looked at each other.
“So,” Faith said, eventually. “Where to?”
“I know a café.”