NEVER ENOUGH YGOS

[awishforfriends]

[For those actually loitering inside the building today, you may end up seeing a small little boy with weirdly spiked hair wandering around, most likely having passed you by. Perhaps he asked one of the less helpful people around for directions to some city or outside, and just gotten turned around.

As it is, he's been in and out of rooms and hallways at least three times now. It's only once he's -- somehow -- on the roof again that he finally surrenders to the prospect that he's lost, sighing and flopping his back against one of the AC units.

His hands reach down to fiddle with the large, golden object around his neck, looking up to the sky.]

Jounouchi-kun... Honda-kun... Anzu... where are you?

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[awishforfriends]

A wish for real friends! And I really am being serious, it did!

[whiterosefoes]

'Real friends?'

[well that doesn't sound particularly evil. Hm.]

... Err, you do mean ... ordinary human friends, right?

[please don't tell her you animated puppets or summoned demons to be your friends]

[awishforfriends]

Yeah, of course. Jounouchi-kun and Honda-kun and Anzu, they're all my real friends. Even if I knew Anzu before, the Puzzle still granted my wish!

[Harriet, this kid is basically a walking ball of innocent intentions, you're not gonna find any evil here.]

[whiterosefoes]

[...she's starting to feel that way, yes. It's hard to suspect a happy kid like him. She even smiles a bit more genuinely, like she's relieved.]

Well, I can see why you'd keep it near you in that case...

... Jounouchi seemed well. Hopefully the others are safe at home.

[awishforfriends]

I'm sure they are. Anzu and Honda-kun are pretty tough, so I bet they're just waiting for us to come back!

[whiterosefoes]

Hehe. Is Anzu your girlfriend?

[awishforfriends]

[w h a t

The question completely catches Yugi off guard and his face goes a deep shade of crimson.]

N-No! S-she's not, she's j-just a friend. I-I mean I wa-want -- u-um...

[Good job, he's totally flustered.]

[whiterosefoes]

[snnnnrk. She was trying to poke at a hunch that his other two friends might resemble the rest of Henry's duelists; if she was his girlfriend she'd suspect her of being an Elizabeth and ask more. But this reaction is too precious to waste interrogating. Harriet laughs out loud. He said he wants to... heeheehee]

Mate, if you're this subtle around her, you might as well just go for it!

[awishforfriends]

[DAMMIT HARRIET YOU'RE MAKING THE MIDGET FLAIL]

I-I can't do that! A-Anzu's just...

[Help, how does he words.]

[whiterosefoes]

Friends. You reckon you've got a good thing going that you don't want to spoil?

[typical teen romance. Harriet can relate.]

[awishforfriends]

W-Well, not that... i-it's... um...

[What is it? Yugi isn't really sure...]

1/2

[whiterosefoes]

[She doesn't know what it is either, but she's decided this is adorable, so who cares. She's giggling]

Aw, I bet she fancies you! You're cute-

[whiterosefoes]

[wait, did she just call a Henry!face cute? She just realized that. She would never say that oh my god

maybe his friendship IS magic.]

[awishforfriends]

[And that pretty much just shuts him down entirely. ...Well, at least for a bit.

But...]

Y-You... think so?

[whiterosefoes]

Um!

[W-Well now she doesn't want to admit it! But it would be a total dick move to turn around and be like, "no..." fffff-

No. It's fine. They're talking about his friend, not her. And if she is an Elizabeth, then she has historical evidence of fancying.]

Yes, of course. Definitely.

[awishforfriends]

T-Thanks, uh...

[He just realizes, she's never given her name.]

I'm Yugi!

[whiterosefoes]

Harriet!

[she's gone a little pink herself. But it's definitely just cause she was laughing so hard.]

[awishforfriends]

Harriet-san! [He's still a little blushy, so uh SUBJECT CHANGE.] How long have you been here?

[whiterosefoes]

How long? Umm....

[There have been some incredibly stressful days. She's honestly lost track.]

...Can't be more than a couple weeks...

[awishforfriends]

Ah, I guess that's not too bad...

[At least she hadn't been here years or anything.]

[whiterosefoes]

True, it could be a lot worse.

[Speaking from experience, here.]

How are you at mysteries, Yugi?

[awishforfriends]

Ah? Not very good... I'm better at puzzles.

[whiterosefoes]

Aah... just have to sit tight then, I s'pose.

[awishforfriends]

I guess so.

[whiterosefoes]

But you can at least watch out for suspicious characters, eh?