Video...in which there is an abundance of scones

[inthejunk]

[Dawn is barely even trying to tickle the sky awake, but that doesn't seem to be squashing the enthusiasm of that annoying kid who either delivers or abuses pastries for a living -it's difficult to tell at times. There he is, with the usual shit eating customer service grin, hair rustling in the chilly breeze and full of fat, half-melted snowflakes. They don't seem to be bothering him at all.]

Attention, everyone. I'm Hanamura Yosuke. Hello to anyone who is new. There's good news this morning! Due to the weather, the scones from yesterday couldn't be sold at the Funtom bakery. I've had to come up with ways to use them, so I thought I would share.

[It's probably not a good idea to leave a somewhat resentful teenager to his own devices in a place of business. Or so one would believe, given what follows.]

If you grind them up like cat litter, they unstick snow-stuck cars. They can also be used as paper weights, and nut crackers. Some of the children on the playground have used them for stick ball! Really, the uses are endless. So please take them away before someone tries to eat one and breaks a tooth again.

[That slightly sarcastic and generally mean spirited bit of "advertisement" aside, the kid suddenly grows serious.]

Ah...there is one more use for them that I came up with. Since I didn't have anyone to ask for a blessing, I think the direct route will have to do.

[And there, behind him in the snow as he turns and pans the camera out, is one last (and equally unfirtunate) demonstration. There's something written out, huge and painstakingly, all in blueberry scone. There's even a heart made of sprinkled dried cranberry around it, which has bloomed up like rose petals with the moisture of the snow:]

MARRY ME NILL

Comments

[reassures]

Are you okay?

*hot ugh stupid tiny phone keys

[inthejunk]

Sure, yeah. I'm good. I just need to clean up this mess is all. If I leave it here some birds might get sick on it.

[reassures]

You don't need to clean it up. It isn't a mess.

It was very sweet.

[inthejunk]

I thought it was, you know. Just in case you can't tell. If I can't tell the difference between sweet and inconsiderate, now I'm positive that romantic gestures and public graffiti aren't the same.

[reassures]

What you did was very sweet. I think they're objecting to the way you presented it.

[You know. On the network.]

[inthejunk]

Who's they? I don't care about anyone else.

[reassures]

Don't act like my friends are nothing.

[inthejunk]

That's not what I meant.

[reassures]

I know it isn't, but that's not the point. You can't act like that about my friends and expect me to not get upset.

[inthejunk]

[Sigh.]

It's not like I knew they were your friends. You know all of my friends, but I don't know any of yours. Only Walker-kun before he left, and that's just because he worked for me.

[reassures]

You forgot about Dave. [She seriously has no fucking clue how Yosuke managed that, when Dave saved her life, but somehow he did.

Even so, there's a slight pause.]

You don't know most of my friends because they all disappear after a while.

[inthejunk]

That's everyone here.

[reassures]

Yes. And most of my friends have disappeared.

Dave and Karkat are two of the only friends I have that haven't. Everyone else is gone. I'm not trying to keep my friends from you, it's just-- hard to know when people disappear sometimes.

[inthejunk]

I wouldn't be a jerk, you know.

[Okay, not intentionally anyway...]

[reassures]

I know.

[But...]

How did you forget someone that saved my life?

[inthejunk]

Uh...about that...it's still kind of fuzzy. What happened?

[reassures]

[...Oh. From when he went back to Inaba?]

I was attacked by something. Dave found me and took me to the hospital.

[inthejunk]

[That makes him draw in a deep breath.]

Something attacked you? Shit. You...are you alright? When did this happen?

[reassures]

October. I'm fine. Everything that got hurt then is healed now.

If Dave hadn't helped me, I wouldn't have been fine.

[inthejunk]

What happened? I...I was here then, wasn't I? I don't-wait. I think I do...you were in the hospital, right? And my side was hurt from something. And Lisbeth-san was there. I kept eating her pudding and I had to go bring her more.

I...I thought I'd remembered all the things I forgot.

[reassures]

It's okay if there are things you don't remember. That's normal.

[inthejunk]

Seriously? Ugh. It's really frustrating!

[reassures]

I know. But-- you should be able to remember most of the things that happened.

You shouldn't worry about it too much.

[inthejunk]

I can remember so many stupid, unimportant things. How could I forget something like that?

[reassures]

You never saw my injuries. You only saw me in a hospital bed. You visited me often, and Dave stayed with me as much as he could. That's all.

I don't think it left you with many bad memories. It's fine if you don't remember.