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Junna Hoshimi ⭐ 星見 純那 ([personal profile] thestarknows) wrote in [community profile] yumemigaoka2025-03-04 05:18 pm

Theater Kid's March Comes in Like a Lion

Who: Junna Hoshimi... and you!
When: Throughout March!
Where: In Yumemigaoka!
What: March catch-all!
Warnings: Junna's grappling with some heavy stuff, so... threads could get into parents not being great, some homophobia, and other things. There's also some implicit sleeping together (nothing NSFW though) in the Lisa and Junna thread, if that's a thing you prefer to avoid!
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-08 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[If Junna's in a good mood, Lisa's not going to complain, and the young woman continuing to make herself comfortable on her shoulder is... surprisingly reaffirming. Also adorable. Even if she knows better, though, something about the way Junna's talking...]

You make it sound like I did something. But... mm. I slept pretty well too. [Clock... eh, can't see it, but. Light in the room-] Not as long as I thought.

[There is a difference between being a morning person that's up early for her 6 AM run under normal circumstances because she set an alarm, and being a morning person that's functional relatively quickly after waking up. Lisa is not one of those, and is rapidly finding Junna is. This is... dangerous. Still, she makes no effort whatsoever to actually move, relishing the feelings a little longer. Even through the haze of still being half-asleep, the sensation of skin on skin is enticing.]

I could... get used to this. Shouldn't. Want to, though.
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-08 03:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[She opens her mouth to defend her honor, but before she gets the words out, Junna pokes her side, and Lisa lets out a squeak. Does it again with intent, and she wriggles.]

Mm, noooooo. Tickles.

[Dully, Lisa realizes she's shown a weakness to her girlfriend who is more adventurous than she is, and understands she's doomed herself. But. Maybe Junna will show mercy this time...? Especially since they're managing to discuss plans for the future while she's still trying very hard not to doze off again.]

Want to. I need... need to know you're okay. And... it feels better, too.
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-08 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[The one more for the road leaves her hesitating after; somehow, she'd half expected Junna to just keep going to ensure no tension whatsoever this morning. Not that... there's very much now as it is. So after a moment, she relaxes, grinning lazily as she finally gives up and starts to pull herself together. She's not giving that hand back, holding it in one of hers.]

's a weird pact. Need to use that later.

[Because their roles are definitely going to be reversed one of these days. It's not a question. But... Junna's seemingly comfortable, so she's not going to press anything at the moment. A good night's sleep did them both some good. Or just being together for the night. Maybe that second one's more important than she thought it was, thinking about it last night.]

We still... have a lot to talk about, mm. But we'll get there. Let's work on "stable and happy" first. [She puffs out a soft breath.] Anyway. I don't think she'll mind in the short term - and energy drinks, yeah. Her game is hardcore, and P-chan is loud. But I don't know if it's fair to Karen-chan for us to do this all the time. She agreed to take me in, but... not both of us.
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-08 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure. Just... don't let me weasel out of telling you things. [She knows she'll absolutely let herself be distracted from the dialogue that must occur, if she thinks it'll be bad for Junna. Bad for her is fine, since the original subject matter already was, but. Eh. The kiss on the cheek tells her she's making the right decision, at least, and she lets it go. Especially when a solution to the other problem pops into her head and... hmm. This is about to stop being a light morning topic, isn't it.]

But I still don't want to bring a girl back to Karen-chan's apartment all the time. It... well, it might reflect badly on her, for one thing, but I just- um, it feels wrong? This was never going to be a permanent arrangement anyway, I just... [She grips Junna's hand tight, not quite trusting herself to look at her, face coloring a little.] I said then, but I needed something to fill the silence. Someone. I couldn't ask you then, you were in the dorms, and I was already in the middle of packing when you got that call back in the fall, and... well, we weren't really close enough then. Yeah, we had our first kiss that day, but it would have been weird.

[Lisa fidgets a little, face red, eyes shimmering.] I woke up in your arms this morning, in my bed. We're talking about splitting time between each others' apartments because it makes us more comfortable. I don't know if it's a weird idea anymore that we get a place. T-together. You- you and I.

[...blush spreading across her shoulders now, even though she has zero regrets about asking, even if Junna says no...]
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-08 09:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lisa murmurs her agreement to Junna's request; they'd agreed it before, that they had to talk to each other, but it's good to see she still remembers it the next morning. Both of them do.

But alas, Lisa's mouth marches on, as she proposes an idea that will shape their relationship and their future. Their positions make it hard for her to look at Junna's face and see what she's thinking consistently - that, and the problem that she doesn't know where to look when she can, this is new and she's trying to stay focused - so for the moment, all she has is the hand in hers and the little movements she can feel against her back. The slight shrink when she admits she doesn't think they can do this forever here. The way she stills and grips her hand back, when she starts to explain her thought process. How her heart races when Lisa gets to the point, followed by a rush of heat. And she lets out a sigh of relief when she hears the reply, feels Junna's warm face nestled into her neck; folds her opposite arm across to put a hand atop her head.]


I know you said it last night, but I didn't want to push my luck, you know? But... okay. We'll- we'll plan for that, then. [She huffs out a breath.] So I'll go back to the apartment-hunting mines in a week or two. Because I want that too. I want to wake up with you to face the day. I want to celebrate with you. I want... I want to build our home. It's just you and I right now, but... we'll make a place for ourselves.

[Her expression is bright, but there's no way she can hide from Junna, who can feel her heart pounding. She's excited, but she's anxious - she knows it's going to be hard, they don't have money, they don't have jobs besides Dreaming, they won't be able to hide anymore. But she wants, from the bottom of her heart, to make it work. Wanting... might not be enough, but she has to try. She's going to try.]
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-09 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Lisa's glad Junna understands, at least, and having her agree to help is a good thing, although it's putting stuff back on her plate... but then it's also going to help with her independence and allowing her to be with Lisa without regrets, which will take stress off her. So at the end of the day it's... kind of a wash, huh.]

"Once I graduate," she says, when it's already March. You'll be joining me on the far side soon. [She chuckles, glancing at her closet.] I liked Promised Morning's uniform, but I'm glad I don't have to deal with it anymore. I know we probably won't be going to the same school, and even if we did we wouldn't have the same classes, but... time marches on, yeah? [Lisa sighs.] I'm glad to have your help, though. The two of us might have better luck than just me.

[She lets the silence linger for a second. Junna... does seem a little happier. Well, a lot happier than she was yesterday, when the girl showed up on her doorstep looking like a tightly-wound ball of depression. Not that she herself felt much better... and now she's feeling refreshed, too. She knows there's still work ahead of them - still plenty of roadblocks yet to clear - but it's... less of a grim thought than it was. They'll get through it, hand in hand.

Then Junna starts to talk again, and her heart warms. Maybe they were thinking the same thing.]


Anytime, Junna. We're in this together, yeah? And besides, you did at least half the work. You were really brave, to come here when you didn't know what I'd do. How I'd feel. I can say what I'll do and how I feel, but... until you can see it for yourself, you can't believe it, right? So I'll show you, as many times as it takes. Until you believe it with all your heart.

I love you, too.
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-09 03:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You'll be in good company, you know. I took a bit off too, when I graduated, to get myself under control. [Amane's was... really a whole year ago, huh? How time flies, and yet nothing changes.] Senpai and Zeke-san can help get the suits off your backs for a bit, so let them. If anyone has to ask what happened to you, they don't need to know. Tell them to take a hike. [It goes without saying Lisa was always going to close ranks around Junna, if and when something ever happened. She's more than confident the rest of the Dreamer Union will, too - she's one of them.] I hope you don't change your mind when the first eight places we look at are dirty, too small, and in back corner alleys, and they still want four hundred thousand a month, though! [But her tone is faintly teasing. They'll find something. It'll just be annoying.

The slightly more timid voice from Junna catches her attention, though, and she focuses, letting her speak without interrupting her. Normal fears, normal insecurities. Normal worries she shares too. She can handle normal. She does normal.]


It's okay if your nerves get the best of you. That definitely happens to all of us. Some of us a lot more than average. [Her warm smile quirks; Junna knows how Lisa is.] I've got your back, and I'll hold your hand. Anytime you need me.

[That smile yields to a squawk of indignant surprise - not at the kiss that follows, but at the promise Junna's appropriating a hoodie. It's not that she doesn't have those in her closet but-]

Hoshimi-san, how scandalous! -pfft, I kid, I kid. Go for it. I'm stealing yours back, though. I was going to ask for it anyway if you didn't decide to stay the night. I... figured I'd need something. [That admission... doesn't sting as much as she thought it would, but thinking on it, it makes sense. She just asked for actual physical Junna to stay with her to keep her nightmares at bay, of course she would have asked for a security blanket if that didn't work.] Let's see if anyone notices. I think the only pink thing I own is, ah, not for public consumption? That's more Rhodonite's color. [A beat, and she shivers.] Hopefully we get lucky and we don't have to answer any questions on the way out, but yeah, breakfast sounds good. Or, uh, that might be lunch now?
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-10 09:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[Lisa nods, as Junna seems to find her footing and agrees to keep an eye on things. On herself. It's good to think that you have things under control, and better to say it. But it's better still to say that you're going to do something, to someone who will call you on it (gently and without malice) if you don't. She's... coming to learn that, too, and it's a lesson she can share.

But by the time Junna starts in on the teasing, Lisa's face flushes scarlet; she'd hoped she wouldn't be called on that one. She keeps forgetting how forward her girlfriend can be at full strength-!]


L-later. Much later! [To her credit, she only squeaks a little, then giggles when Junna goes for her side again.] You're very bold this morning. I like it! [Lisa dissolves into a full-on laugh; the embarrassment passes. The fact that her mind went to "later" and not "no way in hell" doesn't escape her.] I have no idea what to do for lunch. I'm hungry, but I'm not sure I really care what I eat, as long as I'm not making it? You can pick something.

[.....Lisa may be looking respectfully as Junna goes fishing for her glasses. Ugh, her girlfriend is too cute, she can't. But it's also been ten seconds and she's already missing her warmth. She is so cooked.]
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-10 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[...Junna's vision is less than a meter without her glasses. Good to know. Lisa promises not to abuse this.]

Resolve is good. Both of us can use more of that.

[She tilts her head when Junna trails off, before she covers her mouth... and starts laughing again.] I'm sorry, I know it's not funny, just... ehehe. Gimme a second. [She freezes as she starts to get up to search. Their emotions were so complicated last night that she's not sure they were thinking about it - Lisa certainly wasn't - but. Hmm. Going to have to actually get up to look, and her clothes are. Over there, in the basket, because this is her apartment and she has one of those. Stealing Junna's hoodie does not actually help her now now, she'd have to get it first and it'd be too late then.

...kami, give her strength. That promise lasted thirty seconds; she's definitely abusing the fact her girlfriend can't clearly see her. Shaking her head, Lisa props herself up on her arms to look. Her bedroom isn't that big, in the grand scheme. Junna's glasses are definitely not on the nightstand. Both their phones are on the nightstand, though, and precariously close to the edge of it. Hmm. Maybe...

Pushing herself fully out of bed, face red but lips set in determination, she gets up, walks a wide circle around the bed, and crouches, locking onto something glinting in the late morning light. Well, she'd been expecting a worse time looking for them. Picking them up, gently nudging their phones back off the edge, she returns to her girlfriend, bends down slightly in front of her, folds out the arms of the glasses, and gently slides them over her temples, smiling gently, cheeks still dusted red, not immediately moving away and looking into Junna's eyes.]


Better?
Edited 2025-03-10 22:29 (UTC)
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-11 01:24 am (UTC)(link)
[Brains are overrated. Lisa's just happy she found the glasses, and that Junna is happy. Indeed, she's happy enough she leans the rest of the way in for a quick kiss. She'd continue, but her stomach picks that moment to rumble ominously, and she pulls back, face no less red.]

Good. Then let's get moving, mm? I need a shower before I go anywhere, and I'd bet you want one too.

[She freezes again, briefly, as she realizes Junna has glasses this time, before her brain raises the "asked her to stay with you" argument again and she... doesn't quite dismiss the issue as a lost cause, but she's conscious to keep her back to Junna for a moment, where her loose hair can mostly keep her out of sight as she returns to her dresser, promptly fishing out a pair of gray sweatpants, two white V-neck shirts, and... a brown hoodie that looks recently washed, and clean, but definitely didn't come neatly folded out of a drawer. Then she scoops her own flannel pants off the edge of the laundry basket and returns to Junna.]

Here. If you don't wanna go out in your own stuff from yesterday, I've got you, at least for outerwear. I don't know if we're close enough in size for basics, though.
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-11 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Lisa's glad that Junna is about as off-balance as she is, a little. It makes her feel less like she's overreacting and more like they just need to settle into things. Their comfort zones just need to... shift a little, with time and trust. Six months ago the thought of kissing her would have been scandalous and she'd have apologized for even having the thought, now she's on, what, two or three this morning already? They'll get there. She starts to go back to the dresser for the rest of what she plans to wear today before Junna's call stops her, and she turns, grinning.]

Ah, thank you. Gently-worn and pre-loved, my favorite. [Lisa accepts it from Junna, and holds it to her chest for a moment. It... smells like Junna. Which. Of course it would, she was wearing it yesterday. But she still relaxes a little, enough to see.] I'll treasure it. [She... loosens her grip on it a bit.] Well. Until the two of us share one closet and the line between which hoodies are yours and which are mine kinda blur a little?

[That's usually not how that works, Lisa- ahem. Grabbing a hanger and hanging it on - not in - the dresser, she rummages for the rest of her things, including a pair of jeans, moving with graceful familiarity. Then she steps into her flannel pants again, slips the shirt over her head, and nods firmly.]

Lemme make double sure Karen-chan isn't out there waiting for me to explain who I've been talking to for the last half an hour, then you can go first, okay?
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[personal profile] traceofeffort 2025-03-11 07:41 pm (UTC)(link)
[Oh no, her weakness! But she catches Junna doing the same thing, and she laughs too, even as her own face colors.] Only as cute as the person saying it. But... yeah. Mine now. Definitely mine now.

[She turns away to give Junna a bit of privacy to throw something on to move through the apartment; it's one thing here in her room, but the rest of the space is very firmly Not Hers in her mind, and she respects that. Fears that, in this particular moment. Lisa takes the wish for luck as a sign Junna's finished, though, and turns back around to nod.]

There's a spare toothbrush in there somewhere I'll grab you. But anything else, yeah, go for it. Back in a second-

[She feels like she's going on a spy mission in her own (shared) apartment, and yet... it's vital to the success of her mission that she isn't discovered. That Junna, specifically, isn't discovered; she supposes that makes this an escort mission with extra steps. But as she steps outside and pulls her door most of the way shut behind her, she does her best to look natural and pokes around. Karen's door is closed and she doesn't immediately hear anything from inside; whether this means she's not here or she's still farming some drop or another is anyone's guess, but it means she won't be discovered, at least not yet. The bathroom... is clear. So's the kitchen. The TV's off.......

......well, this is somewhat anticlimactic. Oh well. She eases her steps and heads for the bathroom, grabbing the extra toothbrush and making sure nothing's missing, before returning back to her room, pushing the door back open and leaving it that way.]


Agent I, reporting in. No hostiles to report. Also, I have secured the package. [She tosses the toothbrush, still in wrapper, across the room underhand; it's not a long throw, but she gives it some air. Just in case.] We are ready to proceed with the next phase of the plan.

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