[Unfortunately for Shinsha, Amane picked up on that response of theirs, and he can't help but tilt his head in utter bafflement. Did he hear that correctly?]
... you're allergic to jocks?
[Was this... was this a joke on Shinsha's end?? Did they even MAKE jokes?? Or was that answer actually in earnest? The only context Amane really knew about testosterone was macho manly guys and body builders because Japanese health education is awful, so his mind didn't quite make the connection to it being an endocrine issue instead. Of course, with Shinsha's feminine school uniform and masculine way of talking, Amane was already... sort of aware of something going on with them, but he figured it was just a gender expression thing. After all, Yumemigaoka was a pretty progressive place, and while he wasn't all that familiar with all the types of flags and identities out there, he was at least sort of semi conscious that the binary wasn't quite a binary for some folks.
... well, he'll figure out what they meant by that later. Amane grabs another handful of popcorn and unwittingly mirrors Shinsha's slump into their seat, pulling up the hood of his Teki Terra hoodie so he looks like a small, squishier version of the famous kaiju. Of all the things he thought he'd be doing at this screening today, he didn't think "bonding and talking around his chronic health issues with Cinnabun" was going to be one of them.]
Yeah... or they feel bad that you're sneezing all the time and call you "that poor allergy guy", but it's not like your whole life revolves around how much pollen hates you. It's just... something you gotta live with, that others don't.
[There's something about the whole thing that's bugging him though, and he chews at it in his head (along with his popcorn) until, finally:]
Why would your family keep insisting you're sick, though? The, uh-- the allergy medication gets expensive after a while, doesn't it? Wouldn't they be happy to not have to pay for it?
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... you're allergic to jocks?
[Was this... was this a joke on Shinsha's end?? Did they even MAKE jokes?? Or was that answer actually in earnest? The only context Amane really knew about testosterone was macho manly guys and body builders
because Japanese health education is awful, so his mind didn't quite make the connection to it being an endocrine issue instead. Of course, with Shinsha's feminine school uniform and masculine way of talking, Amane was already... sort of aware of something going on with them, but he figured it was just a gender expression thing. After all, Yumemigaoka was a pretty progressive place, and while he wasn't all that familiar with all the types of flags and identities out there, he was at least sort of semi conscious that the binary wasn't quite a binary for some folks.... well, he'll figure out what they meant by that later. Amane grabs another handful of popcorn and unwittingly mirrors Shinsha's slump into their seat, pulling up the hood of his Teki Terra hoodie so he looks like a small, squishier version of the famous kaiju. Of all the things he thought he'd be doing at this screening today, he didn't think "bonding and talking around his chronic health issues with Cinnabun" was going to be one of them.]
Yeah... or they feel bad that you're sneezing all the time and call you "that poor allergy guy", but it's not like your whole life revolves around how much pollen hates you. It's just... something you gotta live with, that others don't.
[There's something about the whole thing that's bugging him though, and he chews at it in his head (along with his popcorn) until, finally:]
Why would your family keep insisting you're sick, though? The, uh-- the allergy medication gets expensive after a while, doesn't it? Wouldn't they be happy to not have to pay for it?