UN: STEADFASTSTANCE

[betheman]

[With midterms over, surely, study season is over right?

Wrong, particularly not for poor Gongenzaka, who had to take his midterms late. The timing of the supermoon was not kind- and it leaves little time to study for finals for that matter.

So what better way to put up a positive attitude than a study group! Or something.]

With only a few weeks before final exams, I think we could benefit from studying as a group! It gives tutors and staff a break from one on one assistance, and helps everyone to enjoy the study period!

[Y'know....if you're a nerd.]

I've managed to reserve one of the larger rooms, and with permission, will have tea and small snacks! We just need to keep the room clean afterward.

Let's share what classes we have exams for, and we can arrange to meet and help each other out!

[The message is initially posted in French. It is also repeated beneath, in English, and then Japanese (with some notably awkward linguistic nonsense going on.)]

I'll start; most of my classes are basic (though help for English would be appreciated...), though I am also taking classes in Cryptoliterature, and Runes!

[He does, to be fair, list all of those basic grade 8 classes though.]

Comments

[suddenlybees]

Bonbon~
I'll come over for drinks!!!
What sorta English help do you need?????

[betheman]

[Excuse him he's busy scratching a mental record-]

Did

Was that a typing error?

Why did you call me 'Bonbon'?

...

Also, English is my third language...so it is unfortunately my worst...

[suddenlybees]

Because you're Bonbon.
But I know English~!!
I'm pretty good at English, right!!?!?!
Conversation??
Writing????
Which do you need more help on???????

[ English is Kano's native language alongside Japanese, but does Gon really want to learn from somebody who writes like this and never shuts up? ]

[betheman]

That answer makes no sense!!

Why am I suddenly- No, why are you calling me this, suddenly!

[Mnnnnn....does he risk this...]

Frankly, I would say 'memory'.

I have to consider my word choices often, and it takes time to speak...not to mention, I suspect it confuses others...

[suddenlybees]

It's called a nickname!!
You don't question nicknames, Bonbon, you just accept them~
As for memory...............
That's like vocabulary, right?
Having trouble finding the right words?
There's a secret to that~!!
I could tell you my trade secret!!!!
But it'll cost you~

[betheman]

It sounds like something you would call someone you love though...

Auhh...yes, something like that.

...

Kano, that is not the point of a study group. The point is that we help each other with what we are struggling with in classes.

[suddenlybees]

Aw, you don't think I love you??
I'm offering to help you, right?
Asking for something in return, that's me asking for help~

[betheman]

I was not under the impression you wished to date, no.

And it is, but when you say 'cost' like that it implies something steeper than an even trade!!

[suddenlybees]

LOL
I'll try harder to make my impressions recognized~
It'll be an even trade!!
But a trade secret's worth a high price too, you know?
Won't you at least hear me out before rejecting my proposal?

[betheman]

[He feels he'll regret this, but,]

What would your price be.

[suddenlybees]

That you're Bonbon from now on~!!!

[betheman]

[..................................................]

May I at least ask why.

[suddenlybees]

No.

[betheman]

[.........................]

Very well.

[Only because he can't stop you.]

[suddenlybees]

[ True. Kano will call him that regardless, so it's smart of Gon to accept this easy cost. ]

Great!!
How good~
Alright, so this lesson is best done in person, so how about we meet up?
Is your study room open?
Or we can meet up in the lounge downstairs?

[betheman]

Aaauh, it isn't free yet, no- for starters...there is not enough people yet...

That aside, the lounge should be fine!

[suddenlybees]

Isn't one person "enough" people?
And now we have two~
But alright, alright!
The lounge it is!!
Bring snacks, okay, Bonbon!!?!?

[betheman]

I have been told we require at least four people, so it is not.

[.....]

Be warned that they will be snacks I pick...

[Get Ready for... ...Okay it's still chips but shush.]

[suddenlybees]

LOL We could just say the other two people are in the bathroom~
Toilet emergencies, can't rush them, you know?
But the lounge is fine too~
I'll meet you downstairs in 5 minutes~!!

[betheman]

I refuse to lie.

I will see you there however.

[suddenlybees]

I'll lie for you~

[ He'll be down there in 5 minutes!!! No books or backpack or any study materials of the sort, aside from a small notebook he keeps in his jacket pocket, but that's not for school. ]

Over here, over here~

[betheman]

That is quite unnecessary, I assure you!!

[But anyway. He'll be there, with his own book and notepad and...Hey, bowl of mixed candy popcorn. Nice.

It comes with a hefty dose of absolute wariness and doubt.] Auh....

You came quickly! I, the man Gongenzaka, barely managed to get the popcorn together...

[He wanted it mixed instead of all divided like it was in his bucket....]

[suddenlybees]

Ohh, fancy snacks...

[ He was definitely expecting something easy, like a bag of animal crackers or something that can be found in any normal snack drawer, but sweet popcorn is something different. ]

Is this sweet? I've never had it before~ Do you pop it yourself?

[betheman]

Mnh? Oh...it is not that fancy, I assure you, [He laughs gently.] It is simply store-bought...have you ever seen those big 'tubs', which you can have filled with candied popcorn?

I, the man Gongenzaka, was convinced by Yuuya to purchase one not long ago... ...but there is so much of it, that it seems better shared...

[Ah. As usual, Yuuya convinced Gon to lighten up.]

[suddenlybees]

[ It can be fancy and store-bought, and most store-bought things are fancy, either decorated or packaged to make people buy them, and it seems to Kano to be the case for this too. Of course he's never bought a big tub of popcorn before; who would he share it with? And he's definitely not eating something like that by himself.

He picks a piece of popcorn and tosses it into his mouth. Very sweet. Alright!!! Payment received, he starts on his English lesson. ]

How come you always say that? Your name?

[ Lesson 1: he's going to bully Gon about his speech patterns, of course it's like this. ]