Puella Magi Megami Tensei

[X] "I want to kiss that Yumi."

"...Yeah, I do like like her." You tell her with a little reluctance, "I think I've liked her like that for a while. I just... Didn't want to admit it before." You leave the reason for that unstated. Everyone probably knows by now. "...Maybe it's time to be a little more proactive about it." You add, a newfound and surprising determination in your voice.

"Oh! Uh, go for it?" Sayaka awkwardly gives you a thumbs up, "But, uh, I wanted to ask you something else! How did you know you liked Yumi?"

You freeze up. You're not out of the woods just yet, it seems.

(Kohaku gets a little bolder!)

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"...Oh, and before I forget, you're grounded!" Mami happily states with a big smile, "So I don't have to give you any allowance!"

"You've really taken a liking to this topic." Homura stares at her empty teacup.

"Indeed." Kyubey replies casually, "You've been making jokes at Yumi's expense for almost half of an hour."

"My goodness, has it really been that long?" Mami hastily gets up, taking your teacup along with Homura's, "I didn't mean to hold you up for so long!"

"It's alright." Homura says, "It was... Enjoyable to speak with you."

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[X] "Dude, just come over."

"You know, Mami," You begin, leaning back a little to stretch, "You can always drop by whenever you've got free time! You know where my Grandparents live, after all."

"...Right." Mami sighs, shaking her head, "I always forget that you're only a little walk away." She smiles gently at you, "Now, it's gotten pretty late, so you should probably be on your way."

"Yeah, we should probably head on back." You tell Mami, "Right, Homura?"

"Yes, we should." Homura agrees, "Thank you for the tea, Tomoe--?"

"Just call me Mami." Mami says, "We're friends now, right?"

Homura is silent for a moment, "...Okay, Mami." She finally says.

"Well, let's get to it!" You stand up, stretching once more, "Last I checked, Yuma was playing Super Mario World with Amaterasu, so I'm pretty excited to see how that's developed! Later!" You smile as you walk out of her apartment.

"Oh, that's nice-- Wait, what did you--?!" Mami's voice is cut off by Homura closing the door behind her.

Homura huffs a little, which you take as a laugh. After a quick trip down the stairs, you begin your trek back to Grandma's!

(EVENT ROLL: 55)

It's a bit of a brisk night, but other than that, nothing of note happens as you leave Mitakihara and enter Kazamino. Homura...

...That girl isn't a conversationalist. You've tried to ask how her day was, but the most you got out of her was "Irrelevant". Does she know how to talk with other people?

You refrain from just asking her that outright (albeit barely). If she doesn't want to talk, then that's that. You're not gonna force her to socialize.

...Maybe. You keep that idea on the back burner, just in case.

(EVENT ROLL: 48)

You've made a discovery today.

Walking anywhere with just Homura is agonizing.

She doesn't talk, or look around, or anything! She just keeps moving forward, walking coldly to the next inconvenience! You don't not like her, but holy...!

After what feels like hours, you finally made it back to Grandma's. Part of you is relieved to be able to talk to someone again, but you think that's pretty rude to Homura. Either way, you enter the...?

Amaterasu is currently playing Tetris.

Which wouldn't really be of note, except for the fact that you don't own a copy of Tetris.

You have several questions.

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