Nimona ☆ White Tiger

[hanaban]

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[hanaban]

[ T-posing ]

Giving you something to apologize to me for.

[sharkgirl]

[a pause

and then she reaches up and honks his nose between her thumb and her forefinger.]

[hanaban]

Bwah—-

[ He jerks his head back in surprise, and is only saved from falling into the ocean because his arms are already out and able to help regain his balance ]

What was that?!

[sharkgirl]

[she makes grabby hands at him when he looks like he's about to fall, trying to snatch his shirt so he doesn't topple, and once he's stable, she lifts an eyebrow at him.]

Sorry I grabbed your nose. [there!]

[hanaban]

[ the thought bubble above his head goes "are you though" but Nimona's not supposed to look at him ]

If it makes you feel better... I thought people would lay off the curses after the weekend. Do you have enemies, Nimona? I'll beat them up with you.

[sharkgirl]

[she is looking at him but she will not comment on his thoughts because she is polite, sometimes. like 1% of the time]

I don't really get why someone decided to make me apologize. [jiiiiiiii] All my enemies are dead.

[hanaban]

Somebody thought you did something wrong? Or, maybe I'm just looking too much into it.

[ It can't be that deep. He'd read through Nimona's apologies to everybody else and they weren't that serious. What does she have to apologize for anyways? what happened over the weekend? ]

[sharkgirl]

[she looks out at the ocean, adjusting her hat.]

Maybe someone was mad because I didn't want Ace to get caught. Or maybe they just picked whoever they thought was funniest, I guess.

[hanaban]

[ Neither did a lot of people, but they aren't out there making forced public apologies ]

I'd rather hear an apology from Danny. [ his petty grudge... ] ...but he said you two are friends. Are you?

[sharkgirl]

[she looks amused, tapping his hat.]

He said that? [...] I guess if he thinks we are then... yeah.

[it's hard to think that anybody would want to be, is the thing. but that's not important.]

What'd he do to make you after him so much, huh?

[hanaban]

Yeah. When Saya was getting on his case on Saturday.

[ in front of god and everyone

As for why he doesn't like Danny, he falls silent for a moment. It's not like he has to think about it— he had been thinking, but his reason isn't a great one. ]

...a couple weeks ago. When he took your power.

[ And Nimona was so uncomfortable in her own skin, it was hard to see, and she wouldn't even let him stab Danny to see if that'd reverse it ]

[sharkgirl]

[there's a brief thought of something kind of squiggly, like - oh, that makes me feel cared about in a vague sense.]

I was really mad at him. [she says, finally.] But he and I have some stuff in common. So I didn't feel like I could stay that way.

[a beat.]

You can keep doing whatever you're doing, though, I think it's funny. [sorry danny she supports hanako being a gremlin]

[hanaban]

He and I have lots of stuff in common, but I'm still mad at him.

[ this is him and Danny sometimes ]

...I guess not so much "mad" as "frustrated," though. He's the only one who doesn't play along with me.

[ and when he's used to being a spoiled brat who can violence anybody into getting his way, that's frustrating ]

[sharkgirl]

[help this image

she gives him a little grin.]

He's the only one who calls you out on your shit? [elbows him]

[hanaban]

Yeah! Everybody else takes my shit!

[ Nimona sometimes too, except she dishes it right back out again. ]

[sharkgirl]

[she is a goblin, that's why]

I let you get away with a lot more than I usually let people get away with. Must be because you're a baby.

[hanaban]

I am not!

[ he's 13!! he's been 13 for so long but he's 13 ]

Everybody here's a baby compared to you!

[sharkgirl]

[she laughs!]

Yeah, you're right. [clacks her teeth at him] Especially you.

[hanaban]

[ bumps into her shoulder in retaliation, if she falls off he cannot help her ]

Ryuki already treats me like I'm three. I don't need you to start.

[sharkgirl]

[she does not fall off, unfortunately. she should though, kill her]

I think that's just what he does to people shorter than him. [but she quits!] I don't treat you like a little kid, because you're not one.

[hanaban]

You just called me a baby.

[ what is he!! ]

[sharkgirl]

Yeah, that's what they call teasing in some circles, dorklord.

[hanaban]

[ He goes /: like he can't tell whether that's a good thing or a bad thing. "is this a friend thing?" he doesn't have friends, he doesn't know ]

Hmm... Maybe drop the "dork" part of that.

[sharkgirl]

I'm not going to go around calling you a lord. [she leans out over the rocks, about as far as she can go without toppling over.] Anyway, you don't have to beat up anybody for me. I can beat up my enemies myself. But I like that you offered.

[hanaban]

[ ): the only one who ever indulged him in calling him anything similar was Sigrun with her "little general" but now she's gone and he's back to being "twerp" ]

I know you're more than capable. But sometimes, even when you can, there's reasons that you won't or don't want to. [ gestures at the scare she gave them all during Argalia's execution ] I'll be there for you in those cases. You just have to call my name.