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Hikaru frowned. Hmm. That was supposed to be the anticlimax. The catharsis. The tension reliever and the point where she laughed. He'd met her before, hadn't he? In the community center? What was her name again...?

Hikaru felt the tug of a small hand on his shirt and heard the tinny voice of Sushi. Yeah. This was a problem. Maybe he'd gone too far? But he'd just said a few words and done a few tricks. All harmless, right? He turned on the lights then slowly and deliberately approached the girl still cowering in the corner. He didn't wanna shock her with any sudden movements. "Hey, it's...it's okay. You're safe. No one's gonna hurt you."

He gently crouched a small distance away from her, facing her head on as he balanced lightly on his toes. "I've got you. You're alright." He soothed, calling on his otome game experience. It was pretty weird, actually. This scene was playing out pretty similar to one of the date events he'd with another of the love interests. Not his character, no, but still. The resemblance was uncanny.

Hikaru paused, then decided to be honest. At least, maybe a little honest? "The ghost was me. I'm the ghost." He left it like that, knowing it could be misleading but... He wasn't gonna admit that it was just a prank, bro. After all she seemed pretty badly scared by it all. Maybe she had trauma - he should've thoughta that. Crap. Right. People round here had all kinds of pasts and ya couldn't even imagine what someone coulda been through that brought em here.

"Guess I should say sorry. Wasn't cool of me. Was just trying ta make friends..." Which was true.

Hikaru scratched his cheek. Okay. This was getting awkward real fast. Like, even more awkward than the whole apology thing. This was so cringe worthy and he could feel the slap coming on: the kinda scene where the girl realises she's being pranked and storms off after giving the dude a whopper, then being mad at him for the rest of the week. Yikes.

"That, uh, that was also me." He flicked his finger in a circle and drew a smiley face in the air. "See?" He said, acting all cutesy and putting on the little kid voice. "I am a master of voices! Bwahahahahahaha!" He boomed as the smile wrapped around his shoulders as it turned into a dark cape, then poofed out of existence with a cartoon cloud. He shrank back to his normal self once more as he returned to using his regular voice.

"So I'm, uh, sorry. I just wanted to make friends." He bowed his head and gently pushed Sushi's down too so that they'd both be bowing.

Hikaru nodded slightly, inclining his head further before looking up at her. She was still catching her breath; the sight made him wince. "Yeah...we're sorry. Again."

Eventually she seemed calm enough, but she definitely seemed calmer. And almost...a tiny bit happy? Just from the way she held her herself. Maybe he was just seeing things. "Thanks." He muttered, finally raising their heads and giving Sushi a small headpat. He even smiled and felt his cheeks go warm. "Was it, uh...was it fun? After the whole being scared bit. Which I'm still really sorry for." He let an anime sweatdrop slide from his forehead, wiping it away and letting it fade from existence.