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Posted by: Shouta Akimoto
« on: January 28, 2026, 02:32:19 pm » ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MAKING FRIENDS WITH OTHERS IS EASY DEALING WITH CONSTANT JUDGMENT ISN'T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| A new year meant another semester at Kaibara University, which, in Usagi's mind, felt like a downside. The plus side in her mind meant celebrating all her favorite holidays again. And this year's holiday was Valentine's Day. There was never a festival she didn't attend unless she had to work late or cram for her classes because finals were rolling around. Usagi liked to unwind and have fun. Now she could, since there was an upcoming holiday that she enjoyed. Second to Halloween. Usagi absolutely LOVED Valentine’s Day. Mainly because of the chocolate she would collect from anyone who’d gift any to her. She used to get swarms of it in high school despite not being someone who was popular. Since attending university, she hardly got chocolates from anyon,e and it bummed her out. That was the only downside of Valentine’s Day. The friends she did have in high school all went to different universities that were further away, so Usagi was left on her own to build new friendships. That wasn’t an issue in her mind because she loved making friends, but there were times she forgot that one's secondary gender mattered to many and how it was the deciding factor of who they hung out with. That made her a little sad. She couldn’t help but wish that people wouldn’t focus so much on the secondary genders of others. To her, that was the least thing she cared about when interacting with others. Her being a Beta made many high-profile Alphas and Omegas think less of her once they found out. She was beginning to realize, little by little, how difficult it was being an adult. However, since she came to the Valentine’s Day festival at Tokyo Dome City to have some fun, that’s just what she was going to do! She refused to mope about. Usagi had taken a moment to stop walking, closing her eyes to smack both of her palms against her cheeks. Her way of trying to get her mind off things that were bothering her was just enjoy the fun, the food, and the people here. It would seem that festivals were the only times no one cared about who was what secondary gender. She winced slightly, her eyes squeezed shut, but she then opened them and pumped her fists in front of her, her expression cheerful. “Okay! Fun time,” she exclaimed, gearing herself up. Then sweat dropped when she realized a few people were staring at her strangely, making her giggle awkwardly. “Eh, well, I’m here, and there’s no time to be moping around. So, lets see what activities they have going on this year,” she said as she began walking forward. Naturally, there were many booths around, as well as the amusement park onsite that was decked out in Valentine’s Day colors, so Usagi had plenty of options. The cheerful sounds of everyone around her helped her relax a bit. She noticed further to her right, the stage was out, so that meant there were going to be performances, but further ahead, towards the stadium, there was a larger crowd of people over there. Usagi blinked in curiosity as she couldn’t help but walk in that direction to see what was going on over there. From what she remembered last year, they had a Masquerade Ball, but the closer she got, she saw that everything people were wearing was casual and nothing fancy. She tilted her head as she continued to press forward. “Hrm, maybe I should’ve gotten a flyer of all the events that were being held,” Usagi murmured to herself. But she was the one who decided to go in blind to the festival because she wanted to be surprised. ’Maybe they’re using the stadium for movies or something?’ she wondered, finally at the entrance of the stadium where most were just hanging and conversing outside of it, but inside, she definitely heard a crowd of roaring cheers. She stopped at the railing where others stood above to watch what was going on below. She knew she couldn’t go down and sit in any of the seats if she didn’t purchase tickets to specifically watch the event going on that was held in the stadium. That bummed her out, too, but at least there was enough room where she stood for her to look down and watch. What she saw made her eyes go wide. Monsters were battling against one another. No blood obviously. It was what she thought at first, but when she paid attention to the jumbotron screen, there were two people below wearing something on their wrists and were placing cards on them, and when they did, they summoned what was on said cards. That’s when Usagi realized that this was an advanced tabletop game, but she couldn’t remember which one because she didn’t recognize the monsters being played, making question marks appear around her head. “Hmm, is this … Magic the Gathering, perhaps?” she queried. There were so many different tabletop games that existed, but Usagi was only familiar with Magic the Gathering. She still wasn’t sure, yet she continued to stand there and watch the two people battle against one another using their cards. |
