[Maybe Maya heard suspicious crashing noises coming from Ochako's room? Maybe she caught Ochako smuggling an armful of vegetables up the stairs and wondered why in the world a girl needs that much food? Maybe she's noticed that Ochako has chosen to stay inside her room for once? It's probably... all three things, really, but never fear! Ochako isn't one to keep secrets, so when everything on her end settles down a bit—]
maya-san! come to my room when you're free, okay? i have something i want to show you!
but be really, REALLY careful when you open the door! and make sure you close it as soon as you're inside!!!
[Definitely... not suspicious at all. Definitely not. And when Maya does step inside Ochako's normally neat and tidy room, she'll spot a) vegetables strewn all over the floor, b) things knocked off every visible surface, and c) Ochako, sitting right beside her bed and cooing over the suspiciously lumpy blanket sitting in her lap. Hmm!!]
[ Maya would never in her life wonder why a girl needs so much food, considering how much she can pack away. But the noises are concerning. And Ochako's apparent lack of socializing is also something she's noticed, and just when she's thinking about doing her journalist thing and speaking up about it--
This happens! How convenient!
Rather than ask what on earth is going on, she decides to just follow her instructions-- including cracking open the door, slipping through rapidly and taking a quick look around as she shuts it behind her. ]
... Please tell me you didn't bring anything back from the woods.
[ says Maya, who still has a lime-green goose viciously grazing around near their house like an asshole. ]
[A goose? One of Ochako's sworn enemies? Maya!! I hope it chases Ochako around every time she steps outside. Anyway, though: Ochako glances up at her roommate, brow furrowing ever so slightly before she quickly shakes her head. Keeping a local creature as a pet...]
No way! Everything in the woods is scary, so I brought back something from my world instead.
[Someone, rather, because she gently tugs back the blanket to reveal... an adorable white bunny! No creepy red eyes for this bun.]
Say hello to Busta Rabbit! [A beat, and then, a bit sheepishly:] ...I let Okuyasu name him.
Of course you can pet him. I promise he's super friendly, because his real owner—
[Ochako pauses for the briefest of seconds, because honestly, that's a weird thing to think about. She's aware that the pocket dimensions weren't really real, so this bunny shouldn't be really real, but he... behaves just like the bunny she met and loved months and months ago? Even though he can't possibly be the same bunny? In short: Confusion.
...She's just going to ignore it entirely!]
A-Anyway, Busta loves when you scratch between his ears! Give it a try!
[Busta hopes she doesn't mind, either, especially since he's getting a ton of attention. Aw yeah. He lifts his head a bit, nose twitching as he studies this nice new person.]
He is soft, isn't he? Kouda-kun always took really good care of him. [She feels a twinge of something—sadness?—at the mention of her classmate, but she pushes forward anyway.] Busta was super scared when I first brought him here, but Okuyasu helped calm him down! I think the food helped, too.
[Ochako blushes the slightest bit, because... ah. Ah. So she wasn't quite as sneaky as she'd thought.]
Busta was really scared when I brought him here. He was jumping everywhere, and I tried to catch him, but... [She just. Gestures weakly at the furniture that kept getting in the way, because guess who was hella clumsy.] He's calmed down now, though! He got super sleepy after he ate.
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maya-san! come to my room when you're free, okay? i have something i want to show you!
but be really, REALLY careful when you open the door! and make sure you close it as soon as you're inside!!!
[Definitely... not suspicious at all. Definitely not. And when Maya does step inside Ochako's normally neat and tidy room, she'll spot a) vegetables strewn all over the floor, b) things knocked off every visible surface, and c) Ochako, sitting right beside her bed and cooing over the suspiciously lumpy blanket sitting in her lap. Hmm!!]
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This happens! How convenient!
Rather than ask what on earth is going on, she decides to just follow her instructions-- including cracking open the door, slipping through rapidly and taking a quick look around as she shuts it behind her. ]
... Please tell me you didn't bring anything back from the woods.
[ says Maya, who still has a lime-green goose viciously grazing around near their house like an asshole. ]
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No way! Everything in the woods is scary, so I brought back something from my world instead.
[Someone, rather, because she gently tugs back the blanket to reveal... an adorable white bunny! No creepy red eyes for this bun.]
Say hello to Busta Rabbit! [A beat, and then, a bit sheepishly:] ...I let Okuyasu name him.
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... Aww, look at you! Can I pet him? Does he bite?
[ She'd pet him anyway, but she'll ask first.
Also "Busta"... she can't even be surprised. ]
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[Ochako pauses for the briefest of seconds, because honestly, that's a weird thing to think about. She's aware that the pocket dimensions weren't really real, so this bunny shouldn't be really real, but he... behaves just like the bunny she met and loved months and months ago? Even though he can't possibly be the same bunny? In short: Confusion.
...She's just going to ignore it entirely!]
A-Anyway, Busta loves when you scratch between his ears! Give it a try!
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[ Still, it means a bunny!! And Maya has no qualms with reaching out to scratch between his ears, as suggested. ]
Wow... he's so soft!
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[Busta hopes she doesn't mind, either, especially since he's getting a ton of attention. Aw yeah. He lifts his head a bit, nose twitching as he studies this nice new person.]
He is soft, isn't he? Kouda-kun always took really good care of him. [She feels a twinge of something—sadness?—at the mention of her classmate, but she pushes forward anyway.] Busta was super scared when I first brought him here, but Okuyasu helped calm him down! I think the food helped, too.
[Hence the veggies absolutely everywhere...]
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... And it definitely explains a lot of what's been going on with you lately.
[ the vegetables and the weird noises... she's just relieved that it's not actually something concerning. ]
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Busta was really scared when I brought him here. He was jumping everywhere, and I tried to catch him, but... [She just. Gestures weakly at the furniture that kept getting in the way, because guess who was hella clumsy.] He's calmed down now, though! He got super sleepy after he ate.
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Poor little guy. I'm sure he'll be a little more relaxed going forward-- he just needs to get used to his surroundings.