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School Romance: Oh, I hope senpai notices me...or the cute class president, or the head of cooking club, or -
Childhood Crush: You've known each other for a long time, but one of you had to leave when you were kids. Now you're back together, and the dynamic is totally different. This also often involves a "childhood marriage proposal," where the naive party promises marriage and the other takes it seriously.
Love Note: The note you left the object of your affection might be a bit passive, but you can't confess face to face!
You're Like Family to Me: The two of you have been close forever, so you've never seen each other like that...until now.
Tsundere: G-geez, idiot, it's not like I like you or anything! I was just worried...worried, okay? Don't make me slap you!
Kuudere/Ice Queen (King): I have no interest in things like "love" or "romance." They are the least important things in this world.
Yandere: You don't like me anymore? How...? Oh, that's alright. I'll make you LiKe Me.
Unlucky Friend: You lost the person of your dreams to someone else, perhaps because of their allure or perhaps because you never spoke up. What can you do now?
Red String of Fate: That person? You know you're totally meant for them! So what if you've never talked? You have the red string of fate!
I'll Cheer You On: Always supportive, always by your side, they're the person you can count on. Why do they care so much, though?
Harem: One guy. Lots of girls. Craziness ensues.
Reverse Harem: One girl. Lots of guys. Craziness ensues.
Head Patting: Apparently a great way to show you care, both for dogs and for humans.
Indirect Kiss: Your lips touched that. Their lips touched that. OH MY GOD IT'S LIKE YOU KISSED.
Slap-Slap-Kiss: I could kill you for what you just did! I could - I could KISS YOU.
Confession in the Heat of the Moment: You're about to go defeat the ultimate baddie. How about confessing your feelings to the person you love? Seems legit.
Food for Thought: I made you lunch. Want to share?
Repaying a Debt: You broke a vase, ruined somebody's priceless something-or-another, and now you have to be their servant until you pay it off!
I'll Be Your Dog: Or you don't owe that person anything, you just wait on them hand and foot and hope they'll appreciate you one day.
The Kind of ____ You Like: You want to change yourself to the type that the object of your desire wants.
One-Sided Love: Sadly, still a trope here. As always, a heart will be broken. But maybe, just maybe, the love isn't unrequited. Maybe the other person isn't aware!
Jerk/Sweetheart: The pairing of a stoic jackass and a manic pixie dream.
Misunderstood Delinquent: You're not what you seem. You just want to give flowers to that cute girl, not run her over with your motorcycle!
Fight for You: I won't lose the hand of my girl/guy to the likes of you!
Sudden Kiss: Kiss from nowhere! There are lots of reasons for this: to stop someone from crying, to make them be quiet, or just to explain yourself when words can't.
Kiss on the Forehead: It's a sweet way to say "I love you."
Physical Difference: Usually size difference - and then, it's usually big guy/tiny girl, though big girl/tiny guy is explored as well - though this is present in a lot of different ways.
Class Difference: You live in a culture that is still greatly stratified by class, whether it be wealth or power structures.
Oh, My Goddess!: Uh-oh, you accidentally summoned an angel/demon/alien/god/goddess. And now they're bound to you forever! But at least you can stay just friends...or something like that.
Teach Me To Become Human: A robot, an alien, a god, a demon, or anything beyond our human knowledge wants to know more about our emotions - from you and your love.
Single-Gender School: For all the yaoi and yuri fans out there, don your uniforms and remember that Maria is watching.
The Silent Protector: In love with his/her charge, but never able to act on it.
The Perfect Waifu/Husbando: They are so graceful, so lovely, so kind, you've really lucked out!
To Make My Beloved Happy: You will do anything for the person you love, even if that means not being with them.
WILDCARD

Hey, ugly.

[He's not going to ask why she's in his lab or what she's up to. Because you know what, he doesn't want to know. He's better off not knowing. Because if he knows, he'll just get mad and he has no one to vent at except her or the other one and that doesn't end well.

...Man, no wonder he's always in a bad mood.]

If you're going to be in here during lunch, you may as well eat.

[It's a complete coincidence that he happened to have enough for two with him. Sure. It's not for her or anything, it's for some hopeless patient that's annoying and drives him up a wall every time he sees her. Them. Not her, them. It's absolutely not for her, okay.

And being his oh so charming self, he's just going to sort of drop the bag on to a lab bench. There it is. Eat with him...or y'know, don't. Like he can make her do anything she doesn't want to do.]

Ugh.

[ Junko can't help but click her tongue in what seems to be a mixture of utter disappointment as she rolls her eyes, as if this could possibly be the worst, most despair inducing conversation in the world. And to add to the flaming fire that is despair with a capital D, she can't help but fold her arms, heels clicking as she walks in with just a little bit of interest. ]

Hello yourself, more like it. I mean, have you looked in a mirror lately?

[ What an asshole. However, when he offers, she can't help but light up just a little, hands clasped together excitedly as she looks at the bento (excuse me, lunch) that was made for himself and whatever poor sucker - because clearly, it's not for her, right? And to her, that's just perfect.

Deciding to take it and sitting on the table in front of the lab bench because, you know. It's more interesting this way. Plus, she's the queen, so she does what she wants. ]

But maybe you should stop being such a fucking tsundere, Matsuda. You'll, like, get wrinkles and look like an old fogey. I mean, if you really want to, I won't stop you. [ Of course, just let her eat a little bit of that takoyaki... ] Then again, if you're in a place like this all the time no wonder you're already... well, y'know. All this.

[ She'll just throw hand gestures in regards to Matsuda, because wow, does she love to be an asshole to him one hundred percent of the time. ]

I think that's more your thing. I don't know how you do it, you'd think they'd shatter the second you look at them.

[His remark comes almost reflexively, he's been an ass to her since they were kids, it's second nature by now. He doesn't even do more than raise an eyebrow at her choice of words, it's probably some new thing she's trying out, yet another way she can irritate the hell out of him, and of course, he puts up with it because it's way too late for him to do so otherwise.]

Really, I'm surprised you're not covered in scars from all the broken glass. Then again, if you were, it'd be even harder to look at you and keep from losing my lunch.

[That's enough of the ugly jokes, if he keeps going, she'll get bored and wander off and it's better to be able to keep an eye on her. So he'll sit down at the bench, not on the table,seriously Enoshima, learn some manners.]

And maybe you're right, I must be getting old. I could've sworn I locked the lab when I left, and yet here you are.

[Like the mature upperclassman he is, he might've just launched some of his rice at her. Which probably means he'll have to clean it up later, but he's used to cleaning up anyway.]

Yeowch. That stings, Matsuda.

[ Does it really? Probably not. She doesn't really care, not really. But she continues to eat more of that lunch that was prepared. Crossing one leg over the other, she can't help but be amused that he switches from ugly jokes to... whatever this is.

Of course, when he launches the rice in her general direction, she only moves ever so slightly. And of course, it's not due to some luck or any such bullshit. She's the Super High School Level Analyst. This is way too easy. But Matsuda already knows that, doesn't he? ]

You should know better than trying to lock the door from me. I mean... I don't really care if it's locked or whatever, but bitch, please? Even a toddler can open that door, easy. It doesn't take any eyeball ID card, so it's tons easier, you know?

[ She sighs, lethally bored as she rests a hand on her cheek. ]

Next time, make sure you make it harder. Like trying to roll doubles on a six sided dice harder when you're in Monopoly jail and don't have a "get out of jail" free card or the cash to like, pay your way out or something.

Edited 2016-11-24 20:51 (UTC)

[Of course he knows, really, all he's doing is making a giant mess for himself. But on some level it sort of helps with his frustration. ...okay, no, it actually doesn't. Maybe next time he'll throw something sharper. See if that helps.

...it probably won't and he'll just end up having to patch a hole in the wall or floor, but such is life.

Which wow, that probably sounds like he hates her since he's always angry and thinks about things like that, but he...doesn't. He can't really hate her. He hates the way she acts, sure, but he's still here putting up with it. And she's good to be around when she's not talking about...

...wait, what was that about an eyeball? He should probably ask...no, no, it's just her being herself. He'd have heard something otherwise. Nobody's ended up in the infirmary, he hasn't heard anything about that nurse in the other class freaking out over it. So yeah...nothing happened. Okay, don't freak out Matsuda, deep breath.]

You know, I seem to remember when we were kids, you never had any problem with that.

[He hasn't dropped her breaking in, so much as he'll consult the SHSL Locksmith. That's probably a thing. Right?]

Come to think of it, I always ended up having to pay my way out too.

[Because of course he did.]

[ If only he knew. She can't help but smile a little at his words, her legs swinging back and forth as she sits on the table -- sure, there may not be a SHSL Locksmith (because if there was, she'd know) but Junko kind of comes close. Even if she's not exactly there just yet. Then again, she cheats sometimes. With Mukuro. But that's primarily because she gets oh so lazy... ]

Haha, yep. Locks are like, literally nothing to me. You can slap on a million of them and I'll be like... fuck that noise, this is easy peasy lemon squeezy.

[ There's a beat, a somewhat unnatural pause before she puts her hand out. ]

Soooo. Speaking of money, can I borrow some, Matsuda?

[After a remark like that, what else can he say, but...]

Ugly, dumb, and brain damaged from the sounds of it. Talk about a losing combination. People wouldn't even pity you, they'd just hope someone puts you out of your misery, so you'd be out of theirs.

[And yet for all the shit he's talking, he's set aside his food and is grabbing his wallet. If he doesn't, she'll just take it. Or get it from somewhere else. At least this way it minimizes the damage or...something like that.

It doesn't, he knows that, but these are the lies he tells himself to keep from going insane.]

Why would someone like you need money anyway? It's not like any store would let you in, you'd scare away customers.

Excuse you. But do you know who I am? The one who's ugly, dumb, brain damaged, and stinky to boot is my sister. Maybe you need to get your eyes checked, Mister Neurologist.

[ But she'll be taking that wallet, thank you very much. ]

As the Super High School Level Fashionista, there's enough bitches who'd practically be begging me to go to their stores.

My mistake, who could ever confuse you two?

[Excuse him while he rolls his eyes because no, he was pretty sure who he was talking about. His eyes are fine, okay, no need to get them checked.

Okay, he's rolling his eyes at that and losing his wallet because man, he should've seen it coming. And he knows he's never seeing it again, so he'll just have to bum off his classmates for a while. It's probably not the first time that's happened.]

And you'd think if they were begging you to be there, not only do they not know you like I do, but they'd probably just give you whatever you wanted.

[..like he just did. Oops.]

Romance...tropes

17, 5 because that's basically his character, also dub please, he deserves it

I'd say I'm sorry but I'm not tbh.

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