#[rebellious musician] sumi yukikara

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"Sumi," Nana had run up to grab the other girl before school started, "How would you like to do something stupid and dangerous with me?" [poorly-drawn-akira]

Sumi turned to Nana, eyes sparkling and stupid grin on her face "Oh man, I'd love to! What are we gonna be doing?"

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Sumi was already there, and waved as she saw Nana approaching.

Nana took some deep breaths as she carefully tucked Akira into her bag for hopefully the last time. She approached the designated meetup spot of the cafe Seiko and Haru worked at. The plan was making her nervous, but she’d cross that bridge when she got there. For now, she just needed everyone else to show up. (( @daily-rubbersoul-redux @poorlydrawnmoriocs @moriohs-little-demon @dive-into-shadows ))

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Let’s pretend it’s a week later! It’s awkward group therapy time!

Which is to say that Kunio and Gen are loitering outside Celari’s office at a respectable distance from one another.

-Poorlydrawnmoriocs

Celari opens the door, beckoning them in before taking a seat beside Sumi, who was seemingly a bit tired.

Surely that wouldn't lead to anything inconvenient or eye-opening haha.

Anyways.

[@poorlydrawnmoriocs]

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Sumi favorite animal

tiger

it's big and strong and cool, just like her :]

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She looks to the side, rubbing her arm. "Well, y'know, we haven't really hung out at all recently, and no one keeps me updated on the club anymore, and I really haven't talked to most of my friends recently, and the only ones I have it's cause I needed something from them, and I don't think I've been being a good girlfriend either, and at home is..." She trailed off. "...I just... feel sad. And like I'm just being an obstacle. And I don't know how to... Not feel like that.

...And I feel bad because I was so wrapped up in my own feelings that I didn't notice you seemed stressed too..."

Sumi walks up to Suzu, opens her mouth as if to say something, closes it, looks away and sits there in awkward silence for a few seconds, before finally actually speaking.

"...Suzu, am I a bad friend?"

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“…Eh?”

Suzu blinks in surprise, taking in the situation, before holding her hands out in front of her and shaking them like how anime girls do when they’re denying something, you know that gesture? It’s that.

“Wah- No! No, no! What makes you say that??”

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sumi voice: oh boy i sure do love Wendys(TM) i hope i don't see anyone i hate here while i'm trying to enjoy my Wendys(TM) 4 for 4(TM)

[in reference to @tub-thump3r happenings-]

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"....

Hm?"

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"....Maybe being home right now would be better, actually-"

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"So... I got this weird like... Code, box, thing in the mail?? And you're the smartest person I know so I wanted to know if you would come over and help me out with it maybe? If you're free, of course, if not then that's fine!"

Ned is once again getting a call from Sumi.

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Ned is once again answering on a rotary phone. He's just finished putting the "COOL DUDE" neon into his glasses, which is currently in the process of blinding him.

"Hat domn, Sumi, I was so excited to get a phone call that I made a typo in real life! What can I do you for???"

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some.... icons, ig?

for something :]

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nightmares.

[thoughts/''''explanation'''' beneath the cut]

yes i know it's bad i suck at drawing from like most angles ok shut up

so uh

yeah basically

i kinda just had the thought 'mel has a nightmare where he dies and then freaks tf out and sumi comforts him' and went mhm yep time to make a comic without thinking twice.

the uh. weird black blob thing in mel's dream is pretty much just an abstract representation of his fears bc dreams are weird and i couldn't think of something better.

also bc im shit at backgrounds, he's sleeping on a small mattress on the floor in sumi's room, don't worry about it.

why does he put on his glasses? well you'd be scared if you couldn't see after having a dream where you fucking died too, wouldnt you?

also in panel 4 of page three he's looking at his hand bc it won't stop shaking

and then he kinda just. curls up into a ball kinda. sits there crying

and then sumi wakes up and is like 'dude you good' and he just clings onto her for dear life so she hugs him the end

now time for a preemptive faq:

-shook why do the first 2 pages like have fucking horrible posing and composition?

because dreams are weird and like that, not because i fucking suck at art haha totally not that one (yes it is im just bad ok shut up)

-shook why is there no text except for the last panel of page 5?

idk i thought it would be kinda cool

-shook why did you only put lighting on one panel?

because i wanted it to look a certain way but didnt feel like doing it again after that

-shook why not just color it normally?

i thought it would be easier this way. thought.

-shook why does the first panel of page 5 look so shitty?

comedic effect. nothing else. i didn't get lazy shut up-

-shook stop making mel sad

no.

-shook what does the last page mean?

mel is sumi's son now, sorry i don't make the rules.

ok imma go die now i probably forgot like 30 things i wanted to put here, like i was gonna get real existential, but uhhh i dont care enough to try and remember so bye-

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Sumi let out a little sigh as she walked home. Everything was going well, really. Her grades were - for once - actually doing pretty well (thanks in no small part to Nathan finally agreeing to tutor her, and warming up to her a bit in the process), she had been hanging out with her friends and Midori, and mom and dad seemed to be in better moods, but still... She just couldn't feel as if everything was OK.

...And it didn't help that she could barely ever think things through anymore either. Hm... Maybe she should go talk to somebody. But who...

Oh! Maybe whoever was principal right now? Things had been going smoothly for the past while, so it was probably someone responsible.

Yeah. Yeah! She would do that tomorrow. Maybe-hopefully that would help.

Maybe.

Hopefully.

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“T-those are my true feelings.... W-would you.... Be m-my boyfriend....?”

Sumi is once again hanging around outside class 1-A at the end of the school day, albeit a bit more nervously this time.

It is time to make some cool shoes.

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“Oi! Sumi!” A hearty laugh echos from the room as Midori practically sprints out

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"Sumiiiii, what are you doing for Halloween?" -Nana [poorly-drawn-akira]

"Oh, Nana, hey!" She grinned. "Oh, I don't really have any plans besides goofing off with Midori, heheh. How about you?"

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Oh?

"I.

WHAT.

HUH????"

"....Is... that a no or...?"

"WHY AM I-

HOW-

????????"

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A very young looking merman with a very distinct looking tail eyed Sumi curiously from slightly more shallow water. [poorly-drawn-akira]

Sumi once again seemed distracted, but this time seemingly because of something else.  Still, she was too engaged in conversation with Creature to notice the onlooker. 

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