Haori always looked exhausted in their Zoom classes.
It wasn’t Susato’s fault that she was paying such close attention. If they were back in school she would be taking notes at faster than light speed, locked wholly into the lesson, so focused everyone else’s faces faded into a blur — but Susato was quickly discovering that such was not to be when they were online. The professor had opened class with an apology for being twenty minutes late, his toddler kept interrupting every few minutes, and only five people were even in the call in the first place. She was almost considering turning her camera off so she could read Herlock Sholmes instead. Almost.
Instead she glanced at Haori. Her best friend was a slightly-pixellated face in a small square in a stack of similar squares on her screen, but nevertheless Susato would know her anywhere.
Haori looked wan. She had pressed her knuckles to her mouth for the third time in the past five minutes to suppress a yawn, and the bags beneath her eyes looked darker than ever. Even her white ribbon was drooping.
Susato felt her heart twist. She glanced back at the professor. He was petting his (quite adorable, to be fair) calico cat.
Surely one text couldn’t count as being distracted…
She switched tabs and typed, Are you alright?, then switched right back.
Haori visibly startled, then looked down, her eyebrows creased in the way they did when she was writing.
Susato’s tab pinged.
H: yeah im fine :0!!
H: didnt sleep well thats all
Susato almost frowned to herself before remembering she was still on camera.
S: I was worried you might be sick
H: oh god i HOPE not
H: dont worry i test every single day after getting back from the lab
S: Oh! That’s a relief
S: Father makes you do that too, does he?
H: yea its basic procedure but it stays annoying
H: ah yes just what the doctor ordered after a long hard morning at the mines (laboratory)
H: stabbing my nose with miniature sword
H: i love my job
Susato snorted out loud. Then she covered her mouth guiltily.
S: You aren’t allowed to be funny while I have my camera on
H: you think im funny!!!!!!!!
S: But really are you okay?
S: If you work yourself to death I WILL throw you
H: youd never
H: also im still not over the fact that im apparently funny now
H: but yea really im fine!!! vaccine dev is worth it anyway
H: if there was ever a worthy cause to die for that would be it
God, Susato thought, Haori is so cool.
But still:
S: I would rather you not die under any circumstances!!!
S: Nothing is worth dying for. Nothing could replace you
Haori was silent for so long, then, that Susato switched back to her actual lesson to check if Haori had lost internet. It happened sometimes, where she lived…
No, there was her square, just as pixellated as always and no more.
…Her best friend, as it happened, was beet red.
Susato felt her heart twist again, this time for entirely different reasons.
H: oh my god you cant just SAY things like that
S: Like what?
H: im convinced youre doing this on purpose
H: aughthhghhfhrh
H: thank you su i promise i will not die
S: Yippee ^_^
S: Then I will cheer you on as you and Father save the world!
H: what would i do without you
H: ANYWAY THAT REMINDS ME do you want to hear our Progress Report!!
(No, the question was: what would Susato do without Haori?)
S: Always
Haori Murasame is typing…
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in this AU haori and yuujin beat pfizer-biontech to the vaccine by like 3 days
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Haori always looked exhausted in their Zoom classes.
It wasn’t Susato’s fault that she was paying such close attention. If they were back in school she would be taking notes at faster than light speed, locked wholly into the lesson, so focused everyone else’s faces faded into a blur — but Susato was quickly discovering that such was not to be when they were online. The professor had opened class with an apology for being twenty minutes late, his toddler kept interrupting every few minutes, and only five people were even in the call in the first place. She was almost considering turning her camera off so she could read Herlock Sholmes instead. Almost.
Instead she glanced at Haori. Her best friend was a slightly-pixellated face in a small square in a stack of similar squares on her screen, but nevertheless Susato would know her anywhere.
Haori looked wan. She had pressed her knuckles to her mouth for the third time in the past five minutes to suppress a yawn, and the bags beneath her eyes looked darker than ever. Even her white ribbon was drooping.
Susato felt her heart twist. She glanced back at the professor. He was petting his (quite adorable, to be fair) calico cat.
Surely one text couldn’t count as being distracted…
She switched tabs and typed, Are you alright?, then switched right back.
Haori visibly startled, then looked down, her eyebrows creased in the way they did when she was writing.
Susato’s tab pinged.
H: yeah im fine :0!!
H: didnt sleep well thats all
Susato almost frowned to herself before remembering she was still on camera.
S: I was worried you might be sick
H: oh god i HOPE not
H: dont worry i test every single day after getting back from the lab
S: Oh! That’s a relief
S: Father makes you do that too, does he?
H: yea its basic procedure but it stays annoying
H: ah yes just what the doctor ordered after a long hard morning at the mines (laboratory)
H: stabbing my nose with miniature sword
H: i love my job
Susato snorted out loud. Then she covered her mouth guiltily.
S: You aren’t allowed to be funny while I have my camera on
H: you think im funny!!!!!!!!
S: But really are you okay?
S: If you work yourself to death I WILL throw you
H: youd never
H: also im still not over the fact that im apparently funny now
H: but yea really im fine!!! vaccine dev is worth it anyway
H: if there was ever a worthy cause to die for that would be it
God, Susato thought, Haori is so cool.
But still:
S: I would rather you not die under any circumstances!!!
S: Nothing is worth dying for. Nothing could replace you
Haori was silent for so long, then, that Susato switched back to her actual lesson to check if Haori had lost internet. It happened sometimes, where she lived…
No, there was her square, just as pixellated as always and no more.
…Her best friend, as it happened, was beet red.
Susato felt her heart twist again, this time for entirely different reasons.
H: oh my god you cant just SAY things like that
S: Like what?
H: im convinced youre doing this on purpose
H: aughthhghhfhrh
H: thank you su i promise i will not die
S: Yippee ^_^
S: Then I will cheer you on as you and Father save the world!
H: what would i do without you
H: ANYWAY THAT REMINDS ME do you want to hear our Progress Report!!
(No, the question was: what would Susato do without Haori?)
S: Always
Haori Murasame is typing…
-—-
in this AU haori and yuujin beat pfizer-biontech to the vaccine by like 3 days