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"Touko-chan, what flavour do you want?" A short, messy haired boy turned to the girl on the golden sand beside him, who looked up and moved her lips in a way that seemed to say 'strawberry and vanilla'. He disappeared for a few moments, then reappeared holding up two ice cream cones which cradled a pair of double scoops in various flavours, topped off with either sprinkles or sauce. The boy bent over in his navy blue swim shorts to give his partner her order: she gladly received it, and almost immediately began licking it all away.
She expected him to sit down next to her and eat his too, but at the moment he was just.. staring at her. Possibly at her tongue, definitely her face and not her mole. It wasn't like she was going to stop - it was too hot for her to allow the sun to claim her only relief. However, it soon became too uncomfortable to ignore, so she interrogated.
"Ma-kun, don't tell me watching me lick ice cream turns you on." It was the most blunt, blatant, Fukawa sort of thing for her to say.
He quickly flustered, reddening up more than the sun had already done to him, as he stammered, "W-What? No, no! I was.. just thinking about something.."
"Thinking about what? How you want me to lick yo-"
"Stop it!" The duo exchanged amused and embarrassed looks respectively before letting out laughs that radiated the same warmth that pestered them, not minding if people looked at them weirdly or glared for too long. "I was just thinking.. How would Syo-chan eat it? Her tongue is so long, after all."
"..I told you about this a-already, didn't I?" She sighed out of a seemingly baseless exasperation, squeezing her forehead with her index finger and thumb.
"About what?" His own confusion set in, with realisation following not long after. "..Oh, sorry, sorry..!" A few months after the discovery of Syo in the class, Togami and Kirigiri were having a conversation about the ex-serial killer, always referring to her by name rather than with pronouns. It was for no particular reason, of course - they only wanted to get across that they were talking about Fukawa's alter rather than the girl herself. However, they soon found out that her name was one of her positive triggers, and had to try and figure out how to deal with her when she wouldn't sneeze. After that, everyone simply called Syo 'her', unless they accidentally called her by name.
"It's.. it's not a problem. She's been easier to handle since we met you.. Besides, I've been co-conscious with her for ages now. She.. can't do anything without me knowing." Her fingers stretched to the upright ponytail she sported, gently adjusting (or fidgeting with) the placement before settling down. Her friend-- boyfriend watched her attentively as her eyes lost their focus, as they lost their dull pink and tired lids and were replaced with a sharp, ecstatic crimson gaze. A long, nearly inhuman tongue rolled out of her grinning lips. Syo was awake.
"I have been summoned!! Maaa-kuuun!" Within an instant, she had tackled him to the ground, holding him firmly by the arm. Sadly, the action didn't have quite the reaction she was hoping for, as he simply rubbed the back of her head and planted a gentle peck on her crown. It was good enough, though.
'Ma-kun' gave a smile which was damp with nervousness, which she perceived to be from her undesired appearance. She'd rather be around whenever he wanted her to be, not be a nuisance to him. She loosened her grip and calmly said, "I can just go, you know."
To nobody's surprise, he shook his head, assuring her that her presence was welcome. His eyes wandered over to the (shockingly enough) intact ice cream that she held, and he remembered his recent inquiry. "Syo-chan, how do you eat ice cream?"
It wasn't something she would really mock him for asking - with such a tongue, it was one that had to be asked. Therefore, she answered. "How do I eat ice cream? Just like you, silly!" Syo lifted the half-full cone up to her lips, then continued her response. "First, I bring it up to my lips..."
"..and then I eat it like this." She scooped a big chunk up with her tongue and brought it straight into her mouth. Her grin widened as she spotted the absolute surprise spread across Naegi's face, and she had to hold back a giggle in order to not spray the remains of freezy treats all over him.
"..." He was.. dumbfounded. Scared. More terrified than when he found out that she was the Genocider Syo.
"If it makes you too uncomfortable to see this, I bite my ice cream too."
Naegi vowed that he would never ask Syo such a question again.