Room 423, Thursday morning before classes [2/14]

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Finding a suit and mask for Jeff was actually a lot easier than finding her dress. After making a quick phone call, Hoshi went back to contemplating her dress options while she waited for Jeff to swing by and pick up his suit.

[Hoshi's waiting for Union Jeff, but door and post are open for all! SP since I seem to be an insomniac.]

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Michael had somehow failed to consider making sure his and Hoshi's clothes for the dance would match, until Ino had told him to.

He showed up now looking a little sheepish.

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"Hi Michael," said Hoshi, smiling. "What brings you here?"

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"Uh... I figured I should probably check what you're wearing tomorrow. Haven't got my stuff yet."

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"Are we supposed to match or something?"asked Hoshi, wondering if she should have gone to see Isabel at work for fashion advice.

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"...Ino says so?" he said uncertainly. "Or she said dates weren't supposed to clash, anyway."

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And now Hoshi wondered if she should have checked with Turtle before picking out Jeff's suit. Which would have meant talking to Turtle, which could have been awkward.

"I, um, haven't quite decided yet on a dress, but I've got it down to two and one is fuschia and the other is red with a gold pattern," said Hoshi.

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He nodded.

"Okay. I'll go see Isabel, see what she says about that."

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Hoshi nodded. "She's really good with that stuff," she said. "She helped me find my homecoming dress."

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"Fashion queen of West Roswell High", Michael said with a wryly affectionate grin.

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"It must be cool to have her as a sister," said Hoshi. "I've got an older brother and a younger brother, but we don't really get along. They got to go to school while I was home-schooled so I never spent time with them."

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Michael looked at her in confusion.

"Your brothers got to go to school but you didn't? How come?"

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"Someone convinced my parents that I was gifted and needed to be taught separately from the other kids because I could learn so much faster than them," said Hoshi. "And by separately, I mean I used to go for days without seeing a single living sole other than my tutor."

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"Sounds lonely", he says, frowning. "You didn't get a say in it? Even when you got older?"

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"Not really, until Mr. Daniels came along and talked my parents and convinced them to send me here," said Hoshi. "I never really considered a future other than what my parents wanted."

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"Well, that's fine, I guess, if you were really happy with what they wanted..."

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"My mother wanted me to play the piano, but my tutor thought I could be a diplomat or an interpreter," said Hoshi. "I'm not sure what I really want, except that I don't really like the piano. I like talking to people, though."

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Michael blinked. "Play the piano? Like, professionally?"

He wasn't sure why you'd need a whole separate education for that.

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"Yeah," said Hoshi, frowning. "My mom's whole family is artistic. My uncle is a fancy artist and I have a really good ear for music."

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"But she wanted you to have the whole academic thing too?"

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"It went along with being considered a genius, I guess," said Hoshi. "My tutors thought I was amazing and kept trying to throw new stuff at me to see how fast I could learn."

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"I think I'd've preferred getting left alone to learn for myself", Michael said honestly.

Which... was pretty much what he had been.

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"That's one thing I've liked here. I've been able to pick my own classes and decide what I want to learn," said Hoshi. "With exceptions, of course. Mr. Daniels picked my classes for my first semester. I got a class on modeling and then one of Barney's classes."

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"...yeah, I still think there's something off about your guardian", was the response to that information.

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"I can't understand what he's thinking sometimes," said Hoshi. "I don't hear from him a whole lot either."

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"You should probably be relieved about that. Guy sounds like a skeeze."