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text - sometime nov

[exponere]

[ well... minato did say that he wanted shuichi to text him at 3am so that's exactly what shuichi does: sending him a message at 3am. also, it's because that shuichi is sick and he can't fall asleep since he slept all day so... yeah... ]

I didn't know what to text so here's a riddle. You don't have to solve it if you don't want to, though.

Ten candles stand burning in a dining room. A strong breeze blows in through an open window and extinguishes two of them. Checking back in on the candles later, you see that one more candle has gone out. To make sure no more flames go out, you shut the window. Assuming the wind doesn't extinguish any more candles, how many candles do you have left in the end?

[earphoned]

[ Ah, 3am. Perfect time for some riddles. This reminds me of a puzzle... ]

Why aren't you sleeping? It's 3AM.
Ten, I guess?

[exponere]

I slept throughout most of the day so I couldn't fall back asleep but what about you? Why are you up?

Nope, the answer's not ten.

[earphoned]

Why would you sleep all day? That's unlike you.

Not ten? Then B.

[ That's not even a number??? ]

[exponere]

I'm sick so I've been sleeping a lot these days.

... B?

[earphoned]

Sick? You? No way.
Are you eating properly?

... A?

[ Minato this isn't a test, ffs. ]

[exponere]

Yeah, my roommate and Akamatsu-san have been making sure that I've been resting and eating properly. I haven't been able to go out a lot because of them, actually.

... try again.

[ minato's that one kid who does this shit ]

[earphoned]

I'm glad they're keeping you and your germs hostage.
I've been eating properly too, thanks for asking.

-2?

[ It doesn't show in these texts, but he's having too much fun with this. At least thanks to his intelligence stat he's not like Juzo. ]

[exponere]

Have you been dressing properly too? The weather tends to make people sick at these times.

You're having fun with this, aren't you?

[ oh, don't worry, shuichi knows. he knows that minato is having fun... and that is absolutely juzo's tests. god bless him. ]

[earphoned]

Yeah, I don't go outside without one of my ugly sweaters these days. Maybe I should get you one too. The ugliest I can find.

And you aren't? It wouldn't be fun if I said three from the start, would it?

[exponere]

Are you talking about like those ugly Christmas sweaters? With the bad designs?

Ah, I guess it was a pretty easy puzzle...

[earphoned]

Exactly. They're really warm. And when you wear one, you don't really want to go outside so you can't catch a cold.

[ Lifehack. ]

I'm an amateur, don't you dare give me harder ones.

[exponere]

So... you just wear them indoors?

It seems like you're pretty good at solving them, though. You've solved this one and the last one pretty quickly.

[earphoned]

Most of the time, yes. But maybe if you feel better, you'll see me wearing one in the wild.

That's just because you were nice and gave me some easy ones.

[exponere]

It won't really make me feel better... but by the way, you didn't answer my question on why you're still up.

So you admit that they were easy.

[ don't admit that, minato. shuichi will now give harder ones based on this knowledge. ]

[earphoned]

[ Of course he didn't focus on the nice part. He had to go for the easy. ]

Seeing me won't make you feel better? How cruel.

I can't sleep, that's all.

[exponere]

Well, I don't want you to catch anything from me...

Did you sleep throughout the day again?

[earphoned]

Shuichi germs can't be that bad.

Do I have to answer that question?