Mistletoe threads!!

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[floret]

[ he's not really sure what the nod was about... maybe midorima is trying to let him know he was all right without chapstick after all. anyway, he'll take it. ]

I'll do my best!
...But I think it's probably unlikely things would end up like this again, even if I didn't.

[skillproposes]

[ someday he'll have enough kissing experience to be able to tell when someone has or hasn't been wearing chapstick. ]

That is the type of thinking that will land you in exactly the same position. It would be foolish to not remain vigilant while this threat is still around.

[floret]

N-no, I'm going to be vigilant, of course!
I just feel like...
Well, I don't know...
I'd never been trapped by plants at all until very recently. It would be odd if it just became a regular occurrence.

[skillproposes]

I would hope this is not a regular occurrence. No one would ever get anything done.
Even if it is seasonal, I hope it ends soon.

[ a push of his glasses upwards. ] It would do you good to expect the unexpected, however.

[floret]

People say that a lot, but doesn't it just mean you're constantly on edge that something bad will happen?

[skillproposes]

It means that you are constantly aware. And that is never a bad thing.

[floret]

You can't be aware of things until they're already there, though. That's more like expecting the expected.

[skillproposes]

So be more aware then. Be aware of every surrounding so nothing takes you by surprise and everything will be expected.

[floret]

I-I couldn't possibly pay that much attention to everything...!!

[skillproposes]

You can learn. It is not so difficult even you could not do it.

It would probably not even take so much time that I could not teach you.

[floret]

...Are you sure?
I've kind of been this way... for a while.

[skillproposes]

I am surprised no one has decided that needed to change earlier.

[ that's his way of saying he's sure. ]

[floret]

Well, now that you mention it, my superior back home always thought it needed to change!

...But it seems like the rest of my coworkers mostly just think it's kind of funny...

[skillproposes]

Your superior seems to have had the right idea. But clearly he lacked the conviction to carry though. I do not.

[floret]

[ INTENSE... ]

Wh-what are you going to do??

[skillproposes]

[ intensely intense ]

Teach you to become more aware, of course. It will require you to be on board with it, however. Are you?

[floret]

M-maybe!!
What sort of methods were you thinking of using?

[skillproposes]

Training your eye to become more aware of your surroundings. [ by throwing basketballs at him. ]

[floret]

...I guess that doesn't sound bad...
It would definitely come in handy if I could start noticing things better.

[skillproposes]

Of course it would. Spending your life tripping over things is ridiculous.

[floret]

Ahahahahaha! It really is, isn't it?

[skillproposes]

I don't fully understand why you've let it go on for so long, but I'll train you nonetheless. Mishaps like today must be prevented.

[floret]

That's not fair, Midorima-san!! You got stuck today, too.

[skillproposes]

But you freely admit you need to work on being more aware. [ squirming a little bit; he definitely realizes that he's not blameless in this, he just doesn't want to admit it if he can avoid it. ]

[floret]

No, that's true. I mean, I do.
But even if I had been, it wouldn't have prevented what happened today. You just would have ended up stuck with someone else.