en	Noelle follows her class into the rafters.

en	Min worms her way over to them through the crowd.

en	Escaped? Are they gonna come looking for you?

en	Nah, I lost them.

en	You'd better have. I'd rather not get caught harboring a fugitive.

en	Did it hurt? When you were born with that huge stick up your ass?

en	I'm not even going to dignify that with a response.

en	Multicultural Week?

en	Yeah, that. None of the other schools I went to did this.

en	At lunch, there's samosas. And Coldstone cupcakes.

en	No. You buy them.

en	All the clubs sell something to fundraise.

en	I heard there's also musubis.

en	Akarsha takes a seat at the end of the row against the wall. Min begins to sit down next to her...

en	Suddenly, Diya grabs Min by the shoulders, turns her round to face her, and kisses her full on the mouth.

en	...What brought this on???

en	Hot damn! Get a room!

en	Baffled, Noelle squeezes past them and sits in the spot Min was about to take next to Akarsha.

en	Wha...What was that for?

en	Not that I'm complaining...

en	Diya whispers something into Min's ear that Noelle can't catch.

en	That doesn't make sense. Are you sure?!

en	Maybe half.

en	Class president

en	Tinikling is one of the most popular folk dances in the Philippines. This dance originated on an island in central Philippines...

en	Noelle and Akarsha continue to cram as their fellow students showcase a variety of cultural performances.

en	Diya lets out a huge yawn and rests her head on Min's shoulder.

en	I'll wake you up if anything cool happens.

en	Man, I wish I stayed up late cramming too. I'm so dead...

en	We have the entire assembly to study. If you want to live, stop whining and start reviewing.

en	Petal

en	Ovary

en	Huh?? You really think that?

en	When you see flowers with like, a billion petals, are you like "Wowie! Can't wait to eat a billion fruits!"

en	SHUT UP!!!! I DON'T THINK THAT!!

en	Then why'd you say it?

en	It's obviously the ovary.

en	Wait, is it cuz you're too much of a prude to say ovary?

en	All along, instead of debating whether you're straight or gay, we should've been asking whether you get turned on by flower private parts.

en	If you wanna shut me up so bad, why don't you just kiss me?

en	Noelle smacks her in the arm!

en	You didn't by any chance ask that question just to make me say "ovary", did you?

en	No way! How immature do you think I am?

en	Last period, you asked me to guess what number you were thinking of, and it was 69.

en	Well, you're the immature one for guessing it right.

en	HOW AM {i}I{/i} THE IMMATURE ONE?? I GUESSED IT BECAUSE I KNEW YOU'RE ALWAYS LIKE THIS!

en	Not anymore, she isn't...

en	The Tinikling dancers bow and run off the stage.

en	Now that they've reached a lull in the conversation, Noelle is hyperaware of the way the side of Akarsha's thigh is pressed up against hers.

en	Why did I have to meet you?

en	Why do you have to be so funny and make me so happy?

en	You've ruined everything.

en	Next up is Chinese dance. Chinese dance has thousands of years of history...

en	A troupe of student dancers wave colorful fans to an idyllic sounding Chinese song.

en	Do you know what the song's about?

en	I wish I could tell you. I haven't the faintest idea.

en	When I was younger, I was so eager to cast the Chinese part of me aside because it was difficult. And now I regret it.

en	Hey, no judgment. I'm whitewashed, too.

en	Does it ever bother you that you can't speak any Indian languages?

en	Maybe a little? It would be cool to know.

en	That's all? You don't feel guilty for being uncultured?

en	Today I'm gonna eat curry pizza, destroy the sport of baseball, and even enjoy the company of a Frenchman.

en	You know what I mean. It's not the traditional culture your ancestors experienced.

en	Is that such a bad thing? It's different, but it's pretty cool in its own way, too.

en	And if I really want, I can always pick up Hindi or something someday.

en	But you've already missed the window of time when children pick up languages the most readily.

en	Don't plenty of people learn languages later in life though?

en	I feel like Diya and Min've learned a ton just from teaching each other.

en	That may be possible, but it's not optimal.

en	Dude, whose life is optimal? You're not a robot.

en	Just take what you can get, and be happy.

en	Easier said than done, but duly noted.

en	Speaking of robots! Did you try playing Portal?

en	What did you think?

en	It made me motion sick. I kept having to pause because I was on the verge of throwing up.

en	But I did enjoy the witty dialogue. And the song at the end.

en	...So you still played all of it?

en	Even though it almost made you hurl?!

en	What choice did I have? You told me to play it.

en	Oh...yeah, I guess that's friends do.

en	Isn't GLaDOS so hot?

en	The sadistic artificial intelligence who's trying to kill you?

en	That's the whole appeal! She's scary in a seductive way!

en	Like, her voice gets all low and sexy when she's insulting you!

en	Did you hit your head again? Something's definitely not right in there.

en	Girls in the crowd

en	K-Pop as we know it would not exist without the—

en	The K-Pop dance troupe's introduction is completely drowned out by a chorus of high-pitched screams.

en	I'm not sure I would characterize those banshee-like screams as "cute".

en	Noelle turns to see Diya sound asleep in Min's arms. Min's gazing at her like she's an angel that just fell down from heaven.

en	It makes Noelle's skin crawl, so she quickly looks away.

en	They're so disgustingly in love, I can barely bear to look at them.

en	Right? It's like staring directly at the sun.

en	All obvious.

en	Sometimes I kinda wish that were more my style.

en	It's not exactly my style, either.

en	Yeah, I guess not...

en	Noelle carefully maintains a mildly disgusted expression as she watches Akarsha read, just in case she's caught staring.

en	If I cast this part of myself aside because it's difficult too, will I come to regret it later?

en	Do you remember that time my brother hijacked my computer and typed all this crazy stuff to you?

en	Akarsha goes back to reading her Biology textbook, though her leg's now jittering up and down.

en	I feel like I was just told a joke whose punchline flew straight over my head.

en	Why would it matter that it was her and not her brother...? What exactly did she say?

en	As she wracks her brain, a dozen costumed seniors take the floor.

en	Bhangra was originally a folk dance from farmers in Punjab...

en	Seniors, c'mon down!

en	It's okay if you don't know the moves! Follow our lead!

en	...How is it okay if people don't know the moves?

en	I guess they all try to copy the group that's learned the dance.

en	Won't that look hopelessly unsynchronized, though?

en	They can't possibly dance in proper unison on the fly.

en	Why don't we see for ourselves?

en	Akarsha stands, yanking Noelle up with her by the arm.

en	C'mon, no one's gonna notice. I can't focus, anyway!

en	Noelle balks as her friends weave their way into the crowd of amateur dancers.

en	C'mon, you don't need to be good at something to do it.

en	They all try to copy the others, clapping and raising their arms a beat late each time.

en	This looks like shit!

en	Oh balls! This is harder than I thought!

en	I told you! We look like fools!

en	T-that's okay! So does everyone else!

en	Already out of breath, Noelle looks around at the chaotic blur of Asian nerds flailing their limbs around them.

en	It's true...This must be a group of some of the worst dancers in the world!

en	With renewed confidence, Noelle spins in what turns out to be the completely wrong direction. Diya rears back to avoid crashing into her.

en	To Noelle's surprise, Diya belatedly bumps into her, sending her flying into Akarsha!

en	That almost seemed deliberate?!

en	Wah!

en	Pardon!

en	Akarsha tries to pull back, only for Min to smack the back of her head in retaliation.

en	This...This air is mine!

en	Noelle grabs Akarsha's hand for balance as they collide again.

en	Akarsha laces their fingers together, and Noelle can feel it — a hairline crack racing through something foundational within her.

en	It's an utterly terrifying yet exhilarating sensation, but she doesn't let go.

en	I have feelings for you.

en	She whispers it, as an experiment, so that it's impossible to hear over the roar of the crowd and the music.

en	But it feels like a small, daring victory, like the first step on the moon.

en	Like a butterfly breaking out of its chrysalis all soft, naive, and crinkled.

en	Maybe with two left feet and a few days late to the party, but alive, so alive, trying to process the blinding, beautiful, wild world she's broken her way into.

en	...What'd you say?

en	Akarsha twirls her, and Noelle gives up on suppressing the giddy smile on her face.

en	Nothing. Maybe I'll tell you later.

en	They dance and dance, all stupid and struggling and happy.

en	There's so much pain and misery in this school.

en	It's twisted us all into strange and flawed shapes, like butterflies born in a fool's spring.

en	But it's the circumstances that gave us you and me, right here, right now.

en	Kant wrote, "Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made."

en	And how we long to be straight — Forgetting there's beauty in the crooked things, too.

en	We'll never live the lives our parents wanted us to lead.

en	And that's okay.

en	Because we'll forge something brave and new instead.

en	It won't be the same.

en	But it'll be ours.

en	And I won't ever let that go.

en	The future

en	Well? Were they open?

en	What do you think? It's 1 in the morning.

en	Of course Home Depot wasn't open.

en	There's gotta be somewhere else you can buy bolt cutters.

en	At this hour? I'm not optimistic.

en	Guess I'll die then?? How else are we gonna get them off?

en	I'm afraid we need to go to the fire station for help.

en	We're goin' to the fire station with me half naked and handcuffed, and it's not funny?

en	You really can't get more dressed than that?

en	I mean, my arms can't go through the sleeves.

en	I give up. Good enough.

en	Go—good enough?!?

en	If only I had a humiliation kink, this would've been perfect.

en	Or at least some kinda sword. Maybe we could use it to slice the handcuffs off.

en	What, you want a surprise amputation tonight? No.

en	And you're SURE the key didn't fall behind the dresser?

en	I looked everywhere; it's gone.

en	I'm convinced that in these scenarios, small objects stop obeying the laws of physics.

en	This never happened any of the times I handcuffed YOU.

en	Whatever you say, Skunky...

en	STOP CALLING ME THAT.

en	AND DON'T BRAINSTORM HORRID NEW NICKNAMES FOR ME!

en	But you're basically begging for it with your hair like that.

en	Then how come I don't have any?

en	Noelle seizes the front of Akarsha's shirt and yanks her forward, crushing their lips together.

en	Akarsha makes a small noise of surprise, then grins as she deepens the kiss, coaxing her lips open so her tongue can slide inside.

en	At the start of the night, she tasted like watermelon lip gloss, but that's long been kissed and smeared away into oblivion.

en	Noelle can't help but think, why bother? When will you learn?

en	I'll always kiss through every layer of crap you put between us until it's just you and me.

en	When they part, their breaths ragged, neither of them can come up with anything witty to say.

en	No, it's not.

en	I love you times infinity. There, I win.

en	Infinity is a concept, not a number. So is "love", for that matter.

en	Well too bad, I did it.

en	Love you times infinity.

en	Noelle sighs, but she doesn't bother hiding the half-smile tugging at her mouth.

en	If you're going to speak nonsense, then I love you times infinity, plus one.

en	Akarsha tries to respond as Noelle opens the door for her, but she's laughing so hard, it takes her several attempts to get it out.

en	The firefighters! They're gonna look outside and see...

en	Prius driver dressed like Frog & Toad...and me...

en	I love you times infinity, minus one.

en	I love you times infinity, minus two.

en	Butterfly Soup 2

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en	Game by Brianna Lei Made with {a=https://www.renpy.org/}Ren'Py{/a} [renpy.version_only].

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en	Bubbles, guiding light, Thought Projection, Holding Your Breath, Illicit Activities, and Jello by {a=http://ketsamusic.com/}Ketsa{/a}

en	Romaras, Blooming, pas a pas, side by side, and Campagne_sound363 by Miltata (CC BY-NC 3.0)

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en	{a=http://www.hurtrecord.com/bgm/24/the-flame-of-love.html}Flame of Love{/a} by {b}YOSHI{/b}

en	{a=https://www.hurtrecord.com/bgm/104/toys-house.html}Toys House{/a} by {b}Teada{/b}

en	{a=https://www.hurtrecord.com/bgm/23/kurayami.html}{font=japanese.ttc}クラヤミ{/font}{/a} by {b}{font=japanese.ttc}カモキング{/font}{/b}

en	{a=https://thricedotted.itch.io/looptober-2021-variety-pack}Fell{/a} by {b}Studio Meow Meow{/b} (CC BY 4.0)

en	{a=https://www.void1gaming.com/}Comatose Dreams{/a} by {b}VOiD1Gaming{/b}

en	My Heart Will Go On - Recorder By Candlelight by {b}Matt Mulholland{/b}

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en	{a=http://freesound.org/people/LittleRobotSoundFactory/packs/16881/}Electric Sound Effects Library{/a} by LittleRobotSoundFactory (CC BY 3.0)

en	{a=http://freesound.org/people/Peacewaves/sounds/317334/}Metal Locker{/a} by Peacewaves (CC BY 3.0)

en	Rain loop by {a=https://www.freesoundslibrary.com/}Free Sounds Library{/a} (CC BY 4.0)

en	Translation producer:

en	Russian Translation:

en	Mikhail "KornyPony" Burov-Kosolapin

en	Polish Translation:

en	Max "Toasty" and _adoracja with the help of panini_bredd

en	Traditional Chinese Translation:

en	{font=traditional_chinese.otf}鬼怒川{/font}(KINUKUROletsplay)

en	Spanish Translation:

en	{font=myriad.otf}{size=24}Martín "SevenFalcons" Eyheralde{/size}{/font}

en	Brazilian Portuguese Translation:

en	Maria "Maaz" Laura

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en	Advances dialogue and activates the interface.

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en	Arrow Keys

en	Navigate the interface.

en	Escape

en	Accesses the game menu.

en	Ctrl

en	Skips dialogue while held down.

en	Tab

en	Toggles dialogue skipping.

en	Page Up

en	Rolls back to earlier dialogue.

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en	Rolls forward to later dialogue.

en	Takes a screenshot.

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en	certified brain genius

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en	albret einstong

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en	Rollback

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en	Console

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en	Quits the game.

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