[ canonmates who don't trust each other for shit babey ]

[usogi]

time to solve some MURDERS, taka


thanks jan

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[usogi]

[he'll kiss taka's cheeks too]

... first rule of doing alignment business for the future: don't corner people on roofs.

[bakaomi]

I figured that if she pushed me off then Sasuke would just magically appear there to catch me.

[usogi]

Oh, that's what I assume too.

[bakaomi]

Speaking of Sasuke...

[ he gives senri another kiss and then

tries to move away ]

[usogi]

[what

senri leans into the kiss and will loosen his hold so taka can actually pull away but like]

... I don't think I'm going to like where this is going, if that's your lead-in.

[bakaomi]

[ it's fine?

he just walks over to the bag and pulls out

this shit ]

[usogi]

[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]

I hate him more than anyone else here.

By far.

[bakaomi]

I can throw it now.

[ they practiced ]

[usogi]

[ . . . and senri's just.

exhausted. he laughs but also like - ]

... did you say thank you?

[bakaomi]

No.

[ :/ ]

[usogi]

You should've.

[senri pauses]

.... he told me that he wants me to go back home, with you - just the two of us.

I guess he realized that I was thinking that he might benefit from a little normalcy, and I was going to try to ask him to come back with us, too.

[bakaomi]

... he asked me to try to convince you to forget about him.

[ he sets the weapon down, before sitting down on the futon. ]

[usogi]

[ . . . .

somewhere beneath the comical upset there is real upset but what comes out is still]

Why is he so mean.

[bakaomi]

[ he brushes senri's hair out of his face. ]

He said that he doesn't want you to get hurt.

[usogi]

.... it comes with being friends with someone when your paths don't get to keep going in the same direction. I've... That's what this whole game is...

I can tell Zo to come to one of my shows all I want, but unless I can get a god to help me make that happen....

[he sort of just. falls forward so that he can press his face into taka's chest]

You know he doesn't have any hobbies? So we're gonna play video games with him. But can you imagine? It's like a novel or a movie - growing up without anything fun, just trauma. No chance to make friends...

[bakaomi]

[ he wraps his arms around him for a hug. ]

A lot of this is like a story... a lot of the time people say things and I don't know how to react to it.

[ it makes their problems feel so small, in comparison. ]

I'll have to talk to him.

[usogi]

[senri will absolutely accept this hug thank you very much.]

... What are you going to say?

[bakaomi]

Last time I told him that you're too stubborn to let that happen.

[ and then he let the subject drop, because sasuke had just lost an eye less then 24 hours ago and it did not seem like the time to discuss that. ]

But I think he kind of needs you.

[usogi]

[oh.

senri blinks but also can't help but laugh at that]

You're being dramatic. No one really needs me.

[bakaomi]

I need you.

[ it's said firmly, and immediately, and his hold on senri tightens a fraction ]

... but others do too, I guess.

[usogi]

[ . . . . ugh.

senri pauses, if only because those sure are odd words to hear when you've been alone most of your life. he pauses, and his smile worries into something faintly touched.]

... I need you too.

[and he'll peer up again to press his lips to taka's

when he pulls away, he also looks away]

It's okay... I might just need to - get better at letting go.

[because he's not used to having anything he cared about losing either]

[bakaomi]

... we still have time to figure things out.

[ it may not seem like a lot from where they're standing, but look at how much progress they've made in the short time that's already passed?

he leans his head against senri's, closing his eyes. ]

The game's not over yet.

[usogi]

[senri just sighs as he leans against taka too]

... he doesn't want to come back with us. He has to take care of his village, and there are people waiting for him. I can't ask him to leave all that.

[bakaomi]

Maybe there's something else we can do...

[ interdimensional cell phones? he doesn't know. they'll probably have to ask. ]

... but you are important to him, you know.

[usogi]

[senri just snorts at that]

He... cares about me enough, I guess. It's probably because it's been a while since he's had anyone that wouldn't hate him for all the stupid things he does.

And he cares about you too, you know, even though he's really bad at saying anything about it.