usogi | [ i already regret sasuke and senri ]

[but he shakes his head and pulls his hand back]

I'll ask Piety and Cheri too, just in case but... I have to go back to Cheri eventually, Sasuke. Or whichever god is going to win this. I have something I want too.

Let me see your coin. Fair's fair.

Shut up.

[Leave it to Senri to just boldly ask. Sasuke instead, would rather smother in his own worry for however long, not bothering to ask, too scared of lies. He frowns at the defeat, at the tease. He’s going to toss Senri off the ferris wheel next time.

After a few hesitating moments of their walk, he reluctantly pulls out his coin. It’s tarnished way more than Senri’s.]

.... I saw this coming but you're suuuuch a hypocrite.

[UGH]

What if I told you the same thing that you told me? [he changes the tone of his voice to match sasuke's pitch] Don't defect again. Understand?

[SMH!!]

Ahh, you're such a jerk. I'm worried too but I wouldn't try to control you like that.

[Well, this definitely ruins what little bit he had going for him earlier, and it also ruins the fact he looks nice!! His face is lemon levels of sour and irritable, and OFFENDED even if Senri is right in calling him out. He’s being mocked!!!]

Would you shut up? Do what I say, not what I do. We don’t know if there’s a punishment for it besides people knowing. So don’t defect again unless it’s necessary. You just said you had something you wanted too, didn’t you?

Then don’t put it at risk by being stupid.

Do you even listen to yourself? I know that you've been switching around so it doesn't bother me - but I will be bothered if something happens to you because you keep messing up your coin.

[POUTING INTENSIFIES]

You always make me worried because you do crazy things on your own. I'm right here, so rely on me more.

[Sasuke Uchiha never listens to himself and that is half the problem.]

You'd just get in the way and make things more complicated. I don't understand why you're so worried what happens to me. If I'm gone, that's just one less person standing in the way of your victory.

[senri's brow furrows at that and he does the same thing he did as when he went to see sincerity and reaches out to press his cold fingers to the back of sasuke's neck - though this time also to get his attention and make sasuke face him]

We're both winning.

This isn't last man standing, and I'm not going to treat you like some stupid sacrifice on the way to the finish line. So don't insult me like that.

[The hand is chilly, but it's less the cold and more the touch that makes him stop. He grabs Senri's wrist and pulls it away, but doesn't let the wrist go.]

How are we both going to win when only one god can be chosen as victor and you and I know neither of us care about the same god.

We don't know if there can be a tie. They probably have fail safes for that.

Edited (my keYBOARD IS DYING) 2019-03-07 16:43 (UTC)

There's a few gods that I don't mind winning - why do you think I'm trying so hard to fix their relationships? So that no matter who wins, all of them will be taken care of, and the world can be a little more balanced than if one just decided to take the reins without concern for any of the others. Their squabbling is why they brought us all here in the first place, and leaving them the same way that we started is stupid.

[Senri doesn't try to pull his wrist away, instead meeting Sasuke's expression evenly.]

... but I'm going to switch to the god that wins. Every god I've talked to knows that, because I have something I can't give up.

I know that you want to leave this world behind in a way that'll be stable. I want to, too. It's why I'm working the way that I am - there's nothing that puts us opposed to each other.

You're wasting your time. [He says it before even thinking a lot about it, and it isn't that he disagrees or thinks the idea is stupid. It makes too much sense, and he doesn't want to consider the possibility it's the easiest way.] You're going to fix their relationships for--what? A week?

When we leave, then what? Something else will happen, and they'll be arguing again. Their world won't be--

[He grits his teeth, his grip tightening some.]

It won't be any better than any of ours!

[senri is mentally prepared to hide another bruise all week, it's fine.]

You don't know that. [though he'll actually reach out to place his hand over where sasuke's gripping him, fingertips touching the back of his hand lightly] You're getting worked up and mad at something past me again.

[his brow furrows]

... people can change, you know. Over time, with enough pressure and incentive, they can learn how to fight their own flaws.

Even if they're killed in this game, they come back at the end to help rule over the world. We have to convince them to change, Sasuke. Or else it'll be exactly what you're saying anyway.

[The additional touch gets him to realize he's being a little rough, and he quickly releases Senri's arm fully.]

This is--stupid. We're not here to fix their damn relationship problems. [He's a fighter, not a mediator! That was Sakura's job! She was the balance between his hyper-focused talent and Naruto's exponential spirit, not to mention their headbutting.] None of them are even trying!

[He keeps going then, clearly angry, though not at Senri. He doesn't wait at all, pace steady, and he doesn't look back.]

People don't change. They never change. My brother proved that to me.

[ah - senri will follow after and even despite how rough sasuke was being with him, he'll try to latch onto his arm again anyway....]

.... I know it's a lot to ask, after what you've been through, but just try to give people a chance.

Or at least trust me - because I think the gods are trying. They're listening to me, little by little. [i don't want to start another pc for this so like accept the timey wimey] Dizzy and Cunning went out because I told her to try to be a little more vulnerable. Bambi and Piety went out because I told Bambi to try making friends with other gods. If we can get through to the gods that are a little high-strung, I think it'll work.

You don't have to take care of them like I do - but please just don't make it harder for me....

[Believe it or not, he doesn't have the energy to untangle himself, so as long Senri just holds on and doesn't bother him, he leaves the clutch as it is.]

Now you sound like Sakura. [He hates this.] Shouldn't all of that be the girls' jobs? [Help, he's being awfully Dude, though not necessarily because he thinks it's to girly to be emotional. Well, sort of.] They're better at it anyway, aren't they?

The gods would be more willing to listen--

[He can't even say that. No one believed Estelle when she was yelling about him destroying Justice... He frowns.]

Edited 2019-03-07 17:57 (UTC)

Casual misogyny aside—

[he has to say it.]

.... you know I think Ray-kun and Bakaomi are the only people here better at getting information than I am - but I'm the only one who knows how to repair relationships. I don't know if you'll find anyone better, and I'll be kind of offended if you think there is.

Why are you so bothered? That it's me?

[when this is the one thing that senri thinks that he's exceptionally good at, and it's working?]

[WOW, I HAVE NOTHING TO TYPE BECAUSE!!! Sasuke pointedly does not answer this QUESTION.

Nope.]

[oh my god.

Senri will try to stop their pace? like he'll hold onto sasuke and stop walking and dig his heels into the floor to keep sasuke from moving anymore either.]

Sasuke....?

What is it?

[It manages to stop him, but he looks both guarded and irritated. He tries to get his arm back, at least be free so he can... probably just keep walking.]

Everything I...! [He turns his head away, as far forward or over as possible so Senri can't see his face. He tries again to get his arm loose.] Forget it. Let go of me.

I'll make you walk back yourself.

[senri does not let his arm go, but instead circles around so that he's standing in front of sasuke now, trying to get a look at his expression.]

Everything you...?

[he's not letting it go]

You can tell me. I'm listening.

[NO, STOP THIS. Sasuke hates it. This persistence is familiar and annoying. Gently, his hand clenches into a fist, though not as if he plans to throw a punch. Even now, he won't look at Senri, keeping his chin up and gaze elsewhere.

The lines of his jaws are sharp, stiff. For a long time, he doesn't answer, and then his head lowers. He still dodges Senri's attention.]

I said forget it, you idiot.

[ . . . . and he shakes his head quietly, still not bothering to go anywhere at all.]

Normally I would - but something's bothering you, and you're keeping it to yourself again. I already told you I won't hate you.... so you know you can tell me anything?

Tell me what it is? Please?

[Once more, he tries to get his arm back, but it's half-assed this time. His glare is offered to the ground and their feet, some of his teeth bared for a moment.]

If you know what's good for you, you'll stay away from me.

People who stay with me... end up hurt or dead. Which do you want to be?

[ . . . ugh sasuke.

senri will reach up then, if only to try to press his fingertips underneath sasuke's chin, trying to ease his face up.]

Neither.

It'll be okay. You're not going to lose me. I know that's a little hard to believe - after everything you've been through... but I'm not going anywhere.

So have a little bit more faith in me, because I already told you I won't leave you alone.

[Honestly, he isn't sure how to disagree for the sake of disagreeing, so all he says is:] I don't trust a stage actor. [It's soft, a worried but bitter and untrusting thing. He tugs his face away and wrangles him arm--nevermind.

He just starts walking regardless of whether or not Senri continues to stay stuck to him like a dumbass.]

[he does because senri is a damn fool and he'll keep walking along with sasuke and.

sigh.

and let his cheek fall on sasuke's shoulder because he's fucking exhausted and sasuke uchiha does not help.]

Well, I guess that's just something I have to prove to you. Hope you're ready to be surprised.

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