usogi | [ i already regret sasuke and senri ]

[The hand comes off Senri's arm so he can shove his palm against Senri's chest. It's a little rough, a push enough to pry Senri off while he also takes half a step back, like he's been scalded.

At first, he thinks there's some way Senri is inside his head, and he's offended being an uncontrollable hormonal teenage boy is being teased.

His stare is suspicious, a glare--until the pressure of the push pops back over his own chest. His fingers hover over the spot... and then his eyes snap up.]

Strung Red.

[sdlkfj

senri stumbles for a second - and then sasuke comes to the conclusion that he did.

and he just

sighs

really deeply.

he sinks down to the ground, covering his face in his hands. that said he's still wearing a skirt so his knees are still together because he's not a harlot!!]

Agaaaaain.

[cursed AGAIN]

[A deep, exhausted, exasperated sigh bubbles out of him, and his arm falls back down.] Dammit... [This is not what he needed right now. This isn't what he ever needed, but especially not this week.

He had so many plans...]

Get off the floor.

[STOP PLANNING

senri will look up then, and pout as he holds his hand out.]

Help me up.

[he doesn't really need it, he's just in the habit of asking a lot from sasuke]

[There's no hesitation; he reaches out and clasps Senri by the hand. He looks like a lean nothing teenager, but the power behind how easy it is for him to draw Senri to standing with himself and his arm alone is... something.]

I'm going to kill whoever did this.

[hOLDS ONTO SASUKE'S HAND TIGHTER]

Please don't.

Don’t try to stop me.

[He probably won’t. Uh. Maybe.]

I'm going to try to stop you.

[GOD!! SASUKE!!!]

.... I get that you're mad, but there's a better way to deal with it. If it's one of the three Loves remaining...

I probably already know who it could be - and they're harmless.

[He jerks his hand away so he can ball it into a frustrated fist.]

The why! We don’t need this right now.

There's a rule to use their powers - it's probably something like that.

[he'll still reach out to place a hand on sasuke's shoulder]

Why... Were you going to try to do something stupid without me?

But why us.

[LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE IN THE WHOLE GROUP OF THEM WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER.

The accusation, however, is of course on point. His shoulder dips, the look on his face indignantly caught, and he turns to start leaving.]

Be here in an hour and a half. Decide where you want to go.

[senri's brow furrows and he immediately reaches out to catch sasuke's hand - ]

Hey - stop trying to leave me out of things....

[It does get him to stop a moment and glance back. He... isn't glaring? Frowning, though.]

It doesn't concern you. Stop sticking your nose into everything before you get killed.

[He can't even pretend to be a hardass, damn!! The worry and guilt just trades from him to Senri as he tries to take his hand back again.]

[HE POUTS and still doesn't let go. sasuke's going to have to continue to shove him around to get him to stop]

If it concerns you, it concerns me. Seanbon's gonna cry if you do something stupid and I can't cover for you.

[it's okay, the worry is twice over because now senri is deeply concerned about whatever sasuke might've been planning?]

When will you start relying on me more...?

[and the pang of loneliness]

[Oh no, he hates that. He hates this. He has enough loneliness already?? That's been his entire life so far.] Stop that. [He's not going to quit trying to untangle his hand. Don't hold on, it's worse!]

Stop making that face. It doesn't matter. I have this curse to worry about.

[And, like, someone else bullied him with mentorship and Logic, but let's not TALK ABOUT IT. He's mad about that, too. There's a lot--

Well, Senri gets to see how angry and hopeless Sasuke truly feels on the inside.]

[this is the worst combination of things. senri's going to shake his head and still not let go??? good luck, sasuke.

especially considering the worry just intensifies - very specific worry, about sasuke's well-being, about being left out of something, about not being able to be convincing enough to reach someone that he cares about.]

It does matter. I've already told you that I care about you, so stop trying to do things on your own that'll scare me.

Let go. [It's not harsh so much as firm. He actually doesn't try to snatch his hand back, like he's tired of trying to rebel against this orange shithead.] There's no point in caring about me.

I said I wasn't here to make friends for a reason, idiot. At the end, I'm going back to finish what I need to do. You're going back with Takaomi. Nothing here matters except winning for a god.

I'm going what I need to do to make sure that happens.

[There's something there he isn't telling. The lack of resentment, the lack of hate. It doesn't match the words he's saying.]

[ . . . . and senri winces again, and there's the little twist of pain in his chest. as if recognizing that there is an end coming, and there's nothing he can do to stop it.]

... we said that we'd talk about it this week, didn't we? Wishes, and what we're going to do when we're back home.

You're not cursed anymore... Don't tell me you forgot.

[The usual frown appears, deep.] Shut up. [He's not cursed. He can tell all the lies he wants!

Except not with Senri because Senri can just feel he's not telling the whole truth, plus everything else.]

You're wasting time. The longer you make me stay, the more time until I do what I need to do and get back here to meet you. [A pause.]

Trust me.

.... I do. [and that's the truth. it's a soft, but sincere admission. ] I just want you to trust me too.

.... it's a working practice date, so we'll talk about everything we said we would in an hour and a half.

Okay? I'll let go if you promise, but I won't stop bothering you if you don't talk to me when we meet again.

[His sigh is exasperated, as usual.]

Fine. I promise.

[He tries to take his hand back now!!]

[he can take it!!

Senri will just wave goodbye quietly in the study as he tries to figure out what he's feeling, telling Sasuke's emotions apart from his

it's a little hard when he definitely feels a bit of sadness watching Sasuke walk away from him]

[Hm. Whatever Sasuke is doing when he leaves for the hour and a half can't exactly be anything dangerous or bad??

Senri gets a resounding handful of irritation and embarrassment, mostly embarrassment. And then near the end, a tad bit of uncertain pride.

What is Uchiha up to really.]

[he doesn't like this. he feels the emotions come in and continues to feel a fairly intense????

meanwhile on sasuke's end he - doesn't seem to be getting much? hm. there's a lot of thoughtfulness, a quiet contemplation. there's a steady thrum of muted anxiety,

..... apparently senri chills out only when he's left alone?

but he'll still be in the study when sasuke returns, tap tap tapping on his phone.]

[Great. Senri has the goddamn phone out.

Sasuke shows back up to the study and--honestly, he can almost be confused for someone else. There's no way in hell he was going to get wrestled into something completely out of his aesthetic, but... Sincerity tried.

And yeah, Sincerity is pretty good with the whole fashion thing.]

Have you decided yet?

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