[ i already regret sasuke and senri ]

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i hate that jan made us a shitpost so i already have one to use

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[oh my god

senri's expression just continues to warm - and despite their conversation earlier, he's temporarily overwhelmed by fondness?? holy fuck.]

You really went to Cheri and let him dress you up? Thanks....

[IT HELPS SENRI GET HIS FAVOR BUT ALSO LIKE - ]

But why? You look great but - what?

[??? SASUKE ????]

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[Maybe Senri's prattle will be better if he just--goes. And leads them off toward the wing with the beach.]

I had a small favor to turn in. Now stop asking questions.

[They walk for a little ways, him pulling Senri along, before he rummages around on the front of the jacket. Off to the opposite side, over his shoulder, appears a white amaryllis, offered back. Sasuke, however, isn't looking anywhere but straight ahead.

Sincerity must have given him some pointers since he's definitely feeling a lot of embarrassment.]

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[ . . . . . . oh my god.

senri blinks for a few times before reaching out to take the flower? he hates the way that his heart does a pleased little flip at the gesture, and he occupies time with just smelling it.]

... wow, Sasuke's really showing me today.

[wITH THIS DUMB LITTLE PRACTICE DATE]

You can stand to be a little friendlier still though - a girl might forgive you for your brusqueness because of your charming good looks, but first impressions are still important, you know?

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[He scoffs softly under his breath, and again he doesn't turn to look back over his shoulder at Senri behind him. Maybe there's a small apology swimming around at the center of him, one he doesn't bother saying.

Spilling out into the camp isn't hard, and Sasuke proceeds with silence even if Senri continues to blab on about how appropriate it is to act on a date.

Down through the camp itself, the buildings, the arena (imagine that being used [sweats]), and out over toward the curved limitations of the ocean and it's beach. They have arrived, tada.]

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[okay but - senri's expression lights up anyway? he loves the beach? it's a little different from the one that fortune had in her wing, and he's already placing a manicured hand on sasuke's shoulder and leaning on him as he tries to toe off his shoes?]

It's pretty! We should take Seanbon here too!

[everything becomes a family outing]

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[At first, Sasuke looks confused by the leaning and shifting.] Wha-- [Oh. Senri is... so stupid. Don't get in the water, what the hell...

Sasuke doesn't do a single thing to stop Senri.]

I think he'd like the beach.

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I bet he would too. I wonder if it'd be okay for him to get wet...? Well, we could at least play in the sand or something.

[but he'll finish removing his shoes and put them off in the sand?? then he'll turn to sasuke and tilt his head]

Take yours off too or we can't go in the water!

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I don't want t...

[Ugh. This is supposed to be a challenge. He can't just forfeit over some stupid--GOD. He hates this so much. He hates that rule. Stupid.

Sighing, he bends down so he can unlace the boots since he won't be able to just toe them off like someone else. He pops out of them one at a time--doesn't have to get rid of socks because he's not??? wearing any?? Too use to sandals.]

Fine. I could have just walked in with my shoes.

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In those boots? The water damage would be horrendous! Don't do that - Cheri worked so hard on you! And start wearing socks, you're so gross!

[OH MY GOD SENRI BE NICE

but he'll also just laugh triumphantly and circle around in front of sasuke, taking both of his hands as he walks backwards into the water?? he's going full date-y apparently]

You ever seen a romcom before?

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[????

He doesn't understand. The boots are fine? Why aren't the boots made for the environment? Hello? Ninja shoes are always made for ninja work. He doesn't... get why you... Nevermind.

His face twists, gently disgruntled, when Senri takes both his hands and leads him out toward the water. It feels... embarrassing, and though he manages not to look embarrassed, he feels it.]

...A what?

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Romantic comedy! It's a type of movie. Girls really like them - it's really cute when they get all excited. If you ever need a date idea, try that - but not at a theater! Something on the couch would be cuter? And you could cuddle!

[SENRI IS STILL GIVING SASUKE DATE ADVICE, AND IT'S THE WORST????

but he's laughing a little at the embarrassment... senri isn't embarrassed at all, he's actually just perfectly happy? how awful. the ocean breeze is a nice contrast to the temperature, even if it makes his skirt pick up in little bounces. binch doesn't care but he should]

Is your crush Estelle-chan? Is that why you bullied her with the Rumor Mill thing?

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[SOMEONE PLEASE HELP SASUKE, HE'S DYING.

Naturally, he makes a face, but he's not sure what about the advice is so--WHAT. It really screws up at the question. He feels offended. And embarrassed again.]

What? [His eyes narrow.] That isn't... Shut up. There's more important things to worry about. Why don't you ever get it? I said it wasn't anything like that.

I've hardly talked to her.

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You can still think that she's cute. I've always wanted a story like that, you know? When you meet someone and you don't know that much about them, but then suddenly it's like you're meant to be together...!

[THE WAY SENRI TALKS ABOUT THIS REALLY IS LIKE A LOVESTRUCK GIRL IT'S FINE,,

but he'll do a little hop when his feet actually hit the water and he looks behind him, but doesn't let go of sasuke' hands]

Ah, it's cold...!

[stupid]

[moralmyopia]

[Unfortunately......... the temperature of the water doesn't bother Sasuke. He walks straight into it like a ninja who has been trained to withstand a lot of bullshit, including frigid water.

It's fine.]

That sounds stupid. How are you meant to be together if you don't even know them? That doesn't... That's called arranged marriage.

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[stupid ninjas,,

either way senri is pretty happy with this.... even though he laughs a little bit at the question - ]

No, not like that. Not like you're told to be together but... a feeling? Like 'oh, this is the person for me and I don't want to be with anyone else'! You feel it in your chest, and it's super romantic.

[he's super giddy and happy embarrassed at the thought... senri is dumb and gross]

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[He just... makes a face? Again? Sorry, Senri. Sasuke is the least romantic person at his current age. He's... not even entirely romantic when he's a grown-ass man either. Senri needs better tastes.]

That doesn't...

[All he can think about is Sakura really. And how long she has fawned over him. There's a small twist in his chest. Guilt, it feels like. Guilt and confusion and shame. Genuine misunderstanding.

Why did she even bother liking him? Confessing her love... twice. Both times, he was so rude to her. He looks... distant, and then focuses on Senri as if he had been somewhere else.]

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[ . . . . well that's a lot of emotion. senri blinks in mild confusion and curiosity as it comes across on his end - that's what sasuke gets in return. he squeezes sasuke's hands and - ]

... no, that's not the feeling at all. But I don't know how I can show you either... Well, you're handsome enough that if you open your heart a little I'm sure that it'll come for you one day.

[with idk estelle or another pink-haired girl??]

I think everyone deserves a cute love eventually.

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You don't get it...

[He sounds tired more than he sounds irritable. He looks away, to the side at first and then up at the sky. He follows it down where it meets the horizon, his brows as furrowed as they usually are most of the time.]

None of that matters to me... because... my path is different. [He doesn't deserve it.] It doesn't end with anything like that. It never... was going to end that way.

It's going to end the way it began: alone. What I have to do... is more important than anything like that.

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[ . . . .

senri pouts.

and reaches out to cup sasuke's cheek and then

he pulls at it]

I'm right here, you emo loser.

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[ACK. He's trying to have a legitimate, gloomy monologue here!!! It's ruined by Senri's cheek pull, and he reaches up with his hand to try to cover his face and knock the pulling fingers away.

He looks offended, but it lacks any true heat.]

You know what I mean. Don't be stupid. Where I'm from, the place I'm returning. That's how it's going to be.

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Just because I'm not next to you doesn't mean that you're suddenly alone, you moron.

We don't forget everything as soon as we go home - so you're not going to be alone no matter where you are.

[stupid!!!! senri shakes his head even as he pulls his hand back - sort of. he fiddles with the collar of sasuke's shirt instead to adjust it]

So if you think about destroying your village, think about me being super angry at you. And Seanbon crying.

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[WOW, okay. Wow. Senri is rude? Senri is... (closes eyes) incarnate.] You're so annoying... [He uses the hand on his face to rub it and the socket of his eye gently, the temple.]

You wouldn't understand. You've never lived there. You don't know... what the leaders of the village have all done. The secrets they kept. [This is why god talk was banned on the last date.] They... turned Itachi into a criminal. He suffered, but... still tried to protect the village. It wasn't fair.

Why should my brother have been forced to...

[He drops his arm as he sighs heavily. He can't. He'll just go on a tirade again. If anything, Senri can tell this seems to plague him greatly.]

Naruto doesn't understand either. He's too weak to be Hokage. He wouldn't change anything. He'd fall into the same trap the rest did. All the villages would be at war again.

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[he's always going on a damn tirade.]

.... I'm not going to pretend to get it. There's no way that I can. We're from two totally different worlds.

But just burning it all to the ground might not help anything, you know? There's no guarantee that it'll be fixed once you destroy everything to begin with - so why can't you just help to make it better? Can't you keep living and do that?

All I'm saying is... You don't need to be locked into one future.

[and senri will squeeze his hands]

You have a wish at your disposal that can do anything, once we win this.

[moralmyopia]

[Really, he hasn't heard these words yet, but it probably doesn't matter now. He's heard them. He... gets it. He got what Merriment was trying to say. He's not stupid, just stubborn. And the stubbornness makes him seem stupid.

The uptake is what happens to be a while.] I... [His head tips down, eyes following. There's no excuse or argument he can think of against this. Senri is the single last person he wants to be right.

Keep living and make it better... Tch.] You... really are annoying. [It sounds kind of cold. He isn't rough. Still, he's firm when he draws his hands away and back.

But... there's a prickling of something Senri gets in the chest, something that doesn't match the rude exterior and the downturned head.] Saying things like that... like you know...

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I just said that I don't....

[he admitted it!! he doesn't understand anything about being a ninja. but he'll set sasuke pull his hands away, though senri will step further back into the water, splashing as he goes. he'll smooth out the skirt of his dress? if only to give his hands something to do]

Well, all I know is that if something happens to you when we're apart, I'll be upset. So I'd like it if it didn't come to that.