usogi | [ i already regret sasuke and senri ]

[senri will shake his head quietly before taking sasuke's arm as he usually does, tugging him along toward the brighter lights of shibuya]

Can I ask what?

Since you used me to make it happen and everything...

[Very flatly and without hesitation, he says:]

No.

[But he doesn't dodge the arm, and he follows along after Senri through Shibuya where he is definitely a little lost sometimes.]

[sdlfkjsdf]

Come on, please? I know the favor for a favor week is gone but I wanna know! Now I'm so curious!

No. I went to speak to him about one of the rules last week. He keeps secrets, remember? So you'll never find out. No one will.

[unless senri probably fucks the secret right out of beauty then rip]

[ffffslkdfjlksjdf!!!]

... I shouldn't have told you....

[HE'S SO CURIOUS NOW, HE'S POUTING]

[He seems a tad bit smug. there's a smile there, but he hides it by turning his head in the opposite direction, like he's pretending to be looking at Shibuya instead.]

Then I wouldn't have done the rule, and I would have been cursed. Or, worse, killed.

What are you - Bambi said that you can't be killed from breaking a rule! What kind of deep dark secret did you tell anyway? You always say you won't tell me more about yourself and then dump your grimdark backstory on me five minutes later!

[GOD, SASUKE!!!!]

It wasn't a dark secret. It was just one I didn't want anyone else to know.

[GOD, Senri. Sasuke cuts him a look out of the side of his eye.]

This isn't about me and the secret I told Beauty you'll never hear. This is about me needing to know who are aligned with Justice so I can get a favor.

.... I thought you were looking at Shibuya with me.

[SASUKE!!!!

he huffs though because... he said he'd tell sasuke, and he rattles the names off easily - for the most part]

Oda-san, Mouri-san, and - [ . . . . ] Connor-san.

Mouri-san made his obvious. Ray-kun got Oda-san for me, and I don't know if he's still there. And... you can't let Connor-san know I told you.

He'd lose his faith in me, and he's already lost one friend. Ray-kun knew all three alignments, if you want to make him your excuse.

Just leave me out of it.

I can do both.

[Just to placate the grumpy bunny. See? He's going through Shibuya with Senri attached to him while talking business. It's fine.]

Justice said something bad almost happened last week. He said someone following him came to him because they wanted to kill some people without knowing they were all on the same team. [???] It's why he wants me to get them together to talk.

Oda or Connor...?

[ . . . . . . . . . ]

Oda.

[he's going to

gently press his forehead on sasuke's shoulder while wheezing softly]

Absolutely, without question, Oda.

Damn.

[Sasuke sighs, almost like he had figured that would be Senri's answer.]

So Oda. Let's hope he didn't change. Connor either. Do you know if Mouri changed after the trial before and changed back again or...?

Connor-san didn't. I already asked. He won't leave Justice unless he has to - and he'll let me know if he gets hit by Advancement Opportunity, so I'll let you know if I need you to swap with him.

[he's protective of their baby!!!!]

Mm - I haven't checked with Mouri-san though... I'm gonna hope that they've all stayed pretty stagnant. If Mouri-san did end up moving, that throws my numbers off even worse.

[and he

gently huffs in irritation at that. it's easy to play the part of someone who isn't thinking about anything at all when it's everyone else, but given that sasuke already knows how much senri thinks about this sort of thing.... he lets himself be aggravated]

I'll try them. It's risky on short notice, but... I'm willing to take the chance. They don't have to know anything aside from Justice wanting them to work together.

[He glances at Senri, and he's glad Senri's head is mostly in his shoulder still so he can smile just slightly. It doesn't last long, thankfully.

He is quiet for a yard or two as they walk, then softly, maybe somewhat hesitantly:] You're amazing.

[senri fucking misses a step from a curb and trips]

[WTF DON'T JUST TRIPSFUFh

Sasuke has great balance, but he's also caught off guard. He staggers before he catches himself, arm latching around Senri's and the other going out to catch Senri by the clothes.]

What the hell? Pay attention!

[SLDKJFLKJ senri latches onto sasuke once he's kept from eating shit but also like - ]

Wh-Wh-Who the hell are you?! Where's Sasuke? He'd never say anything like that to me!

[MAYBE SASUKE WAS THE CLONE ALL ALONG

but also surprised as he is, he's also blushing so like. apparently he's just flustered]

Shut up, you moron, and stop making it weird!

[Senri is blushing, but he can't even enjoy it because he's angry that he's embarrassed Senri called him out so blatantly when he was just TRYING TO BE NICE FLYING UNDER THE RADAR!!!!]

I'm Sasuke. Just take it and don't make a big deal out of it. You gave me information because you're talented at getting it when everyone thinks you're just an idiot. You're just like Naruto.

It's infuriating.

[ . . . . oh.

that manages to burst senri's bubble really easily as he sighs - ]

Oh. You're using me to work through your feelings for someone else.

I guess that's fine.

What? I would never call Naruto amazing. He's an idiot who can't do anything.

[Nevermind what he just said. Just--shut up. He's trying to pull Senri along again by continuing to walk.]

Forget I even said anything. What do you want in exchange for the intel?

Just confirm for me if Mouri-san is still in Justice. If my theories are right, the two Ambition just scrambled to Love and Sincerity. Estelle could've been the last Bambi I was missing.

[senri will go along with the walk though, letting his gaze fall onto shibuya instead. he relaxes as if seeing a piece of his home]

Also - be more honest with your feelings. You love your friends, you're probably going to go back home and date Sakura-san, and I'm getting tired of you pretending you don't and you're not.

Alright.

[He looks in the opposite direction of Senri as they walk, refusing to look back.] I'm not going back to date Sakura. I'm not going to date her period. [His lips thin and frown.] She confessed her feelings to me when we were younger to try to keep me from leaving.

But I left anyway because my revenge against Itachi was more important.

[He did say he let down a girl already, right.]

She did it again, recently... for me back home. Naruto and I need to settle things, and she tried to stop me by confessing. She'd just get in the way of our fight. So... I used the sharingan to show her an illusion of me killing her, something that would knock her out for a while.

I'm not going to date her because... I won't ever be able to make up for the things I've done.

... you're so dumb... You didn't even say once that it's because you don't want to.

Sakura-san already sounds like an amazing person, to still hold onto feelings for someone who disappointed her once before. I wouldn't blame her if she decided to change her mind - but feelings like love, and caring for someone... Even if you try to change your mind, that doesn't always mean that you can change how you actually feel.

[senri's gaze lingers at a display in a window - white roses - and then he shakes his head]

You're just the one who won't let yourself learn about a life outside of what you thought you needed to do. But you're not hopeless. Hobbies, friends, cooking, interacting with other people... you've done that fine here.

[they walk along, and senri just hums thoughtfully - ]

You just need to realize that you deserve more than people's hatred, despite the mistakes you've made.

[Senri really is a broken record. This has been, like, the sixth time Senri has had to tell him the same thing. He still... No, he sees it. He gets it. But changing how he is turns out to be a bit more difficult than he had been expecting.

He's trying?

His eye watches Senri's reflection in the glass as they slow before they pass by the window and keep going. He's still frowning.]

There isn't anything left for me in my world. When I got back, I'll be imprisoned for the crimes I've committed against my village. When I go, it'll only be to help Naruto complete what's required to stop the Infinite Tsukuyomi. The illusion almost everyone is trapped in, draining their chakra. If he can beat me, I'll help him undo it.

But... after that, I won't have a life. Even as a missing-nin, I'll be alone.

[ninjas are so fucking much.

but senri just... stares....]

You give up so easily when it comes to yourself....

It makes me mad.

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