sasuke

[bakaomi]

meme will go here when i havent woken up ten mins ago

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[moralmyopia]

[....................record scratch

Sasuke looks--he doesn't know how to look really. Shocked, but also embarrassed? Mistakes have been made and mistakes are a hundred percent being made still. His feet carry him onto the elevator after Taka gets in, but it's more like a daze.

He hates this.]

Stop joking.

[bakaomi]

Nah. That's its actual nickname.

[ he knew he'd get that reaction, and he shoves his hands into his pockets.

taka may not have punched sasuke, but he can still get his revenge somehow. ]

In general, it's one of the most visited places in the world and has a lot of history. But romantics are real crazy about it.

[moralmyopia]

[The floors couldn't go by any faster. Pray the elevator doesn't break.

He keeps his head turned in the opposite direction Taka is standing, but the hand of the arm not holding the camera is similarly tucked into his pocket.]

Have you ever been?

[bakaomi]

When I was younger, so I was mostly dragged around to places that other people wanted to go to.

[ taka's family is big and a lot and he never knows peace. ]

... Senri hasn't been either, so when school's on break, we can probably show you the real thing.

[moralmyopia]

[Hm.]

You two... [It takes him a moment before he glances over at Taka with just his eyes.] ...really are trying to get me to stay...

[The bell dings and the doors open, and he looks up at the hallway.]

You can pick where to go.

[This time.]

[bakaomi]

[ he walks out. it's the shopping floor, which various shops. it's a normal enough setting that it might make things less weird. ]

Well... you were invited, so.

[ he starts heading to the first shop ]

[moralmyopia]

[Sasuke follows Taka out onto the shopping floor. It makes it... slightly less awkward, but not by much because he's still not any more accustomed to being normal and "shopping" like Taka and Senri would be.

It's his turn to seem kind of embarrassed. But he trails after Taka.]

Senri told on you. When I said only he had invited me. He said you wanted me to come, too.

[bakaomi]

Tch...

[ senri you loudmouthed bitch

he just continues to look straight ahead instead of back at sasuke. ]

He can learn to stop talking.

[moralmyopia]

[yea]

So... you don't want me to come?

[He may be teasing, but his face doesn't betray this. He stops just inside the beginning of the shop to look at some of the items there.]

[bakaomi]

[ his face scrunches up, and he knows he's been trapped here. ]

I didn't... say that exactly...

[ it's an embarrassed mumble. ]

[moralmyopia]

[an annoying orange rabbit told him to "open his heart some," so... likewise you tsun twin binch]

It's fine... if you don't. There's things I need to do in Konoha. I'm going to have to go back anyway. Our village...

I have to help Naruto end the Infinite Tsukuyomi.

[bakaomi]

[ he nods once

then shakes his head ]

I don't know what that means.

[moralmyopia]

Mm.

[Turning his left hand over, he raises it to glance at the palm. The small, black moon is gone... He supposes the removal of abilities, the effect of his chakra got rid of it for the time being. He's hoping.

Frowning, he curls his fingers into a fist and lowers his hand.] It's a genjutsu. An illusion. Madara... reflected the rinnegan off the moon. Almost everyone is under its influence. Their chakra will slowly be drained while they live in an eternal dream.

Naruto has half the power to dispel it... and I have the other half.

But I had something to settle first. To kill the Kage of the ninja world and get rid of the Tailed Beasts. Everything that's always caused the villages suffering.

At least... that was what I planned when I came here.

[bakaomi]

[ there is a lot about that explanation that actually needs to be further explained, but taka figures they'll have time to go over the more intricate details later.

and he at least gets the gist of it? things are bad, and sasuke is needed to save everyone. or something. what the fuck is a kage. ]

And you've changed your mind...?

[moralmyopia]

I...

[He turns away and doesn’t answer at first, refusing to look at Taka. The brows are pensive, but the rest of his face is knowing and soft. Regretful.] Naruto... He was going to stand in my way. I planned to kill him, my one and only friend. Then I would be free of any bonds that would keep me from destroying Konoha and rebuilding it.

It’s... what I planned to ask for. The power to destroy and rebuild the village.

[He sighs, though, defeated.]

I don’t need a reward to help me do that, but... Merriment... [He shakes his head.] I’ve changed my mind. I’m going to see if Naruto has what it takes to become the leader of our village. And then... I’ll help him make it into something better. He’s too stupid to be able to do it on his own.

[bakaomi]

... I think that sounds like it'll be nice.

[ even after his time here, all of that still sounds so very different from taka's own world. it makes his problems feel so small in comparison. ]

And I dunno. I'm starting to think killing everyone is a little overrated, so... it's probably better to help your friend.

[moralmyopia]

[It’s fine. Things like this... The time he’s spent with Senri, with Taka, with Yu even... It’s the closest thing he’s ever been to normalcy aside from the short time of Team 7’s beginning.]

I thought... Itachi. [He pauses, thinking back to something else. His brows furrow.] Nevermind. Sorry. This isn’t... exactly something you’d talk about doing this. So... don’t worry about it.

[He glances up at Taka finally, but frowns and turns instead to disappear between two racks of clothes.]

[bakaomi]

[ he doesn't follow after him, and instead just looks through some jackets.

when he speaks, he makes sure it's at least loud enough so that sasuke can hear from farther away. ]

Your brother?

[moralmyopia]

Mm.

[He loops slowly around, not exactly looking at anything in particular. What he does look at seems hilariously typical. Leather or denim, hoodies, black and grey.] I don’t think... it’s a story you’d want to hear.

None of my stories... [He frowns.] I don’t have many good ones.

[bakaomi]

[ their sense of style is too similar and it kills taka. ]

Huh? It's not like we're only allowed to share cheerful things. Isn't the point of this is to get to know each other better?

[ he picks out a sukajan jacket and examines it... hm. he wonders if he can bring this home. ]

[moralmyopia]

[His brows twitch but don’t furrow. He looks up, though doesn’t say anything. Instead, he watches Taka and the jacket before moving over to stand nearby. He peers at the others on the rack.

Yeah, their style is way too similar.]

Do you think he’ll cry if we went back with matching jackets?

[bakaomi]

Probably. He'll be mad we didn't think to get him one.

[ ... ]

Back home, one time we got into a fight and I went to go stay with one of our classmates. It ended up being a bunch of us there and we stayed up all night, and then the next day Senri was mad that we didn't invite him to our "sleepover"... even though the only reason it happened was because we were having an argument.

[ in short, senri's needs attention or he'll die ]

[moralmyopia]

Moron...

[Senri is so dumb. Why do they put up with him.] Hm. [He cards through some of the other jackets slowly.] We can get him one. We should... take a picture of us in them and send it to Ray. [He’s sure Ray would get a kick out of the three of them being idiots together with Ray’s camera.]

If you want. [A pause. He stops and pulls a pinkish one out some, glancing at Taka. The design is a handful of stitched white rabbits in a sea of cherry blossoms. This one look like Senri...?]

[bakaomi]

Oh. He'd like that.

[ he'd think it's cute.

he goes through some of the other ones, pulling them out before placing them back onto the rack. ]

Do you want to wear pink too?

[moralmyopia]

[He keeps the rabbit jacket then, glancing down to Taka.] No. [He doesn’t sound disgusted, just uninterested.] Black. Or... [He looks through a few more, not seeing any design that catches his eye yet.] Dark purple or dark blue.

[He pulls out one. Simple, black and gray. A silver serpent coils up through the ribs of a skeleton, purple flowers blooming from within. Hm. He lowers it... and glances at Taka in askance.]