and then there's another pause. he definitely wants to say something else, but it's evident that takaomi isn't entire sure of how to approach it. his eyes flicker from sasuke to the floor. ]
... I don't dislike you or anything. It's always just been safer if I don't tell people anything.
[ it seems to be a very late answer to when sasuke had called him out on monday. ]
Even my friends back home... I tell them things of stuff I like. Music, video games, food... the kind of topics that will normally come up in conversation. But nothing deeper. It's safer, and that way I won't be disappointed or feel like I've been left alone if things go bad.
[ sincerity had argued with him, if it was better to try and fail or not try at all. and in most context, takaomi would say it's the former. except for this one thing. ]
[More than Taka will ever know, maybe more than Sasuke would ever even say in earnest--he gets it, he understands. They're a lot alike in certain ways.]
I don't pay attention to what people say or don't say. They can tell you anything. Whatever you want to hear, good or bad. I pay attention to what people do. Their actions.
[But he doesn't call Taka out on any. None of Taka's and none of his own.]
I never wanted to come here to make friends. In the end, it just means you get hurt. When they feel pain, you feel it, too.
[ it's said softly. because sasuke confided in senri, and he tried to do the same with taka, and he isn't sure who else he might have gone to about his past. ]
[He ducks his head again at the chin, somewhat, turning it away in the opposite direction. He'd disagree he wasn't soon enough, but he doesn't want to start an argument, so he stays quiet.]
If it somehow doesn't work out... [His eye lifts from the floor, though he still isn't looking at Taka.] I'm glad I met you both.
I can't tell him that, or he'll start crying and never shut up. But I wanted to tell you.
[ it's funny hearing that, since he's so used to their interactions revolving around senri. even now, the meaning of "both" doesn't fully register for a moment, and when it does be just sighs softly. ]
We probably could have been good friends here.
[ he thinks they probably are at least friends, but still the kind that don't really know each other or how to really interact without an orange buffer around. ]
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[No choice. Schoolboy Sasuke is something he thought he left at the exams.]
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and then there's another pause. he definitely wants to say something else, but it's evident that takaomi isn't entire sure of how to approach it. his eyes flicker from sasuke to the floor. ]
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Go ahead.
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[ it seems to be a very late answer to when sasuke had called him out on monday. ]
Even my friends back home... I tell them things of stuff I like. Music, video games, food... the kind of topics that will normally come up in conversation. But nothing deeper. It's safer, and that way I won't be disappointed or feel like I've been left alone if things go bad.
[ sincerity had argued with him, if it was better to try and fail or not try at all. and in most context, takaomi would say it's the former. except for this one thing. ]
I'm kind of a coward like that.
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I don't pay attention to what people say or don't say. They can tell you anything. Whatever you want to hear, good or bad. I pay attention to what people do. Their actions.
[But he doesn't call Taka out on any. None of Taka's and none of his own.]
I never wanted to come here to make friends. In the end, it just means you get hurt. When they feel pain, you feel it, too.
I guess that makes us both cowards.
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[ it's said softly. because sasuke confided in senri, and he tried to do the same with taka, and he isn't sure who else he might have gone to about his past. ]
So you're not that bad.
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[He ducks his head again at the chin, somewhat, turning it away in the opposite direction. He'd disagree he wasn't soon enough, but he doesn't want to start an argument, so he stays quiet.]
If it somehow doesn't work out... [His eye lifts from the floor, though he still isn't looking at Taka.] I'm glad I met you both.
I can't tell him that, or he'll start crying and never shut up. But I wanted to tell you.
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We probably could have been good friends here.
[ he thinks they probably are at least friends, but still the kind that don't really know each other or how to really interact without an orange buffer around. ]
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We'll just have to be good friends in Tokyo instead.
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[ unless sasuke wants to go to fifty different sweets shops ]
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I don't trust the tastes of someone who prefers TheBambiz over Uribos.
[Maybe they can bond over dunking on Senri.]
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But there's nothing like it.
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[This is also a tease by the glance he gives Taka, but whatever.]
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Sure. This one will be more lively.
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Otherwise, I'll be bored.
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Challenge accepted.
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...Is that all you wanted to talk about?
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he's considering.... ]
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waits.
For now.]
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When he answers, it's honestly blunt, no reluctance.]
The fourth week. When we were strung together.
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