★★☆☆☆ week 3. friday. yu.

[haw]

[ ain't this a kick in the dick. after this week's body announcement, majima tails yu as the younger boy storms away from the courtyard, waiting until they've gotten far enough into the temple to be relatively isolated from anyone else. ]

Oi, Narukami-kun. Hold up.

[ his voice carries its usual tenacity, but as he addresses yu now, he isn't being overly brash like people have come to expect of him. ]

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[covenantal]

Majima-san?

[ Not necessarily who he'd expect to follow him...

But Yu will turn, pausing, the look on his face ... thoughtful. Whatever was bothering him in the courtyard seems to have faded--

or at least, he's hidden it well. ]

Did you need something?

IM GOMEN RL KICKED MY ASS

[haw]

I just...

[ he hesitates as he tries to figure out how to word this, then just gives up and sighs. he's never been great at sentimentality. ]

... Thanks for at least givin' it a shot.

I FEEL YOU IT IS SO FINE

[covenantal]

[ His eyebrows jump into the fringe of his hair and stay there for a moment.

Then his expression normalizes as he sighs out slowly. ]

... I ...

[ Damn. He sighs again, quieter this time, and shakes his head. ]

Someone had to. We owed it to ourselves to at least talk about it. Try.

[ and: ]

I still want to have faith.

laughs in real life

[haw]

[ he wonders what yu's surprise is for—is it because of his appearance and reputation? ]

God, I wish I had yer optimism.

[covenantal]

[ ... ]

I don't know if I'd call it that.

[ there's a weariness to it, like he's said these words before. ]

Call it something I have to believe.

[ softly, mostly to himself ]

Who else is going to?

[haw]

[ kid. buddy. you okay. ]

Uh... ya sure you're just a high schooler? Like, shit, ya almost sound older than me.

[covenantal]

[ blink ]

Pretty sure. I turned seventeen a couple months ago.

[ what's the problem????????? don't all high schoolers talk like this

... but after a moment he'll sigh, anyway. ]

I shouldn't have said that. I don't mean to disparage anyone.

[haw]

Ya just sounded like... you were tryin' to shoulder the burden of all this on yer own. Ya know that ain't healthy, right?

[covenantal]

[ ...

softly ]

Yeah, I've heard. Not usually this early into the conversation, though.

[ with quiet, self-deprecating humor, but he's considering majima very thoughtfully. ]

Can I ask you somnething, Majima-san?

[haw]

I'd be kind of a jackass if I said no, right?

[ he honestly doesn't mind, but he's just kind of used to coming off as a jerk that it's a natural reply. ]

Shoot.

[covenantal]

What do you think went wrong?

[ quiet.

with the meeting, he means. ]

[haw]

[ ... hm. his expression very quickly morphs into a grimace. ]

Simple—it's just like Disorder-han said. There are some people here who're damn good actors, an' they played the rest of us just the way they wanted.