[ sanji & jae-ha have dinner dates ]

[alttitude]

i'll put something pretty and gay here later!!

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[alttitude]

Ah - then everything is perfect.

[He follows after - though his gaze wanders to the windows as he does, noting them, as if looking for any hints as to how to open them. How to get outside.

How to escape his fate yet again.]

[concasse]

[Sanji's so busy looking straight ahead that he doesn't notice, for once, and that is probably a blessing in disguise.

... He's also quiet on the way to the kitchen.]

[alttitude]

[ . . .

Hm.]

What's gotten into you?

[concasse]

[... holding a breath in his lungs for a beat, letting it out slowly.]

Nothing.

[A shrug]

Got a lot to think about.

[alttitude]

[ . . . a slow gesture of his hand.]

Liiiiiike?

Maybe we're thinking about the same things?

1/? This is just me spamming Sanji's every expression I am not sorry

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4/4

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[...]

It's my own business.




[LORD]

[alttitude]

[ . . . ]

What, do you require a trade?

[concasse]

[Sanji hears "trade" in the same tone he'd hear the word "challenge", and sue him; that does get his attention.]

... A question for a question?

[alttitude]

I can agree to that.

[ . . . does he have anything to hide?

Time to find out.]

I'll even let you start.

[concasse]

... You angry at Sharpay-chan, for what she did?

[alttitude]

Some part of me is.

She was chosen for their game, and she thought it was the only way to see her goals through to the end - or something along those lines. So she must've felt cornered.

[ . . . ]

But she chose my Captain.

That - I still can't forgive, even if I know it's not Miss Sharpay's blame alone.

[concasse]

[Nodding slowly at the answer. It's a fair one, and some would say better than Sharpay deserves.

But hey -- Sanji gets the sentiment. Pirate and all that.]

[alttitude]

[Then Jae-ha's question:]

Why did you feel the need to ask me that?

[concasse]

Curiosity, I guess.

[it's the truth]

I give women special treatment, same as you, but I don't know if I could've forgiven Sharpay if it was my own captain who died.

[In fact, he doubts it. Sanji's passion for women has its limits.]

[alttitude]

[ . . . ]

Forgive is a strong word.

[One that Jae-ha isn't sure he can use, but - ]

... I roomed with her for days. She asked me on Thursday night to stay, to not go out after curfew, because she was scared that something might happen. I believed her.

... I wonder if I've been too blind.

[concasse]

... Wouldn't say blind.

[A shrug, but a little too delicate for Sanji. If anything, it's just a placeholder as he gathers his thoughts.]

There's a risk in trusting anyone here. Technically no one should be eating my food -- think how easy it would be to poison half the castle -- shit, I wouldn't blame anyone who ran from me.

[Pirate and all. They're not supposed to be upstanding citizens.]

But not trusting anyone doesn't guarantee anything, either.

[...]

You did the best you could. And Gi-Gan-san would've had your head if you ignored a lady's pleading, even if it turned out to be a ruse.

[alttitude]

[ . . . . it's a fair assessment. Trusting people is hard and yet even in this war game, Jae-ha doesn't think that any of them would be inclined to kill each other. He hadn't suspected the rising star, and he didn't think that anyone would've actually been capable of bringing down his Captain.

Then again, he remembers her kindness more closely than anything else.]

You're not wrong. She would've never forgiven me.

... in the end, I don't really regret anything, or anything that I've done. If it was possible to really regret the actions of others, I'd do that.

But...

Moving forward - that's what my Captain would tell me to do, instead of getting stuck. Which is why I'm doing what I'm doing now.

[concasse]

You nervous about tomorrow?

[-- That kinda slips out. Sanji has to rewind and make sure it was his turn to question, and even then, his eyes tick to the side like he's mentally kicking himself]

[alttitude]

No.

[considering the fact that the whole point was to get sanji talking

jae-ha doesn't seem to care whether it was his turn to ask a question or not]

I've lived with an expiration date all my life - the only difference is that it was pushed up to tomorrow, rather than a nebulous 'before 30'.

[concasse]

-- What.

[He does.

Not like that answer.]

Are you shitting me right now?

[alttitude]

The Green Dragon isn't meant to live forever.

[That's just how it is - ]

When the person that I'm meant to serve is to come, they'll need an agile dragon. Someone young, in some cases hopefully naive. [sorry ki-ja!] The chances of that are higher if all dragons die before they outlast their prime.

... you don't need to look upset.

It just means that refusing to accept my end is in my blood, too.

[concasse]

[So. Many. Questions. Most of them probably not relevant. Sanji's frown is set in stone, though, it doesn't bulge even at Jae-Ha's request.

God, he needs a cigarette]

... At least you're not planning to lie down and accept shit.