[ souji & jae-ha.... singular yike ]

[alttitude]

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[sanguinairy]

[i hate this and i hate that jae-ha is dtf

ANYWAY HE JUST sets down his pig (who immediately bounces off to claim the pillow as his new seat), sets down his cup, and makes a "turn around" sort of gesture with his newly freed hand.]

Face the door, if you'd please.

[alttitude]

[ . . . interesting.

But.

Jae-ha will do as asked?

I hate that he's so obedient

please stab him in the back literally]

[sanguinairy]

[if i was playing kaoru he would be dead in a hotass second BUT UNFORTUNATELY IT'S SOUJI, so tragically, Jae-ha will live to ho another day.

Instead, after Souji scoots over to sit behind him, he'll feel... hands on his shoulders! And then a strong-palmed kneading.

He's

going to get a shoulder massage.

On the plus side Souji is canonically extremely good at these which I also hate!! But here we are. I'm literally going to fight myself before you get a chance to.]

[alttitude]

Hm? Ah?

... Oh?

[this is going to be weirdly awkward for a second because

jae-ha has

probably never really gotten a probably massage before? he might squirm for a second]

[sanguinairy]

[DON'T SHOW WEAKNESS AROUND SOUJI, IT'S A DANGER.]

Ah, is that no good? I could use more pressure if you'd like.

[He's got a lot of arm strength for someone who's Literally Dying but he's also just as likely to try tickling Jae-ha to see if it gets an equally funny reaction, now.]

[alttitude]

Er - no it's... fine?

[it's actually fine.

he's just. caught off-guard.]

.... I just can't say I remember the last time I had one of these.

[he probably has so many damn knots. he's stressed and exhausted constantly]

[sanguinairy]

I can tell. I don't know how you manage to carry people and move so effortlessly when your shoulders are such a mess.

[A PUNK... But he'll start working those knots away with his thumbs and the heel of his palms, miraculously not trying to tickle his soul out of his body. Yet.]

[alttitude]

[holy shit

well it's a little horrifying how jae-ha is actually going to just. melt into that? that's nice. that's actually really, really nice, given how stressed he's been]

Mmmmmm well -

[is this what being pampered feels like.......]

I do what needs to be done....? ♥

[sanguinairy]

[i can't believe how easy it would be for souji to murder jae-ha

He's actually pleased though?? His goal is to provide a distraction and some de-stressing, so Jae-ha relaxing is telling him his mission is going well, okay.]

Well, I guess dependable people will always be like that even if their backs are twisted into knots.

[A little, light laugh. He's used to dealing with that sort... It's why he's so dang good at shoulder and back rubs in the first place.]

[alttitude]

... that sounds right.

If you can convince Sousei to sit still long enough for this, I'd kiss you.

[he'd also

kiss him anyway

but it's the first thing out of his mouth so]

[sanguinairy]

[JUST FUCKING LAUGHS.]

You know... I have a really hard time picturing Sousei-san sitting still long enough for anything, but especially anything that might be relaxing. [He may, in fact, be allergic to relaxation??] Still, for a prize like that, I suppose I'll have to try.

[Honestly

he just wants to see if he can actually talk Sousei into it...]

[alttitude]

Please do - it'd be so much nicer if he could take a breather for even five seconds. I'm not really sure how he's still alive, serious as he is?

[jae-ha

this is your partner]

[sanguinairy]

True, that's true! Though I do think it's charming, you know? Grumpy, frowny people like him are wonderful.

[HIS TYPE IS VERY QUESTIONABLE.]

[alttitude]

[AND YET.]

... well you're not wrong. They seem like the type that are harder to get. It sort of makes you want to chase after them all the more, doesn't it?

[sanguinairy]

Ah, you know, that's exactly right!

[why

why do their bad tastes align]

It's also much more satisfying when you can get them to smile.

[alttitude]

... that was a very sweet conclusion that I wasn't expecting. I feel like I need to collect myself to be able to say anything in addition?

[souji is

too pure]

[sanguinairy]

You know, you could just say what you had in mind, too.

[He's a pure and good soul but he's also a little shit.]

[alttitude]

No, it's suddenly inappropriate.

[what was he going to say]

.... but you're not wrong. The Captain's smiles were always hard-earned, but more than worth it.

[sanguinairy]

[The first part just has him laughing in a knowing way BUT THEN SUDDENLY IT GETS CUTE

HOW DARE YOU]

It's nice, isn't it? It makes you feel like you've really done something well. [But he doesn't want Jae-ha to have to linger on the dead when he's trying to provide a pleasant distraction, so--]

Have you seen Sousei-san smile yet?

[alttitude]

[ . . . well.]

I have! He has a nice one.

There's normally some cockiness or smugness clouding it though.

[sanguinairy]

Ah, really? I don't think I've seen one of those smiles yet...

[Because he somehow... hasn't managed to see the smug and cocky side of Sousei in private...... Probably because he's an earnest soul and not Jae-ha.]

[alttitude]

No? That's a shame. It's very attractive.

[bad taste]

[sanguinairy]

Oh--! I'm missing out!

[i hate this BUT SO DOES SOUJI.]

Come get me the next time he makes a face like that. I want to see it, too!

[alttitude]

Just tell him that there might be something that he can't do, and then watch him do it, and he'll naturally make that face. It's infuriating and devastatingly handsome.

[this is like

the worst thread]

[sanguinairy]

But I don't think there's anything he can't do. ...Unless it's something like "wear your hair in braided pigtails" or "smile nicely at everyone for an entire day", and then he wouldn't do it even to prove me wrong, right?

[why the fck are the samurai bonds so strong]