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

[alttitude]

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[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]

[alttitude]

He's still learning music. He's annoying persistent once he starts, but he doesn't really know much about the arts. That's how I saw it the first time.

[jae-ha understands entirely. and he's actually pretty glad that souji knows so much]

... he told me that he trusts you. I can see why.

[sanguinairy]

Oh! I see... I'm not sure I'd be able to get that kind of smile out of him with music, since I don't know anything about it, either.

[A SIGH. He'll just have to leave the hot smugness for Jae-ha to enjoy, apparently...

Though at the statement, he sure does BEAM!! Even if Jae-ha's not facing him to see it, it's the kind of expression that's audible.]

We come from similar times in the same country, so it's easier for me to understand him, I think. I trust and like him a lot.

[Sousei reminds him of his fellow men... He's a Good Soul and Souji is very fond of him.]

[alttitude]

[ . . . that's sweet. Jae-ha laughs a little bit at that.]

Oh? Were you a soldier too?

I feel like he appeals greatly to those of us who are used to taking commands.

[sanguinairy]

I am.

[Soldier, captain of a ragtag rudeass police militia, same diff. Souji seems to agree with that statement in either case, laughing amiably.]

I think you're right about that, too. He's very familiar in that way, you know?

[alttitude]

He is - is your commander back home similar in temperament to him too?

[because sousei is so similar to gi-gan

it kinda hurts sometimes]

[sanguinairy]

[why is this suddenly sad

In any case, Souji just laughs like a punk, waving his hand.]

Oh, not at all! Kondou-san is a very sweet and fun man. He spoils me a lot! [DON'T SOUND SO PROUD OF IT.] I think Sousei-san is more like my vice-commander, but even then, he's much more composed.

[To be fair, being more composed than Hijikata isn't hard.]