[ AUDIENCE: TAICHI + YAMATO ]

[dormheads]

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week 5, tues (morning)

[darksubverted]

Soccer first. I'm not stopping a game because Taichi got a stomach cramp.

[ghoststrums]

you underestimate his iron stomach. meet you at the pitch then.

[ but that's all he'll get until he gets there! yamato's sitting in the stands with a cup of coffee wearing this outfit, looking like he cares zero percent about soccer. he raises a hand in greeting!

oh yeah also he has both eyes ]

Try to kick each other's asses fast before I get bored.

[ he's so nice. ]

[goalsides]

[he doesn't know what the texts say, but he's aware of the gist of the day. he's following along after yamato, currently dressed in what looks like gym shorts and a t-shirt but he's carrying both a soccer ball and his backpack. he's on the field when riku arrives though.]

Don't worry. This'll be pretty short, I think. [good morning riku.]

[darksubverted]

[He shows up to meet them wearing a comfortable t-shirt and athletic shorts combo. He has a pair of cleats on. His right hand is still bandaged, but it's fine.

Glancing between the two of them, he rolls one shoulder after another to stretch them.]

He'll need the food to cry in after I'm finished with him.

[He points at his own eye that matches Yamato's.]

About time?

[ghoststrums]

A rich man took pity on me. [ it's a joke, but you don't need emotion share to see that he's kind of pleased about it despite his many. many eye fix protests. ] Kon had about twenty four vouchers and insisted. Now I can properly watch one of you mope like a sore loser and one of you preen like an asshole without needing to move my head.

[ sips his coffee ]

[goalsides]

[there's a laugh at that, but the kind of laugh you give when you really want to say "you're such a bitch and you're lucky you're cute."

he's working on stretching though.]

Joke's on both of you, I'm gonna preen and eat a big breakfast. What do you wanna play to, Riku? First to three? Five?

[this is not a traditional game, basically.]

[darksubverted]

[To Taichi:] Three since that's all it'll take for me to beat you. [To Yamato:]

Now you have two eyes to see me beat your boyfriend.

[ALPHA WEEK IS OVER.

Anyway, he swings his arm down casually as he passes Taichi, and bonks Taichi across the head with his good hand. This is the equivalent of tossing a raft log on top of Sora.]

[ghoststrums]

[ oh. he seems a little surprised and looks at taichi like?? wow??? someone noticed?? but doesn't react more than that. ]

You're both idiots with injured hands, so I'll pull a red card if you start playing dirty.

[ he has stolen taichi's whistle for this purpose apparently? world's worst referee ]

[goalsides]

[he

looks

away

well no, okay, he looks at yamato briefly with a tiny shrug before he swats at riku's hand and gets to his feet, kicking the ball toward the middle of the field.]

Can't use hands in soccer, remember? [haha.] Not that using his hands would help Riku anyway.

[and then, to riku:] You ready? On the whistle.

[HE IS NOT FALLING FOR RIKU'S KICK AND RUN TRICK AGAIN.]

[darksubverted]

[Haha, loser. TOO LATE.

He jabs two fingers--his index and thumb--in a pincer shape at his mouth (to indicate the whistle) at Yamato. As in, blow the whistle already!!

He's already started booking it for the ball.]

[ghoststrums]

[ yamato's half laughing into it when he blows the whistle. he said he would referee but he is ignoring this BLATANT cheating because it's funny ]

Should've seen it coming, Taichi!

[goalsides]

Shut up! [he started moving as soon as riku made a move, so it's two idiots diving for a ball, taichi kicking to try and steal it out from under riku's feet.]

[darksubverted]

He falls for it every time!

[This time, he's playing a little more in focus. It's less a friendly, throw-away spar, and now something with a bit more merit. He steals the ball away from Taichi's kick, but fumbles it on his end when it doesn't go in the direction he wants.

Which just leaves a big opening for Taichi to take it.]

[ghoststrums]

[ yamato watches and sips his coffee. he's not cheering either one of them on, but he is watching and enjoying... the view.

boys hot. ]

[goalsides]

[useless gay. not that taichi notices because he's focused on the game, following after riku enough that he can recover the moment he fumbles, a little slower on the turn but dribbling with his feet to kick ahead and dart after the ball to chase it toward his own goal.]

Think you can keep up?

[nyehehe.]

[darksubverted]

[Yamato is living his best gay life looking at jocks, and I support him.

Riku chase after Taichi, putting more gumption in his speed at the taunt. He swings a little out, and then rounds back in. He drops down in a slide across and in front, leggy out.

Dangerous since he'll have a really long recovery, but also good because it'll force Taichi to have to turn away from the goal run or jump over him.]

[ghoststrums]

[ yeah yamato's having a great morning? also he is taking pictures from time to time. not for anything weird for manwol's collage. ]

Wow... kicks.

[ he has no idea what techniques either of them are using. ]

[goalsides]

[WHY!!!!

he's going to overestimate his own abilities and kick the ball into the air, sending it sailing across the field and attempting to jump over riku, nearly tripping over his own feet but kind of hopping to keep running. this shouldn't have worked but given there's canon evidence of him jumping over a turnstile i will allow it.]

You've improved since last game, but not enough! [he's wunnin. straight for the goooooal oh god why is the ball off to the side never mind he has to go fetch it, kicking it back toward the goooooal.]

[darksubverted]

Nn...!

[Grabbing a fistful of dirt, he shoves himself scrambling back to his feet to chase after Taichi and the ball. The cleats make him so fast. His focus is way too intense.

He races up just in time to slam the ball between both their feet, pinning it. There is a cool momentary struggle,

but it pops out from the force and rolls right into Taichi's goal.]

[ghoststrums]

[ yamato has no idea who scored because he was busy looking at hot jocks doing cool tricks so he just tweets his whistle. ]

One-zero! [ for who? you assume he cares. he is a terrible ref. ] Is that the best you guys can do?

[ he's literally half lounging ]

[goalsides]

[goodbye ball. taichi's watching all of this happen while trying to maintain his own momentum, but when the ball rolls straight into his goal he meets both of them with a wide grin.]

Pretty sure that's mine. [he will go retrieve the ball though, shooting yamato a Look.] Like you could do better!

[but he approaches riku again with the ball to prepare to throw it back into the game.]

Your footwork's gotten better. Let's see if you can score off of me this time. [and there's a kicky! the ball goes sailing to give them both an advantage to actually go get it.]

[darksubverted]

Tch.

[He doesn't seem angry, but he does seem kind of butt-hurt about losing the goal. He'd give Yamato the finger if he wasn't half Disney kin.

He waits (this time) for Taichi to put the ball in play, and then he takes off like a bat out of hell again.]

Let's see how much stamina you've got!

[ghoststrums]

[ pissing off both of them at once was great and yamato settles back to watch. he's got about half his coffee left and he is enjoying himself? it's a good morning? ]

Kick his ass Riku!

[ he is just gonna root for whoever is losing he guesses ]

[goalsides]

I can outlast you any day of the week! [he's picking up the pace, running straight for the ball to try and steal it back. riku's probably closer to where he kicked it though.]

And whose side are you on anyway!?

[YAMATO!!!]

[darksubverted]

Oh, yeah? Keep up!

[Yamato is so mean. Unfortunately, it bolsters Riku which is terrible, so he races along the grass to grab and juggle the ball with his feet.]

He knows exactly the right side to be on.

[He just laughs and takes off toward his own goal with the ball.]