[ AUDIENCE: TAICHI YAGAMI ]

[dormheads]

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[goalsides]

[i hate you for that joke.]

yeah yeah i've been busy
be right up

[he will wander his way up! and this time he doesn't knock, he just enters riku's room and shuts the door.]

Hey. [he kind of looks like he's ready to go to sleep again, but there's a slight grin.] How's it goin'?

[darksubverted]

[STOP.

I can't remember what all you've seen of his dumbass corkboard, so this is everything on it: the picture of sora, kairi, and him on beach as little kids, a picture of fall dorm with claudeboard, a picture of the christmas tree, a stolen anime night poster, a manila envelope with a drawing of young Riku and Sora watching the sun rise and signed "dawn", a selfie with manwol and him in the mascot outfit. On the desk is a paper airplane with divine dogs on the wings, and a bag of tea.

Beside the desk, there's a small dented hole in the wall.]

Hey.

[He is currently

laid out near one end of the couch with his head back over the arm, morosely staring at the ceiling, one hand folded on top of the other over his stomach.]

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[everything after the christmas tree is new, so he takes a cursory look as he enters the room...but he stops to look at the dent and raises an eyebrow.

okay, emo kid. he'll cross the room and have a seat on the other arm of the couch, feet hanging over the edge and glancing at riku again.]

Are we moping?

[darksubverted]

[Quietly, he sucks his teeth.

Now that Taichi is closer, he can tell Riku looks extremely tired, like he maybe hasn't slept, or slept much. The right hand held under the left one is bandaged.]

I just have a headache.

[Slowly, he sits up a bit.]

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[...looks at riku's hand.

looks at the wall.

he just...frowns.]

Do I need to buy you some painkillers? [he's still glancing at the wall.] What happened to your hand?

[darksubverted]

Nah. I got two from Sakyou.

[He glances up at Taichi. The hole is behind him directly level with his head, over enough Taichi can see it, of course.]

...I slammed it in the door.

[goalsides]

I'm going to ask you two very stupid questions. First of all, why, and second of all, did you actually take the painkillers yet?

Actually third question, what's with the hole?

[darksubverted]

[Very slowly, he turns his head just enough to glance at the hole in the wall behind him by the desk. It's level chest height.

He slowly looks back, but won't meet Taichi's eyes. Secretive vibes.]

I took them. [.........] Fine.

...I punched the wall. Last night.

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[...closes eyes.]

...I don't think I can blame you, actually. I probably would've, too, except I've only got one good hand right now.

[it's sort of a joke, but also like. mood? he understands.]

...it was a bad day for all of us.

[darksubverted]

[Relief pools off him when Taichi doesn't scold him. He already realizes he was being stupid, but in the moment, he was just angry.

He glances up, lips thin. His mood seems to exasperatedly throttle Taichi for the joke.]

I know. Sorry... about how I acted earlier in the day.

[goalsides]

[idiots, the both of them. taichi's own emotions kind of give off a blip of understanding and a little uncertainty.]

I shouldn't have forced you but I was trying to help. [sometimes you lowkey freak out when other people are freaking out.] It's been a long week and then having two bodies as the new standard...it sucks. Probably more for you guys because you also have to run these stupid trials for us.

Right? [like he'd be a shitty npc because he'd be too frustrated to do anything.]

[darksubverted]

[Sometimes you resist and get a smartass mouth because of alpha week. It's fine.]

Right.

[He reaches up to rub the fingers of his good hand over the socket of one eye, and then drops the elbow on the back of the couch so it can hang.]

I'm alright. Don't worry about it. I was just... being stupid. You came to spend some vouchers.

[goalsides]

Telling me not worry about something is a guaranteed way to make me worry about it, dude. [but he does let it drop briefly.]

But yeah. If it's gonna help, then I'll keep doing it. [...] Do we have new documents this week that one of us should be buying?

[darksubverted]

Figures. Sounds like someone else I know...

[SORA. :\]

I didn't think any of you would come to ask. But... yeah, there is.

[goalsides]

[a hum.]

This Sora guy and I really are a lot alike, aren't we. [he will just outright say it. but also god.]

...three for the documents?

[darksubverted]

More than I'd like.

[Why are there TWO_OF_THEM.PNG? One Sora/Taichi is enough!]

Three for the documents.

[goalsides]

[there's a blip of amusement. ]

Sorry about that. [but okay. he will hand over three vouchers. ] Trade me.

[darksubverted]

Deal.

[He gives off playfully exasperated vibes. Tch.

Stretching his good hand out, he'll take those vouchers. And then from behind him (magic), he takes out a piece of paper, front and back. Which he hands to Taichi.]

[goalsides]

[give him a second to read this... ]

...should...I feel threatened right now? What the hell?

[darksubverted]

[He watches Taichi's face to try to make out the other boy's expression when it's read. Nothing good, apparently.]

What's it say?

[goalsides]

It's...a lot? It's a lot that says things like "don't you want to stay? Don't you want to be with your friends forever? You will you will you will."

And the back says "you will finish the story."

[darksubverted]

[He holds his hand out for it.]

I'm able to see it, you dork.

[goalsides]

Then why'd you ask? [he hands it over.] ...what do you think?

[darksubverted]

You were reading it first.

[He takes the paper and looks over the front of it slowly, then flips it briefly over to glance at the back. His brows furrow.]

"Finish the story"...?

[goalsides]

However this was supposed to play out...we don't have a choice but to continue to the season finale, apparently.

[... ] What do you think about what Otome-san said yesterday?