[like immediately after Kashuu's temple adventure because Yasusada probably wasn't very far away and probably saw him get trapped inside?! HELP he's just gonna be immediately outside, NPC Hot Pants is here too ig]
[WELL. HE LOOKS VERY SHAKEN AND IS COVERED IN MULTICOLORED SLIME SO THERE'S THAT. waves hands vaguely about hot pants thread that's happening right now it's fine we're bending time a little BUT KASHUU'S STUMBLING HIS WAY OUT.
He may stumble his way directly into Yasusada depending on how close he's standing to the door when they bust out of it, sorry for the slime...]
[Where's Yasusada??? By the end of Monday, wherever he is, he's suddenly going to feel the ENTIRE WEIGHT OF A PEANUT crashing down on him... as Kashuu just literally leans his wholeass weight on this mans... clearly uncaring as to whether or not this upsets his balance and sends them both tumbling to hell. Look, it's fine.
He also very nicely and loudly says, right next to Yasusada's ear, like a demon about to blow out his eardrum:] Uuugh, I'm so tiiired! Carry me.
[In the spirit of toumyu anmitsu I flipped a coin to see if they would fall over, but tragically Google has spared them on this day. They can remain standing I GUESS.
Still, he definitely wobbles precariously?! HE WAS JUST MINDING HIS OWN POMPOM BUSINESS and now he's teetering to the side and getting his eardrums exploded by a WHINY BABY VOICE]
Hey--!! [like コラ!! U PUNK. Despite that he will automatically try to keep them steady because Kashuu is too spoiled for his own good] How are you tired already?!
[AT SOME TIME after he's dragged Yasusada over, he's just gonna floppety flop down onto his bed. He's nice and clean and showered! His clothing is hanging up to dry! He doesn't like these pjs too much but they're clean, at least...]
[WHILE I AKI WASN'T THERE TO SHOW IT Kashuu was definitely Yasusada's reflection at trial today in terms of "steadily loses excitement and playfulness as things get weirder and weirder"... Except in typical Kashuu fashion, he also probably got kind of testy about it.
When they get back to ??? HIS ROOM PROBABLY?? help, Kashuu's immediately taking off the shoes that go with this outfit and throwing them into the closet.]
The clothes were fun, but I don't wanna play anymore games like that.
[MIRROR SWORDS... Yasusada definitely stuck close to Kashuu once things started getting uncomfortable, save for that brief period when he was protecting bird baby from getting tangled up in the Buzen vs. Marie(???) brawl.
But they can go back to his room yeah. yams is probably still in his suit--I was gonna say he could just borrow Kashuu's pajamas but I guess we only get one pair BUT MAYBE YAMS LEFT HIS HERE idk whatever. MORE IMPORTANTLY he just nods.]
I don't either. It was okay at first, but... [but then it got weird and not fun anymore...]
[Toward the end of the day when they're both getting ready to start turning in for the night, Kashuu walks over to wherever Yasusada is standing in the room and looks down at his little feeties. Does he take off his shoes even on Metallic floor...]
Anyway Kashuu is here!! Briefly being kicked out of the room every so often so PCs can work, it's fine. He'll be there pretty soon after Yasusada's out of his healing tube though, and after he's been bandaged, and he's immediately moving over to check him for any other outstanding injuries. IS THE METAL STILL THERE HELP.]
Anyway Su Jiuqing probably redirected him over to a bed and bandaged his neck and his cuts, but his clothes are definitely still cake-y and bloody and also they have weird neon stains. It's fine. The bits of metal are still there because he's clutching them tightly in his hand, and possibly cutting himself on the sharp edges? It's fine.
More importantly, as soon as he spots Kashuu, his eyes widen and he scrambles to get up.]
Kiyo--[His voice is hoarse, like he's been choking; he bends over, temporarily overcome by coughs.]
[HELLO????? Kashuu's been dealing with a lot for a little peanut, so he looks kind of frayed by the time Yasusada gets UP IN HIS FACE. He doesn't take a step back, though, he just frowns.]
[Hewwo friend. As he often does, Kashuu's retreated to somewhere more private to deal with his complex tangle of emotions and seems more or less level by the time they cross each other's paths again.
Still, he's immediately reaching out for Yasusada's hand.]
[At some point Wednesday night, once they're back in Metallic, Yasusada will tug Kashuu into Kashuu's room. Malik is busy watching Ballers or something idk.]
BUT IN THEY GO!! Kashuu's all tuckered out from a wild day of competitive sports and idoling, so he's in a pretty calm mood. Also, everything here is a concern in disguise, so he's maybe a little worried Yasusada will have something whack to tell him.]
After they've had some time to scout and talk to others, Kashuu's just sitting on the dojo floor near wherever Yasusada is, posture rigid and expression tight with the icy sort of fury that he's prone to when he's truly and genuinely furious.
He doesn't say anything just yet. But he will, after a few moments, reach out for Yasusada's hand. It's less for a sense of comfort, and more for something he can ground himself with.]
Yasusada will, at least, pause long enough to nod at Kashuu before he goes off to investigate the cemetery--anything he wants to say will have to wait until they're in private.
...Not that his attempt to protect Buzen with secrecy did anything to keep him safe, but still.
Yasusada is angry too, but--he's always been more prone to melancholy and sorrow than Kashuu has, and he carries that weight with him now as he sinks down beside him. Kashuu takes his hand, and Yasusada leans against him, resting his head on Kashuu's shoulder.
Eventually, he speaks.]
...A fight woke me up, I think. [His voice is quiet, but it doesn't matter, since they're so close together.] But he [or they? he doesn't know. god he hopes it isn't a "they"] was gone before I could go anywhere, so I... I don't know what happened. I didn't know it was him.
[Honestly Kashuu's probably dragged Yasusada back to his room at some point just so they can curl up under the covers and pretend that the world outside doesn't exist for a little while. He got his leg patched up pretty quickly, so that's fine at least, even if they're WHOLEASS MISSING BUZEN'S BROKEN BODY.
Haha, wow. They caught the killer, but things sure do feel even worse than before, don't they?]
[Yeah, Yasusada stayed behind to talk to Shale but otherwise he just ditched everyone and waited for Kashuu to be done so they could G T F O. He probably at least changed out of his bloody clothes, but otherwise all he really cares about is curling up with Kashuu and staying tucked against him.
Eventually, quietly--]
...Heavy.
[His body, itself--the lethargy of depression pressing him down. The weight in his chest--directly over his heart, like a stone buried underneath his skin. It's all heavy.
Will they ever truly have choices to make? Or is it just an illusion, at the end of the day?]
[At some point pretty early in the day, Kashuu's going to find Yasusada again, tugging on his sleeve.]
Oi - I gotta talk to you.
[DO U WANNA START WITH DOOFY FIRST me thinking about how actually there are very few doofy moments in toumyu where kashuu was there and yams wasn't but plenty where yams was there and kashuu wasn't help sato ryuji stop being busy challenge]
we are both dying under the weight of our combined memshare threads and also i completely forgot to have kashuu icly mention this even though he would have but this is a note that w1 sunday kashuu would have passed on what bass said about kazuma being "less and more" of himself/that only being fixable through execution/death
this is also a note that they'll have a convo icly when he gets lost for 3 fckin hours trying to find november where kashuu will voice his suspicions that kazu was 9S's killer because of his very sus behavior, related to the note above
[I think about how somehow anmitsu aren't attached at the hip every second of every day..... ooc.......
ANYWAY yams may be a sword but HE CAN COUNT PAST 5 FOR THIS OCCASION so at some point, when he realizes what day it is]
hey kiyomitsu i think its been about a week since 9skun and the others came back i hope this isnt a patter n but come find me okay we can scout and make sure everyone is still erhe
IM FUCKING SHRIEKING SHE REALLY OUT HERE LIKE "YOU LEFT ME ON READ" WHEN SHE DIDNT LINK ME HELLOOOOO
Naturally, even though he wants to make sure everyone else is okay as well, his first priority is Kashuu. So he lingers just enough, checking on the others and letting Kashuu do what he needs to do, without straying too far from him. And as soon as possible, he's finding his way back to his partner again.]
[this is literally the funniest shit of my entire life
Anyway! Here's the thing. Kashuu hates being vulnerable. He only shows the parts of himself that he wants seen, and any time something is at risk of slipping through, his hackles raise. He doesn't want to deal with it. He doesn't want people to see him like that. He doesn't even want Yasusada, his mirror, to see him like that.
But this time... just this once, when Yasusada makes his way back, Kashuu's immediately pulling him into a tight, tight hold.
He'll probably feel the wetness of tears from this big dumb baby at the crook of his neck soon enough.]
[Well. He's had time to catch his composure, at least, since the day before. And while Chinatsu's death feels like a hollow sock to the gut, it's not surprising, and it's not devastating. Though the fact that it feels expected certainly isn't great, either.
Wherever Yasusada is after they've all had some time to regroup and settle, he'll make his way over, reaching out for his hand.]
...How were things, last night? You took it, right?
[Quite frankly, Yasusada hadn't really thought they'd speak of it--no matter how much he liked Chinatsu and Chang Geng, his priority is still Kashuu's well-being. But perhaps this isn't surprising; Kashuu was so vulnerable last night, that it's no wonder he'd want to move on with the light of a new day on them.
He takes Kashuu's hand, but he hesitates, like he knows Kashuu won't like the answer. That, though, is probably enough of a response itself--and Yasusada doesn't like to lie anyway.]
I tried, but something was wrong. I couldn't hold onto it properly. [KASHUU WAS BUTTERED LIKE JORTS THE CAT.] Don't worry, though. Steel-san gave me something that will help until I get myself back, if I need it.
[Which he hopefully won't, since he hasn't run into trouble so far--but it's not like he doesn't understand Kashuu's concern.]
It was alright, though. I went to the museum, and I heard something... growling, like an animal? I'm not sure what it was, though. And I found some kind of small weapon, but I don't really know what it was.
[WELL!! He'll just fuckin flop down next to Yasusada. Are they in Metallic room, hanging out on the bed? Looking at the empty one across from them? Haha.]
...Y'know. When he came back last night, he was acting real weird.
[THEY ARE HANGING OUT ON THE BED... normally Yasusada would probably be making an origami flower for Chinatsu or something, but uh. Today was A Lot so he just wants to decompress right now.]
this is just a note to say that yams will tell kashuu that he knows who panda is and that he knows kashuu knows who panda is (but that he understands kashuu can't say much about it!!)
[HERE THEY ARE IN THE DOJO BY THEMSELVES it's fine. Kashuu's probably taking this time to be openly gross and sappy instead of tsuntsun, because no one else is here and he still feels incredibly guilty about the fact that he'll probably survive the night without concern while Yasusada goes out there with NO SWORD and faces a bunch of fckin MURDEROUS CLOWNS (not the actual murderous clowns, just their friends) about it. He's just sitting like half-draped over Yasusada, arms around his shoulders, forehead resting against the crook of his neck.
It'd be kind of nice if they could just. Wake up from all of this and be back home at the citadel, huh.]
...Maybe we should clean up a little with the time we have left.
[THEIR DOJO IS BLOODY. He says that but doesn't seem inclined to move.]
[No he's definitely going to go out and encounter murderous clowns tonight you've spoken it into being
For now, though, they're just here--he's got his arms loosely around Kashuu's waist, his emotions still a little frazzled from the returns earlier--more specifically, from knowing that this place is capable of taking even more from them than it already has. Was last week enough? Haven't they given up enough of their memories?
Most of his agitation and concern has mellowed out, though, now that everyone's settling for the night. He still hates that he probably won't be able to prevent any murders tonight, but for his part, he's got the reassurance that Kashuu will be safe. It won't last, but... at least, for a few more days, he doesn't have to worry.
It would be nice, though. He misses their home more and more with every passing day.]
We can take care of it tomorrow. [No one else is here to mind it, after all. Maybe they should've invited one of the residents, but... it seems a little pointless, knowing they won't be able to stay anyway.]
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