[open] when two tsunderes collide

[unswerved]

Who: Misaki Yata unswerved, Saruhiko Fushimi swordplays, and you!
When: 1 May (IC)
Where: The grocery, game center, ViViD, and around the residential district!
What: Two guys who recently got canon updated are back and are here to make noise!
Rating/Warning: Warning for Yata's language, and Fishy's tsundere attitude.

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A: TWO BEST FRIENDS GO SHOPPING.
[ tag order will be you > fushimi > yata! ]

[ you're probably out doing your groceries and minding your own business. nothing wrong with that! in fact, that is what everybody is doing! you go buy your fruits on your own, it's not like anybody will judge you even if you put a durian in your shopping cart.

you at least think it's peaceful with how the loudest noise you can hear is the establishment's pop music, but that thought is quickly subverted— ]

There's nothing wrong with pineapples, you stupid monkey! [ says a guy in a beanie and a baggy shirt and shorts. it's like he came from the 90's. he waves a pineapple around his taller friend's face, forcing it on him and then tossing it at the cart.

though his aim's pretty shitty when he's angry… watch out! pineapple coming your way, or it probably ends up landing in your cart?! ]


B: DUNCE DUNCE REVOLUTION.
[ the game center has always been bustling with people—mostly delinquents who skip school and use their monthly allowance on video games. that's what you get for giving free money to kids, ceres! but the employees at the game center don't mind! more business for them. and ever since misaki yata's arrival, he's become a regular customer for stopping by every day and playing a game or two.

and he's mostly known for hogging the dance dance revolution machine all to himself for about an hour or so. and for a few days, the game center's regular hadn't shown up, but he's back now with a vengeance! in fact, the news of him being back spread and now there are a ton of spectators inside the game center and outside. yata's just really good in video games, and rhythm games are even his forte! he's dancing so well and owning every song - anyone would be in awe of him.

after breaking a sweat from one of the more difficult songs, he looks back at his audience and asks: ]

Anyone wanna challenge me? I promise to go easy on you!

[ and to make things even more exciting— ]

If you win, I'll buy you anything you want!

[ YATA, NO. ]


C: TWO BEST FRIENDS PLAY.
[ tag order will be you > fushimi > yata! ]

[ yata's scrolling through the list of missions a particular game has to offer outside of the vivid rooms with fushimi right next to him. they haven't done anything together in such a long time, this feeling is so nostalgic! and it's because of that that yata wants to start teaming up with fushimi right away!! and while it's only been recently that they've acted friendly towards each other, yata knows that the two of them make a great team. so what other mission would they aim for but the most difficult one?

except— ]

Huh, Saru. This one needs at least three people.

[ are those footsteps he hears???? he immediately looks back. ]

Hey, you. Wanna play ViViD with us?

[ yata is totally staring you down. you better come! or if you're a girl, he'll hide behind fushimi before he even manages to say anything. YOU TAKE CARE OF THIS, SARUHIKO.

warning: this prompt may contain vivid glitching that would end up with characters playing dumb games. prepare yourself. ]


D: YATA SCREAMS.
[ being gone for a few days meant not being paid for a few days! and while yata has close to 500 credits on him, he still wants to make as much as he can. which is why he asked the owner of the ice cream shop that he works for if he can do double shifts these next coming days. so it might be daytime, the afternoon, or nighttime, but yata's on his ice cream scooter, passing through every street of the residential district and making a lot of noise. ]

Hey punk! Buy my ice cream, before I shove it in your mouth!

[ though if the person he's about to pass is a girl, he tries to speed up, but it ends in him losing balance and falling off the scooter. oops. ]


E: WILDCARD.
[ got any other ideas? hit me! yata's work includes him working for an ice cream shop, but he's also a frequent vivid player, as well as a delivery boy. you might see him every now and then on his skateboard, doing tricks, too! ]

Comments

[mombastic]

[ Otome takes a minute to reply, touching the back of her head to assess the damage. Nothing bleeding, it seems, but there's a slight bump forming that's tender to the touch. ]

Nothing I can't tend to, [ she says finally, offering a faint smile. ] Hello, Fushimi-kun. And your... friend?

[ Your loudly panicking friend... ]

[swordplays]

That's... good then. [It's no small relief that Otome hasn't suffered a more terrible injury, and they're both lucky that she's okay, because the consequences of something worse happening wouldn't be pretty for any of them.] At least let us... no, let him pay for painkillers and an ice pack or whatever else you need.

[Yata's embarrassing behavior isn't doing anything but adding to the scene they've already caused, so he's whipping his head around to loudly call over the panicked apologies.] Misaki. [Hope he likes the whole store knowing his name.] If you can stop screaming long enough to talk like a person it might come across as slightly more helpful.

[unswerved]

[ WHY ARE THEY FRIENDS AGAIN. fishy's done nothing but embarrass the small bean. stop calling him by his first name too, jeez!

but that's enough of a wake up call for him. he runs to where they sell ice to grab a small bag!! ICE PACKS? what are those??? it doesn't take him more than two minutes to come back. and it's a good thing that ice is cheap because yata's already going to be so broke from video games later on... ]

Here! [ he's even getting down on one knee to dab the bag of ice on the back of otome's head. he might be socially awkward when it comes to dealing with girls, but this guy knows when to get serious.

but also?? fushimi is fucking rude and he needs to get yelled at, too. ]

This wouldn't have happened if you just ate pineapples!

[mombastic]

[ Why does she somehow keep encountering a duo of two argumentative boys, she wonders... but then one hand lifts to take the bag of ice from Yata, so he won't have to keep holding it. And also because she's going to wrap it in a handkerchief and press it back to the bump. ]

It's all right, I'm fine. Let's not argue too much about it, okay? And thank you, Misaki-kun, for the ice.

[swordplays]

[She is a natural at attracting surly guys. At least Otome can take care of herself. Score one for accidentally injuring medical professionals.] It was the least he could do after pulling a stunt like that. [But it was such a Yata thing to do, so while he's clearly upset that someone else got dragged into the stupidity, he also sounds vaguely exasperated at his antics as well.

She said no arguing, but she didn't say no mumbling to yourself loud enough to be heard by others, so. He's hunching his shoulders slightly and frowning down at the poor innocent pineapple on the ground as if it personally offended him. Which it did. By existing.] I'm certainly not going to start eating them just because you assault people with them.

[unswerved]

[ misaki-kun.

misaki-kun.

m i s a k i ]

Aghgh! It's not-- [ yata jumps, his cheeks flushing red because YOU DO NOT CALL HIM BY HIS DUMB GIRLY NAME??? please don't... but yata can't. tell women what to do. especially someone he barely knows. ] You're welcome.

[ this is the worst day of his life. and he'll argue with you later, fushimi!! it's stupid to argue in front of a lady. ]

Are you Saru's friend?

[ ha! your turn to be embarrassed now, fishy. ]

[mombastic]

[ If only you could be like Fushimi and tell her not to use your first name, because now you're doomed. Such tragedy.

At the question, though, she glances over at Fushimi with a considering expression, before she laugh softly. ]

We've only met once, so I doubt he'd consider me one. But my name is Otome. Yanagiya Otome.

[swordplays]

[Fushimi could easily correct Otome and tell her how much Yata hates being called by his supremely girly first name. On the other hand... nah.

Screw you though, Yata, because yes that is actually an embarrassing question and now he has to deal with being embarrassed about it. Ugh.]

Meeting once isn't enough to decide on something like 'friends' anyway.

[unswerved]

[ eh. what a typical fushimi thing to say. if there's a spark, then you gotta be persistent and decide for yourself! even if that other person wouldn't want to be friends with you. ha ha. seems like something that happens in a lost small world, huh.

yata just shrugs his shoulders. ]

'course you would say that. You don't have enough imagination.

[ friendship is magic, saruhiko!!! ]

[mombastic]

Well, we've met twice now. I think that's a good enough basis for friendship.

[ Poor, poor Fushimi. ]

[swordplays]

[Don't... don't friendship at him. Whatever, he's ignoring both of them to reward some nosy shopper peering at them with a scowl. It's not cool to be teamed up on, okay.]

My brain isn't the one that malfunctioned. Even if it's twice now, that's still just deciding things all on your own.

[unswerved]

If she wants to be your friend, then you shouldn't say anything bad about it...

[ he's so embarrassed to say that out loud so he tries to make it only audible for fushimi. ]

[mombastic]

Hmm, well. You're not wrong... we can be one-sided friends until you've decided.

[swordplays]

[Both of them are being embarrassing, this is not the place for friendship. It's the place for not buying gross foods.]

Do we really have to be talking about this right now?

[unswerved]

[ oh, right! the woman's injured. well, sort of. may as well offer to help. ]

Need help with your stuff? I can carry them for you.

[mombastic]

Oh no, I'll be fine! I've distracted you from your own grocery-shopping enough, I think.

[ With pineapple shenanigans. ]

[swordplays]

Misaki is the distraction. [He sighs. He's with Yata, so he has to take some responsibility too. Yata gets a brief dirty look before he continues talking.] But it was... our fault, it won't happen again.

[That's as close as he can get to actually saying 'Sorry'.]

[unswerved]

[ ugh, jeez! you don't have to give him that look! yata looks at otome, remorse in his expression, and he nods as fushimi talks. ]

We didn't mean it.

[mombastic]

No, I know there was no harm meant... so long as you two don't typically do this, it's fine.

[swordplays]

[Please don't ever assume that he is the type of person who normally gets up to ridiculous shopping antics, Otome.]

I said it, didn't I? That it won't happen again. [Sulking in a grocery store like an adult.]

[unswerved]

[ they don't normally fight like this in the grocery. what used to happen all the time was them actually fighting and wanting to hurt each other, but you know. times change. ]

Yeah... what he said.

[mombastic]

Then I'm not concerned at all! This bump should go away shortly, too.

[ Or she'll heal it before Leon finds out. ]

[swordplays]

Great... everything is going to work out for the best, then. [It would be difficult to sound less enthusiastic right now.]

Now... [He reaches out to wrap his fingers around Yata's wrist, tugging on it.] Come on, Misaki. Let's see if we can get through the rest of today without you trying to knock anyone unconscious.