they are full of regret

[sunshrouded]

Who: two dads (Tenka sunshrouded & Sousei deontology)
When: backdated to after the event!
Where: the Kumou Estate
What: first goal: get sousei to spit out his tea. second goal: get him drunk off his ass.
Rating/Warning: embarrassing adults

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[Tenka comes home the morning after all the madness only after Shirasu called him out. And he's tired. He's tired and he's exhausted and honestly not much of a morning person, despite all the comparisons people make between him and the sun.

Either way, he's trudging his way into their home now and going to sit in front of their low coffee table, joining his partner.

Then because maybe, just maybe these past three days have been hard on him-]

So I woke up alone this morning.

That was nice.

[Are you ashamed yet, partner.]

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[deontology]

[...He doesn't know what he'd rather, honestly. All he has is half-formed ideas. All he knows for sure is that he hates to see Tenka smiling like that as well.]

...Yes, I brought those things so you would not brood on what you couldn't change.

[There's a faint huff at that, a soft breath out.]

But I do not like to see fake smiles either. I know you are hurting. You do not have to hide it from me.

[sunshrouded]

I'm not hiding it from you.

[That much is something that he says remarkably quickly. If anything, Sousei's the only person he doesn't get that treatment anymore.]

But I need to keep going.

If I'm not smiling, I'm brooding. If I'm not brooding, I'm smiling.

Why not pick the one that's not as hard for people to see?

[deontology]

[i'm sorry they were having feelings and this is definitely a serious thread but he's tipsy and there's that stupid smile again so he just

leans forward

and pinches Tenka's cheek between his thumb and forefinger.

stop]

It isn't even a proper smile.

[sunshrouded]

[why do you suck as a person, sousei

except now Tenka's just whining-]

Ow, ow, ow!! You're not my mom!

[YOU SUCK, SOUSEI]

[deontology]

[excuse you he's not the one who sucks.]

Of course I'm not.

[And he releases Tenka, settling back and giving him a flat look.]

Enough. If you look as though you're in pain but are smiling anyway, perhaps you shouldn't be.

[Maybe they should see that he's hurting. MAYBE.]

[sunshrouded]

[And now he's just going to rub at his cheek and squint at Sousei-]

No one can tell besides you anyway! Jeeze, why would I get people all fussed over something that's passing?

[Even when he smiles when his heart is breaking, it's not like anyone's ever pointed it out. Shirasu, maybe, but he gave up on it after a while. In the end, Tenka always finds something to laugh about.

So he just drinks some more because this isn't the kind of night of drinking he wanted-]

It's temporary.

[deontology]

[And Sousei just crosses his arms and leaves it at that. Yeah. Well. It was just a thought, and quite frankly, Sousei doesn't feel like pursuing the topic either.]

You asked.

[YOU BROUGHT IT UP.]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . dammit, he did.

Either way Tenka just sighs and moves to refill Sousei's cup again, shrugging.]

Does it bug you that much?

[Not that he can even promise to change it.]

[deontology]

[....and now Tenka's asking, damn. He's quiet for a moment, and then sighs, a soft sound.]

Yes. I do not associate good times with it.

[Probably understandable considering there were not good times when Tenka was smiling like that, but still...!!!

... it's not really enough for him to be able to tell Tenka to knock off one of his habits, though.]

...If it is truly easier for you, then it is what it is.

[sunshrouded]

[and we interrupt another serious moment for-]

Do you associate good times with anything? You're always so crabby.

[deontology]

[excuse you]

I am not. Not everyone is as pointlessly exuberant as you.

[sunshrouded]

There's a point to it!

[god

and you're going to get more poured in your cup, sousei, because you're too sassy]

[deontology]

[what are you doing trying to get him plastered

at least he's distracted by this conversation]

There is not. Don't pretend. It is just how you are.

[sheesh]

...There were good times, though.

[sunshrouded]

[yes he is determined to get Sousei plastered

but Tenka just snorts faintly because yeah he is naturally exuberant but when times are hard-]

... there's a point to it.

[anyway,]

There are always good times.

[deontology]

There you go again, acting as though nobody would be able to carry on without your exuberance.

[HMPH. it's not the exuberance--it's tenka's presence itself.]

There were. And there will be again.

[RIGHT AT THAT EXACT MOMENT IN CANON not so much]

[sunshrouded]

You think you can make a baby stop crying without a smile?

[Exuberance is how he raised his brothers, alright. As far as he's concerned, it's an important part of the equation.]

No, no, you don't get it- [and he makes a vague gesture with his hand] Are. Even now! Good times!

[deontology]

[.... .... ... okay that gets a really blank look.]

I have no idea.

[he's never...tried??? babies???

what are babies

pause everything]

[sunshrouded]

[paused

and Tenka just nods sagely]

Yeah, I know.

You'd probably make it cry more.

[deontology]

[EXCUSE YOU

wait is that an insult, he doesn't want to deal with babies

a pause............what were they talking about before this.]

...That doesn't matter to me.

[sunshrouded]

You're heartless if you can ignore a crying baby.

[to be honest

Tenka remembers what they were talking about before but he doesn't particularly feel like going back to it

he has a feeling he was going to say something gay weird]

[deontology]

[don't be gay weird, Tenka.]

It is not my responsibility. It is better left to someone else.

[...]

Inukai could handle it.

[DELEGATES IT ELSEWHERE]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . ]

P-Pfff-

Buhahahaha!!

[LEAVE IT TO SOUSEI TO JUST PASS OFF A BABY

Sousei: 0 Imaginary Baby: 1

and Tenka's just here cracking up because his partner is probably afraid of crying children]

[deontology]

[... ... ... and Sousei just

sighs

sips his drink

tries to ignore Tenka's obnoxious laughter

shut up asshole]

[sunshrouded]

[Hey, it's better than him being moody or managing fake smiles, right?

Which is essentially the thought that he has now as he gives Sousei a grin, properly tipsy.]

See?

Good times, even now!

[deontology]

You have a strange definition of "good times".

[... no, Tenka's not wrong.

But...... well. Maybe they've been living in the bittersweet for too long.]