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( closed ) now don't you understand
Who: Shinpachi & Tenka
When: One of the days after the dreams.. somewhere around there.
Where: Tenka's bar WHERE ELSE...
What: Will Shinpachi and Tenka actually manage to have a serious conversation or will alcohol beat them to the punch: another installment in the exciting series.
Rating/Warning: Should be nothing other than maybe the two of them being the idiots they are somewhere down the line, who knows.
[ Honestly, the memory-dreams in itself didn't bother Shinpachi as much. He doesn't have anything he wants to hide - that's not his policy, after all - and the memory he saw that belonged to someone else didn't have anything particularly incriminating in it either. And he does realise this doesn't necessarily mean it's over and that there might still be yet another weird twist to it.
So it's not like he's entirely off guard, but.. whatever, life still goes on. And if Zelien couldn't stop him from drinking until they practically traumatized him about alcohol for a while, then this place sure can't do so either just with those weird dreams. So despite the circumstances, Shinpachi finds himself - where else - at Tenka's bar. Without Sano for once, but it's probably more a string of coincidences that made it end up that way than anything else.
It works out just fine like this too, though. Shinpachi's sitting there with one of his first cups (so he's not drunk yet or anywhere remotely close to it), just sipping from it slightly.. mostly since his thoughts do keep wandering off towards the dreams all the same. He's been thinking about what it means, after all.
But since there's someone else here, Shinpachi might as well do what he does best - wondering out loud. ]
Hey, Tenka. [ He puts the cup down on the counter for a moment. ] You had to deal with those weird dreams too?
When: One of the days after the dreams.. somewhere around there.
Where: Tenka's bar WHERE ELSE...
What: Will Shinpachi and Tenka actually manage to have a serious conversation or will alcohol beat them to the punch: another installment in the exciting series.
Rating/Warning: Should be nothing other than maybe the two of them being the idiots they are somewhere down the line, who knows.
[ Honestly, the memory-dreams in itself didn't bother Shinpachi as much. He doesn't have anything he wants to hide - that's not his policy, after all - and the memory he saw that belonged to someone else didn't have anything particularly incriminating in it either. And he does realise this doesn't necessarily mean it's over and that there might still be yet another weird twist to it.
So it's not like he's entirely off guard, but.. whatever, life still goes on. And if Zelien couldn't stop him from drinking until they practically traumatized him about alcohol for a while, then this place sure can't do so either just with those weird dreams. So despite the circumstances, Shinpachi finds himself - where else - at Tenka's bar. Without Sano for once, but it's probably more a string of coincidences that made it end up that way than anything else.
It works out just fine like this too, though. Shinpachi's sitting there with one of his first cups (so he's not drunk yet or anywhere remotely close to it), just sipping from it slightly.. mostly since his thoughts do keep wandering off towards the dreams all the same. He's been thinking about what it means, after all.
But since there's someone else here, Shinpachi might as well do what he does best - wondering out loud. ]
Hey, Tenka. [ He puts the cup down on the counter for a moment. ] You had to deal with those weird dreams too?
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[ He sort of gets it - the Shinsengumi might not be his literal family since his own father sure isn't involved with them in any way, but it feels the same nonetheless. So even though he knows he's eventually going to leave them and even though he knows that it'll be for a good reason he can stick to, it still hurts a little.
But-- ]
No changing the past, right? Even if this or that might've hurt, you gotta believe in your decision and move on. That's the mark of a true man. [ Cheesy as all hell, yes, but he means it seriously. ]
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[He remarks on that idly as he fills up Shinpachi's sake cup again, if only to give his hands something to do. And it's true -Tenka went ten years with minimal contact with the Yamainu at all, only hearing vague whispers about what they were up to.]
You gotta admit that it'd be hard if Sano-san was pissed at you to the point that he stopped talking to you.
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But Tenka's also right. It'd hurt like hell to have the guy who matters the most to him be mad at him and stop talking to him. There's a reason why the thought of Sano dying along with the other members of the Shinsengumi in the future hurts so much, after all, and even now it manages to make Shinpachi's smile very, very wry. ]
You wouldn't be able to tell by now though. That you two didn't talk for so long, I mean. [ Sousei seems perpetually annoyed and angry with Tenka, sure, but it's in this.. weirdly fond way. It's easy for Shinpachi to look at them and be able to tell they're friends, anyway, but maybe that has more to do with the way he interacts with some of his more sour friends too. ] So in the end it all turned out fine, even though you made that kinda decision..
[ He takes a gulp of his drink. ]
What a lucky bastard, that Tenka. Getting the best of all worlds.