[closed]

[deontology]

Who: Sousei and Tenka
When: 10/25 ; night
Where: their currently shared apartment
What: There's a lot of canon to catch up on. Alcohol definitely makes that much worse better
Rating/Warning: drunk people, Manpain

[Living with Tenka is simultaneously really, really familiar and also a little irritatingly different. Cutting contact for years will do that, he supposes--but nonetheless, as easily as they fall back into the groove of being partners, there's still a lot under the surface that needs to be said.

Neither of them wants to say it, though.

Sousei still doesn't like this place, certainly, and has no intentions of playing along with them--but at the very least, acting as a kendo instructor is calming. It's familiar, and separate from all of this futuristic nonsense, and while he's doing his best to adapt, it isn't bad to have something very like home to ground him.

There's that, and there's Tenka.

So when he gets home from said work, he expects it to be another night of them trying and failing to return to the place they were before, when all they had had to do was be partners, and the understanding came right along with it.]

Comments

[sunshrouded]

[OOF.

okay yeah no he's landing on the floor in a heap and honestly just. laughing now.

yeah he's a laughing drunk, who's surprised

still though he's snickering as he sits up and reaches to take another drink]

Workaholic.

[deontology]

I don't want to hear that from you.

[Slacker.

Sousei just picks up his own cup, because he's also too far gone to bother to regulate his alcohol intake GET THE BIRTHDAY BOY DRUNK: SUCCESS??]

What job did they even assign you? [He's still a little bitter about working for the city, which is why he decided against being a police officer, but. Tenka...]

[sunshrouded]

[TOTAL SUCCESS and Tenka is honestly giving Sousei a very blank look at that.

Are you for real, homie.

He's just going to gesture to the bottle of sake that he managed to procure seemingly out of thin air-]

Bartender.

[deontology]

[Excuse you, Tenka, you could've bought that anywhere. Maybe even in a vending machine??? He's not entirely clear on it, Naoi had said you can buy most anything in them.

... ... ...anyway.]

... Of course. [Really, CERES? What a waste of talent.]

[sunshrouded]

[Let's be real, Tenka probably already checked to see what you could buy in vending machines. Liquor? Much harder.

He's not entirely sure what soda is though so he didn't get any of that.]

Are you already judging my career? That's rude!

[deontology]

[Yes, yes he is.]

Well, I suppose it's harmless enough.

[A glance at the alcohol in his hands, and some fuzzy processing, and--]

... ... ... I take that back.

[NOT REALLY HARMLESS.]

[sunshrouded]

Buhahahaha!!

[there's that obnoxious laugh

But no really, Tenka's just going to laugh a lot at that.]

Aw c'mon, we're just having some fun! No big deal!

[deontology]

[So obnoxious...but also so Tenka. Sousei just shakes his head, closing his eyes and biting back a sigh. He's a lot looser right now than he has been.

It's Tenka + alcohol, what a potent combination.]

We still shouldn't be letting our guards down.

[too late]

[sunshrouded]

I say we can do whatever we want on your birthday.

[and that includes letting their guards down

besides-]

It'll be fine. Jeeze. What can they do against the both of us anyway?

[deontology]

[it's true that they're both ridiculously strong....... but Sousei doesn't like being overconfident when he doesn't know his opponents at all.

..Also, we're back to this, aren't we.]

If it's my birthday, shouldn't it be that what I say goes? Stop reclaiming it for your own use.

[sunshrouded]

Yeah, but you're really bad at celebrating your own birthday.

[so he's just helping obviously]

[deontology]

How would you know the best way to celebrate my own birthday?

[GOD.]

You're as bratty as ever.

[sunshrouded]

Because I actually know how to have fun!

[YEAH, HE SAID IT-]

I don't need to hear that from you though! Just when I try to do something nice for you....

[deontology]

[???????]

This is nice for you. Some of us don't care much either way for sake.

[he's still a party pooper.]

[sunshrouded]

Don't act like you're part of that 'some' - you're drinking this stuff like water!

[not that talks of tragedy forced his hand or anything]

[deontology]

[WITH A PERFECTLY STRAIGHT FACE--]

I have no interest in alcohol.

[so there]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . ]

Birthday brat.

[there????]

[deontology]

[uh huh]

This is the celebration, then.

[Hugging out their woes, drowning them in alcohol and dramatic chats.

...lacking, as far as birthday celebrations go. Or maybe it's too much.]

[sunshrouded]

Well you're not exactly throwing out ideas about what you wanna do!!

[MOST DIFFICULT BIRTHDAY BOY EVER-]

What do the Yamainu normally do for your birthday?

[deontology]

[... well, he wasn't actually expecting Tenka to try to fill in for the Yamainu...]

...Dinner. We usually get dinner.

[Mostly because if any of them try to cook like normal, it's a disaster. It's for all of their healths, really.]

That isn't really necessary here, though.

[sunshrouded]

It's kinda late too...

[Tenka doesn't even remember his own birthday, so it's kind of a pleasant surprise that he remembered Sousei's at all to be honest.

But now he's just humming thoughtfully before slumping on top of the table.]

We can get breakfast tomorrow?

[deontology]

[...? Hm. Well. They're going to have to eat regardless... two bachelors living together, amazing.]

I wouldn't be opposed.

[...]

We'll have to eat regardless, after all. [and it's not like they're hurting for money now THANKS CERES]

[sunshrouded]

[Tenka's so used to being fed by Soramaru or townspeople, okay. He's not about to offer to make a breakfast for Sousei when it might poison them both or set the house on fire or all of the above.

But now Tenka's yawning even as he grins with his face still against the tabletop.]

Then we can do that. My treat since it's your birthday.

[even though they're both not hurting for moeny but admittedly not hurting for money is a nice lifestyle change for Tenka]

[deontology]

...Fine.

[He'll accept that it's Tenka's treat, because a) birthday and b) Tenka has plenty of money.

And then he gives Tenka a flat look, even if he's feeling equally sleeping with the alcohol setting in.]

Do not fall asleep on the table.

[sunshrouded]

[cue some pouting as he does look at Sousei now]

Why not? It's our table.

[it's still a table, tenka]