[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]

Don't wanna!

[NOT GETTING UP.]

[deontology]

[SO HE STANDS UP

and grabs Tenka's arm

He will drag you]

[sunshrouded]

Wahhh! Sousei's using his birthday status as tyranny!!

[he may be clinging to the table with one arm still]

[deontology]

I'm not using my birthday status at all!

[WHY ARE YOU SO STUPID

He's trying to wrench Tenka off that table now.

Why is this happening.

Are you guys five]

[sunshrouded]

[even if sousei's succeeds in getting tenka off the table

he's just going to scratch at the floor now

yeah, they're five

and with no adults to help supervise, god help them]

Tyrant! Brute! I take back all the nice things I said!

[yeah, all two seconds worth of nice things]

[deontology]

[He's going to get that pointed out, too. Sousei very abruptly lets go of him, glowering down at him.]

"Nice things"? You mean about how I'm feared, and there are layers of ice? Or the moments of occasional words that may have been compliments in between all of the insults?

Those things?

You can have them back.

[HMPH]

[sunshrouded]

Re-gifting is also really rude, Sousei!

[clearly that also works with words that tenka technically gave to him yeah, that's the drunk logic happening here]

[deontology]

You're taking them back!

[????]

Your words are hardly gifts in any case.

[sunshrouded]

Now that's just mean-spirited! Just because you're grouchy doesn't mean you need to drag me down with you!!

[you're so loud, tenka]

[deontology]

Shut up.

[SO LOUD...]

And go to bed.

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . jeeze.

Tenka's just going to slump against the floor then and sigh.]

Can you hand me a pillow?

[he probably meant in an actual bed, tenka]

[deontology]

In your actual bed. [Honestly.]

Did raising your brothers not mature you at all?

[sunshrouded]

[another yawn and he's just pillowing his head on his arms now]

You tell me. How'd pulling the Yamainu together go?

[they both had to grow up really fast

though admittedly Tenka does enjoy being able to revert pretty hardcore around Sousei. it's easy and familiar.]

[deontology]

[...Slowly, Sousei sits again at the table. And he sighs quietly. How did it go...?

...]

I did not have to do much of anything. Kumou-sensei founded the Yamainu. They would follow anyone he appointed.

[They...are loyal to Sousei, but he's still honestly not entirely sure how much of that is from being loyal to Taiko, and how much of it is loyalty to him as an individual.]

[sunshrouded]

[are they ever going to make it to bed

probably not

but at that Tenka actually raises his head because he didn't expect a serious answer. Then he's... honestly just going to laugh again.]

You sell yourself too short, Sousei.

Those guys love you.

[deontology]

...No.

[It's not that he's denying either of those accusations, because he suspects either of them might be correct. They do care for him, as he cares for them too. And he may be selling himself short on some things.

But when it comes to this...]

They fight for a shared dream.

[A vision that Tenka granted them.]

That is why the Yamainu is still here.

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . and Tenka snorts faintly at that.]

You and Kiiko were the only ones in the room then, Sousei.

[If the shared dream is the one he's thinking of... but honestly-]

... so I guess thanks for passing it on to the others too. You guys...

[Normally this would be too much information, too much honesty- but the combination of Sousei and alcohol manages to make Tenka's lips loose too.]

You guys are still like family. When everything's all over and done... you should come over more. I want my little brothers to get to know all of you too. And... I think Mom and Dad would like it.

[deontology]

[Tenka's dream...Taiko's determination and purpose--those are why the Yamainu is together. And when their purpose has been accomplished, then...then he'll disband them properly. Not like Iwakura, throwing a fit like a child. No, with dignity and respect, as they all deserve.

For now though... it hurts, but in a good sort of way. He misses them too, Tenka's parents, his foster parents.

But nonetheless he manages a smile, going for smug.]

You've been absent too long, Tenka. Soramaru has already invited me in your place.

[Now he has breakfast over there...and watches out for the brothers as best he can when they're there. It's a change, he knows it is.]

[sunshrouded]

[Tenka blinks at that, a bit surprised. But... ha. Of course. Soramaru would invite his master over. That said-

He snorts.]

Not everything's about you, Sousei. I mean everyone. Kiiko, the old man, Shi-san, Takamine, Ashiya - even the new kid.

Unless you've been throwing parties at the shrine since I've been gone-

.... It'd be nice for everyone to get together, don't you think?

[If Sousei and he could mend their bridges, then why not build up a few more between their families?]

[deontology]

[Hm... Yamainu over at the shrine... everyone spending more time together again? It'd be nice, he thinks. They probably couldn't go back to living together all too easily, but...if it's just a little work, then work they will.

It'd be worth it, for the end result.]

Of course. Everyone has been looking out for your brothers, Tenka.

[Ashiya, working on finding a way to save Soramaru. Kiiko, always, a given. Takamine, supporting Soramaru even after his injury. Shi, doing his best to get them to work together. Takeda.... being Takeda.]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . that just gets him to laugh a bit as he finally sits up, stretching idly. Then he shrugs, but the pride shines through in his voice.]

That's because I have the best little brothers in the world. Soramaru always does his best to be strong and even Chuutarou's growing up.

[Hah. It does strike a pang of loneliness into his heart but-

Now he's just going to give a smile.]

They're not going to need looking after for much longer. But pass my thanks on to the team for doing it so far.

[deontology]

[He scoffs at that.]

Give them your thanks yourself.

[OKAY.]

They've been waiting for it.

[...and for this... Sousei's aware enough to know that they've been waiting for him to get over it and repair his relationship with Tenka.]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . ah, right.

Tenka blinks at that before snorting.]

Okay. I'll do that. But you bring them over for dinner sometime so I don't have to travel all the way to your office. That sounds so stuffy.

[deontology]

...That won't be difficult to convince them of.

[Soramaru's cooking is so much better...

...and also there's the little fact of--]

We may not be there much longer, regardless.

[He's kind of completely disregarding his orders to bring Soramaru back for experimentation

yolo]

[sunshrouded]

[That gets Tenka to raise a brow.]

No? Why? Mold problem?

[tenka why]