[closed] everything happens too much

[deontology]

Who: Sousei, Tenka, and assorted Friends and Acquaintances (aka Hinata, Tsurumaru, Shinpachi, Jaune, Saya, Pyrrha, Yoon)
When: the week of 12/16
Where: various, such as flower shops and bars, because they're Adults
What: getting Sousei and Tenka together at the same time is always a terrible idea
Rating/Warning: really really dumb things

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pyrrha;

[Look, it's a normal, casual Monday. Normal, casual Monday means that neither Sousei nor Tenka is expecting much to happen on this casual day. They always have a segment of time in which they are both at home, when Sousei has gotten home from work and Tenka hasn't yet left--so it's that period of time in which they're sitting as casually as ever at the low, traditional table.

Clearly, now is an excellent time for a visitor to come with dinner.

Because Tenka will never turn down food and Sousei is easily steamrolled over by Tenka--

Either way, whether Pyrrha lets them know she's coming over or not, neither of them will be ready for

~*tacos*~]

yoon;

[When Yoon lets Sousei know that he actually has done some research into the medical topics that Sousei's been poking into, Sousei doesn't hesitate to invite him over. Tenka, naturally, will be sticking around for this as well, since it's Tenka that it most importantly involves--

So hope you don't mind seeing the both of them watching you rather intently when you finally make it to the apartment they share, Yoon.

At least Tenka's friendlier than Sousei... at least there's that. Still, for a topic this important and a guest properly invited over, there is tea at the low table, and preparation for a lengthy discussion.]

hinata;

[Hope you didn't have plans this evening, Hinata, because then your phone is buzzing with a terrible invitation from a certain Aniki who causes all sorts of trouble all the time--]

hinata-kun!!!! come to dinner at my place tonight!! if you don't show up i'm going to be offended

don't be THAT guy, hinata-kun

also i dare you to flip the table in front of sousei

[ah yes. At least it's the promise of dinner...?

This can only end poorly.]

saya;

[Friday is always a good day of the week for customers, right...? Especially weird customers. Well, hopefully Saya's Friday hasn't been too much of a nightmare, because then Sousei and Tenka are wandering into the flower store together, bickering over what sounds like boxes of cookies (do you want to know? Probably not.) and overall not looking like the sorts of people who should be in flower stores.

Do you dare approach, even.... they don't look like they're even looking at the flowers yet, too distracted by their bickering.]

jaune;

[There are two men walking to dinner on a Friday night.

This is very, very heterosexual.

But it's their habit to do so and try out new places (or as new as Sousei is willing to accept), and it was a habit started when neither of them could cook. Now they have people who can cook living with them, but...it's hard to stop the habit, really. Even if they wanted to.

So they're strolling by the park, heading towards the restaurants further in the city. This might be a great time to show senpai your stuff, Jaune.

(it's probably a terrible time to show senpai your stuff.)]

tsurumaru;

[AFTER DINNER they make their way back home, Sousei a little harried (Tenka mostly amused.). But they're not really paying that close of attention to things now that they're back on their floor, having...happily, blissfully forgotten that they're living nearby someone who is now obsessed with the art of surprise.

Really, they're just sitting ducks as they walk down the hallway, how could you resist?]

shinpachi;

[It's been A Day.

Friday night is prime partying night, but if Shinpachi makes his way to Tenka's bar that night, he'll find a Sousei who very much does not look ready to party. If anything, he looks like he's ready to Drink To Forget.

He's not that far gone, admittedly, but... he is sitting there at the bar, sake in hand as he watches Tenka serve a few of the other patrons, and he is actually drinking for once.

Clearly he needs friendship and company.]

Comments

[deontology]

Tenka.

[First, Sousei has to address this, probably with something great and deep and profound--]

Shut up.

[or that.

As for Shinpachi......... really, now. "Enjoy your popularity while it lasts"? He doesn't want popularity at all!!! And he knows Shinpachi is mostly teasing him, but even so--]

I'm not looking for popularity. I'm not a teacher, I'm a captain. I don't have time for such things.

[no, he just gets too attached to the ducklings and then what]

[sunshrouded]

[To be honest he's just going to stick his tongue out at Sousei. No, he's not going to shut up!! He's going to say whatever the hell he wants!!!!

That said he's actually laughing pretty hard once Shinpachi gives his amazing spiel. Whoa. Truly just some Wisdom right there.]

It's true. If Sousei was looking for popularity, he'd think to do something about his awful personality.

[nostatus]

[ Small blessings - Shinpachi won't at least make fun of Sousei's personality to that extent. He'll leave that job up to the Official Partner, okay.. instead he actually shifts a little more into seriousness, although it's still very much the casual variation of it. Especially with his cup still in his hand and all. ]

Well, it's still pretty important in this place, I think. A lot of people don't seem like they can defend themselves, and it's pretty needed here. [ The recent Incidents at the amusement park proved as much.. seriously, he saw at least two guys cowering. Guys. Men. How did modern men turn into such sissies. ]

If you don't have time for it or it annoys you, you can always send 'em over to me for training. I used to train the new recruits back home, since I got menkyo kaiden and all. So I don't really mind.

[deontology]

[Casual seriousness works for him, really. He sips his own drink thoughtfully, considering that. The true reason he doesn't want to take Jaune on is because he doesn't want people to know how much of a sap he is he just can't abide by...wastes of his time...]

Perhaps I will. I do not mind...teaching those who will treat it with the seriousness it deserves.

[But sousei is not used to surrounding himself with lackadaisical people.

He just has no patience for anyone who doesn't seem to really want to learn. Jaune, though... he can't really tell, with Jaune.]

It is a waste of my time to attempt to teach someone who does not want to learn.

[sunshrouded]

[Tenka just chuckles faintly at that even as he polishes glasses and waits for more people to flag down his attention. Still though, he can't help but admit honestly-]

Dunno, Shinpachi-kun, this one would be an interesting student even for you. I don't think he's ever gotten formal training, though I can't deny that he's.... eager.

[Whatever that means.]

But also mostly dense.

[really.... really.... dense. dense enough for even tenka to call him dense

that's really dense]

1 / 2

[nostatus]

[ He doesn't do a spittake or anything, but he sure near-chokes halfway through a sip of his drink when those last words are uttered.. ]

Tenka's saying it.. that's really dense. [ ACTUAL GREAT FRIEND: SHINPACHI NAGAKURA. It's just payback for all the times Tenka's been a shit to him, okay... don't take it personal, man.. bro... ]

[nostatus]

Even so, if he's eager, then he's gotta be willing to learn, right? [ He doesn't know the full situation, so he's not going to try and assume everything about it - instead he just gives Sousei a curious glance. ] For some people, seriousness just isn't the way they show their willingness for that sorta stuff.

[ He knows Heisuke, okay.

He understands this stuff. ]

[deontology]

[Sousei's just nodding seriously like.

Yeah. Tenka's saying it, you know that guy's dense. SO SO DENSE.

... as for the rest...]

I'm not going to deride someone for being eager. [eagerness is good.] But childishness and an unwillingness to listen do not make for a decent student in this.

[Not when handling a sword can get you body parts cut off--like. No. Sousei certainly takes it very seriously.]

[sunshrouded]

[Shinpachi, you're such a fucker. Tenka bristles a bit at that and just picks up the sake bottle and puts it back in the shelf, away from his bro.

Bro.

Bro.

ok continue on, you two]

[nostatus]

That bad?

[ Shinpachi's slowly reaching over for the sake bottle.. huh, that's weird, he's pretty sure it was there a moment ago? He's still looking at Sousei since he's talking, so he's just blindly feeling the empty spot where the bottle was before Tenka took it away. ]

Well, even I'm not gonna deny that in some cases it's just no good to even both--

[ Okay, when he's almost falling off his stool with how far he's trying to reach over, he knows this has got to come to an end. He turns his head to look mid-sentence and upon noticing the thing is gone, he glances at Tenka. In despair. ]

Hey, where did the booze go?! [ Look, this conversation was already serious for long enough when the brosquare is involved.. ]

[deontology]

[Slowly, Sousei just...blinks. Yeah.

Tenka, you're...so dumb.......... he just vaguely tilts his head, like--]

Do you really think that's going to work?

[He's addressing Tenka for the record--do you really think you can just cut Shinpachi off like that and expect it to work just as planned?]

[sunshrouded]

[Yes.

Yes he does. Or at least long enough to make a point--]

Why would you ask me, Shinpachi-kun? Aren't I dense?

[you fucker]

[nostatus]

... Tenkaaaa....

[ Yes, that's a whine. One fitting more of an eight year old than a twenty-eight year old, but Shinpachi doesn't care right now. This is like taking the bottle from a baby, you just don't do it.. He's heartbroken. Why would you do this to him, bro. How could you. Why would you.

But since Tenka is obviously the one Refusing him here, he instead turns to look at Sousei, his expression pretty much literally this right about now. (It's how he calls out to voice twins, okay.) ]

Sousei, make him cut it out.. this is a bar, he can't refuse a paying customer service..!! [ YOU DON'T PAY JACK SHIT, SHINPACHI. ]

[deontology]

[That's......that's sure a Face. Sousei blinks at it placidly, and then, in a final act of treachery to the brosquare--]

Are you paying for these drinks, Nagakura?

[a h.....

ice cold.

He sips his own drink, as if to rub it in further.]

[sunshrouded]

[Shinpachi.... where has your pride gone....

Though that just gives Tenka another opportunity as he blinks and seems to glance to his left, his right--]

Ah? A paying customer? Where? Did someone walk in while I wasn't looking?

[this asshole.]

[nostatus]

[ WHY ARE YOU TWO TEAMING UP AGAINST HIM NOW?!

Unfair. This is totally unfair. What did he do this for. He came out here to have a good time, and he's honestly feeling so attacked right now by boTH OF THEM ON TOP OF EVERYTHING. ]

S-- Sousei! And Tenka, too..

[ There's another whining sound as he glances between the two of them in desperation. Look, there's no pride when it comes to bromance, man. There's only feelings. Feelings of betrayal, in this case.. ]

You're hanging out with a real Shinsengumi captain and all you guys can do is act like this?! [ The hard knock life. ]

[deontology]

[It's okay, Sousei isn't done--in the next instant, he looks at Tenka, and--]

You would have paying customers if you did not always pay for everyone's drinks, or offer free drinks to everyone you meet. I imagine you lose more money than you gain by working here.

[hmph.

And then back to Shinpachi--]

Yes. That's correct. [oh.]

[sunshrouded]

[ . . . . . and Tenka just grumbles.]

Not like we don't got money to spare....

[and here we have Shinpachi and Tenka, pouting together because Sousei called both of them out]

[nostatus]

[ Sousei and two manchildren, sounds about right.. at least Shinpachi knows that he's not the only one getting wailed on here right now. It makes the pain a little easier to bear. ]

.. having the power to make even a night of drinking out with friends depressing is pretty amazing. [ And not in a good way, okay!!

Besides, it's not like they won't bounce back in two minutes tops, but Shinpachi has to sulk about it like a ten year old.

(He also still hasn't gotten more booze?! What kind of crime is this.) ]

[deontology]

[Now there are two pouting boys in front of him....honestly. How old are you two.

Sousei huffs vaguely, arching an eyebrow and crossing his arms.]

I did not say anything that wasn't true.

[So stop pouting or making him out to be the bad guy!!!]

[sunshrouded]

[24 going on 6.]

If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all!

[RULE #1 OF BEING A NICE GUY, SOUSEI

not that tenka follows it]

[nostatus]

Hear, hear!

[ .. somehow they went from fighting over Tenka cutting off Shinpachi's booze to banding together against Sousei.. oh, how the tables turn in the brosquare. All the time. Constantly. ]

Just try saying one nice thing 'bout each of us, and then we'll think of forgiving you!

[deontology]

[Sousei sips his drink, ignores Tenka, and responds to Shinpachi with--]

No.

[And then lifts his drink again, quite clearly done.

Oh.

Well then.]

[sunshrouded]

What?!

[THAT'S RUDE

and you know what else is rude

the fact that Tenka's reaching over to lightly tip the bottom of Sousei's cup upward so that he has to drink more or risk getting it on his clothes

fucker]

[nostatus]

[ Hah, there we go. That's what happens when you try to ignore either of them, apparently..

But see, Tenka being distracted with Sousei's punishment means that Shinpachi has free reign to grab the bottle of booze back and start pouring himself some more now the other can't cut him off again. What a genius idea, what a win/win situation. You two continue over there all you want. ]