[ a surprise, huh...~? he wonders if it's too mean to go with something he remembers his brother hating to see if he still hates it. probably.
the first bakery they find that's actually functional is the one that he goes into, and it's a while before he comes out with a massive cookie cake, with "happy birthday" pied in a weird gradient of yellow-pink frosting. actually, all of the frosting—from the balloons and fake streamers, to the lions he'd asked for—are that color.
...that was the blend a pair did for them okay, look— ]
Mom and Dad never let us have one of these, right~?
[whatever patience his brother had waiting outside is swiftly taken care of, reaching for the cookie cake and gingerly taking it in his hands. ahhhhh..!!!!!!!! ah!!!!!!!!!!]
Thank you. ♪ Let's go, let's go, I wanna dig into this as soon as possible! ♪ Oooh, the lions are a nice touch, you're such a sweet boy, Tsuka. ♪
Well, you're "Leo," so... [ ♪ but alright, alright, he'll check his phone for their progress and go back to flicking paint on their way to koyama shrine. ] Of course I asked for lions.
[ Of Course. safer, too, than asking for leo's name to be on the cake. ]
Mmm...~ Ten minutes until we arrive at our destination, Leoniisan. [ a touch more formal, but only because he's playing. ] Hopefully it isn't too much empty space, ahaha... It'd be nice if it was painted even a little bit already.
[leoniisan.....!!!!!!! he could melt in happiness!!!!!!!!!!!!! but he will be strong, because he can't let his brother see him be Too embarrassing.]
I bet it is. There's been a lot of work done in a short amount of time, you know..♪ But if it isn't, then we'll just splash here and there and have tons of fun!
It's too bad we can't use buckets or anything like that. [ just their...... Wait. ] Why don't we sort of, mm... Let our brushes drip into something like that, and then pour it everywhere?
[ THIS WOULD BE #DELINQUENCY IF THEY WEREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE PAINTING THE WORLD ]
Oh, right... The one that doesn't really suit your image, but it's pretty popular anyway, right? [ ...well, popular for the degree of... popularity leo was. is?
oh, but not bad ♪ well, he has faith that sena can sing pretty much anything, though. ] ...Sena-senpai sounds nice as always... ♪
Mmhmm~. It was a different sound, but a lot of people ended up liking it..♪
[they said it showed a different side to leo, a sweet side, which he's sort of embarrassed by; still, the song's good and it fits sena perfectly, his pretty voice blending with the sound.
ah, be still his beating heart. it's exactly what he wanted, and leo's hand idly clutches at his shirt as he closes his eyes, listening to it.]
Mm... Yeah, this fits him better for sure.
[and he'll go on to text sena too, taking the earbud from tsukasa once the song's played through. god, he hasn't the words? "thanks" will have to do.]
Sorry, let's keep walking. ♪ Mitzy's a spitfire texter, so our conversation shouldn't last long~.
[ tsukasa watches leo quietly, thoughtfully, but turns his attention back forward with a soft laugh ]
Don't worry about it, Leonii ♪ I'm just relieved you two are friends. [ friends. ] Sena-senpai can be a little difficult... Mmm, I mean, he's actually sort of nice, but... He's also...
[ ... ]
Never mind, I still don't know how to describe it. [ a sigh. ] Well~ whatever, I guess. It doesn't matter.
Yeah, he's... mm, how do I put it..? Can't say I've seen that niceness of his, except with cats, but I wouldn't call us friends. We know each other in another life. They might be close, [close enough to so heartfully say that sena inspires him to compose, god,] but I don't think we could be like that here.
[they're different. they get beneath each others' skin. but it's not like leo dislikes sena, not at all; he actually likes the other to an extent, from sena's appearance to his voice, to how he looks when he sits with cats... it's charming.]
I wouldn't mind being friends, but I don't think he feels the same. He doesn't really like me.
Sena-senpai's been very encouraging to me, both here and in our memories... He's also been pretty hard—pretty rude—to people I consider friends, and to me a little too, but... [ ...tsukasa's the kind of person who can't forget those little bits of kindness, who likes to believe there's good in people, in things. he checks his phone and turns a little right, pulling his brother along. ] ...he's been unbearably cruel to someone before, once, and I messed up—I think—when they told me about it, and I tried to be that same kind of— I tried to be encouraging and optimistic and...
[ his voice falters a little; he hesitates, biting the inside of his cheek, and watches the spottily painted ground. ]
They backed off the topic and didn't want to say anything, so I don't think... That's what they were looking for, even though I thought that's what I should've said... [ he's bad at things, still. he knows he's relatively well-adjusted, but he knows he still makes missteps because of their upbringing. it's hard. social situations are hard. ] But, um, back to senpai—
He's... [ ... ] I really like him, I guess, but I can't always recommend him to people because he can come off super terrible to people he doesn't get along with right away... I think I just got lucky because our first proper meeting wasn't that bad— we were working together for Anya's concert. In her concert. It was a lot of fun, and I guess we've sort of... become friends, maybe, or something like it, since then. At the very least, [ a small smile, ] I like joking that he has a soft spot for me, since he gives in relatively often to my requests, at least over text...~ And he'll talk me down from things, and he'll give me advice...~
[ ♪ ]
...He isn't that bad. You just need to find some common ground, I think, and then you two'll get along better. [ maybe. hopefully. he'd like it if that happened, he really would... ] Um, sorry if this is... I mean, I don't mean to force you or try to convince you or anything, or, um, I...
[leo listens quietly, attentive despite his downcast eyes (he's serious, huh? what would leo like for his birthday? he's gotten it, though, the thing he'd wanted most from sena, even if he's not satisfied with just that--), and he swings their hands idly.]
Music is our common ground. You're our common ground. But I don't say the things he wants to hear, and when I try it doesn't work right either; I'm not satisfied, you know? I don't mind reining back in for people I like, I do that with Kuro and Nazu, but it doesn't feel like I'm enough for that guy. He's always got some compla--
[oh that's
an actual ringtone, that's not his text tone, um. leo hesitates a moment, then glances at tsukasa with a shrugs as he picks it up.]
You actually called me! Hold on, hold on--
[then, leaning the phone away from them so he can talk to tsukasa:]
Mitzy's on the line. I'm gonna ask him to sing happy birthday to me since he has to be nice. It'll be quick, sorry, I wasn't expecting him to ring me up.
[ ........speak of the devil and the devil shall call, he guesses. he sighs a little and glances at him, a mixed look on his face. music is their common ground, he's their common ground, but it's not enough...? ]
It's fine, Leonii. Get your birthday song. [ leonii'd like to be friends, but sena-senpai's difficult...
it probably has to do with their memories, with the leo that'd been here before that tsukasa never had the chance to meet. he wonders if he'd be as wigged out about it as sena and hums softly. probably. if anything happened like that happened (again) to leo, if anything like that happened to anya or mafuyu or hinata, or chiyo or daisuke or izumi... mao, nazuna, clover, ayano...
oh. he has qui~te a lot of friends, doesn't he. ] I'm a little jealous though~. I should've asked him to sing for me, too... Ah, there's always next year.
Just tell him his voice is the only thing you want~. He seems to like that.
[but he'll turn his face and conversation away from tsukasa, though his bro can see his grin from the side as he teases sena a bit and gets his birthday song; he's obviously pleased by what he hears, a small hop in his step as they continue on, and once the conversation ends (happy birthday, leo rings pretty in his ear) he turns his phone off and tucks it away.
~♪]
What a treat~. Mitzy's voice really is nice with my music~.
[ no, he could never say that, that's embarrassing?! speaking of embarrassing though, he's... not not trying to eavesdrop, and. mmm. niisan, really, really......
he glances away as soon as leo's done with his call, upwards at the sky instead. hmm-hmmm. why's his brother gotta like that type, wait does he mean like like like or. no, wait, there's no other type, right... ]
I think it's the way you talk to him that makes him mad, Leonii~. [ ahaha.... ] When's his birthday? I want to do something for him too... Are you really going out for drinks later?
He's stuck up~. I don't mind that, I guess, even if it's frustrating sometimes... Mm, it's the second of November, so we've got plenty of time, and yup! Just with a couple pals. I'll be sober by our camping trip, if you still wanna do that... uh, even with the world like this.
[he is blissfully unaware of his little bro's thoughts.]
[ oh, right, camping... he files away november 2nd in his mind for later (what should he do? hmmm) and hums. does he ask leo about sena or not........ ]
I kind of doubt anywhere worth camping at's going to be painted too quickly, and I rea~lly don't want to do that, since there's so much... so maybe we can do our trip next month...? It should be better by then... Maybe. [ maybe. ] ...Is drinking fun?
[... he pauses at the question though, glancing to the side at tsukasa for a moment before shrugging.]
Mm, yeah, as long as you're with fun people. Drinking alone's sort of boring. You can kind of get into your own head, and sometimes that's great? I've gotten some nice ideas back in Japan sitting in my room with sake and the streetlights, you know? But a lot of the times it's just...
[he wiggle his painting hand. paint splatters around.]
It's not that fun. You wanna try it sometime? It's alright if I'm with you.
I never would. [ ahaha. ] He'd be disappointed in me too, and that'd feel terrible...~ I can't let any of my friends know either, they think a cer~tain way about me and I don't want to tarnish that... Mm...
No, they think I'm a perfectly polite and good boy who never breaks rules. [ ahaha. ] Why would...
[ ........ ]
Well, Hinatan thinks I'm cool. [ for some UNFATHOMABLE REASON HE HAS BEEN TOLD LIKE A HUNDRED TIMES, ] But overall, um... I think it's like, they wouldn't expect me to do anything like that, so...
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the first bakery they find that's actually functional is the one that he goes into, and it's a while before he comes out with a massive cookie cake, with "happy birthday" pied in a weird gradient of yellow-pink frosting. actually, all of the frosting—from the balloons and fake streamers, to the lions he'd asked for—are that color.
...that was the blend a pair did for them okay, look— ]
Mom and Dad never let us have one of these, right~?
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[whatever patience his brother had waiting outside is swiftly taken care of, reaching for the cookie cake and gingerly taking it in his hands. ahhhhh..!!!!!!!! ah!!!!!!!!!!]
Thank you. ♪ Let's go, let's go, I wanna dig into this as soon as possible! ♪ Oooh, the lions are a nice touch, you're such a sweet boy, Tsuka. ♪
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[ Of Course. safer, too, than asking for leo's name to be on the cake. ]
Mmm...~ Ten minutes until we arrive at our destination, Leoniisan. [ a touch more formal, but only because he's playing. ] Hopefully it isn't too much empty space, ahaha... It'd be nice if it was painted even a little bit already.
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I bet it is. There's been a lot of work done in a short amount of time, you know..♪ But if it isn't, then we'll just splash here and there and have tons of fun!
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[-- ah, hold on, hold on... his phone's chiming gently.]
Hold that thought, Mitzy got back to me on that song..~
[he'll tug out some earbuds to listen to it, pausing a moment before offering one to tsukasa too.]
It's a ballad! You know, the one that goes... ♪~♪~~♫
[... tsukasa will recognize it, okay. it's a soft, sweet love song.]
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Oh, right... The one that doesn't really suit your image, but it's pretty popular anyway, right? [ ...well, popular for the degree of... popularity leo was. is?
oh, but not bad ♪ well, he has faith that sena can sing pretty much anything, though. ] ...Sena-senpai sounds nice as always... ♪
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[they said it showed a different side to leo, a sweet side, which he's sort of embarrassed by; still, the song's good and it fits sena perfectly, his pretty voice blending with the sound.
ah, be still his beating heart. it's exactly what he wanted, and leo's hand idly clutches at his shirt as he closes his eyes, listening to it.]
Mm... Yeah, this fits him better for sure.
[and he'll go on to text sena too, taking the earbud from tsukasa once the song's played through. god, he hasn't the words? "thanks" will have to do.]
Sorry, let's keep walking. ♪ Mitzy's a spitfire texter, so our conversation shouldn't last long~.
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Don't worry about it, Leonii ♪ I'm just relieved you two are friends. [ friends. ] Sena-senpai can be a little difficult... Mmm, I mean, he's actually sort of nice, but... He's also...
[ ... ]
Never mind, I still don't know how to describe it. [ a sigh. ] Well~ whatever, I guess. It doesn't matter.
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[they're different. they get beneath each others' skin. but it's not like leo dislikes sena, not at all; he actually likes the other to an extent, from sena's appearance to his voice, to how he looks when he sits with cats... it's charming.]
I wouldn't mind being friends, but I don't think he feels the same. He doesn't really like me.
[ahahahahaha,]
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Sena-senpai's been very encouraging to me, both here and in our memories... He's also been pretty hard—pretty rude—to people I consider friends, and to me a little too, but... [ ...tsukasa's the kind of person who can't forget those little bits of kindness, who likes to believe there's good in people, in things. he checks his phone and turns a little right, pulling his brother along. ] ...he's been unbearably cruel to someone before, once, and I messed up—I think—when they told me about it, and I tried to be that same kind of— I tried to be encouraging and optimistic and...
[ his voice falters a little; he hesitates, biting the inside of his cheek, and watches the spottily painted ground. ]
They backed off the topic and didn't want to say anything, so I don't think... That's what they were looking for, even though I thought that's what I should've said... [ he's bad at things, still. he knows he's relatively well-adjusted, but he knows he still makes missteps because of their upbringing. it's hard. social situations are hard. ] But, um, back to senpai—
He's... [ ... ] I really like him, I guess, but I can't always recommend him to people because he can come off super terrible to people he doesn't get along with right away... I think I just got lucky because our first proper meeting wasn't that bad— we were working together for Anya's concert. In her concert. It was a lot of fun, and I guess we've sort of... become friends, maybe, or something like it, since then. At the very least, [ a small smile, ] I like joking that he has a soft spot for me, since he gives in relatively often to my requests, at least over text...~ And he'll talk me down from things, and he'll give me advice...~
[ ♪ ]
...He isn't that bad. You just need to find some common ground, I think, and then you two'll get along better. [ maybe. hopefully. he'd like it if that happened, he really would... ] Um, sorry if this is... I mean, I don't mean to force you or try to convince you or anything, or, um, I...
[ ............ ]
Y-yeah.
[ he's so fucking smooth. ]
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Music is our common ground. You're our common ground. But I don't say the things he wants to hear, and when I try it doesn't work right either; I'm not satisfied, you know? I don't mind reining back in for people I like, I do that with Kuro and Nazu, but it doesn't feel like I'm enough for that guy. He's always got some compla--
[oh that's
an actual ringtone, that's not his text tone, um. leo hesitates a moment, then glances at tsukasa with a shrugs as he picks it up.]
You actually called me! Hold on, hold on--
[then, leaning the phone away from them so he can talk to tsukasa:]
Mitzy's on the line. I'm gonna ask him to sing happy birthday to me since he has to be nice. It'll be quick, sorry, I wasn't expecting him to ring me up.
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It's fine, Leonii. Get your birthday song. [ leonii'd like to be friends, but sena-senpai's difficult...
it probably has to do with their memories, with the leo that'd been here before that tsukasa never had the chance to meet. he wonders if he'd be as wigged out about it as sena and hums softly. probably. if anything happened like that happened (again) to leo, if anything like that happened to anya or mafuyu or hinata, or chiyo or daisuke or izumi... mao, nazuna, clover, ayano...
oh. he has qui~te a lot of friends, doesn't he. ] I'm a little jealous though~. I should've asked him to sing for me, too... Ah, there's always next year.
[ a little wave though. go on, go on. ]
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[but he'll turn his face and conversation away from tsukasa, though his bro can see his grin from the side as he teases sena a bit and gets his birthday song; he's obviously pleased by what he hears, a small hop in his step as they continue on, and once the conversation ends (happy birthday, leo rings pretty in his ear) he turns his phone off and tucks it away.
~♪]
What a treat~. Mitzy's voice really is nice with my music~.
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he glances away as soon as leo's done with his call, upwards at the sky instead. hmm-hmmm. why's his brother gotta like that type, wait does he mean like like like or. no, wait, there's no other type, right... ]
I think it's the way you talk to him that makes him mad, Leonii~. [ ahaha.... ] When's his birthday? I want to do something for him too... Are you really going out for drinks later?
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[he is blissfully unaware of his little bro's thoughts.]
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I kind of doubt anywhere worth camping at's going to be painted too quickly, and I rea~lly don't want to do that, since there's so much... so maybe we can do our trip next month...? It should be better by then... Maybe. [ maybe. ] ...Is drinking fun?
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[... he pauses at the question though, glancing to the side at tsukasa for a moment before shrugging.]
Mm, yeah, as long as you're with fun people. Drinking alone's sort of boring. You can kind of get into your own head, and sometimes that's great? I've gotten some nice ideas back in Japan sitting in my room with sake and the streetlights, you know? But a lot of the times it's just...
[he wiggle his painting hand. paint splatters around.]
It's not that fun. You wanna try it sometime? It's alright if I'm with you.
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...Is it really alright?
[ —tsuka that's Breaking A Law ]
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[ITS FINE.]
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but he wants to hang out with leo, and he wants leo to think he's cool. ]
Okay. [ okay! ] When we go camping then...? It'll be super secret then.
[ and less of a chance of him getting in trouble. ]
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[this pleases leo greatly. swing, swing; paint, paint.]
We just can't tell Nazu, 'cause he'll get real mad at me. And I don't really like it when he is.
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I never would. [ ahaha. ] He'd be disappointed in me too, and that'd feel terrible...~ I can't let any of my friends know either, they think a cer~tain way about me and I don't want to tarnish that... Mm...
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[ ........ ]
Well, Hinatan thinks I'm cool. [ for some UNFATHOMABLE REASON HE HAS BEEN TOLD LIKE A HUNDRED TIMES, ] But overall, um... I think it's like, they wouldn't expect me to do anything like that, so...
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