#like bro meeting a 12 yr old and waiting for him to turn old enough to date you is. blegh. because they've been friends for Years

[kanade-rindo]

finished neo. i am somehow both underwhelmed and really happy about the way the game ended.

[crackers4jenn]

Rules: List the first lines of your last 20 stories (if you have less than 20, just list them all!). See if there are any patterns. Choose your favourite opening line. Then tag 10 authors!

Tagged by my bro, @dollsome-does-tumblr. Gonna put it under a cut to save some scrolling.

01. like a tidal wave I'll make a mess (Supernatural, Dean/Cas) - 5 Times Dean and Cas Get Mistaken for a Couple (and 1 Time They Actually Are)

The day's been kicking his ass. 

02. Wedding Guy (Supernatural, Dean/Cas) - "I'm Castiel. I wanted to let you know I've been noticing you all night, and I wanted to leave this with you, before I left." (aka Cas slips Dean his number at a wedding, and a friendship/relationship takes off from there.)

Friggin' weddings.

03. and I will pull my whole heart up to the surface (Supernatural, Dean/Cas) - 15x20 fix-it fic. Heaven feels perfect, until suddenly it doesn't.

Dean drives Baby without a care in the world; in his gut, he knows with absolute certainty Sam is okay. 

04. here's a map, here's a shovel, here's my achilles heel (Supernatural, Dean/Cas) - Post-15x19. Turns out, Dean doesn't have to ask to get Cas back.

Sam waits until they've been on the road long enough that the tail lights ahead of them have started to go blurry.

05. ageism still exists: the battle of pierce hawthorne vs. the greendale yuppies (Community, ensemble) - Annie, Jeff, and Troy meddle a bit.

Jeff slides into a booth in Greendale's dining hall, feeling, as always, a small stab of shame regarding his surroundings.

06. resetting the feminist movement (Community, ensemble) - "Let me get this straight. You dressed like Britney Spears, just to... drive home a point Tyra Banks already teaches us every episode of her hit show, The Tyra Banks Show?"

One obligated group meeting, Jeff arrives before Britta.

07. leaving the nest (Community, ensemble) - In which Annie gets a crush, moves on, and comes back.

This is how it starts:

Annie, finding herself weirdly attracted to Rich for reasons that have no factual merit (just how does she assume he will be a fountain of information were there ever a zombie apocalypse, hm? You don't just ASSUME things like that! Clearly it has to mean something!), starts to loiter just a little longer in the dining hall.

08. 35 yrs time (GMM, Rhett/Link) - It takes a little while for Rhett and Link to figure things out, but eventually they get on the same page.

When Link's 11 years old, as a concept, he doesn't get girls, not the way Rhett does anyway.

09. Abnormal Methods of Intervention (Community, ensemble) - An attempt to re-invite Pierce into the group goes horribly awry.

It starts as an intervention.

10. sophomore slump (Community, Jeff/Annie) - My version of episode 2x01.

Annie's the first to show up, and she can't help it. She smiles when she enters their study room.

11. don't spit on my cupcake and tell me it's frosting (Community, Jeff/Annie and Britta/OMC) - Set in an imaginary season 2. Britta gets a new love interest. Annie meddles. There's a trial.

The whole thing began the second week of school.

12. and boy I'll meet you right there (GMM, Rhett/Link) - Link's never shaved a beard that wasn't his own before.

At what point does knocking become incessant?

13. two falling sparks (GMM, Rhett/Link) - "I'm gonna propose something I know is gonna make it sound like I've lost my mind," Rhett calls over, looking Link's way, "but I haven't. Trust me."

Having known Rhett for more than three decades now, Link's fine-tuned to him like he's the guy's freakin' personal mood ring.

14. an east swell coming (GMM, Rhett/Link) - For all Rhett knows, he's agreed to elope in Vegas, wedded to his best friend amidst the glow of neon lights, shrimp cocktails, and Elvis impersonators.

Rhett's halfway through a perfectly acceptable documentary on wood carving, and no, that is not a euphemism, when Link enters their shared apartment with a paranoia better suited for conspiracy theorists, looking through the peephole like he's been tailed.

15. something wicked (GMM, Rhett/Link)

"Why's it always gotta be witches," Link complains, hastily rooting through the trunk of Rhett's 1989 Dodge Dynasty.

16. and hearts will be glowing (GMM, Rhett/Link) - Rhett's always been a guy who knows how to handle attention well, even the unwanted kind. You have to deflect. But being watched by a room full of his friends, with Link at his side and a twig of mistletoe dangling ominously above them? There ain't no getting out of that, not when Tim starts off the loud 'ohhhhhhh' of delighted realization that soon takes hold of the entire room until there's a literal 'kiss! kiss! kiss!' chant going on.

He's going to kill Gregg -- that's if the embarrassment doesn't strike him down first.

17. sky full of stars (GMM, Rhett/Link)

Camping in the dead of summer was Rhett's brilliant idea, and all because of a fight.

18. and it's driving me wild (GMM, Rhett/Link) - (AKA, length vs. breadth and the definitive results thereof

So, maybe Rhett's had better ideas before.

19. on higher grounds (Supernatural, Dean/Cas) - Based (sort of) off this tumblr post: charity collector cas who has a spot outside dean’s favourite book store in town and who always looks so cold despite the huge scarf he wears so dean takes to bringing him hot chocolate every day and cas gets this little smile every time he sees dean coming down the street

"Oh my god."

That's Sam's voice booming from above and behind, loud like some pitchy overhead speaker meant to publicly shame.

20. a way not steep (Supernatural, Dean/Cas) - Dean's twenty-six and his roommate's a guy who cries during E.T.

"You should say something."

IN CONCLUSION: what these say about me is that a) I usually go for brevity, b) I often just dive right in, no set up, and c) I am not a stellar first-sentence kinda person.

[b00bconnoisseur]

60 questions for @not-my-brain

1. selfie.......Ugghhhh ok. Imma take one rn

Ok here u go (yes thats a bmth shirt)

2. what would you name your future kids?.....Ooo hmmm well when i was a kid i really liked the names disney, and mesiah. I didn't know at the time that mesiah was another name for god i think lol. I liked it cause of handlers mesiah. I still do. Ooo and maybe Tj too

3. do you miss anyone?......Yeah. My friends on Pinterest from a year ago. My friend lucas. Stan lee. Bob ross. My cousin who died from cancer some years ago. Snape. Sirius. Lupin. Tonks. Dobby. *continues to name every unfortunate death in hp*

4. what are you looking forward to?.......SE-YA next month!! Its the south eastern young adult festival at this college. You can have meet n greets with authors and alot of stuff its the besstttt

5. is there anyone who can always make you smile?......DEFINATELY. @dirtysocke @mysisterlooksforthisaccountsobye @cristal-kyd1280 @sammchenry my friend lucas and @septembersbloom. ^^

6. is it hard for you to get over someone?..... What like...romantically? Or like a death? If romantically uhhh idk it took over a couple weeks but im ok now. Ive never had another relationship so idk. If death oof yeah idk maybe. Ig it depends on how much i knew them idk. Like when my nanny (great grandma) died i was sad for days (is that alot?)

7. what was your life like last year?.....Sucky af. Still is. But the highlights of my life last year was getting and making friends on tumblr, going to the tøp concert and going to warped tour, volunteering at the library, going to seya and meeting some of my favorite authors, reading, changing and improving my art, listening to all the bands i listen to now, getting into more fandoms, going to a friends house for the first time

8. have you ever cried because you were so annoyed?.......Yes lol. Some years ago when i couldn't find smtn id be so annoyed and pissed id start crying. I dont now but still lol

9. who did you last see in person?.......Hm ig family doesn't count....? Wait do u mean a friend? If so uhh my friends rebekah, anika, and Judah at a TAB meeting at the library sometime last month.

10. are you good at hiding your feelings?......I think so? Like i mean I can hide whenever i get my....time of the month from my mom (talking abt stuff like that with her makes me uncomfortable) and i hid a breakup. And other p big stuff too. So imma say yeah

11. are you listening to music right now?........*pops on earbuds after reading this* yee im listening to bitch lasagna by pewdiepie xD (do i have the best spotify playlist or what?)

12. what is something you want right now?.......To hug @mysisterlooksforthisaccountsobye but SOMEONE has to live so far away

13. how do you feel right now?........Happy that my earbud still works cause they got washed in the wash yesterday....oops. Its not my fault. I told my dad to remind me to take it out of my jacket pocket before they threw it in but noooooo he forgot

14. when was the last time someone of the opposite sex hugged you?.......Uhhhhh fuck idk it was probably from my lil 4 yr old bro sometime last week. Other than him (hes my favorite sibling) i dont let them hug me too much

15. personality description.......Nerdy. Fangirl. "Emo". Tomboy. Hotsause obsessed. Book lover. Music lover. Black. Blue. Harry potter. Introvert. Fall. Sports. Values friendship. Loyal. Uhhhh i cant think of much lol

16. have you ever wanted to tell someone something but you didn’t?.......*sigh* yes. Yes yes yes. Theres some things abt me, or my life really, that i havent told anyone on here or my irl friends that i sooooo want to so bad but i haven't cause i feel like they'd feel bad and pity me and i don't want that

17. opinion on insecurities........I dont really understand this one. Everyones insecure abt something. Is this askin like if i think its ok or not? I say its ok. Im insecure about literally everything about me. My face. My personality. My socialness. My art. What i do. What i say. Basically my whole body. The things i feel good abt are my books, music taste, and my friends (ily fuckers)

18. do you miss how things were a year ago?.........Hmm this time around a year ago....idk its sorta the same but all the stuff i mentioned abt my year from last year didn't happen yet so nah tho my life sucks rn its better than this time last year

19. have you ever been to New York?........Nooo but i want too soo baddd i wanna visit @septembersbloom !! Im coming for ya soon gramps *does the eye watching thing* my dads been to nyc before tho cause he does construction and he had a concrete job to do there. It was a 23 hr drive for him

20. what is your favourite song at the moment?........Uhhh idk!!! So hard! Maybe.....the whole thats the spirit album by bmth ;)

21. age and birthday?.....15 yrs of age and September 27th 2003 (whats yours brainy? I'll put it on my calendar)

22. description of crush......Its weird idk im not sure if its a genuine crush or not but uh....They like hp :).Thats all u get

23. fear(s).......Losing my best friend @dirtysocke and my other friends. Death. Failure. Momo chasing after me then killing me slowly keeping my eyes open to look her dead in the eyes while i die

24. height......5'6 call me short and I'll fuck u up with THIS *pulls out trusty potato peeler named now steve* dont test me boi

25. role model......Hhhhhhhh so many! But uh gosh one of them is @superraedizzle (youtuberrrr) and vexx and bob ross and da vinci and aaaaaaa so many

26. idol(s)......First person that immediately comes to mind is @sammchenry cause he's super cool and he's really nice and his art's reallyyy good (if u havent seen it w-w-what are u even doin with your life?) And he has a great sense of humor and *continues to ramble about why samms the best*

27. things i hate.......Dabs. Transphobes. Homophobic ppl. Basically any hate on the lgbtq+ community. Bullies. The ship starker. Umbridge. Snape haters

28. i’ll love you if….....U you'll eat pizza, draw, and rp harry potter with mee

29. favourite film(s)......Fantastic beasts. Every hp film. Twilight. The maze runner 1-2. The hunger games. Spiderman homecoming. Kingsman: secret service. Into the spideyverse tho i havent seen it yet

30. favourite tv show(s)......Inkmasterrrrr. B99. The mick. The middle. Uhhh idk mostly ink master xD

31. 3 random facts........Ive never had shrimp. I had a beta fish for over a year once. Im eating pizza crust rn

32. are your friends mainly girls or guys?.......G i r l s. I have all girl friends irl and one boy. And on tumblr it seems like i just meet girls? Likei agree with @cristal-kyd1280 its like alot more gals then dudes here. But i do have some guy friends on here too. But mostly girls

33. something you want to learn.......TO DRAW ANATOMY DAMMIT

34. most embarrassing moment........Every moment of my lifes an embarrassing moment. Idk of i can pick a "most" embarrassing one. But one time i i sent my crush (now ex bf) a hey fuckface and like some hearts or whatever for an ask game that meant like "i have a crush on u" "youre adorable" etc and said Hewo but i did it all anonymously. But he confronted me askin if i sent it cause im the only person he knows that actually says hewo lol. Then later on i finally admitted i really liked him and well y'all know the story after i think. Unless you're new

35. favourite subject.......A R TTTT OFC

36. 3 dreams you want to fulfill?........meet my friends on tumblr. Get into mtsu (college i wanna go to) and study art. And go skydiving

37. favourite actor/actress........favorite actor uhhhhhh probably thomas brodie sangster or tom felton and my favorite actress? Hmmm idk maybe evanna lynch (luna lovegood)

38. favourite comedian(s).......probably kevin hart lol he's p funny

39. favourite sport(s)........basketballllllll and football

40. favourite memory........uhhhhh idk?? One oh my favorite memories was when we went to see tøp in concert

41. relationship status.....single as a pringle

42. favourite book(s)......harry potter and the order of the pheonix. Harry potter and the half blood prince. Simon vs the homo sapiens agenda. Divergent. Maze runner. Twilight. Fangirl. Fallen. Red queen

43. favourite song ever.......TOO HARD DONT MAKE ME CHOOSEEEEEE

44. age you get mistaken for.........16 and 17 sometimes lol

45. how you found out about your idol........i was watching someone on yt and superraedizzle always poped up in my feed and my mom turned on one of her vids cause she always saw her vids too now ive seen most of em i love her. Id heard of vexx but never watched him and i was watching a collab from anthony miller art and shrimpy and i checked out shrimpys channel and was lookin at comments and alot of ppl said his art is like vexxs so i checked out vexx. At first i was like eh ok. Now i cant click fast enough when he posts a vid. And i actually fpund out about bob ross from my grandpa on jan 20 2017 when trump was getting sworn in or whatever. We turned on pbs and my grampa told me to look and bob ross was on and i was IN. I loved it. I even started watching full episodes on YouTube of the joy of painting after that. Wonderful man. My first painting i ever did i think was when i followed one of his tutorials xD (i didnt know it was popular at the time)

46. what my last text message says......."ok your turn"

47. turn ons.....uhh nerds ig idk um book lovers, music lovers, art lovers, potterheads, idk and nice ppl

48. turn offs......jerks. Homophobia. Idk ig whatever i said in things i hate

49. where i want to be right now......uhhhh idk wait didn't i already answer this? Ok this ones different ig so uhh with my friend lucas

50. favourite picture of your idol.....oh shit...favorite? Idk xD i have a fave of vexx but not of rae or bob. But heres pics of them any way

51. starsign......a libraaaaa boiii

52. something i’m talented at......drawing and speed reading. Thats about it lol. Oh and procrastina

53. 5 things that make me happy.......ooooo art, my friends here on tumblr, books, harry potter, and music ^^

54. something thats worrying me at the moment.....if my friend thinks im being annoying

55. tumblr friends......hhhhh so manyyyyyy. @dirtysocke @mysisterlooksforthisaccountsobye @cristal-kyd1280 @chinesewaffles2 @kingantlion @queen-baelin @sammchenry @septembersbloom and more

56. favourite food(s)......green beans, pepperoni pizza, and vanilla madelines

57. favourite animal(s).......basically any reptile. Puppies. Cats. Any animal really but my #1 are snakes

58. description of my best friend.....well she's a tiny bean (5 feet) and she has dark hair, she wears glasses, she doesnt take shit, she's in love with Josh dun, she's awesome, funny, nice (YES youre nice jackie) and shes the best friend ive ever had. Oh. And she has a weird obsession with spaghetti

59. why i joined tumblr.......well i heard abt it on Pinterest over a year ago but didnt want it. Then @mrfastbass-deactivated20181231 on DeviantArt said he got tumblr so i made one then followed him and figured id just post art and that's it cause i thought tumblr was boring as hell when i first got it. Now im p much obsessed with it

60. ask me anything you want.......go ahead brainy shoot. Give me smtn good

[bloodwarmed]

tensemi / reonsemi ghost au wip

it’s been like 2 yrs since i wrote haikyuu fics, but i was clearing my old stuff and found a WIP that might be of interest to ne1 who’s into tensemi and reonsem. it might never get completed, but if anyone wants to take this premise for their own fic or something just drop me a comment or msg?  if you’d like to see this continued or have any general feedback feel free to comment as well

premise:

-Semi is a University student with a huge crush on his tutor and classmate, Oohira Reon -Tendou is a ghost that haunts the school grounds; Semi's dorm, in particular -He possesses Semi to help him confess to Reon

One: THE POSSESSION PART

A soft thud sounds from the back of Semi's cupboard. Reon's ears, ever-attentive, caught it - made him look up from his notes.

"Did you hear that?"

"Hear what?" His tutee asked, keeping his eyes down on his worksheet.

He strained his ears, but the only sound in the dorm was the click clack of Semi's calculator.

"Never mind," He released the tension in his broad shoulders.

The serenity was short-lived, however, when the other appeared to be fidgeting.

"Um, actually, Reon, I have something to ask you." He nervously put the calculator down.

Reon watched him, waiting, but all that followed was a prolonged silence in which the other seemed to bite his lip.

"There are no stupid questions - you can ask me anything."

Semi looked down at the paper.

(It's not about homework, Reon.)

"Eita?"

"I, uh, got 270 instead of 248." He sighed in defeat.

"Let me see your working."

He stiffened when Reon leaned over - he could feel the hairs of his forearm bristling against his own skin, and the warmth of his breath. He opened his mouth to find it dry.

"Um, here." He slid the worksheet over to his side. Reon's fingers brushed against his own as he picked the paper up, pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose.

Semi could have sworn he heard a cold laugh coming from the cupboard.

"Ah, you forgot to subtract the heat loss."

"Did I?"

"You're making a lot of careless mistakes."

"Yeah, I'm kind of tired, sorry."

"Should we call it a day?"

"Okay." There was a strain in his voice - it gave Reon the feeling that there were things he'd left unsaid. But from the nervous wander of Semi's gaze, shooting to all angles of the room, he decided not to pry.

"You need to get enough sleep," He chastised as he gathered his stationery. "There's no point forcing yourself to do homework when you can't think clearly, you know."

"I know, I know," He rubbed his eyes, and - to Reon's relief - the tension seemed to leave his frame. "Geez, you sound so old."

"Well, you'll understand when you're older." His schoolmate said in the most sombre tone he could manage, trying not to laugh.

"Reon, bro, you're like, 12 days older than me."

"Then you'll understand in 12 days, kid--"

"Okay, Reon." He steered him towards the door. He tried not to blush at the contact. "As usual, thanks for the help."

"Don't sleep too late."

"Don't start sprouting grey hairs." Reon froze - not only did that voice sound distinctly different from Semi's, it sounded like it echoed from behind the cupboard doors.

"Did--did you say that!?" He sputtered. But with a final shove from Semi, he was out in the dormitory hallway.

"N-night, Reon!" The door slammed shut.

Under the flickering fluorescent lights, he stood still for a moment, unblinking, before shaking his head. He started walking back to his own dorm - two blocks away.

Maybe I'm the one who's short of sleep.

Semi sighed and leaned heavily against the door once it was closed. But he was given no reprise, as a dark spectre swirled from the foot of his cupboard. It shifted in shades of black and blood red, before taking form in front of him. He rolled his eyes at the lanky redhead before him.

"Didn't ask your guest to stay the night? Thought your parents raised you better than that, Eita."

"No one raised me to live with a noisy ghost who can't shut the fuck up."

"Reon raised you well, though," Tendou smirked. "Your dick, I mean."

He put his face in his hands, turned round to face the door, and groaned loudly.

"Chin up, kiddo. You got really close to telling him this time."

"I thought I told you to stay out of my room whenever he comes over."  He mumbled against the door.

"Right, 'cos I'm the one distracting you from learning, not Mr. Too-Hot-to-Tutor."

"Hey," He spun round, pointing a finger. "He's a good tutor, and he volunteers his time for free."

"So quick to rush to his defence," Tendou moved to the bed. "But so slow to make a move."

"Satori-"

"I'm just saying, you're not the one with an eternity to spare." He laid back against the pillows, though, from where Semi was standing, it looked like he was floating above it. "Watching you pine for him is starting to feel like such a drag."

A pause as he thinks this over. He shakes his head, wordlessly, and begins to get ready for bed, oddly silent. Tendou has spent too much time people-watching to let the rapid blinking slip past his notice.

"Don't start crying now."

"I'm not." Eita turns to leave, toothbrush in hand.

"Hey," Suddenly, the spirit's right in front of him. "What's wrong, kiddo?"

"Asshole, can't a guy get some privacy?"

"You're scared."

"Like hell I am-"

"Of telling him how you feel," Tendou guessed - correctly. "Because you don't want things to get awkward between you and him, to lose what good you two have now."

Semi doesn't meet the spectre's eyes.

"You think you're not good enough for him?" Tendou couldn't hide the indignance in his voice. "Look in the mirror, Eita, you're all smart angles, sharp eyes, and soft hair - you're the prettiest thing on this damn campus. Hell, you're prettier than that Oikawa Tooru everyone goes on about."

Semi snorted involuntarily; couldn't stop himself from grinning.

"There's that smile! I knew it was in there somewhere."

"Shut up, I need the bathroom - and don't follow me." He snapped as he slammed the door behind him.

Sighing, Tendou obediently stayed behind.

He's pacing the room when Eita comes back.

He'd turned the shower on much too hot - as evident from the flushed pink of his skin. He drags his feet to the bed - falls to it in what looks like a theatrical swoon - and buries his face into the soft pillow.

It was nothing unusual - the tired sighs, the lovelorn lethargy - all part and parcel of young and restless love. He'd been the sole listener of Eita's whining many a night - the lone audience to Eita's lonely monologue. Some days, the ghost wondered if he'd ever poke at his obviously awkward behaviour around his tutor and classmate, Oohira Reon, if he'd known this would be the result.

But Tendou himself was guilty of such weak, needless pining. Back when his breath was in warm puffs instead of chilly air, back when his blood ran hot and his temper, even hotter. Looking at the lovesick figure on the bed gave him a pang of nostalgia.

He can really see himself in Semi sometimes.

(In more than one sense...)

The sinfulness of that afterthought makes him stagger in his step.

(No wonder I can't go to heaven.)

"Eita..." He peaks out from the pillow. "What's taking you so long to confess? You really think he'd hold you in contempt? You seriously think that little of yourself?"

"I don't know. I just, I'm--" He furrows his brow, but the apparition gives him no time to answer.

"Or are you thinking too highly of him?"

"I..." He begins again. He turns around, lies back on the mattress, stares at the ceiling. "I don't know."

"Either way, this isn't like you."

"Good, let me be someone else." Tendou's annoyed that he prefers to address the ceiling. Can't this kid give him the courtesy of looking at him when they talk? "If I could be someone else - anyone with more guts than me - at least I'd tell him how I feel."

Tendou knows the feeling all too well.

(I can really see myself in him...wait.)

"Wait. That gives me an idea." Semi sighed.

"Your last idea involved me dropping a pencil by his feet, seductively bending over his lap to pick it up, while exclaiming 'Oh, Mr. Ooh~~ Hira, is that a TI-84 graphic calculator in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?'."

"How do you know it won't work if you don't try it?"

"Distasteful."

"No, no, listen, kiddo: why not let me confess to him for you?"

"What?"

"Let me possess you."

"What?" Semi sits up so fast he sees stars.

"I can possess you," He repeats slowly. "With your permission, of course. I mean, do you see yourself around him? You're a fumbling lovesick idiot."

Semi stands up hotly. He can sense the kid's temper rising, and raises his hands in defence.

"Listen, I'm bold enough to confess to him - and a smooth motherfucker, at that. I can get you in his pants."

He blushes in response, but the spirit can see the kid hesitate.

"I've done it before," he continues cautiously. "Possess a human, I mean. The fun wore off though, I haven't done it in a while, so I'll need to practice a little. We can-"

"Suppose I let you do it," Semi says. Tendou can't stop staring at the way his mouth moves. "Would I have consciousness? Will I know what you're doing? Can you safely pull it off, without harming me?"

He smiles crookedly.

"How do you know it won't work if you don't try it?"

The way Tendou grins appeared sinister the first time he saw it. But by now, he knows him well, and senses a strange fondness from a being so mischievous and undecipherable.

"So, d'you wanna give it a shot? Let me help you out?" He inches closer.

At that moment, he realizes that he trusts him more than any sentient being in the world.

"Deal."

Yamagata Hayato doesn't overthink things.

He has the bad habit of talking too loudly on the train - he doesn't think much of the dirty looks the other commuters give him. He uses Gatsby hair product every morning, because that's the brand his father used - its the one his home is always stocked with.

He doesn't keep tabs on things, and it lends to a tendency for absent-mindedness.

To exemplify: he forgets his phone a lot. He doesn't deliberate when he leaves it lying around, and likes to drop it into the nearest, most convenient receptacle, be it his shoe locker, or a friend's school bag, or even Semi Eita's pockets - as it usually does when they go out for runs (Yamagata doesn't have his own pockets - his pants are designer).

On one such evening, he holds his phone out to Semi as he laces his shoes. His friend looks up at him with a confused expression.

"What?"

"Hold my phone, bro."

"Why?" Perhaps it was a trick of the shadows, but Semi's lips looked unusually pale today.

"Otherwise I'd forget it?"

"Put it in your own hot pockets, hot stuff." He winks at him. Now, it's Yamagata's turn to be confused.

"I don't have my own pockets."

"Oh?" Semi sounds surprised. His features seemed to contort, as though he were thinking hard. "Oh ho ho? Hayato?"

"Yeah, buddy, you alright?" He had a look of discomfort on his face, as though opposing forces were fighting within his mind. Semi's lips twisted as he stood up.

"Tendou just take his phone and stop asking questions." Semi muttered. His eyebrows shot up, and he clasped a hand over his mouth. It startled Yamagata.

"Huh? What?"

"Will you excuse me for a quickie?" His friend took hurried steps to the restroom with a gait that looked peculiar and unfamiliar.

Silently, Yamagata stepped into the restroom just as he heard a cubicle door slam shut.

"That is not how you use the word 'quickie', Tendou." Semi's voice resounded.

"You were getting the hang of talking to me silently, through thoughts alone - why'd you slip up and say your thoughts aloud then?"

Semi seemed to be talking to himself. Yamagata opened his mouth, but couldn't think of an appropriate response.

"We've been practising this all day - maybe I'm worn out now."

"Does this guy distract you 'cause he's all buff and shit?"

"Tendou, please."

"He has nice thighs; I had to keep my eyes on my shoes to stop us from admiring them."

"Could you please stop hitting on him?"

"Could you please reconsider your romantic interests?"

"No. Stop practising seduction on Hayato, you horny fuck. I'm not letting you play my friend like that."

"It's your horniness for Reon that got us into this, kiddo."

"Fuck you."

The squabble with himself seemed to decrease in volume, however. And when Eita emerged, he looked fairly composed.

"Hey hey, Hayato."

"Were you talking to yourself?"

"I was practising my lines."

"Your lines?"

"For a play I'm auditioning for."

"Woah, for real?" Yamagata's eyes lit up. "Was that why you were so weird earlier?"

"Yeah, I was nervous about forgetting my lines, but now that I've practised, I feel much better."

"You shouldn't worry so much. Like I always say, just chill."

"Righto, kiddo," He gave him another wink. This time, Yamagata doesn't question it, and winks back.

"Let's get running before the sun sets."

"Wanna pass me your phone?"

"Yeah," Yamagata looked down at his hands. "Oh wait. Where the hell did I put it?"

Yamagata Hayato doesn't like to overthink things.

So he quickly forgets his friend's odd behaviour in a matter of days.