mineo

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week 6, monday

[sengokus]

Where are you?
Before the meeting theres something I need to talk to you about in private

[dotcom]

The casino.
Do you need me to meet you somewhere else?

[sengokus]

My room or yours okay?
You'll know why once I bring it up

[dotcom]

Mine.

[ since he has an actual bedroom instead of the loft if it? needs to be really private??? ]

[sengokus]

👍 I'll be outside

[but he's just going to be chilling outside the door like a dog once takeru's on his way back. it is probably nearly afternoon. mineo probably just woke up, since he's yawning

wait i already forgot emotionshare. when he hears footsteps approaching he'll perk up automatically, a spark of attention, before there's a small little burst of happiness when he sees takeru. heterosexual.]

[dotcom]

[ he just wordlessly opens the door and steps inside. mineo can follow. what horrible secret did mineo learn now.



since it's early afternoon he's probably aware of emotionshare at this point so he just fucking ignores it honestly ]

[sengokus]

[HE JUST LEAVES HIM ON READ it's fine mineo doesn't seem to care that much. he's just got pleasant vibes since he's well-rested and everything]

How was the casino? I haven't gotten to see the new floor yet.

[notes of curiosity, even as he will just follow toward takeru's bedroom. i. there's some level of apprehension and embarrassment considering what happened last time he was here but it comes and goes pretty fast at least. why does he feel so much.]

[dotcom]

[ ah. he is so amused. mineo will probably feel like he's being laughed at without actually being laughed at. ]

Interesting. There's weed, which I guess is preferable to opium.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . . what is this. what is that. takeru is the first person he's seen today so there's just this weird confusion. help.]

I - uhhh, right. [HE GOT DISTRACTED] Well, okay, I guess. More straightforward than opium?

Guess I'll check it out later...

[he's. going to do a quick 360 turn because he's confused enough about the effect]

[dotcom]

[ oh my god. he just gets more amused. this is funny. ]

What did you want to talk about?

[sengokus]

[STOP

he just. he clearly wants to talk about it - there's some part of him that wants to get to business - but he's so confused that he's literally putting his hand up to his ears like he's straining to hear laughter that isn't there]

Are you laughing at me?!

[dotcom]

[ okay now he is actually laughing at him. funny. ]

You're so stupid!

[sengokus]

[THIS IS HORRIBLE. THE INDIGNATION. THE DISTRESS. THE BETRAYAL AND THE EMBARRASSMENT. MINEO FEELS SO MUCH.]

What the fuck?! I thought my ears were broken! What was that?! What is this.....?!

[dotcom]

[ he's just

laughing even more now?

like he's kneeling down to rest his forehead on the top of his knees ]

[sengokus]

[NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO HE HATES THIS SO MUCH.

but he likes takeru's laugh................................ so there's this very torn feeling. too sentimental and stupid, but he'll go to sit on the edge of takeru's bed even as he just. huffs.]

Is - what, this is you laughing at me? Quit it, you jerk!

[dotcom]

Stop making it so easy, moron.

[ he looks up and

this is where emotionshare betrays him, because in the middle of all the mocking energy, there's just what is unmistakably fondness. ]

[sengokus]

[ooooooohhhhhh no. he flusters worse because that's cute? that's really cute? noooooooo, this is the worst thing to happen, he's going to hate this week. but then he tries to just. tamp it down. to sort of muffle the fluster. mixed results.]

Uh - sh-shut up, I just woke up...

[he hates this..... but he'll just rub at his neck and look elsewhere]

Yeah, I - need to talk to you....

[give him a second to sift through his emotions he's trying to recover from the bullying]

[dotcom]

Okay, let's talk.

[ the previous feelings are still there, but he's assuming this is important so he'll shift more into business mode. so, he gets up and settles down on the bed. ]

[sengokus]

[that helps at least - he shifts too, turning to face takeru. the fluster nearly all but disappears as mineo focuses, apparently only able to focus on literally one thing at a time, instead having feelings of seriousness and almost - protectiveness? - take its place]

... I just wanted to catch you before the meeting. When we start talking about Childe, I'd prefer if you started to tune me out. [a beat] Well, more than you already do.

But if we decide to kill him, I'd prefer if you left the room if that's simpler for you. Because I'm fine with being the one to kill him, but I don't want you to hear the discussion on how.

[because mineo has a gun. and he has no problems shooting it, or suggesting shooting it. he only has concerns about takeru hearing it or dealing with it.]

[dotcom]

Oh.

[ there's... well, there are a lot of things he's feeling. there's a spike of anger, at the suggestion that he should leave, but also at what the suggestion is implying itself. there's dread, mixed in with panic, and nausea.

it's a lot of things at once, swelling, but then he forces the emotions down as well as he can. it's fine. he can talk about this? it's not the same as seeing it in reality. ]

I don't want to miss any discussion.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . . . ah. so this is what it feels like. mineo pauses for a second before he does reach out then, aiming to take one of takeru's hands in one of his own, as if to help ground him.

aside from the brief surprise, there is a settling of his emotions. a sense of calm, understanding, trying to figure out the weight of what takeru's carrying and what to do with it.]

... okay. It was just a suggestion.

You make your own choices. I just didn't want to surprise you with it, if it comes to that.

[dotcom]

Right.

[ there's a pause, and he turns his hand to lace their fingers together. there's a brief squeeze, and he tries to pull away.

there's still apprehension, and everything else is bubbling, but a sense of something more neutral starts forming again. ]

We'll just see how the discussion goes.

[sengokus]

[oh.

he's surprised for a second - but he lets their fingers lace together, and he doesn't let go when takeru tries to pull away. he just holds takeru's hand closer to him, turning it so that the back of takeru's hand rests against mineo's chest, over his heart. like the last time he was triggered, reassuring him that they're still here, and they're fine.

more than anything else, his care and concern for takeru's well-being seems to be the most prominent.]

.... text me if it gets to be too much, and I can shut up until you catch your breath.

[dotcom]

... right.

[ he stares at their hands.

there's... the fond feeling again, that is very annoyingly difficult to shove down. ]

[sengokus]

[ !!!!!

wow. he's so happy. the fond feeling manages to absolutely boost his mood immediately despite everything, like it's a confirmation that takeru really does like him after all. he's so ♥♥♥ about it there's no other way to explain it.

but it doesn't linger - it's intense, but it doesn't stay, given that he has other things to respond to. impulse dictates that he pulls takeru closer to him automatically though]

Take care of yourself, okay, Takeru? And let me look after you a little too.