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[log] Walk in harmony

Who: Zenyatta and others
What: Talking about ways to keep Home in harmony and talk about what's going on in a more group-like format. Related to Zenyatta's billboard post earlier
Where: Home's sitting area on the first floor
When: Backdated to Day 4, sunset
Other: Party style log. Zenyatta will have his own top if you want to interact with him specifically

By now, Zenyatta hopes that anyone who is interested in talking about the situation and how to keep Home in harmony has seen the notes he left on the bulletin board. Sunset comes, so he removes the old notes and piles them neatly on the table. (Just in case one of the people he conversed with wants to keep the note.) Zenyatta does leave his message of "Hello world. ( ´ ▽ ` )" up. He likes it there.

There are many questions and different experiences among them. A chance to talk with one another will help make their stay easier. This situation is strange, but it need not be an unpleasant one.

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I didn't suggest him at all, only or otherwise. [Kuroo grins.] I think even Bokuto knows that he needs the support of a full team.

At least he’s aware of that…

[Small blessings.]

[Kuroo considers.] I'd almost suggest Akaashi, but I think this has been stressing him out pretty hard.

Really?

[Tsukishima hadn’t noticed… But then again, it’s not like him and the other boy are particularly close.]

You know him better… so I’ll trust your judgment.

[On this and only this.]

[Kuroo does spend a decent amount of time around Akaashi, since he hangs out with Bokuto regularly. And, more importantly - Akaashi actually trusts Kuroo to be intelligent and reliable, regardless of how ridiculous he is around Bokuto, and Akaashi doesn't have to support Kuroo. So when Akaashi needs advice or reassurance, Kuroo isn't a bad person for him to turn to.]

Are you saying you're not bothered yourself?

I’m doing about as well as can be expected.

[Which means he’s being an internalizing disaster putting on an aggressively uncaring facade, but you know. What else is he supposed to do?]

[Everyone has their own problems here. There’s a jerk in the pit of his stomach at the possibility of not seeing his mother, a bitter taste that he can’t talk with his brother anymore right when they were starting to get along again… And he’s even sort of missing the reliable schedule he’d built with school and volleyball practice before and after.]

[But so what? Yamaguchi, Akaashi, Kenma, probably Bokuto too if he’d stop to think about it seriously for once- those kind of thoughts are probably in their heads too. He can’t even begin to imagine how it’s like for anyone else from other places. He’s not special.]

[...And he doesn’t want to talk about it.]

[Kuroo can probably figure out that Tsukishima isn’t saying everything or even a fraction of it just by the way he pushes himself up to his feet a moment after.]

I’m going to talk to Ipin to see what we’ve got gathered up so far. Good luck with Akaashi-san.

[Kuroo promptly gets to his feet as well, swinging an arm around Tsukki's shoulders with a lazy grin.] So if I'd expect you to be doing terribly, that means you're doing terribly?

[There's a veneer of teasing over the gesture, but honestly that's for Tsukki's benefit. If Kuroo tried to genuinely comfort him, he's sure Tsukki would shy away, would refuse him entirely and entirely deny having any problems at all just to get him to stop feeling things, to stop prying into Tsukki's feeling things. But if Kuroo makes it a joke, like neither of them is really serious...well, maybe Tsukki can likewise put up a facade that he's just enduring Kuroo, while actually drawing some real comfort from him.

Kuroo has some experience with people who find strong emotions uncomfortable and exhausting, who shy away from such things. And, of course, he has some experience with Tsukki specifically.]

Don't be jealous, Tsukki, I look out for all my kouhai~.

[Grunting under the weight of Kuroo draping across him, Tsukishima sighs.]

I meant the expectations of normal people, Kuroo-san.

[Which… is actually the same thing, really, but Kuroo is 100% correct both in terms of what he’s actually feeling and the best way to handle it. While he surrenders to a lot of things he views as too much of a hassle to fight off, such as certain senpais invading his personal space, in this case… Well. Maybe there’s more to it.]

Considering I’m one of your few kouhais here, that sounds suspiciously like I’ll have to deal with you more often then usual, Kuroo-san.

Normal people would expect you to be doing terribly too, Tsukki. You do know that, right? [He raises an eyebrow at him.]

And you're correct. [Kuroo's smirk is positively demonic. It's...probably a trick of the light. Right???] You're stuck with me, Tsukki, so you might as well get used to it~.

[And, using that arm around Tsukki's shoulder, he starts pulling him along.] Come on. [Apparently they're going somewhere now...?]

I think you’re a biased source, Kuroo-san.

[And oh yeah- trick of the light his ass. That is absolutely a demonic grin on Kuroo’s face, and Tsukishima is regretting his lie choices. Still, up until Kuroo starts to tug him along, he’s still as exasperatedly loose as usual.]

[When they start to move is when things change. Tsukishima’s eyebrow raise might seem subdued, but Kuroo will be able to feel the way his shoulders slowly begin to tense under him.]

Where?

Domina. We can get something to eat, or find something to do there. Or just wander around until we find something interesting. [Mostly, Kuroo is forcing an outing on Tsukki where they can just hang out together and Tsukki can unwind, to whatever degree that's possible here. It'd work best if they could go somewhere familiar, where Tsukki wouldn't have to think about their situation for awhile, but...that would require somewhere that they aren't surrounded by reminders that they're not even on the same world as home anymore. And none of them have that luxury. So the only real familiarity he has to offer Tsukki is himself.]

I think we have more important things to do, Kuroo-san….

[But he’s not fighting his fellow blocker’s grip or the direction he’s taking them in. Honestly… In a way, he almost doesn’t care what he’s doing or where he is, so long as it’s something. He needs to keep his mind busy, not thinking about their situation, or else… He’s not sure how he’d act.]

More important than annoying my kouhai? Don't be ridiculous. That's always my top priority. [Kuroo smirks.] Is there anything you'd like to do, Tsukki?

[Go home.]

[He doesn’t say that. It’s too pathetic to even voice, considering their shared situation. So, after a moment, he shrugs.]

Nothing in particular. We could wander if nothing else, I guess. Who knows what’s in that town.

Sounds like a plan. If you're good, maybe I'll even buy you a treat~.

[Kuroo is being annoyingly condescending not just for Tsukki's benefit, immersing him in the comfortable familiarity of being exasperated with Kuroo, but for his own benefit. It's fun teasing Tsukki, and that comfortable familiarity isn't all one-sided.

But there's one deeper meaning, buried underneath all of that. Kuroo taking Tsukki out, doing nice things for him ~~whether or not Tsukki wants him to~~...he wants Tsukki to feel like someone's still looking out for him. Tsukki's still only a first year, meant to have several years yet before being expected - and prepared - to start looking out for himself. Kuroo's not exactly out from underneath the sheltering wing of his parents and teachers and coaches, expected to handle his own business without assistance...but at least he's spent most of his third year being geared up for it. If it's unfair for Kuroo to be flung into this kind of situation, he's aware that it's two years more unfair on Tsukki. On Yamaguchi. One year more unfair on Kenma and Akaashi.

He's not sure if anyone else is thinking those kinds of thoughts but him, but he's sure that he can't just hope this world or anyone in it will somehow try to make up that deficit. So he'll try to.]

[...]

I'm sorry, Kuroo-san, but I just remembered I had to do something vitally important.

[Carefully, he tries to pry Kuroo's arm from around his shoulder.]

It entails being far away from senpai who seem to forget the ages of the people under them, so if you'll excuse me....

[Kuroo just tightens his grip. You're not allowed to flee, Tsukki.] You're never too old for treats, Tsukki. Especially when someone else is paying. Don't you know that yet?

[Well. It was worth a shot.]

Treats "if I'm good".

Yep. Which means you hardly need to worry about me patronizing you by giving you treats for good behavior, because I don't think I've ever actually seen you on good behavior.

[Excuse.]

I’m in college preparatory classes and am a first year already participating in my club matches. I’m perfectly fine, thanks.

Are you polite and respectful toward your senpai, Tsukki? [Kuroo grins.] I never said you're incapable of good behavior, I said I've never seen it. I don't think I'm in any danger of having to take that back, either.

I act perfectly fine to my captains, actually.

[....And just his captains, probably…]

Your captains aren't offering to treat you. And for someone who doesn't want to be patronized with treats, you sure are arguing a lot for deserving one from me, aren't you?

It’s the principle of the thing, Kuroo-san.

I'm sure that's all it is. [Kuroo's smile says that he doesn't believe that for a second, and that he doesn't think Tsukki does either.]

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