Superhell: Kuranosuke

[polyglotti]

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[ontrend]

Tuuri?

[kuranosuke is here to get drunk, as always, but he looks concerned immediately when he spots her and makes a beeline for the bar.]

Hey, what's wrong? Are you okay?

[polyglotti]

[She lifts her head to peek at who it is, but as soon as she sees it's Kuranosuke she lets her head flop back down again.]

I'm fine. I just look like a fool, that's all.

[ontrend]

No, you don't.

[...]

What happened? Do I need to go beat someone up for you?

[polyglotti]

[Oh that gets her to sit up abruptly.]

No! No beating up needed! I was the stupid one, not him.

[ontrend]

[tuuri your ship mess]

...what happened?

[polyglotti]

It was so stupid, I saw one of his memories and I told him not to be too hard on himself, and he asked why I cared, and I said that of course I would care about someone important to me! But that's...well.

[She. Gestures. Because the implications there are pretty obvious and she looks embarrassed as hell about the whole thing.]

He looked stunned and questioned what I meant and I ran away.

[ontrend]

...oh, honey.

[pats tuuri on the back. there, there.]

Come on, I'm sure it's not that bad. He was probably just surprised! A lot of the guys around here are, like, allergic to admitting when someone's important to them. What gives with that? Why are there so many emotionally constipated dudes?

[polyglotti]

I don't know! Shy I can deal with, but confused? It makes me wonder if I'm more attached to him than he is to me.

[ontrend]

Let me tell you something, Tuuri. Guys are dumb. Real dumb. It probably doesn't have anything to do with him being less attached to you and everything to do with just not realizing how much you liked him.

1/2

[polyglotti]

Like?!

2/2

[polyglotti]

[And she. Buries her face in her hands. Because Kuranosuke is right, she does like someone here.]

[ontrend]

[


blinks with surprise. "like" is a neutral term to him because he just Says Shit so he was not expecting that sort of reaction...

gently pats her on the shoulder. there there.]

[polyglotti]

[Help her, she looks miserable now.]

This isn't going to work. We're all going back to our worlds in four weeks!

[ontrend]

So?

[KURANOSUKE?]

Does it matter if it's only for a short time? If you're happy being with that person, then make all the memories you can with them while you're able to. Things don't have to last forever for them to be important.

[polyglotti]

...

[Those words are going to stick in her mind now.]

It just...it feels unkind, to even think about it without knowing if that's something he would want.

[ontrend]

...there's a really easy way to fix that, you know.

[polyglotti]

[She makes a face.]

But if he's not interested then it will just needlessly complicate things.

[ontrend]

Not necessarily. Would you really like him if he was the type to get all weird about it if you liked him? If anything, I bet he'd be flattered that someone so cute and nice felt that way about him, even if he didn't feel the same way.

Just talk to him about it! I'm sure it'll be fine.

[polyglotti]

[She looks like she wants to argue, but eventually she just sinks down in her seat.]

I hate that you're being logical and making sense.

[She hates that she actually has to talk about feelings with someone she likes.]

[ontrend]

Yeah. Sucks when that happens, right?

["logical" is not a word that is often used to describe him.]

...I promise it's not as bad as it feels like.

[polyglotti]

[Urghhhhhh]

I never had to deal with this before. I have an older brother, he would scare off anyone who showed too much interest in me. And it wasn't even him threatening them, he just looks scary when he's being serious.

[ontrend]

[tries to imagine an older brother being scary and fails because his older brother is a doofus]

...I guess there are people who are like that. The intimidating type, I mean. [...] Hey, do you mind if I ask... what's your brother like?

[polyglotti]

He's very serious, all the time. He doesn't really tell any jokes or stuff like that. He smiles sometimes, but that's very rare.

[Kuranosuke saw that memory this week, so Tuuri doesn't mind sharing a bit more. He gets the context of why her world is kind of shitty.]

He had to become the guardian for both me and our cousin Lalli when he was only sixteen. I was ten and Lalli was eight back then, so we were still little enough that we needed an adult to take care of us. He...I don't think he was ready for that level of responsibility, but there was no other choice. Kids without families- especially kids who aren't immune- usually end up in not-so-great places. He grew up really fast, to protect the two of us.

[ontrend]

...man, what is it about older brothers and being the responsible ones...?

[is it an older brother thing, or an older sibling thing, he wonders...]

It sucks it had to be that way, but I'm glad he was there for both of you.

[polyglotti]

Yeah. Sometimes he can be a little frustrating, but I'm glad he's been there for us too. I wouldn't trade him for anyone else in the world.