curfew; w1

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[zuihitsu]

[ riku, you're a jock why are you out of breath YOU ARE THE TALLEST HERE WHY ARE YOU OUT OF BREATH

Sei frowns and put her hands on her hips. ]

There are other ways to get people amped up.

[humblepie]

[STOP THE TRUCKS ARE TALL AND HE HAD TO RUN TO GET HERE]

Why now…

[The inside of his mouth is

dark blue!]

[zuihitsu]

[ ... ]

Rikki, was that a lollipop?

[humblepie]

What?

[He reaches up to his mouth, even if nothing comes away on it.]

I tried one of the frozen drinks in the store? Uh-- "Icee"? It was blue. Way too sweet. How can you tell...? [Wait.] --My mouth is blue, isn't it?

[starcracker]

[ laughing at his tongue ]

[humblepie]

[DON'T LAUGH.]

Hey--what's so funny?

[starcracker]

It's like when we used to eat those popsicles on the beach when we were little. [ she sounds so amused ] That's all.

[humblepie]

[He rubs the back of his neck. IS HE EMBARRASSED? shut up]

You and Sora probably would have liked it, but it was too sweet. Nothing but sugar.

[starcracker]

Oh, that's right. You have mature, grown up taste compared to us. You drink your coffee all black.

[ hehehe ]

[humblepie]

Hey.

[He does not sound angry in the slightest at the teasing.]

Someone had to grow up to keep you two babies from rotting your teeth out.

[starcracker]

Hey! [ right back at him! ]

My teeth are perfectly fine, see? [ grins brightly to show them off ] Besides, it's your fault for hanging out with babies.

[humblepie]

[WOW, PUT THOSE THINGS AWAY. HE'S BLINDED!!! He reaches up to thump her forehead pathetically with his fingers.]

So you agree you two are babies.

[starcracker]

Well, if the only other option is being a grandpa...

[ :P ]

[humblepie]

Grandpa, huh? That's some big talk from a baby.

[starcracker]

[ leans over sora to flick riku's ear ]

Are you hard of hearing? Is that why you keep repeating baby?

[zuihitsu]

[ She laughs. ]

Yeah, it's super blue. It'd be more surprisin' if you didn't think it was too sweet.

[humblepie]

[GOD.]

Hyuse and I had a hard time finding anything we could drink in there the other day. Everything was sugary.

[zuihitsu]

Oh, I wanted to find something Yuyu liked, but all his opinions were— [ she deepens her voice and mimics hyuse terribly: ] It's different.

Have you had tea, Rikki?

[humblepie]

[Wow. He raises his knuckles to try to keep from laughing. IT'S A REALLY GOOD IMITATION. It sounds just like Hyuse.]

Yeah, I have. I think that's what Hyuse ended up getting. So he must like tea, too.

[zuihitsu]

[ She pulls over a gas station shopping bag, rummages through it, and pulls out a bottle of (unsweetened) tea.

She holds it out to him. ]

He should have just told me!

[humblepie]

[SHE JUST HAS TEA.]

It's okay. He didn't tell me either. I just saw what he grabbed. [Tea!!] Thanks.

[He will try some!! He appreciate the lack of sugar. Actually, he's just going to

drink all of it in one go?]

[zuihitsu]

[ YEAH, SHE'S STILL FROM THE HEIAN ERA UNDERNEATH ALL HER CRINGE AND NINTENDO SWITCH COLOR PALETTE.

Well.

Sure?

Okay? ]

Were you running a lot?

[ Is that why he's so thirsty? ]

[humblepie]

[HE POLITELY CHUGGED IT. It's fine.]

No? Just kind of thirsty, I guess. I feel a little tired, too.

[zuihitsu]

[ .... ]

Are you sure you're okay and the rat didn't bite you? I dunno, you don't seem the type to get thirsty and tired like that.

Or, like, you'd try to hide it to seem cool.

[humblepie]

Hide it to seem cool, huh.

[SHE ISN'T WRONG. He shakes his head.]

The rat didn't bite me, I promise. I guess I've just been worried about what's going on, and forgot to drink much.