towerofanimus | Of Birthdays and Things (Future dated to the 27th)

Characters: Kanji and anyone else who wants to join up in the later threads / leave Naoto presents if they know her and/or want to talk with Kanji that day.
Setting: Naoto's Dorm
Format: Action but any is good
Summary: It's NAOTO'S BIRTHDAY. And this is Kanji.
Warnings: FLUFFY THINGS

[Well, it is April 27th somewhere. Kanji was the type of guy to have the entire team's birthdays noted down (even if he never said that publicly of course). If the tower didn't have the exact same dates, Kanji was pretending not to notice. The system seemed to be working out on a 24 hour system, and technically, today was someone's birthday.

Granted he would have gone overboard for any of the team's birthdays, especially here, especially now, but considering it was Naoto's and he had only seen her again for the past four giving him only three days, Kanji had worked with a surprising amount of zeal and fury despite his normal patrols of the floors.

If you were expecting the master of sneaking, Kanji certainly wasn't and so picked a time when no one was in the room to leave his presents before running out as fast as his legs could carry him. It wasn't that he didn't want to see her reaction, but a tiny part of him was afraid she might not like it or....you know it was better if she came to talk to him afterwards?

Perfect Kanji logic.

And thus, when Naoto opened her room, she would find a fluffy doll sitting on her bed, about twice the size of her hands. There as a bow attached to it, along with a small package of what looked like a small package of animal crackers (one of the last he had found in his trunk, truthfully). No note, no message.

But seriously, it wouldn't be hard to guess who this was from?
Happy Birthday, Naoto Shirogane.]

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

[He brushes himself off (even though there's nothing to brush off) and straightens his clothes whilst mentally panicking. Teasing hardly seems a good idea at the moment, so it's time to skip to plan C - sincerity]

It's not like I follow you around for fun. I saw you running out of Naoto's room and put two and two together, so I figured I'd congratulate you for having the guts to make a move. I wasn't going to say it like that, but you're not in the mood for jokes and I don't need another freakout.

...guts to make the move?

[Yosuke, even when you were sincere it just tented to go into a terrible mess of making Kanji angry. Or blushing. Blushing and angry?]

I-IT WASN'T EVEN LIKE THAT!! I was just giving her a present for her birthday!

Oh, it wasn't?

[Huh. Go figure. That makes sense. And now Yosuke isn't prodding at all, nope. Not in the slightest]

And here I thought you had a thing for her. Guess that's my fault, sorry about that.

[Dead. Silence. For a whole three seconds as Kanji's processed what he had just said.]

WHAT?! I-i-i...THE HELL MAN!!!

[Look at Yosuke, acting all natural like Kanji's not freaking the hell out. LIKE A BOSS]

What? It's nothing weird. I mean, Naoto's kind of weird but I can see who someone would have a thing for her. Hell, she's pretty cute if you get her off guard. [Nope not trolling at all] If you don't though, I guess that's that.

[Yosuke did you even realize that 1)you are alone with Kanji, therefore no Chie or Yu to defuse him. 2) Making him have feelings that he is still confused by that everyone seems to have noticed but him and Naoto. 3) God it's Kanji you are literally playing with his feelings in a time of emotional distress. The result is, sadly, somewhat predictable.]

...GET--

[He cranks up a punch. At first he thinks to aim for the face, but then realizes he'd have to explain a black eye so he just aims for the elbow instead. It's not all his strength, but it is a very angered Kanji, so it's still gonna hurt. Just not enough to dislocate your shoulder.]

--BENT!

[He's fast. He's one of the fastest in their group. There's no reason he shouldn't be able to dodge that punch. He's dodged angry shadows, life threatening blows - he's dodged things humans shouldn't be able to dodge]

[But there's something about standing in the presence of the human time bomb that is Angry Kanji that saps away one's better judgement - and one's reflexes. Instead of turning and juking like the lanky speedy kid he is, he simply stands there with his mouth agape as that fist gets closer and closer and closer and-]

[-wait at his arm? Oh crap-]

[And he stumbles backwards, clutching his arm in pain. Really, there's only one thing to say to that]

OW!

Edited 2012-05-02 20:36 (UTC)

[Kanji just glares.]

You deserve even more than that asshole! J-just...stop it alright?!

[My god. His face is so red he'd probably rival a ripe tomato at this point and his voice is fluctuating wildly.]

[It hurts, of that there is no doubt - but really half of this is theatrics and they all know it. Still, he has to go through the show of rubbing his arm and grumbling]

Fine, fine. Last time I try to be supportive. You work it out yourself.

I never asked for your help! I can work it out by myself!

[Wait no. Don't say it like that it's like your admitting it you dumbass. DAMMIT.]

[On the one hand, he needs to say something to that - he was just handed a golden ticket! On the other hand, bruises hurt. But Yosukes will be Yosukes, so he grins]

Good. I'll give you a well earned pat on the back when you do.

[Your teasing joy is Kanji's pain.]

You're skating on really thin ice right now, SENPAI.

[His smile fades instantly, but not into fear - back to sincerity for just a moment]

No, seriously. Work our your stuff and be happy, so you're not - [he ~~flails~~ gestures vaugely at Kanji] - whatever this is. You deserve it, man.

[Angry and confusing, confusing and angry, it's like the emotional roulette that only Yosuke can bring out in him.]

...I-i...I don't even know what to say anymore.

[?!]

[And straight back into a grin. It's a talent, Kanji]

I'll settle for not getting hit again?

[Staaaare. Then a sigh.]

...s'long as you stop being an ass. I-i'm gonna go now.

[He gives him a bow anyway because Kanji is surprisingly respectful even if he wants to punch your guts about half of the time he talks with you.]

See you later, Senpai.

[Before you barb him some more...]

[Aww, now he feels kinda bad. He needs to work on getting better at this sort of thing - the whole talking to another human without them wanting to deck you thing]

Take care of yourself, Kanji. I'll catch you later.

Of Birthdays and Things (Future dated to the 27th)

no subject

1/2

no subject

no subject

aeraget Yosuke ILU also I can't find a sutable icon for this

ILU2 bb ♥♥♥

OH MY GOD ahahaha

MY WORK HERE IS DONE 1/?

no subject

Done!

no subject

lol super late reply, feel free to ignore

Oh you mean tag back right.

ffffff you're too kind <3

and now to use this icon again and also spell that correctly

Yay!

Woops now it's my turn sob.

S'all good =P

no subject

no subject