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Characters: sakuma kidou and fudou
Setting: room 2-8 -> soccer field
Format: brackets
Summary: showing your friend the shiny new soccer field is totally an appropriated welcome back thing to do
Warnings: n/a

[When he first wakes up, everything is a little disorienting. Sakuma blinks up at the ceiling in confusion for a full minute, not really knowing where he is and not knowing what’s happened. Slowly, he sits up and lifts a hand to rub at the right side of his face as he looks around .

This is... his room in the tower?

Sakuma frowns as his memories start coming back to him, his brain finally waking up now that he recognizes where he is. And with them, comes something else; a hazy recollection of a world devoid of life and full of destruction. Thinking back on it now, it feels surreal even though he’s sure he’s spent some time wandering through that place, a place that’s supposed to be familiar. The more he tries to remember though, the more the details seem to slip away and the reality of where he is starts to come back. A dream then? More like a nightmare.

Not like this is much better anyway. Sakuma sighs and climbs out of bed, grabbing for his eyepatch as he does so.]

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[Kidou had left earlier, to get some breakfast. He was planning on practicing on the new soccer field today, since he hasn't really had the chance to since it was built, so after breakfast, he returned to his room to get changed and fetch a soccer ball. Once he opens the door, he notices Sakuma and his face lights up.]

Sakuma!

[Sakuma puts on his eyepatch before giving Kidou a small wave, a little confused by Kidou's reaction at seeing him.]

Morning, Kidou.

[Kidou hurries over to his friend, looking the most relieved he's been in a long while.]

I'm glad to see that you're back.

[That gives him pause for a second as he looks at Kidou dubiously. Can it be...]

What do you mean, back...

[His expression turns a bit sad at that.]

You've been gone for over a month... it's February 22nd today.

Oh.

[...Oh.]

I thought it was a dream. Guess not.

[Of course he takes Kidou's word. Why would hi friend lie to him?

He smiles a little apologetically.]

I'm back.

[He smiles back, again.]

I missed you. [With Genda gone and Fudou MIA as well as Sakuma, he thought he'd be all alone again...]

A lot of things have happened while you were gone.

Considering things here, it'd be a lot weirder if things didn't happen.

[He feels kind of bad for going missing, even if he couldn't help it.]

What did I miss?

[He crosses his arms over his chest, his expression turning a bit grim.]

Genda is gone. [Let's get the worst out of the way...]

[Hearing that makes his eyes widen.]

Oh no, really?

[He... really doesn't know what to say about that. Not even "It's better if he's not here" because he knows it's not, not back in that place of ruin.]

[He nods.]

There's a grave for him....

There's... there's still a chance he'll come back, right? That's happened before.

[He says that without thinking, but as soon as the words leave his mouth he's unsure he wants that. All things considering, it's a tough call All he knows is that he'll really miss his friend.]

[He nods.]

There's always a chance he'll return. Once you arrive to Animus, you never actually leave. [That's the one thing he's learned here...]

So he could come back anytime, really.

[A sigh before he looks at Kidou again.]

What else did I miss?

[Nothing can be worst than one of his best friends leaving, right?]

Renovation. [The corners of his mouth turn up into a small smile at this.]

We have over fourty more floors than we used to have.

...That's a lot. That pretty much doubles the tower.

[He's apprehensive because more tower isn't really what he thinks would be a good idea but the slight smile on Kidou's face makes him ask:]

Not all of them are bad, then?

Correct. [He moves to his trunk and takes out his Raimon soccer uniform.]

Get changed, I want to show you one of the new floors.

[That definitely makes him curious so he just nods before heading to his trunk to get his things out to change, which doesn't take that long.

When he's done, he looks over at Kidou.]

Okay.

[And Kidou's already changed himself by the time Sakuma's done! He picks up his soccer ball and motions for him to follow.

After walking down many floors, the two finally end up in a huge floor, that appeared to be a soccer stadium. Kidou steps aside so Sakuma can get past him and check everything out, a big grin on his face as he waits to see his friend's reaction.]

[Of course he did not expect this. His eye widen with surprise as he takes it in. As much as he wants to run onto the field right away, he hangs back a little just in case.]

A soccer stadium! It's... not a trick? Nothing's going to pop out of the grass and start attacking us, right...

[He shakes his head.]

It's completely safe, I checked it out myself.

[Finally, without saying anything, he jogs onto the field a fair distance before turning back to face Kidou.]

Kidou, pass!

[Ah, that was more like it! He sets the soccer ball onto the ground and dribbles it over, passing it to Sakuma once they're close enough to each other.]

[ Meanwhile, unbeknownst to the two youngsters, a young but still old Fudou snoozes on one of the bench rows, only to be woken up by the familiar sound of soccer dribbling. He slowly rises up, looks at the field with dreary eyes and lays back down to sleep again.

Oh, it's those two losers. He'll just let the kids play. ]

[He receives the ball easily enough and when he has it, he dribbles it further down the field. This place definitely is a surprise to him but it certainly one of the better ones the Tower's given him.

When he far enough, he turns without warning and kicks the ball towards Kidou.]

[He catches the ball with his foot and kicks it right back in full force. But what's this? The ball went a little too far to the left, and shot right past Sakuma, bouncing off one of the goal posts behind him and smacking a certain sleeping man in the face.

Oh.. there was a person there...

Kidou jogs over, his brow furrowed with worry.]

Are you alright?

[ Fudou swiftly swings up and grabs Kidou's head with his whole hand, forcefully making him stand in a squatting position. He appears to be very grumpy. ]

Did the two of your soccer skills rust that bad that you can't even kick it in the right direction? I ought to make you run laps.

[Immediately Sakuma intervenes and he swats at the hand holding Kidou's head. Whoever this guy is, he's not allowed to treat his friend like this. When he talks, he tries to at least be apologetic.]

Sorry, it was an accident. We didn't mean to.

[He definitely doesn't think it warrants this kind of reaction, at least.]

[Kidou rubs his forehead a bit, while realizing all the same that the man he had nailed in the face was none other than Fudou Akio.]

... you're still here? [Shouldn't you be... younger... since everyone else had turned younger again???]

[ Fudou shrugs and flops back down on the bench, comfortably crossing his legs. Were the three of them always this bratty? Not that anything had changed beyond the years.

Suddenly feeling amused, he snickers mischievously at the two. ]

You don't want that? Well that's too bad cause looks like I'm here to stay.

[Sakuma looks from Kidou to the man. Obviously they know each other but while there is something familiar about him, Sakuma can't really figure out why...

In any case, now that he doesn't seem to be threatening Kidou anymore, Sakuma leaves them to talk because he has no idea what to say.]

Well no, it's not that I don't want you here. [He sighs and crosses his arms.]

I'm just surprised you're still an adult. Everyone else has reverted to their younger ages, so I'm wondering why you haven't... [He notices Sakuma being quiet though, and realizes oh, they haven't met yet.]

Well, whatever the reason is, I guess I should introduce you two. Though, you already know each other. [He gestures with his hand over to the older man.]

This is Fudou Akio.

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they should kick the ball in his face

i agree 100%

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