* persistence.

takeda ittetsu. / loved by rhys.

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     standing in front of the sakanoshita store, takeda is starting to second-guess his decision to wear a suit. it’s the only one he owns, and rather ill-fitting, too large on his small frame, as many things are; he just doesn’t go to enough formal occasions to have ever gotten around to tailoring it. he’d thought, when putting it on, to put forth the best possible impression, he’s now realizing that it might be a bit absurd to dress like this just to walk into a general store. he’s hovering just around the corner, trying to fix his tie, smooth down his lapels. he’d wanted ukai’s first impression of him to be someone competent, well-put-together, willing to put obvious effort into his endeavors. 

     now, he just worries he’ll look a bit silly.

     well, too late now, he tells himself, and thinks of the volleyball club. lately, all he has to do to banish his self-conscious awkwardness is to pull up the image of those kids in the gym, the first years’ enthusiasm, the passionate perseverance of the third years. he only met them recently, but already they’ve begun to infect him. they’re working tirelessly to achieve their goals, no matter how many walls lie in front of them. doesn’t takeda owe it to them to do all he can to take one of those walls down?

     he takes a breath, and when he walks around the corner and pushes open the door of the store, a bell chiming at his entrance, his eyes are lit with determination. what he’s wearing isn’t important. what’s important is that he has a goal ahead of him, and he intends to meet it. if phone calls aren’t working, then he’ll try something else. 

     ukai keishin is leaning over the counter. takeda hesitates for just a second to take him in -- he’s seen pictures of ukai in old karasuno yearbooks, which was how he discovered that ukai ikkei had a grandson to begin with, but that was years ago, and the ukai before him, aproned and sporting bleach-blonde hair, looks quite different. if takeda gives himself the chance, he knows that he’ll start to feel uncertainty and guilt creep back in; this is a person with his own life, his own priorities, that takeda is hunting, not just a voice on the phone or a picture in a book but a person who never asked to be hounded by phone calls and unwanted visits just to serve takeda’s ends. 

     but because he knows himself, he doesn’t give himself time for those thoughts to creep in. this is for the students.

     he takes a step forward, clearing his throat politely. “ukai keishin?” he dips into a bow when ukai looks up. “my name is takeda ittetsu. we’ve spoken on the phone.” when he raises his head, there’s a spark lit in his wide brown eyes. “i’m here to discuss the karasuno volleyball club with you.”

[chlorph]

PANIC! AT THE DISCO SENTENCE STARTERS: DEATH OF A BACHELOR EDITION

(NOTE: some starters contain cursing & nsfw connotations)

VICTORIOUS

“tonight we are victorious”

“all my friends were glorious”

“it hurts until it stops”

“i’m a killing spree in white”

“my touch, is black and poisonous”

“i know you need it, do you feel it?”

“fifty words for murder, and i’m every one of them”

“turn up the crazy”

“living like a washed up celebrity”

DON’T THREATEN ME WITH A GOOD TIME

“who are these people?”

“i just woke up in my underwear”

“no liquor left on the shelf”

“i should probably introduce myself”

“you shoulda seen what i wore”

“memories tend to just pop up”

“don’t think i’ll ever get enough”

“this night is heating up”

“if you go on you might pass out in a drainpipe”

“don’t threaten me with a good time”

“i wish i could find my clothes”

“how did we end up in my neighbour’s pool?”

“i usually don’t fall when i try to stand”

“i make these high heels work”

“i’m not as think as you drunk i am”

“i think we’ve had enough”

HALLELUJAH

“show praise with your body”

“if you can’t stop shaking, lean back, let it move right through you”

“i got caught under the covers with secondhand lovers”

“the time for being sad is cover”

“you miss them like you miss no other”

“being blue is better than being over it”

“i was drunk, and it didn’t mean a thing”

“i love the things you hate about yourself”

“no-one wants you when you have no heart”

“you’ll never know, if you don’t ever try again”

“say your prayers”

EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES

“welcome to the end of eras”

“done my time and served my sentence”

“if it feels good, tastes good, it must be mine”

“you might just see a ghost tonight”

“i’m taking back the crown”

“i see what’s mine and take it”

“i am so much more than royal”

“heroes always get remembered”

“you know legends never die”

DEATH OF A BACHELOR

“do i look lonely?”

“people have told me, i don’t look the same”

“i’m playing hooky”

“i’m walking the long road”

“how could i ask more?”

“i’m cutting my mind off”

“am i the best you’ve ever had?”

“share one more drink with me”

“smile even though you’re sad”

CRAZY=GENIUS

“you’re so normal that you just disappear”

“if crazy equals genius, then i’m a fucking arsonist”

“you don’t seem to change when you stuff all of your feelings with drugs”

“you can set yourself on fire, but you’re never gonna burn”

“darlin’ you know how the wine plays tricks on my tongue”

LA DEVOTEE

“you got two black eyes from loving too hard”

“i wouldn’t change you”

“wouldn’t ever try to make you leave”

“always on the hunt for a little more time”

“couldn’t ever try to make you see”

GOLDEN DAYS

“i found a pile of polaroids in the crates of a record shop”

“forever younger growing older, just the same”

“all the memories that we make will never change”

“we’ll stay drunk”

“let the love remain”

“time can break your heart”

“but it’ll take the pain away”

“right now, our future’s certain”

“i won’t let it fade away”

THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE DIRTY

“truth is that it was always going to end”

“all of the good girls act so good”

“if you wanna start a fight”

“you better throw the first punch”

“make it a good one”

“don’t think i’ve ever used a day of my education”

“there’s only two ways that these things can go”

“all your friends won’t hold any grudges”

“i got the final judgement”

HOUSE OF MEMORIES

“the lonely moments just get lonelier”

“i don’t want to be afraid”

“the deeper that i go, it takes my breath away”

“is this taboo?”

“we built this house, on memories”

“promise me a place in your house of memories”

“i think of you from time to time”

“you were just too kind”

“i was too young to know”

“i was a fool”

“those thoughts of past lovers will always haunt me”

“i wish i could believe you’d never wrong me”

“will you remember me in the same way as i remember you?”

[karasukeda-blog]

“ you’re annoyingly persistent, ain’t ya, sensei? ”                               “ yes. that is my only redeeming quality. ”  

                        ukai keishin.                                takeda ittetsu.                           loved by siri.                                      loved by rhys.

[truthnotdespair]

ukai + takeda, s01e09