the makings of a smirk cannot help but be shown on Sousuke’s features. how can they not when Rin was the way he was; hair disheveled, toothpaste dripping down his chin, clothes having been haphazardly thrown over his body just so that he could call himself dressed. it was amusing to say the least, especially when it was usually always himself who had to be dragged out of bed and forced to make them late. it was a pleasant change for once, and Sousuke was not all the keened to be heading to where they had planned to be this afternoon.
a sigh leaves him as he stands, padding across the small space to help his best friend untangle himself from the mess he had made of his shirt, biting back a chuckle as he does so. taking the fabric in hand he does the task of pulling the shirt to how it should be before handing it back.
❛ slow down would you? they are your friends after all, aren’t they? they won’t mind if you are a little late. i don’t see why you are dragging me along too for that matter. ❜
“ --- because they’re your friends too.” Words dragged from his tongue, nodding a thank you while he took the shirt from the hand.
He admitted this tiredly before putting the toothbrush back within mouth to continue his particular brushing pattern and clumsy walk toward the attached bathroom, glancing at himself in the mirror with a weary expression over all. Hadn’t he noticed that his shirt was inside out or that there had been toothpaste dripping from the corner of his lips and down his chin? Taking the back of his hand to clean face and rinse it like so under the faucet. After brushing, he placed his toothbrush back within the cup that it was usually stored in, took a near by washcloth and began to rinse it under some moderately warm water.
“ that and ---” he began, speaking loudly over the running faucet, hoping his voice traversed clearly into their main room. “ I didn’t want to go alone today with whatever they wanted me to do. It’s not like this is swimming related. ( their summer was closing to an end by this point and all the swimming relay’s were the end of this following month. Maybe it was swimming related --- in which case he hadn’t really had the energy to do much of that at the moment more sleep and prep time maybe but at the moment he could barely concentrate putting on his shirt the right way. ) Maybe you could help me with whatever they had planned.”
Turning the faucet off, he soon held the cloth with both hands --- washing his face while he waited patiently for retort or comment. It was likely that Sousuke really didn’t want to get involved again and in which case he wouldn’t force him to. It was just at times he felt limited on choices on how to deal with certain things.
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