9) things u said when i was crying because 1. kise is a crybaby & 2. i just love to hurt myself w/ some tasty angst : )))))
PROMPTED. / @forgerybuilt.
“hey, stop that.” harsh words as knuckles gently rack across the other’s scalp. it’s a basketball game, and there’s no time for tears. you just gotta get payback and follow through with the fact that you said you were gonna win. and that’s what they’re gonna do. eyes narrow on the opposing team, hands on his hips, “i’ll lecture later, kise. go show them what you’re capable of.” it’s his graduation, and kise cries. he should have expected this, but none of them know that he’s leaving for america as soon as he leaves from here, and he manages to give them all one last head ruffle, and a small lecture before he turns, and flicks kise in the forehead. “no crying.” he watches kise’s games, even though he’s in america, he has some old teammates go and film the games for him. of course, they do this with other members too -- but lips curl when kise’s zoomed in on, and there are tears on his face, “really, nothing’s changed, that idiot. always crying.” it’s fond though when he speaks. it’s years later, and kise still cries about everything, and nijimura is there now. and he’s not good at comforting people, so he challenges him to one on ones, or takes him out to eat, or anything that he could come up with to distract him. “do you believe in aliens?” he remembers saying one time, as the leaned over the ledge of some building that nijimura usually goes to to clear his head. when he gets diagnosed with cancer , kise cries. it starts slow, and then builds up and nijimura can see the guilt on the other’s face. too many cigarettes that nijimura has been near, he can just read the wheels turning in kise’s head. he wonders if maybe he looked like that with his father here too. he hates this place, it’s too bright, too clean, to everything he’s not and kise is still kise, still a crybaby and nijimura takes comfort in that fact. he pulls him over, racks his knuckles on the other’s skull, and scoffs. “it’s not your fault, stupid. this shit happens.” a pause, “and besides, i’m not gonna lose to this. you should know better.”













