He explicitly remembers asking for an extra shot in his espresso, but it might as well have been decaf—he ends falling asleep anyway. It would’ve been disastrous if his phone hadn’t woken him, the phone that’s currently ringing in his ear since he nodded off while he was at his desk. He ignores it for a second or two before pressing the answer button with half-opened eyes.
“Hello?” he inquires, though no one else would be calling at this time.
Tatsuya yawns, sitting up and stretching out his back and his free arm while the other held the phone to his ear. His alarm clock tells him that it’s 1:30 AM. “Mm, yeah.”
“I knew it. You’re so irresponsible, Muro-chin. You’re supposed to be studying for your exams.”
“Sorry, sorry. You woke me up though, so thank you.”
His mouth twitches upwards when Atsushi grunts at the other end of the line. “What are you gonna do without me, huh? I was right, Muro-chin shouldn’t be living alone,” he adds, never mind that Tatsuya is doing just fine since he moved to the States for university, nearly a year and a half ago. It’s clear that he means something else, and Tatsuya reads the fine print in his voice.
“I’m coming home for winter break,” he reminds gently. “You can tell me off in person then.”
“Should’ve done that for Thanksgiving too,” Atsushi mutters under his breath, and Tatsuya finds himself shaking his head before realizing he isn’t even there to see it.
“It was one week, and I had a lot of assignments to finish.”
“You can’t do your assignments here?”
“No, I’d be too distracted,” he says, laced with innuendo, and he has to laugh when Atsushi only snorts in response. One of these days Tatsuya will find the right words to ruffle him while they’re on the phone.
“You’re a pervert, Muro-chin.” The admonishment might’ve been more effective if Atsushi didn’t follow it up with a recount of his day, which includes rattling off titles of the books he’s reading for his classes, describing the consistency of the mashed potatoes he’d eaten for lunch, and alerting Tatsuya to the realization that the new soap in the men’s bathrooms had the same scent as Tatsuya’s shampoo.
“It’s called, ah, I forgot…”
“Cocoa butter,” Tatsuya supplies, and Atsushi hums in agreement.
“Yeah, it’s really weird. When I smelled my hands, it was like having Muro-chin with me.” The last part is a whisper, like he’s embarrassed to say it with so many people around. Tatsuya checks his clock again and counts seventeen hours ahead, and as much as he loathes having to put the phone down, he has to ask him.
“Aren’t you supposed to be at practice right now, Atsushi?”
“I am.” Atsushi hesitates, like he’s been caught doing something he shouldn’t have been. “I finished warming up early.”
“Then what are you doing on the phone? Besides, international calls are expensive. You should’ve just waited for me on Skype.”
“Eh, but I have to play basketball now.”
“What?” Tatsuya says, because nothing about that makes any sense. Atsushi’s resounding sigh, the one he releases when he thinks Tatsuya’s being annoying, comes out as static in the cell signal.
“It’s too troublesome to play if Muro-chin’s not here. But I thought if I heard your voice, you know…” he trails off, feigning disinterest, while Tatsuya has to bury his face in the crook of his arm to keep from screaming as the phrase squeezed at his heart, albeit tenderly in his chest. It’s no secret that Atsushi considers him as his motivation, but it’s another thing to hear it spoken aloud.
“Atsushi,” he says, while the numbers on the clock glow 1:43. “I miss you too.”
There’s silence on Atsushi’s end, and Tatsuya grins at having stupefied him at last.
“Ah, the coach is shouting at me,” Atsushi says, and he’s usually a better liar than that. “Bye-bye, Muro-chin.”
He hangs up before Tatsuya can reply, but it’s worth it for the mental image it provides; of the telltale flush that starts at his throat and paints his cheeks and ears, depending on how self-conscious he is. It’s enough to get Tatsuya through this dreaded all-nighter (and the next day, the rest of the week, and the week after that, until he’s on the plane headed to Japan, too.)
(this one has nearly 3k words, and includes: a fuckton of confession scenarios, a discussion of lucky items, and mukkun's denial)
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bent: i rewatched the murahimu appearances at the beginning i wanna make "muro chiiiiiiiin" my ringtone
jamie: omg you should DO IT. or your alarm clock. that’s probs the first thing himuro hears every morning
bent: LMAO JESUS FUCK then he shoves his pillow into mukkun's face because i now headcanon that he's not a morning person based on that new art in the murahimu tag.
jamie: lmao tho nice ppl are never morning ppl. mukkun has to come get himuro for morning practice everyday
bent:
jamie: OHH MY GOODDDD dancing on his feet JFC himuro is the best dancer since he plays bball like he’s dancing anyway. everyone is in AWE but all himuro is thinking is ‘prince atsushi’
bent: jamie i hope you know im never letting the prince thing go its the most embarrassing thing we've ever headcanoned in these and it is just DAMN
jamie: prince atsushi is my greatest accomplishment. everyone else thinks himuro is the prince but no. how wrong they are
bent: [a video of someone putting together neru neru nerune]
jamie: mukkun mentions it in passing one day and himuro's like 'whats that' mukkun almost has a heart attack he cannot BELIEVE murochin has not heard of this candy before... then it turns out liu doesn't know of it either barbarians the both of them he must rectify this situation. he goes out buys it brings it back and then starts teaching right on the sidelines of the court then the other regulars come and everyone everything gets sticky even the bball they all get hit by araki-sensei
bent: then they retreat to himuro's room and instead of homework they sit on his bed and mix neru neru nerune for HOURS. tasting diff flavors and feeding each other from the little plastic spoon then when mukkun has to leave and himuro's teeth are aching he realizes "was that a date?" THEY DO NOTHING BUT EAT CANDY ON THEIR FIRST DATE ATSUSHI IS SO TRICKY
jamie: ugh these kids are so gross. subsequent dates are spent hunting down rare candy and sightseeing in tokyo and the occasional pitstop at street bball courts that himuro pretends are accidental. what a perfect life.
bent: one time mukkun gets dramatic and goes "sighhhh muro-chin we play basketball so often, you must like it more than me" and himuro blooms red
jamie: he counters with ‘but atsushi, you like snacks more than me right?’ and then it’s a blush fest
bent: mukkun gets over it first tho like "no, i like you more. stupid murochin"
jamie: omggggg then himuro’s blushing x5 and is like ‘i… like you more… too…’ and this is like in PUBLIC (on a bball court??) and people are starting to look and everyone thinks it’s like irl shoujo manga
bent: omfg everyone's watching it it's pretty exciting. they were taking bets to see who would say it first. this is yosen's main source of entertainment
jamie: omg taking bets. yosen’s betting pool revolves around - 1. what flavour umaibo is mukkun gonna eat today 2. what flavour potato chip is mukkun gonna eat today and 3. what confectionary is himuro going to use to bribe mukkun next
bent: after they get together its like "how soon is atsushi gonna start leaving hickeys on himuro when theyre on the same side of the court"
jamie: the bball club members tries sneaking glances at himuro in the change rooms to see whether/where he has hickeys until they meet mukkun’s eyes and he’s just. staring at them. he’s not doing anything else he’s just standing and staring and they get so freaked. the exact same thing that happens whenever anyone wants to confess to himuro
bent: "knock it off atsushi" *doesnt say anything, continues staring* "atsushi please liu's about to pee in his pants"
jamie: eventually they all leave walking backwards and facing mukkun bc they’re scared to turn around… they walk into a couple of walls but they got out in the end. no one realised how scary mukkun was even when he’s not really doing anything - he’s just really looking at them for an extended period of time, he’s not even glaring?? but somehow it’s so scary…
bent: omggggg when he's jealous or suspicious its never menacing its just like that thing with the locker and alex's pictures he just asks A LOT OF QUESTIONS "do you know murochin is very busy" "he doesnt like that candy how can you not know that" "he will nag at you a lot im warning you"
jamie: I’M WARNING YOU oh my god. he just tries to put them off himuro like ‘why would you want to date him he’s so annoying’ ‘he gets mad so easily like you can’t even leave crumbs on his pillow’ ‘he wants to play basketball all the time it’s such a drag’ the suitors eventually get the gist
bent: and because this is murahimu the grossest ship of all he gets oddly sappy without realizing it "unless youre photogenic you can never be in a picture with him, hes too good-looking" "he always sings to himself without realizing do you want a boyfriend who serenades you in english" "you forget you havent eaten dinner yet when you watch him play bball, is that what you want"
jamie: omg his thinly veiled gushing and backhanded insults. ‘he punches you and cries and makes you want to play basketball when all you wanted was to get off the court’ himuro hears some of this and is so. touched. he wants to cry all over atsushi’s face again.
bent: !!!!!! ok so hes so happy and touched he buys like a fuckton of mukkun's favorite snacks and dumps them on his bed and when mukkun sees it like "huh what is this" "nothing i just wanted to do something nice" "what for? do u want to play one on one we just did that this morning.. " "i just felt like it" "are you breaking up with me muro-chin are you letting me down easy huh just say it..." himuro probs just stuffs like 10 chips into his mouth why would he ever want to break up with atsushi
jamie: AHHHHH mukkun’s mind goes straight to the worst. poor thing spends the rest of the week worrying deep deep down although he tells himself he’s not before he’s convinced that everything is normal and no one’s breaking up with anyone. that day he feels so pleased he offers to do a one on one with murochin and himuro almost faints
bent: oh my goddddd himuro thinks he's sick he puts his hand to his forehead like atsushi are you okay, do you have a fever, do you wanna lie down and mukkun's like FORGET WHAT I SAID YOU'RE ANNOYING before stalking off to the basketball court and picking up a ball and waiting for himuro to catch up. so contradictory
jamie: omg mukkun needs to be STOPPED. himuro is like ‘uh…’ but then he figures why not it’s like the first time atsushi has offered and by the time they finish they realised they’d missed dinner so! they go up to mukkun’s room and raids his food drawer, another first bc mukkun doesn’t usually y’know turn his special food drawer upside down to eat with someone else. sharing food is mukkun’s ultimate form of affection
bent: can you imagine tho he wouldve been like, muro-chin masako-chin said youre not allowed to break up with me. "why not?" coz im gonna stop going to practice and thats bad for the team--wait a minUTE what do you mean why not I KNEW IT MUROCHIN YOU LIAR YOURE HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH A BLONDE AMERICAN
jamie: HE TRIES TO BLACKMAIL HIMURO USING BBALL AND A TEACHER incredible. himuro’s like ‘????? where??? do you see a blonde american around here??????’ and mukkun goes off on a spiel about how they must skype every night is that why he gets kicked out of murochin’s room i knew you weren’t doing homework
bent: he talks about muro chin+american WHILE HIMURO IS STARING AT HIM AFFECTIONATELY and himuro just nods and smiles and goes behind him to braid his hair, "so what do we talk about on skype" "basketball of course" atsushi thinks this blonde american is muro-chin's equally annoying soulmate // murahimu lazily, sleepily chewing on gummy bears together while cuddling because basketball is tiring this is your fault muro-chin, pass me some of those corn chips
jamie: himuro’s just indulging him like ‘oh right okay so other than the blonde hair what does she look like’ ‘she has a mole. under her eye. her right eye. the one not covered by her hair’ ‘like me?’ ‘yeah’ ‘okay’
they make sandwiches out of the gummy bears and a bar of chocolate and corn chips and they drink unfrozen ice lollies… it’s the unhealthiest meal himuro’s eaten all week
bent: im srry tumblr is turning me into a nag Its turning me into murochin. omgggg how cute would it be that everytime someone brings up basketball or theyre talking abt a new move and the default person playing basketball in his head is murochin, he just loves it so much. (himuro has to bribe mukkun into eating VEGETABLES
jamie: well clearly you’re the himuro and i’m the mukkun in this relationship bc i’m taller
omg when mukkun sees someone trying out a new move he always thinks of how much ‘cleaner’ and swifter and just all-round nicer that move would look executed by himuro
'atsushi i'll give you my dessert if you eat the spinach' 'but murochin wouldn't it just balance each other out' 'just eat your spinach'
(okay sorry never gonna bring up your height again)
bent: WOW JAMIE WOW how tall are u even u cant be taller than cristina?? wow. // himuro presses his lips into a thin line and he says, looking pained, i wont ask you to play a one on one with me all week if u eat your carrots. All of them. thats when mukkun knows its serious (he doesnt eat the carrots)
jamie: okay no i’m shorter than cristina BUT i’m taller than you IT’S A SECRET. or take a guess.
MUKKUN YOU TSUN. he eats all the other vegetables on his plate but the carrots. himuro is puzzled.
bent: mukkun's special skill is goldfish scooping (or fair shit i guess) and himuro's is juggling they need to be in the circus
jamie: gOLDFISH SCOOPING. he wins goldfish at fairs for himuro. every time they die himuro is devastated and mukkun says he’ll get him another one next time. there’s a fish bowl in himuro’s room that has no fish 80% of the time.
himuro tries to teach mukkun how to juggle once. mukkun almost falls asleep but then himuro starts using small packets of chips instead of bean bags. all of a sudden mukkun’s a natural.
bent: PFFFFFTTTTT BUT IM GETTING PURPLE HAIR. "yknow i hate carrots i mean i love u muro-chin, but not that much" that is the first time he says it, himuro's jaw literally drops and yosen makes puking noises
jamie: well then FINE you can be the murahimu lovechild then
PUBLIC CONFESSION i’m. GOD. himuro doesn’t even start blushing until like 20 seconds have passed. he’s just in awe. yosen isn’t sure whether to scatter or to take out their phone and video this. mukkun stares.
bent: omg it has a little plastic fish inside when theres no actual fish. mukkun names it muro-chin. he doesnt name actual fish muro-chin because they might die. // ALSO MUKKUN IS THE FUCKING CUTEST IM TURNING INTO ACTUAL HIMURO he is too cute wtf. himuro would be envious but he's just really endeared. no atsushi wait those arent for snacking!!
jamie: omg plastic fish. the goldfish that mukkun gets for himuro are friends for the fish - to keep fish!murochin company. he doesn’t want murochin in any form to be lonely.
mukkun gets bored after three rounds and starts opening the packets. himuro sighs but there’s nothing he can do so they just share the chips
bent: he doesnt want muro-chin to be lonely JESUS CHRIST JAMIE // AFTER HE SAYS IT mukkun just continues chewing. stares. chews. yosen steps away from the table and at a safe distance brings out their phones. himuro pushes his food around his plate and clears his throat. chokes on a piece of meat. mukkun pats his back and continues to stare
jamie: mukkun’s ultimate attack is ‘stare’. himuro isn’t sure what to say he’s stuttering like ‘yeah cough yeah i uhh cough love you too cough’ he’s too busy choking
bent: mukkun pauses when he says it, then relaxes the stare and yawns. "i know that, muro-chin, why did you have to say it, so embarrassing..."
jamie: they both shove food into their mouths to avoid talking bc himuro doesn’t know what to say and mukkun. just wants to eat tbh
bent: it's most anticlimactic confession ever. a few weeks later when theyve sort of forgotten about it (or so himuro thinks) mukkun gets plastic rings from the candy machine and gives one to himuro, who just laughs and puts it on like, haha whats this for. then mukkun says, with a straight face, "it proves we're boyfriends." im p sure himuro needed an ambulance after that
jamie: OHHH MY GODDDDD it proves we’re boyfriends MUKKUN IS SO UNEXPECTEDLY SMOOTH. himuro puts it on his necklace chain next to the brother ring. married to 2 ppl at once what a player
i feel like my entire being is murahimu nowadays. murahimu all day err day.
bent: does mukkun keep his ring on a chain too or does he wear it on his pinky
jamie: i’m thinking a ring would interfere with bball? so maybe a chain… but actually when you’re on court they check for jewellery so i guess it doesn’t matter bc they have to take it off anyhow. wearing it on his pinky would be so cute omg
bent: it would prob interfere with himuro's bball or anyone else but aomine and mukkun lmao HE KEEPS IT IN HIS POCKET DURING GAMES. lucky item yknow. its on his pinky because it doesnt fit on any other fingers
jamie: midorima and mukkun talking about lucky items ‘you imbecile lucky items change everyday’ ‘nah uh they don’t. mine stays the same everyday’ ‘NO IT DOESN’T. if you would like i am willing to educate you. i can send you daily texts telling you what your lucky item is’ mukkun stares
bent: "mido-chin isnt making any sense. my lucky item is muro-chin."
jamie: OHHH MY GODDDDD. they argue over this for another half an hour until himuro and takao come to collect their respective partners. mukkun watches them approach ‘ah. our lucky items are here’
bent: its within earshot and himuro's like !!!!! atsushi plea s e and takao IS GRINNING LIKE A WEIRDO HE WILL HOLD THIS OVER SHIN-CHAN'S HEAD FOREVER
jamie: 'ahhh someone finally said it' 'takao stop'
mukkun gets up slumps over himuro ‘did muro-chin bring any snacks i’m hungry’
bent: takao watches them like 'wow shin-chan and i thought /we/ we bad our senpais will kill them' 'shut up takao' himuro steers mukkun away from the carrots and feeds him
jamie: the senpais in this series have it so hard. the yosen senpais are just resigned they’ve given up on life
bent: the murahimus are untouchable theres mukkun who is more titan than teen and himuro who is loved by everyone. you cant keep him apart its like keeping snacks away from mukkun or a basketball from himuro
jamie: the untouchables. no one can stop them
bent: forced to watch as they shovel food into each other's mouths and drape all over each other. forced to listen as they call each other gross nicknames and nag.
jamie: it’s a hard life
bent: yknow whats hilarious when they were gonna watch the shutoku vs rakuzan game mukkun waited until they were at the stadium to say "if u wanted to watch u should do it by urself, imma go now" like mukkun u couldve done that before u left the hotel...
jamie: he just wanted to keep murochin company okay during the long walk okay…
bent: i have to be there so murochin can borrow my jacket if he gets cold....
jamie: so in the off chance murochin gets sleepy he can lean on me… in case he gets hungry i can share my chips
bent: but i dont wanna watch basketball nuh-uh
jamie: i just wanna accompany you the whoooooooole way and share clothes and eat w/ you but nah to the basketball
bent: its not gonna be easy to convince me to stay either Dont even try it
jamie: the epitome of the journey, not the destination
okay since you're resolutely not doing my shima question (cannot believe) how about azula instead (working my way back into your good graces)
im laughing at u but also im mad because u know the way to my heart
How I feel about this character-MY FOREVER GIRL. so awful and fucked up but i love her she was the perfect villain, you dreaded her showing up but you were also excited at how much ass she was gonna kick because she always delivered. fourteen years oldand a tactical genius commanding entire armies and a prodigy goddamn. she was the result lf her father's shitty "parenting" but at the time she wasn't entirely blameless either, she created her own hell and fashioned her own downfall and her arc mirrored zuko's so perfectly. SHE WAS A JOY TO WATCH and kind of also... very.... me lmfao if u asked me to name a favorite female char she's always the first to come to mind. the smartest most perfect beautiful girl in the world
and so very shit at flirting god s3 was an azula paradise
All the people I ship romantically with this character-(prefacing this with: all azula ships are very fucked up and i do not endorse it irl) ty lee!!!!! canon tbh. also back in the day i think i read her with like... dangerous ladies ot3, sokka, katara, suki.....yknow multishipping
(also zukocoughs)
My non-romantic OTP for this character-dangerous ladies ofc. + sibling bonding~~~~ because ember island episode man. also her mom lol :(
My unpopular opinion about this character-im really uncomfortable when people say she "deserved" her mental break?? she was an horrible, abusive person but she was also a victim of abuse and (emotional) neglect, it's possible to reconcile those too. she deserved to be punished for her crimes, yes, but... not whatever that was.
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.-from a narrative view everything's perfect but from an azula stanning view i wanted her to have the world lmfao and from an "i wish this character the best" view i wish her family wasn't the way it was because it really fucked her up (but she wouldn't be such a good, interesting character otherwise) do u see my conflicted emotions here
are you still doing the character meme. if yes - SHIMA
i hate u tumblr user jamie paperhopes
How I feel about this character-nggguuuhhhhh okay [spoilers for recent chapters]IM IN DENIALI STILL AMI HAVENT READ THE PAST FEW ONES BECAUSE I THOUGHT TO MYSELF ill start again when shima turns his life around :DDDDD/i hated them all/ NO . NOOOOOOOOOhis bug phobia in the movie was so cute and him growing up with bon and koneko and being the only one to sit with rin and let him know someone believed in him UGGHGHHGjfvnkjnfvfkvj
All the people I ship romantically with this character-i DONTTT but i could have izumo/shima'ed. I could have
My non-romantic OTP for this character-rinn!!! everybody with rin, kyoto trio obv, paku lmao, his bros
My unpopular opinion about this character-who is shima renzou i have never heard of this guy
One thing I wish would happen / had happened with this character in canon.-GET IT TOGETHER SHIMA
tumblr's messaging system sucks so this is just to archive more of mine and jamie's convos. if you garner some enjoyment out of reading them then we're v glad
(this installment is has more than 2k words and includes: sick himuro and mukkun's attempts to keep him in bed, walking to class together and being joined at the hip, himuro fussing over mukkun, COACH-ENDORSED MAKEOUT SESSIONS, yosen acknowledging the murahimus as a school life constant)
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bent: look at #3 im so glad
jamie: omg what a treasure trove. himuro getting flustered by mukkun checking his temperature. mukkun probably thinks it’s the only way to ever check someone’s temp bc that’s how his mum always did it.
also himuro saying BULLSHIT GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE to someone telling him they like his cute face and asians YEAH HELL YEAH
bent:
jamie: himuro gets better marks than usual on the homework he got during the period he was sick his teachers are perplexed. HIMURO INSISTING ON PLAYING BBALL god mukkun just pushes him back into bed and sits on him bad murochin. every time the senpais come visit himuro they see mukkun sitting next to the bed eating umaibou and getting crumbs all over the bed.
bent: omg what if himuro told mukkun he was allergic to like nuts or something, a passing comment, but from then on mukkuns always checking menus and ingredients lists to see if something has nuts because his mom was always v careful about allergies because he doesnt want murochin to die.
jamie: mukkun gets so many traits from his mum. with like 5 kids in the family i’m sure someone must have had serious allergies so. himuro just gets rashes or annoying but for mukkun who has observed his siblings, allergies = throat swells up = cannot breathe = dies so he’s v concerned for himuro. if himuro’s sick then mukkun makes him congee from his mum’s special recipe and bundles him up warmly in bed. his mother always made him sweat the sickness out so he tries that tactic with murochin. he goes to his room and brings over all his blankets and just dumps them on top of himuro who almost suffocates
jamie: they make a roster for it. they’re the ‘make sure himuro doesn’t do anything stupid squad’. everyone is shocked that mukkun no longer takes food as bribes what has the world come to. himuro hears the convos outside between mukkun and the people in need of a bath and he is so touched. he imagines mukkun with a tiara sitting on a white horse
bent: one time they all fall asleep/arent looking and himuro ESCAPES ans the gym is locked so he plays basketball on the outer court. in winter. in his pajamas. MUKKUN IS FURIOUS he carries him off and probs doesnt speak to him for like 2days even if he still does himuro's homework for him. himuro sleepily pats his hair until he caves
jamie: lmao half the school sees him and is like ‘is that himuro… in his pyjamas?’ then half an hour later ‘is that himuro… in his pyjamas… being carried on murasakibara’s shoulder…’
HES ANGRY BUT HE STILL DOES MUROCHIN’S HW god mukkun im so angry at you why are you so cute.
bent: what if himuro gets sicker after his stint in the snow and his temp goes up and mukkun gets REALLY POUTY like muro-chin if you die im gonna be SO annoyed, youre already so annoying, if they replace u with another annoying guy on the starting lineup i wont know what to do i was just getting used to you, and he probably wont buy me snacks, YOURE SO ANNOYING MUROCHIN
jamie: omg mukkun. god murochin why’d you have to pull such annoying stunts like that, bball is so annoying so i can see why an annoying guy like you would want to play it but inside mukkun is actually so worried… he’s going through himuro’s potential replacements in his mind and he’s p sure none of them would bribe him with snacks into playing a one on one with them and that would just be annoying
himuro just pats his head and tells him that he has lollies in his snack drawer why doesn’t atsushi just help himself to that
bent: mukkun doesnt think about stuff too often or too deeply because lol effort but the more he ruminates on something the more he cant let go hes getting so agitated of muro-chin not being there anymore like whos gonna make sure i wont walk into the street when cars are around because im distracted by food?? whos gonna hand me my towel or a spare scrunchie??? who am i gonna bug when class is boring and aka chin doesnt reply?? kaasan will be so upset murochin THINK OF MY MOTHER
jamie: omg murochin don’t die my mother will be sad. and your mother too I guess. MUKKUN TEXTING AKASHI IN CLASS THO. is akashi rebel enough to be using his phone in class that is the question. mukkun turns into a texting fiend during the last class of everyday, it’s so boring he spams himuro and akashi with details about what the clouds outside looks like
bent: LMAO AKASHI CAN AFFORD TO CHECK HIS PHONE ONCE IN A WHILE IN CLASS omfg mukkun with his big fingers HE HATES TOUCH SCREENS SO MUCH TINY THINGS ARE SUCH A HASSLE. he tries to text himuro all these things but he barely manages a couple of lines so after class hes waiting outside himuro's classroom and he continues the story in vivid detail as they walk to practice
jamie: he hates the advent of the smartphones why can’t we go back to the time when phones had like 9 buttons at least those were easy to press. to himuro’s class mukkun is like. class pet lmao they know he’s gonna be there everyday and that he’s bffls with himuro so like if it’s someone’s birthday and they bring cake to share they save a piece for him. I WANT PEOPLE TO LIKE MUKKUN OKAY i don’t want people to be scared of him… well i guess if they use him as a meeting place then people must like him to a certain degree
bent: AWW YEAH i think yknow at first hes imposing but the more you're around him he's just like a yawny perpetually chewing blob of jelly. THEY SAVE HIM CAKE THAT IS SO PRECIOUS ALSO. yknow that scene where theyre walking in the hallway together and they dont even have gym bags theyre just in uniforms im so torn up about that why are they walking together how do they hang out they have no classes in common dont they have any friends from their own year THEY ARE JOINEDA T THE HIP ITS DISGUSTING
jamie: omg i think they would both be on friendly terms w/ everyone in their class but i don’t think they would be particularly close to anyone? so THEY HANG OUT TOGETHER ALL THE TIME GROSS UGH. like maybe himuro’s walking back from the science lab with two friends and run into mukkun coming back from gym and they stop and talk and the two friends just leave bc they know himuro’s gonna be ditching them for mukkun anyways THEY’RE USED TO IT.
yawny perpetually chewing blob of jelly omg that’s so cute. if i had fancy tags for characters that would be my new tag for mukkun
bent: omgggg and yknow himuro doesnt even mean to do it hes usually really good at juggling friends and he has TONS but when he runs into mukkun its like "atsushi fix your tie..." then they stand there in the hallway in the middle blocking the path while himuro fiddles with his tie and he cant get it right because mukkun keeps trying to eat while hes doing it so hes trying to like do it under the umaibo so theyre lightly bickering and absorbed in their own world im so ashamed of them and of myself rn
jamie: HE CAN’T STOP FUSSING OVER MUKKUN??? HE DOESN’T KNOW HOW IT STARTED EITHER BUT HE CANNOT STOP it’s become a way of life. he’s like ‘atsushi lift your arm up’ ‘no my umaibo is at the perfect angle to put in my mouth’ ‘atsushi…’
i had umaibo for the first time in like 4 years yesterday and it was SO GOOD i can see why mukkun eats it all the time
bent: post-shower: atsushi your hair is dripping onto the back of your shirt youll get a cold, no its fine muro-chin leave me alone, no its not change your shirt or at least... *starts towelling mukkun's hair dry himself, mukkun doesnt give a damn he has cheese curls rn* post sex while cuddling: atsushi you shouldnt sleep like that youll crane your neck youll wake up with sore tendons get some pillow support LEAVE ME ALONE MUROCHIN *rolls over on top of him until he promises to stop nagging*
jamie: omgggg rolls over on top of him!!!! in the boarding house ppl walk to the showers in their underwear and towel bc it’s a hassle to bring your clothes around SO. mukkun occasionally makes a pit stop at himuro’s room post-shower and sits on his bed and is like ‘murochin i ran out of pocky’ and himuro’s like ‘atsushi you’re dripping all over my bed’ but sekritly checking him out
bent: HE MAKES A HALF NAKED WET PITSTOP ON HIMURO'S BED I AM SO. himuro opens the specials sweets drawer and mukkun checks out his butt its a very unsubtle check out session. when mukkun stands up while eating a lollipop he accidentally drops his towel and one of himuros sleeves probably fall off his shoulder ITS SO PALPABLE but lights out soon and himuro still has homework and mukkun is hungry so they cockblock themselves and are testy and blueballed the next day at practice, every contact is torture
jamie: THEY COCKBLOCK THEMSELVES I CANNOT. these stoopid boys so much tension b/w them the next days someone’s like ‘himuro! watch how you’re handling that ball’ ‘how i’m handling that ball…’ the senpais just wanna kick them out and get them a room
bent: OH MY GODDDD when himuro makes jump shots his jersey rides up to show his stomach and hips and for mukkun its like... hips.. nice to hold... undulating... grace... murochin... he reaches out instinctively but before they do a disgusting sloppy full on make out session in front of everyone araki-sensei takes out the shinai and MAKES THEM LEAVE they are disrupting practice go sort yourselves out. they have fucking coach-endorsed makeout sessions behind the school gym, for the good of the team
jamie: omg himuro’s like ‘but we’re training…’ and mukkun just stares at her and is like ‘…ok masa-chin…’ PULLS HIM OUTTA DA GYM. i cannot beliEVE coach-endorsed makeout session. everyone’s so keen for them to just go bc these two have gotten everyone else so hot and bothered no one can concentrate even after they leave it’s a disaster they finish early that day
bent: JAMIE what if the the coach endorsed sessions become a thing, so seeing the murahimus making out somewhere becomes a really normal view like "oh theyre at it again" THEY ARE GONNA BE SO GROSS WITH THEIR PDA i mean it was gross when they werent even dating because himuro is always fussing and mukkun is always hanging over him but when theyre standing around mukkun prob has a hand on his ass and when theyre sitting in bleachers himuro puts his hand on mukkuns crotch nbd, this is how we do
jamie: tHAT’S DISGUSTING BENT HOW COULD YOU. they casually feel each other up ALL THE TIME it just becomes as normal as mukkun snacking. himuro would have no problem w/ it bc pda is so normal in america and mukkun just doesn’t care lmao. ‘they’re at it again’ GOD imagine people meeting under mukkun and that day just happens to be a coach endorsed makeout session. ppl hanging around these two making out while waiting for their friends afterschool
bent: do u realize that because of the height diff they cant sustain a makeout session (leaning and tiptoeing, respectively) so at some point they just drop their bags and mukkun carries him by the ass so theyre at a comfortable eye level. casually walking to practice while holding and making out with murochin and people are just steering them in the right direction so they dont run into walls. people open doors for them as to not disrupt the holy. man i love yosen lmaoo
jamie: no bent STOP THAT’S JUST. I’M. i cannot compute anymore. WALKING WHILE MAKING OUT GOD. prom king and king i wouldn’t put it pass the student council to create those awards just so they could give it to these two lmao
bent: their relationship honeymoon phase lasts so long and everyones like when will it end. mukkun doesnt restrain himself from reaching for himuro or sneaking kisses DURING practice despite the coach endorsed makeout sessions. its not enough. himuro finds any excuse to touch his hair AND ITS NOT SUBTLE BECAUSE HE HAS TO REACH UP TO DO IT its always a spectacle. also they dont even line up for lunch together anymore its always just one of them. the cafeteria ladies knows to give two servings instantly
jamie: everything they do is Not Subtle bc either mukkun has to bend down or himuro has to go on his tiptoes it’s ridic. every time someone wants to find mukkun they go to himuro’s room. i think they’re usually in his room bc idk maybe he wants to do hw at the same time. or maybe he’s older so he doesn’t have a roommate whereas mukkun has one? the only time they leave is when mukkun’s finished the entirety of himuro’s snack drawer and then they have to retreat to mukkun’s room or the kitchen
bent: AHHHHHHHHH THAT FITS WITH THE SCENE I WANT TO WRITE where the one time they sneak and spend the night in mukkun's room himuro doesnt have his alarm clock so they wake up late and have to rush to class and end up wearing each other's uniform sweaters instead in the mad dash. so mukkun in this tight thing with sleeves only up to his elbows and himuro in what is basically a snuggie until they meet up for lunch maybe thats how everyone Finds Out about them and it's so obvious and gross
jamie: OHHH MY GODDDD every single piece of clothing mukkun owns is like a snuggie on himuro lmao. they’re not even trying to hide it anymore these two it’s like an Unreveal
