GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[divus]

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[bakaomi]

Well...

[ he sighs. ]

This is awkward, right?

[divus]

A little, yes. [He sounds embarrassed at least and turns his head just enough.] Though it's been a while since someone's been rendered speechless by my looks.

[bakaomi]

[ there's a pause, and then he snorts. ]

Yeah. That's it.

[divus]

[Look.]

As I've thought. My deepest apologies for such a hardship. [On the other hand, Beauty picks up the cup of tea, holding it in his hands for warmth.]

...it's really only as awkward as we make it, I think.

[bakaomi]

... I'm not mad at you or anything. It's not like it's your fault that Senri is like that.

[ a slut ]

[divus]

Isn't it? [Idly. Thoughtfully. A spoon stirs around in the teacup but somehow doesn't clink against the china.] Often I wonder what would have happened if Senri hadn't seen my face.

[...it would just be faceless useless gayness, probably, but let him muse on this.] ...truthfully, it's why I didn't take him seriously when he first asked me.

[And it's not like he'll admit that to Senri's face, but obviously this is so much better.]

[bakaomi]

[ it would have definitely been faceless gayness, but taka won't say that because he refuses to give tamaki any sort of boost here. he's not mad but he's still petty. ]

About going on a date, right?

[divus]

That's correct. But I suppose it no longer really matters. I'm not the one he's going home with, and so it may be better this way.

[That doesn't mean it's still a little unfair and sad, but that's not Taka's problem and he knows that.]

[bakaomi]

Mm... maybe. I still kind of did steal him from you.

[ because there is no way senri was going to confess to taka. ]

[divus]

[There's a quiet laugh.] Taking what you want is the appropriate thing to do in a game like this. That, and you would not be the first person I've bowed to.

[...like...it took him until this very instance and becoming a god to realize he had actual feelings for someone, but. He tried.] I had my warning in my previous life and I didn't understand. I still don't, I think, but I wouldn't really call it stealing. Stealing would have been if he didn't wish to go with you willingly.

[bakaomi]

Nah. He just would have rejected me.

[ senri is needy and wants romance but if he would have truly been unhappy with it, he would have said so. ]

... I do have to admit you kind of helped.

[divus]

[Odd. For a moment Beauty doesn't reply, but there's a little sigh as he straightens up again.]

How so?

[bakaomi]

Talking to you last time really annoyed me.

[ it was a combo of takaomi realizing he had a crush, and then realizing beauty also most likely had one, and senri going on a fucking date with sasuke. ]

[divus]

...so you acted out of jealousy?

[bakaomi]

Sort of?

[ he pauses as he tries to. figure out how to word this. ]

It's more like, I don't think I would have said anything because... that's not the kind of thing I'm... good at. So he kind of annoyed me into doing it.

[divus]

I see. [...Takaomi made a mistake, because Beauty ponders again.]

...a boy I considered a friend liked a girl. He told me he didn't want me to come on a trip with them because he liked this girl, and he was planning to ask her out. I wasn't even aware of it until then, and so they went.

She rejected him, but he came back to me and said that I was to give it everything I've got and stop holding back. I suppose he, too, was annoyed into doing things and tried to annoy me as well.

[Thanks a fucking lot, Hikaru.] Shishimaru-kun. Annoyance or not, I believe your feelings for him are stronger than anything else you feel, yes? [Not necessarily positive ones all the time, but in general.]

[bakaomi]

[ oh... rip beauty

but takaomi doesn't respond right away as he considers all of this. ]

... yeah. They are.

[ absolutely nothing annoys him as much as senri does, but. the only other thing that makes him as happy is music. ]

[divus]

Then...I wish you nothing but happiness. [Even if this continues being hard on him. But it's whatever, he'll get over it.]

[bakaomi]

... if you're nice about it you make it hard to be annoyed at you.

[ taka you literally just said you're not mad ]

[divus]

...would you prefer a reason to be annoyed? [Beauty no.]

[bakaomi]

...

Do you have a reason?

[divus]

[...he just takes off the mask and looks at Taka? Apparently his face is his reason.]

[bakaomi]

[ HE FUCKING CHOKES ]

[divus]

Nice to see you, Shishimaru-kun. [This bitch. But he's genuine all the same, giving Takaomi a smile.]

There's a reason we have masks.

[bakaomi]

[ this is the worst unmasking of all time. his face is slightly red but whether it's from annoyance or something else is a mystery. ]

I've heard.

[ BITCH ]