divus | GODLY AUDIENCES - TAKAOMI SHISHIMARU

[ hm. ]

Is there anything that doesn't involve other people?

[Not likely given Beauty is a very lonely person at the end of the day, but he considers that question anyway.]

Antoinette, I suppose, sort of counts as a person. [Hm.] Music, of course. And I like other things, but in the end it all ties back to people. I like trying commoner food and sharing it with people. I like traveling and taking photos of places and bringing back souvenirs for people. I like playing music because it makes people happy.

[...] "Everyday I do my best to live. Everyday I live with a smile on my face. And I also want the people surrounding me to be happy."

[This isn't the first time he's said those words to someone in this competition, but it's also clear they're someone else's that he's clung to for years.] There are things that make me happy just like everyone else. But like I've said, my happiest moments are with people instead.

[So. Yeah. No. He just wants to be around people literally all the time, and that's going to make the end of this game much harder.]

[ every time taka talks to beauty he understands a little bit better why he and senri gravitated to each other. and a part of him almost feels bad for taking him away, but the feeling grows smaller the more he grows attached.

still. he gets it. ]

... if we met in school, you definitely would have gotten on my nerves.

I don't doubt that at all. [He's fully aware of what kind of person he is in comparison to what kind of person Taka is.] Do I not in these circumstances?

You definitely do.

[ he'd be lying if he said otherwise. so. ]

But I would have gone out of my way to make sure I didn't interact with you.

Perhaps it's selfish, but I do appreciate that this isn't the case now. I feel that we have a lot we can learn from each other.

Mm...

What's your name, anyway?

[...have they really gone this long without Beauty providing his name? He looks surprised for a brief moment before he smiles instead.]

Suoh Tamaki. [He can at least introduce himself in the correct manner for Takaomi.]

[ i literally had to go back and search their threads to double check and started crying when i didn't find it ]

Shishimaru Takaomi.

[ because he. always offers his name back, every time ]

A pleasure to officially meet you, Takaomi-kun. [Smilesmile.] I wish this had been sooner, but our rules are a bit funny that way.

Oh, I definitely noticed.

[ your rules are dumb ]

I wish we had a chance to come up with different rules before the game started, but we'll have to work around it now. So far many of you have been able to figure out methods around them yourself.