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伊佐敷純 ([personal profile] darasha) wrote in [community profile] chahan2018-01-20 08:59 pm

[personal profile] handstrike; ii. one day you will wake up

and realize
how perfect they are
handstrike: <user name="handstrike"> (the camera switched on by itself)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-21 11:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Modern glass, shiny new fittings and a widescreen tv. Their hotel room is far too luxurious for two teenagers on a simple highschool excursion. In a way, they should count themselves lucky for an upgrade to a bigger room with a better view. There's one problem though.]

There's only one bed.

[Ryousuke just has to point it out, frowning as he sets his bag against the wall. He doesn't mind enough to kick up a fuss, but it bears saying anyway - it's sloppy that guests had to be moved around in the first place - but mostly because they're going to be the ones sharing it.]

And you can hardly call this a wall.

[The first thing you gotta do is inspect the room, Ryousuke?]
handstrike: <user name="handstrike"> (practice doesn't lie)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-22 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Hey now. There is an important distinction that needs to be made here. Ryousuke's no whiner; he's the type to endure without any complaint. He's just... got a very critical eye for anything less than perfect, and sometimes (often), that means having to verbally take it apart.

Also Jun doesn't seem to care enough about the logistics of sharing. Normally, Ryousuke would be the same. But privately he'd prefer to keep him at a comfortable, friendly distance ever since he woke up to find Jun's head leaning back against his mattress, the gentle rise and fall of his chest as he slept with a book still in his lap, and no, it wasn't a weird fever dream.
]

I'll join.

[He agrees easily. It's an odd feeling, not having to prepare for baseball practice this time of year. Even with exams and an upcoming graduation they've got to still keep in shape to segue right into university ball, he thinks.]

Apparently the beach leads to a lookout. Tetsu and the others will likely have the same idea.

[What was this about hanging out with their other classmates for once....?]
handstrike: <user name="handstrike"> (let's change gears)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-22 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[See, this is why they can't share the same space. Even if Jun isn't that much taller, his presence takes up the whole room. Ryousuke climbs onto the bed with one of his novels, pushing Jun's feet out of the way so he can lie on his stomach and face the tv.]

Your feet stink. [He flips his book to where he last left off.] The game doesn't pick up until the third inning. Go take a shower before you get too comfortable.
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[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-22 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[It is a testament to Ryousuke’s poker face that he doesn’t wrinkle his nose at that display.]

Disgusting.

[When he feels the thwack of a pillow at the back of his head, he doesn’t even react at first. Calmly, he slides a bookmark between the pages, turns over to face his assailant, and then he’s throwing a pillow of his own to sock Jun in the face, and hard]

I haven’t had the time to watch, I’ve only read the play by play. [The Swallows have been his favourite team since before he even started little league. He’s been keeping up.] Aren’t you just being lazy?
handstrike: <user name="handstrike"> (punishment time)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-23 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
[If you didn't want to fight, maybe someone should have thought about that before hitting him? Because Ryousuke is bound to retaliate.

He gets buffeted back by Jun's pillow, surprise flicking across for a second before it's overtaken by a menacing smile.
]

As you're very much aware, reading and watching aren't the same thing.

[Casually, he places a pillow over the top of Jun's head, smiles wider, and then pushes down in an attempt to smother his classmate into the mattress.]

I was hoping to finish this chapter first.
handstrike: (juicebox)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-23 11:39 am (UTC)(link)
[Sorry, Jun. It's a bit difficult to hear you down there.

He can feel Jun struggle against him, but it's a lot harder to lift your head from off the ground than push someone's face into it. For now Ryousuke still has the upper hand, and even when pulled closer, he can still use that to his advantage by applying more weight to the murder weapon (the pillow).

His two hands are laced together, pushing downwards, and he lowers his mouth near where Jun's ear probably is to murmur, sweetly, hoping to disguise his slight breathlessness:
]

Do you give in yet?

[Jun's going to die?]
handstrike: <user name="handstrike"> (i'm a growing boy)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-23 12:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[Four star hotels are truly amazing. If this were the spirit dorm bunk beds, they most certainly would have hit the wooden bedposts or collided with the ladder. They miraculously don't go rolling off the edge, Ryousuke shoved backwards, feeling himself fall back onto the mattress.

He's definitely looking disgruntled now, his smile uncharacteristically crooked as he looks up to meet Jun's eyes dead on, still looking for a challenge.
]

Well?

[Go take a damn shower already! Not that this fight is even about that anymore. More like neither of them want to back down.]
handstrike: <user name="handstrike"> (jun can't throw a strike)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-23 01:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[Problem is, with Jun bearing over him, his arms so close and bracketing him in, Ryousuke's hit with the gravity of the situation. And Jun doesn't register it at all, he bets.

Ryousuke suddenly breaks eye contact first, face turning away towards where the wall where the tv is built in. His voice feels sticky in his throat as he says the plain and obvious:
]

It's a commercial break.

[Sure enough, a peppy jingle of a sports drink ad is playing.]
handstrike: <user name="handstrike"> (jun you used to hit that area a lot)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-24 12:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[It's only until the bathroom door clicks closed does Ryousuke allow himself to sigh. How can Jun cause so much trouble and then suddenly decide to get up and leave Ryousuke staring up at the empty ceiling instead? And even if they had to bathe together all the time, please have the decency to close the curtain if it's there??

Jun should just go slip in the shower so he wouldn't have to think.

He props himself back up against the headboard, returning to where he last left off in his novel. The tv continues to chatter, and there's the rush of water from the shower. Ryousuke finds he's read the same paragraph at least three times already without absorbing it. That's pretty unlike him.

He raises his head and his voice, to call out over the sound of the shower running:
]

The Carps scored off Ishikawa~
handstrike: <user name="handstrike"> (www)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-24 09:34 pm (UTC)(link)
[How predictable. Ryousuke sits in the middle of the bed, drowned out by the size of it, and snickers. Revenge improves his mood, somewhat.]

Your face was hilarious.

[Keeping things like this would be okay, he thinks, returning back to his terrible cosmic horror story. Not long after Jun returns to his shower, the match broadcast starts up for real.]

Hurry up, it's starting.
handstrike: (the worst)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-26 09:31 am (UTC)(link)
He's in good condition, they're going to find it hard to hit here.

[Sure enough, the little figure in the Swallows uniform winds up and strikes, and the volume of the crowd swells and grows. Ryousuke hasn't looked up at the screen once. Even if his eyes are steadily fixated on the page, somehow he manages to beat the commentator to the action.]

For someone who didn't want to get up and shower so badly, it sounds like you're enjoying it, Jun. [The luxury of a bath loses its appeal when it's with a bunch of sweaty guys and one of them is the Coach. But he doesn't need to look to hear Jun sigh and sink into the water, relaxing - it's still satisfying after a hard practice. Baseball and a nice hot bath, huh. It's just weird to not be a participant for either of those things anymore.] Don't fall asleep in there.
handstrike: <user name="handstrike"> (how saucy)

[personal profile] handstrike 2018-01-26 03:48 pm (UTC)(link)
You just washed up and you're thinking about pitching?

[That's not a serious question. He knows whenever they're away from the baseball field Jun is itching just to get back. Those excuses to cut into the new team's batting practice ("otherwise I'll freeze!") are completely transparent to Ryousuke.

He snaps his book shut and crawls over to the edge of the mattress. From here he can stare down Jun - pull the towel away from neck - and not stare too long, because he's dropping the towel straight over his face.

And then he extends a hand to reach over and roughly towel off Jun's hair, thoroughly messing it up.
]

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