Landing a hit on Hikaru Shinta is a feat, okay? I don't think I could score a hit on him, let alone nick him on the cheek.
[He's not telling Nico that someday, he's gunning for Zangyaku as well. Not yet. It's too soon to say and he has no idea where his path will take him just yet.]
[He closes his eyes for a second, maybe thinking about running to Japan right freaking now just to be with him for a few hours. He doesn't want to hang up, and he knows if he doesn't, he'll never be able to. Maybe tears well up in his eyes because he's just a little frustrated at himself, because he doesn't want Nico on Xi Wang's shit list. The last thing he wants is to jeopardize Nico's chances in Zangyaku by being stupidly clingy.]
Yeah, um... I gotta... I should probably get some sleep too. Never know when I might get called out on an Engagement.
[He's fighting to keep his voice from breaking now, because this is what they both want: to be Hunters, and really fucking good ones too. Him in the Brotherhood and Nico in Zangyaku. They'd talked about this time and again over the years, but back then, it had been Netsach for Kaz.]
I love you, Nicholas Raio. Don't you ever forget it.
[...and I miss you. Don't get hurt too badly. And he ends the call before it gets to be too much. He drops the phone on his bed and maybe he sobs just a little bit, before getting up and digging an open pack of Nico's cigarettes out (which he may or may not have stolen from the other boy's pockets during their time in Japan)and lighting up. The smell of cloves hangs in the room. This once, he doesn't open a window like he normally would, wanting to just drift in it.]
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[He's not telling Nico that someday, he's gunning for Zangyaku as well. Not yet. It's too soon to say and he has no idea where his path will take him just yet.]
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[No arrogance there. He respects his brothers and sisters like nobody's business.]
...your face ruins my life, Shu.
hee
[And everything, honest to god, makes so much more sense. He just wishes that he and Kaz could see each other more often.]
...Anyway, I think I need to get back to the party.
[Because if he doesn't, he won't ever want to hang up, and that's not good.]
u^u these two give me feels
[He closes his eyes for a second, maybe thinking about running to Japan right freaking now just to be with him for a few hours. He doesn't want to hang up, and he knows if he doesn't, he'll never be able to. Maybe tears well up in his eyes because he's just a little frustrated at himself, because he doesn't want Nico on Xi Wang's shit list. The last thing he wants is to jeopardize Nico's chances in Zangyaku by being stupidly clingy.]
Yeah, um... I gotta... I should probably get some sleep too. Never know when I might get called out on an Engagement.
[He's fighting to keep his voice from breaking now, because this is what they both want: to be Hunters, and really fucking good ones too. Him in the Brotherhood and Nico in Zangyaku. They'd talked about this time and again over the years, but back then, it had been Netsach for Kaz.]
I love you, Nicholas Raio. Don't you ever forget it.
[...and I miss you. Don't get hurt too badly. And he ends the call before it gets to be too much. He drops the phone on his bed and maybe he sobs just a little bit, before getting up and digging an open pack of Nico's cigarettes out (which he may or may not have stolen from the other boy's pockets during their time in Japan)and lighting up. The smell of cloves hangs in the room. This once, he doesn't open a window like he normally would, wanting to just drift in it.]