[--This could all be a weird trick to get him to say something embarrassing. Like a prank, but a super-morally-incorrect-totally-rude prank! Kuramochi wouldn't do that to him. Rather, he's capable of pulling off absurd pranks, but not like..this? Only a huge fucking asshole would mess around to this level of trollery.
And Mochi's not a fucking asshole. He's an incredibly tolerant rival. More than anything, he'd be the one to pull a douchey stunt like this for laughs...but not even. Momo's an asshole who takes things too far 100% of the time, but not like this.]
H-hold on! You're saying the love potion made it easier for you? So you're seriously not doing this because of something else?!
[Like a dare, mistletoe, possessed flowers. He's subconsciously squeezing handfulls of Mochi's shirt with both hands.]
[ If it were a prank, it wouldn't be something like this. It'd be something more simple, like throwing paint balls and make them splat on your butt. Or dragging someone sleeping onto an air mattress and onto a pool, wait for them to wake up and watch them fall into water. ]
...Yeah, that'll be it. If I didn't slip up after drinkin' that love potion, I wouldn't even think about doin' this even as a joke.
[ Maybe he's pushing Momo too much out of his comfort zone. Maybe he should stop doing this and have Momo try to sort his feelings out.
He almost pulls away even more when he realizes Momo's practically latched onto his shirt. He's pretty content like this, but does Momo even know what he's doing? ]
W-wait, it's not like you have to redeem yourself just because you said a bunch of embarrassing things to me.
[Like an arranged marriage, or thinking two people have to get married because they've got a kid together but hate eachother. He relents slightly, either hand going lax, retracting back to his sides.
And he gives a firm nod.]
Yeah, let's -- we can go to my room. It's the whole attic.
[Private is what he means, but it seems way too suggestive right now.]
[ Don't compare it to an arranged marriage or having a kid!! He makes a face at that. ]
I ain't trying to redeem myself. I just... [ He kind of wants to take things a little further if Momo's feeling the same way? But with how he keeps on dancing around the topic it's hard to even tell--
Wait is that an invitation or something? He falters for a moment. He hasn't gotten a clear answer and yet Momo's inviting to his room. UH. ]
...I ain't gonna go to your room.
[ THAT SOUNDS TOO PRIVATE. What if something happens?! He's uncomfortable about the thought of that. ]
[It's so, so defensive. He's releasing Kuramochi at the same time, looking infinitely scandalized.]
What makes you think I'd do anything suspicious?! Besides that, you're assuming way too much! It's either that or the bathroom -- that's the only door that locks!
[He doesn't even have a lock on his bedroom door anymore because he's THAT INSANE and cannot be trusted...but at least they'd have their own area!! Jeeze!!]
[As they head upstairs, Yogi's doing laps up and down the staircase. She's not getting in their way or anything, just, wedging herself between Momo and Mochi running up and down against the wall. One day you'll win something big, Dog-chan.]
What the hell! I wasn't gonna beat you up, but even if you think you could kick my ass, I'd never -- OI! MAYBE YOU'RE TRICKING ME INTO GETTING BEATEN UP?
[Getting told to shut up by Momo: the ultimate insult.
But once they're both upstairs, he hands the dog off to Mochi -- rather, shoves her right into his arms, then crouches down to fuss about pulling his stairs up to grant them privacy. It's a pain in the ass, give him a minute.]
[ kuramochi gives a frown in response. ] How many times do I gotta say to have it get to your head? I mean it.
[ it's tempting to get into his usual habit, looking off to the side so he doesn't have to make any eye contact. but he's got to be honest with himself with this, he can't do it halfheartedly. so he keeps his eyes on momo, slightly tightening his hug around yogi. ]
I thought it was some kinda joke too, at first. But after talkin' it out with someone, I realized it ain't somethin' I could wrap it up as a joke.
[Because Mochi did kiss him out of free will; he looks up suddenly just in case -- he hadn't checked earlier and well...mistletoe is out of season, but it was worth a peek. His gaze levels with Kuramochi's soon after, just in time to catch Yogi struggling to push up against the boy's forearm to access his chin for licking purposes.
A hand finds the back of his head, scratching it thoughtfully.]
It's not like anybody's ever confessed to me before. You didn't talk to Makoto-senpai about it, did you?!
[Quickly, defensively...like getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar before dinner.]
Don't -- tell everybody all of a sudden!
[He could play 21 questions back and forth with the guy; how do you know you're not just feeling intensely competitive or what if you just wanna be best friends and you're confusing it for something more? All of it sounds stupid in his brain, he can't possibly give it a voice.
Which is new; Momo's brain usually works much slower than his voice. He shifts his weight from leg to leg.]
Like, what if you realize you don't really like me?! Everyone's gonna be stuck with the wrong idea.
[Which is a horrible example, but it helps in him focusing on Mochi rather than any confession of his own.]
Dude, I've only talked about it to one guy. And he's not the type who'd spill it everywhere, alright?
[ kuramochi pulls a face at the next few words. is momo implying that he'd change his mind about all this? he's already spent two months thinking over about it, no way he'd go "never mind" about all this. in fact, he's thought about it for two months because he didn't want to do that. ]
I ain't gonna easily switch my feelings like that. I told you I thought this over, right?
[ he can't even admit his terms of friendship between the catcher on his team, what makes you think he'd be okay being open with something more intimate than that! ]
...Since when were we rivals? [ that's something that was confusing for him, really. senpai, he understands, mostly because he has been helping momo out with getting better at batting. but there isn't anything that they'd be rivals for, are there? ] It ain't that scandalous?
[ at least not to him. he's had something that's close to a crush before towards his senpai before.
but kuramochi doesn't do much else other than replying. his hands are full with doge and he doesn't exactly want to scare momo more than he already did up to this point. ]
Dude, if I wanted to be more popular I wouldn't be pulling this kind of shit.
We were rivals since we agreed to do eachother's thing!
[Sport, which is also a made up thing in his mind. So what if Kuramochi was using this to gain popularity somehow? So what if he had ulterior motives? At this point, he's not even sure what he's trying to prove. He's just postponing his answer as long as possible. Consenting to this, actually believing it to be a non-scary okay thing to try is...
Difficult to put into words. It's not even about pressure or being preoccupied with somebody else.]
Why not?!
[--Lots of sports people rocket to fame over stupid scandals. Being gay is...rampant among the sportsings for reasons vastly unknown to him, but in a sense, that's almost reassuring?! Everyone's choosing to explore their weird sides at the same time.]
Fine, I mean...forget that question.
[Hefting a sigh, a product of internal confidence boosting (whoa), he takes a slight step closer to Kuramochi.]
[ He can tell Momo's trying to stall it as long as possible. Maybe he should just give up...
And that's when he remembers that Momo's always so focused on showing his affection to Gou. Ah... right. This has been such a fail from the beginning, why didn't he think it completely through? But then, why isn't Momo using that as a reason to turn him down?
He leans slightly away as Momo gets closer, as if to keep the space between the two, with uncertain frown showing up on his expression. ]
[There's a frustrated, growly huff. Everything is so frustrating all the time...right now.]
No matter what, since we're alone up here it's gonna seem like I'm trying to trick you into something weird, so just forget about that and let me try it.
[??? There's little to go on with that, and he probably hasn't instilled any confidence anywhere with regards to him not trying anything stupid here in this isolated room. Without mentioning girls, being straight or anything else in general, he leans in proper and...
Hesitates several inches from Kuramochi's face, staring at him, like a kid being dared to eat a booger and now now he's having second thoughts.]
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And Mochi's not a fucking asshole. He's an incredibly tolerant rival. More than anything, he'd be the one to pull a douchey stunt like this for laughs...but not even. Momo's an asshole who takes things too far 100% of the time, but not like this.]
H-hold on! You're saying the love potion made it easier for you? So you're seriously not doing this because of something else?!
[Like a dare, mistletoe, possessed flowers. He's subconsciously squeezing handfulls of Mochi's shirt with both hands.]
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...Yeah, that'll be it. If I didn't slip up after drinkin' that love potion, I wouldn't even think about doin' this even as a joke.
[ Maybe he's pushing Momo too much out of his comfort zone. Maybe he should stop doing this and have Momo try to sort his feelings out.
He almost pulls away even more when he realizes Momo's practically latched onto his shirt. He's pretty content like this, but does Momo even know what he's doing? ]
You wanna sit down?
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[Like an arranged marriage, or thinking two people have to get married because they've got a kid together but hate eachother. He relents slightly, either hand going lax, retracting back to his sides.
And he gives a firm nod.]
Yeah, let's -- we can go to my room. It's the whole attic.
[Private is what he means, but it seems way too suggestive right now.]
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I ain't trying to redeem myself. I just... [ He kind of wants to take things a little further if Momo's feeling the same way? But with how he keeps on dancing around the topic it's hard to even tell--
Wait is that an invitation or something? He falters for a moment. He hasn't gotten a clear answer and yet Momo's inviting to his room. UH. ]
...I ain't gonna go to your room.
[ THAT SOUNDS TOO PRIVATE. What if something happens?! He's uncomfortable about the thought of that. ]
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[It's so, so defensive. He's releasing Kuramochi at the same time, looking infinitely scandalized.]
What makes you think I'd do anything suspicious?! Besides that, you're assuming way too much! It's either that or the bathroom -- that's the only door that locks!
[He doesn't even have a lock on his bedroom door anymore because he's THAT INSANE and cannot be trusted...but at least they'd have their own area!! Jeeze!!]
what a dumbs
Kuramochi started to like you that way which was pretty much out of the left field for this baseball guy so for him anything can happen at this point.
But if Momo is reluctant to talk about it any further without moving to another room, then he'll just have to go along with it. ]
Alright fine. We'll go to your room.
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Fine!
[2defensive, but okay. As per usual, he grabs Mochi by his forearm, hesitates and...immediately looks elsewhere before towing him over to the stairs.
Touching is so very intimate all of a sudden.
Yogi takes the movement as a prompt to come along.]
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Come to think of it, this is probably the first time Kuramochi's seen Momo's room...
But he's going to focus on Momo for the moment because it's not really the time to be distracted. ]
...You better not try to beat me up 'cause I can easily beat your ass if you do.
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What the hell! I wasn't gonna beat you up, but even if you think you could kick my ass, I'd never -- OI! MAYBE YOU'RE TRICKING ME INTO GETTING BEATEN UP?
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[ What if it gets worse and he suddenly wants to make his escape?
This is so stressful, maybe he should've thought this a little more. ]
I ain't gonna beat you up unless you're gonna pull something stupid...
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He hops up to tug the string to his weird fucking attic door down, so he can unfurl the stupid wooden stairs.]
What's even stupid? Just be quiet, Mochi-senpai...
[He's borderline whining. Before he bothers heading up to the attic, he scoops Yogi up; she has issues with these things, sometimes.]
You can head up first.
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he feels awkward, actually being in momo's room... ]
...So what? [ what are you going to do, etc.... ]
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But once they're both upstairs, he hands the dog off to Mochi -- rather, shoves her right into his arms, then crouches down to fuss about pulling his stairs up to grant them privacy. It's a pain in the ass, give him a minute.]
So what, what? I'm, we're gonna talk soon.
[He might be stalling.]
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"Soon?" What, you need time to prepare?
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Anyways.]
Obviously, but I don't have any time.
[With a huff and a glare to the side.]
You're sure you're being serious about everything?
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[ it's tempting to get into his usual habit, looking off to the side so he doesn't have to make any eye contact. but he's got to be honest with himself with this, he can't do it halfheartedly. so he keeps his eyes on momo, slightly tightening his hug around yogi. ]
I thought it was some kinda joke too, at first. But after talkin' it out with someone, I realized it ain't somethin' I could wrap it up as a joke.
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[Because Mochi did kiss him out of free will; he looks up suddenly just in case -- he hadn't checked earlier and well...mistletoe is out of season, but it was worth a peek. His gaze levels with Kuramochi's soon after, just in time to catch Yogi struggling to push up against the boy's forearm to access his chin for licking purposes.
A hand finds the back of his head, scratching it thoughtfully.]
It's not like anybody's ever confessed to me before. You didn't talk to Makoto-senpai about it, did you?!
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[ now why would he even talk to makoto about this??? even he knows that would be a Big Mistake! ]
I didn't talk to Tachibana about this! Only to a teammate of mine...
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[Quickly, defensively...like getting caught with his hand in the cookie jar before dinner.]
Don't -- tell everybody all of a sudden!
[He could play 21 questions back and forth with the guy; how do you know you're not just feeling intensely competitive or what if you just wanna be best friends and you're confusing it for something more? All of it sounds stupid in his brain, he can't possibly give it a voice.
Which is new; Momo's brain usually works much slower than his voice. He shifts his weight from leg to leg.]
Like, what if you realize you don't really like me?! Everyone's gonna be stuck with the wrong idea.
[Which is a horrible example, but it helps in him focusing on Mochi rather than any confession of his own.]
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[ kuramochi pulls a face at the next few words. is momo implying that he'd change his mind about all this? he's already spent two months thinking over about it, no way he'd go "never mind" about all this. in fact, he's thought about it for two months because he didn't want to do that. ]
I ain't gonna easily switch my feelings like that. I told you I thought this over, right?
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[He supposes Mochi isn't the type to go gushing all over and everywhere about his feefees.]
I never thought about falling in love with my rival before -- or my senpai either. Either way, that's kind of scandalous, don't you think?
[Even so, he's stepping a little closer. A hand finds Yogi's head, just keeping busy between all the awkward pauses and... everything, basically.]
If you're doing this to get more popular, I won't forgive you.
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...Since when were we rivals? [ that's something that was confusing for him, really. senpai, he understands, mostly because he has been helping momo out with getting better at batting. but there isn't anything that they'd be rivals for, are there? ] It ain't that scandalous?
[ at least not to him. he's had something that's close to a crush before towards his senpai before.
but kuramochi doesn't do much else other than replying. his hands are full with doge and he doesn't exactly want to scare momo more than he already did up to this point. ]
Dude, if I wanted to be more popular I wouldn't be pulling this kind of shit.
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[Sport, which is also a made up thing in his mind. So what if Kuramochi was using this to gain popularity somehow? So what if he had ulterior motives? At this point, he's not even sure what he's trying to prove. He's just postponing his answer as long as possible. Consenting to this, actually believing it to be a non-scary okay thing to try is...
Difficult to put into words. It's not even about pressure or being preoccupied with somebody else.]
Why not?!
[--Lots of sports people rocket to fame over stupid scandals. Being gay is...rampant among the sportsings for reasons vastly unknown to him, but in a sense, that's almost reassuring?! Everyone's choosing to explore their weird sides at the same time.]
Fine, I mean...forget that question.
[Hefting a sigh, a product of internal confidence boosting (whoa), he takes a slight step closer to Kuramochi.]
Try that thing again.
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And that's when he remembers that Momo's always so focused on showing his affection to Gou. Ah... right. This has been such a fail from the beginning, why didn't he think it completely through? But then, why isn't Momo using that as a reason to turn him down?
He leans slightly away as Momo gets closer, as if to keep the space between the two, with uncertain frown showing up on his expression. ]
...Try what?
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[There's a frustrated, growly huff. Everything is so frustrating all the time...right now.]
No matter what, since we're alone up here it's gonna seem like I'm trying to trick you into something weird, so just forget about that and let me try it.
[??? There's little to go on with that, and he probably hasn't instilled any confidence anywhere with regards to him not trying anything stupid here in this isolated room. Without mentioning girls, being straight or anything else in general, he leans in proper and...
Hesitates several inches from Kuramochi's face, staring at him, like a kid being dared to eat a booger and now now he's having second thoughts.]
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