[He closes his eyes, but it's less 'gritting his teeth' and more grinning like a fool, because he appreciates Ayabe and how he takes this stuff seriously.]
[ ...There's nothing for a few seconds, and then Chuuya feels a pinch on both cheeks, his left side harder than the right because Ayabe's left hand doesn't work very well, and he's tugging and squishing those cheeks like you would do to bully a five year old kid.
He's trying! to take!! this seriously!!! so why is Chuuya smiling!!!!! ]
It's punishment. A flick to the forehead doesn't last as long.
[ Which was his other option, which he still considers even as he lets Chuuya take his left hand since that one hurts too much to struggle with, but his right keeps pinching. Suffer for your crimes. ]
[It does sting, but he's still smiling regardless. Maybe he's just happy that Ayabe hasn't given up on him entirely, or maybe he's just happy that he's still alive. Both are very likely here.]
[ It sounds nice. Sometimes I think about how Ayabe has a really girly name that literally translates to beautiful person and I close my eyes. This is 98% of the reason why he is Ayabe forever to me. ]
No, it doesn't bother me. Most people don't call me by that name, so I'm not used to it. But I could get used to it.
[ Other people calling him Reito besides his parents and Hanabusa... weird... ]
That was him being mean? That's why I kept wondering if you two were friends.
[ But then there's Dazai still being Dazai... because he's an asshole... so he was just stuck with that forever. Sort of like Ayabe always using his last name so nobody ever calls him by his first. ]
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Date: 2020-03-22 04:20 am (UTC)Alright. Close your eyes and grit your teeth.
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Date: 2020-03-22 04:23 am (UTC)[He closes his eyes, but it's less 'gritting his teeth' and more grinning like a fool, because he appreciates Ayabe and how he takes this stuff seriously.]
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Date: 2020-03-22 04:27 am (UTC)He's trying! to take!! this seriously!!! so why is Chuuya smiling!!!!! ]
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Date: 2020-03-22 04:36 am (UTC)Hahahah- ow! What are you even doing?
[he's reaching up to grab for Ayabe's hands now, to stop the pinching.]
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Date: 2020-03-22 04:41 am (UTC)[ Which was his other option, which he still considers even as he lets Chuuya take his left hand since that one hurts too much to struggle with, but his right keeps pinching. Suffer for your crimes. ]
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Date: 2020-03-22 04:50 am (UTC)[It does sting, but he's still smiling regardless. Maybe he's just happy that Ayabe hasn't given up on him entirely, or maybe he's just happy that he's still alive. Both are very likely here.]
You're gonna leave a mark if you keep that up!
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Date: 2020-03-22 04:56 am (UTC)[ A fool who laughs while he takes his punishment. But it's better than refusing it, so he lets go of Chuuya's cheek and gives it a pat or two. ]
You'll be fine. Am I "Reito" now?
[ Dazai had also jus gone ahead and called him that... Luna was the only person to ask, and Ayabe felt too awkward to say no. ]
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Date: 2020-03-22 05:01 am (UTC)But oh. That question. Hm.
The smile slowly drops off of his face, and he ends up glancing away as he rubs at his cheek.]
I mean, you don't have to be if it bugs you. It just sounds nice.
[He had said it at that moment to get Ayabe's attention, but now he's reluctant to go back to 'Ayabe'.]
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Date: 2020-03-22 05:09 am (UTC)No, it doesn't bother me. Most people don't call me by that name, so I'm not used to it. But I could get used to it.
[ Other people calling him Reito besides his parents and Hanabusa... weird... ]
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Date: 2020-03-22 05:15 am (UTC)Then I'll keep calling you Reito. ...and I'd say you can call me Chuuya too, but you already do that.
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Date: 2020-03-22 05:24 am (UTC)Oh... Yeah, Dazai always called you that, so I picked it up from him.
[ Nakahara is too long for me to type so Chuuya is just Chuuya ]
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Date: 2020-03-22 05:38 am (UTC)[Mostly because he knows Ayabe isn't being mean when he says it.]
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Date: 2020-03-22 05:42 am (UTC)[ But then there's Dazai still being Dazai... because he's an asshole... so he was just stuck with that forever. Sort of like Ayabe always using his last name so nobody ever calls him by his first. ]
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Date: 2020-03-22 05:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-22 05:48 am (UTC)[ Are they....... also not friends................ ]
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Date: 2020-03-22 05:53 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-22 05:54 am (UTC)[ Have you seen the kid? He is the opposite of normal. ]
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Date: 2020-03-22 05:59 am (UTC)[...]
...okay, yeah, fair. He's not normal either. But he's not as malicious as Dazai is.
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Date: 2020-03-22 06:07 am (UTC)[ He saw an annoying one... also one that liked to tease and string him along, but never malicious. ]
We probably weren't close enough for that. Not like you two.
[ It's easier to be mean to people you're close to? somehow ]
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Date: 2020-03-23 03:20 am (UTC)[He remembers that talk he and Dazai had, the night before Dazai died.]