(open catch-all) if there's one thing that i learned while in those county lines

[invinciblemikey]

Who: a newly updated, curse-free, many years older manjiro sano and ... you...
Where: many
What: picking up the pieces that he left fucked up the past few months. it's set forward-dated to the last week of the month.
Warnings: for once, nothing lmao i will add to the subject line if needed.

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[laserguy]

[...Scott would argue that most kids that run on staircases don't end up dying from it. But, whatever.]

Maybe it was fate for Takemitchy. Or just really bad luck. [Or good luck? Who the hell knows. Scott's not sure how to feel about fate or destiny or crap like that, mostly because it's not a great topic for him to think about. Thinking about stuff like that makes him think about the crime on his parchment and just.... one thing at a time.

First thing is to continue bitching at Mikey.

Although, now that the relief of knowing that everything is okay with Mikey starts to wear off, those earlier emotions come back and he brings his knees up, staring down at them with a frown.]

For the record, I'm still upset at you. [It really hurt, among other things, and Scott's not sure if he wants to really talk about that right now. Maybe turning the spotlight on his friend is better.] And you're gonna have to kiss a lot of ass regarding Yu.

[invinciblemikey]

And maybe it was fate for me, too. My brother killed a whole ass dude for it. Go figure, if we keep thinking too hard about it, it gets too complicated. Trying to find a reasoning, or what exactly brought what, is only useful when you're actively time travelling. I'd rather we just live without knowing further.

(and there's the sour point that makes mikey's easy-going smile slowly wither into a single line. yeah, about that.)

... I know you're going to mad at me for a while, maybe forever. I'm not mad at it, you're well within your right. And about Yuchin, I don't think he's ever going to look at me again, and I'd rather just do things on his terms. If he doesn't ever come around, then...

(it'd break mikey's heart, but alas. such is life.)

He's also well within his right, too.

[laserguy]

It's not like you have to think about it anymore.

[Yeah, probably just best to leave it at that. Thinking about time travel and multiple timelines gets complicated real fast. Even if it may be a nice distraction from stupid feelings, Scott still doesn't want to talk about it. Instead, he wraps his arms around his legs, the picture of teenage moodiness.]

Yeah, probably. [Sourness still, no denial from Scott's end about being mad about this forever. He definitely won't forget at least. Is it fair to Mikey? Because he was cursed? Scott doesn't know, but it feels like this isn't shouldn't be something that can be easily forgiven or swept away.]

...Yu will probably talk to you. [Scott says after a moment, chin on his knees and staring ahead.] Because that's just the type of person he is.

[invinciblemikey]

(never stopped him, scott. it's been in his mind for years as he struggled to make this timeline the best one yet. one where the blood that spilled eventually healed - one where people could still bleed. death sucks.

his own pose now mimics scott's - he's never been good at talking as an individual person, rather than a title, but it's clear that he, too, isn't particularly happy with the situation, his hands smoothing out the yukata before they come together to hold his own legs against his chest.)

... I don't think he will, Summers. I have been missing him even before I left the dojo, and I miss him even more now. It's not up to me if I'll keep missing him, though.

[laserguy]

[Maybe another time, he would've laughed at the thought of two sad sacks like them just sitting here with their legs folded up to their chest, but it's hard to find the humor right now. Instead, Scott keeps his position, still staring ahead, but he's barely paying any attention to what is in front of him, mind thinking about the Tower.

He remembers getting knocked, seeing Yu and those bruises on his neck. Angrily telling the other teen to just forget about Mikey. He was really so mad, wasn't he?]

He'll reach out. If you doubt that, then you don't know him at all. [He feels confident saying that, hopefully it's not misplaced.]

[invinciblemikey]

(clearly, scott doesn't know the entire story. if he knew, manjiro doubts he'd be here sitting with him, listening to some of the things on his mind. part of him is grateful - he doesn't think he even deserves that.

it's not for him to tell. it's for yu to express it, whenever, to whomever he wants.)

... Yeah, I can only hope.