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[thexiv]

jouhei kurosawa

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breaks into your inbox w/ an action thread, hello

[compendiem]

[ Would it be weird for Nanashi to go up to Jouhei and go "Hey, so your coworker is coming along to go grocery shopping with us!"? Yeah, it'd be weird. Jouhei is not allowed to suspect anything.

This'll work instead: The next time Nanashi and Jouhei plans to go to the store, Nanashi tips Minato off and Minato gets there ahead of them, rehearsing a "Fancy meeting you here! What a coincidence." in his head while he circles the store keeping a lookout for the other two, making several passes by the sample stalls of salmon cream cheese spread on toast until he starts getting turned away.

Being anxious and excited about finally discovering the source of strawberry candies does not stop Minato from capitalizing on free breakfast. ]

i am so glad for this

[thexiv]

[ jouhei is someone who follows a routine. every monday, he sits down and writes in his planner on what to do for the week. every wednesday, he reorganizes the kitchen and all his bowls and plates. every friday and saturday, he makes meals based on the leftovers in his fridge. but, most importantly, every sunday, he goes grocery shopping. sometimes, he goes alone and other times, he brings nanashi like today. ]

[ currently, he does not suspect anything as he walks into the store. what is there to suspect? it's just going to be another normal day and he's going to buy his food. he takes two baskets at the entrance and hands one to nanashi so he can grab whatever he wants around the store as well. ]

[ will they be successful on their mission? we will find out ]

[reaquila]

[Nanashi's keeping a close eye on Jouhei's movements. He's being a little too conspicuous about it. This guy doesn't have any chill. He'll be bouncing down the aisle smiling.

I'm pretty sure Nanashi made up some crapass excuse earlier: "Oh yeah, you know my senpai and he works at your place! Let's go shopping!" So here we are.

What's Jouhei's secret?? ? Where are these candies coming from? The world may never know. ]

I NEVER TRACKED THIS...................

[compendiem]

[ The 16th time around, Minato is given his own little platter of toast so that he won't stop coming back, and it's now that he sees Nanashi and Jouhei and makes a beeline directly towards them in no way that can be excused as a coincidence.

His mouth is full of crunchy bread, though, so he can't recite what he'd practiced... Instead, he holds out the plate for each of them to offer a sample, and hopefully to get Jouhei to let his guard down. ]

minato ate your tracking

[thexiv]

[ ah, hello. he did not expect to see minato here but he's not really upset about it. rather than actually saying, you know, hello or something, jouhei just nods at him like that's a proper greeting instead. ]

[ and he takes a piece of toast from minato's plate without really suspecting anything ]

[reaquila]

[Nanashi tries some of the bread too. It's pretty good. While he's munching on it he attempts to secretly pass Minato one of those strawberry candies.

Remember he said he would? Minato might suddenly find 2 strawberry candies in his pocket.

This is supposed to be a hidden message!!! Jouhei can't know what's up! ]

[compendiem]

[ Oh? Oh. Even if they don't find out the secret today, Minato's already coming out on top with +2 strawberry candies. He nods his thanks at Nanashi, while in the same motion, continues passing Jouhei more bread.

Dry bread with salty spread. After eating about ten of them, you start to crave something sweet, like, say, addictive strawberry hard candies. Maybe he can subconsciously plant this craving into Jouhei's mind. ]

4/1 after retrospec goes uppp inside of jouhei's apartment / action

[reaquila]

[Oh my god. Why is Jouhei using the app?

Nanashi's got some explaining to do. He really doesn't want to deal with this. Instead of talking to Jouhei about his new circumstances, Nanashi runs towards the door at full speed.

n o ]

[thexiv]

[ jouhei is using the app and he is learning so much, little cousin. he's learning so darn much. ]

[ in fact, when nanashi opens the apartment door, he will find jouhei sitting at the dining table on his dumb nokia phone, clearly reading up on all the information that people are throwing at him and also replying back. he is very absorbed into this ]

[reaquila]

[Nanashi's staring at Jouhei reply to every text message after 30 min pass. This is painful.]

Do something about your phone.

[The only advice he feels like giving right now.]

[thexiv]

[ jouhei looks up at nanashi and tilts his head, giving a silent look that asks "what's wrong with my phone" ]

[reaquila]

["You wanna know what's wrong??
This.

Nanashi sends a text message to Jouhei.

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻]

Can you see the message I just sent?

[Nope.]

[thexiv]

[ jouhei looks back down at his phone to see the message nanashi sent and then nods ]

You sent me question marks in boxes.

[ um of course he could see it?? ]

[reaquila]

Like hell I did.

[Nanashi walks over and shows Jouhei his phone with the proper message.]

This is what you were supposed to see.

[Angry table flipping emojis. ]

4/17 text

[reaquila]

Jouhei? Look, I'm sorry for running out on you the other day. I'm fine, I promise.

Do me a favor would you? Could you try and get into contact with our family? Tell them I got sick and say the doctors aren't sure what's wrong with me.

I think they'd believe you.

[YEAH HE'S SORRY FOR BEING A HASSLE...oops. ]

[thexiv]

Ok. Will try to call. Let you know what they say.

[ he won't be able to reach them since communication outside the city is still impossible but it's something he'll now realize after joining the network ]

Coming home? Or you stay somewhere else?

[reaquila]

Thank you.

[Nanashi feels pretty shitty about everything, but hey. Jouhei can try and get into contact with their family. He'll make an excuse as to why he can't see anyone if it's necessary. ]

I'm not coming home for a while. Got a few things to take care of. You know how to get a hold of me, right? I'll try to reply back when I can.

[thexiv]

Yes. I know.

Take care. Be safe. If hungry, will pack you food or give money if you need. Let me know if you need anything.

[reaquila]

Don't worry about food :D

I don't need to eat anymore since I'm a zombie. I'll be okay with a little sleep. That's all I need to regain energy.

It's crazy, right? But I'm telling the truth.

6/1 action EYY

[reaquila]

[ It's been over a month since he left. Nanashi needs to go home again. He knocks on Jouhei's door and waits for him to open it. ]

JOUHEI!!! ARE YOU HOME?

[ Clearly, he needs to shout louder. Only one person could be knocking this loudly so late at night. ]

[thexiv]

[ good thing that jouhei is actually a bit of a night owl. nanashi's insane screaming and knocking doesn't stir him away but it only gets him up from his desk in his room. time to go open the door for this little hellspawn ]

... it's late.

[ ... okay, it's not as heartwarming as a "welcome home" or anything but you know, just gotta get that out of the way first ]

[reaquila]

Yeah, I know.

[He frowns and make some sort of apologetic gesture. Jouhei's presence makes Nanashi tense up a bit. HE IS SO NERVOUS. It's so hard to talk to people who are actually close to you.]

I'm sorry I didn't come home sooner. Is it too late to talk and have dinner?

[It's been a while since they've had food together oh man.]

[thexiv]

[ he shakes his head and then steps to the side, allowing space for nanashi to come in. he'll close the door afterwards ]

Are you staying the night?

[ or are you going to run off like a lil shit again ]

[reaquila]

I'm staying. There's no other place I could call home, Jouhei.

[He's only got you left dude!! Nanashi's just saying what's been sitting on his mind for the past month. He can't fuck this up if he's just being honest with himself.]

Are you okay with me being here?

[Just making sure....]

[thexiv]

[ i hate this!!!!!! fuck that tag!!!!!!!!! screams on discord!!!!!!!! but there's a split second of surprise that actually comes across his face, taken back by nanashi's answer. although raised by his grandparents, jouhei was never particularly close with them. yes, they're family, but they were also just kind of... there. they weren't particularly overflowing with affection and he spent a lot of his time either being preoccupied with school or farmwork. he didn't exactly have any friends while growing up either so to have such... a reply from nanashi, someone he's actually close to and cares for, it's... touching and the surprise melts into a small smile. ]

[ he nods ]

Welcome home.

[ he places a hand over nanashi's head and ruffles his hair. hope you didn't like your hair styled the way it is ]