Come together, right now

[graspthepotato]

♥ Who: Sougo & OTA!
♥ Where: Around & about
♥ When: May 7th & a few days after
♥ What: Sougo being introduced to this Strange New World and the existential crises that come bundled with that. Used one of the suggested prompts (Just Like Glue).
♥ Rating: G? Maybe into PG for language? Not from Sougo, but I expect Tamaki could drop some words.

1) Waking Up

[There were a lot of things stressful about Sougo's day so far. Firstly, he has found himself in a bed in a room that he is completely unfamiliar with. Second, there are robots... robot people? that are trying to explain something to him that isn't fully making it through to him right away. And finally, he was supposed to have an interview this morning and if he didn't get Tamaki up, they would be late and that was just plain unacceptable!

The first two reasons are a little bit more immediately pressing, though, and as panic grips Sougo he finds himself doing something he wouldn't normally - namely, he has gripped his own smartphone hard and is holding it up like it's a rock he's about to throw.]

S-stay back! I have a weapon and I'm not afraid to use it!!

[His voice is so loud (and a little shrill) that it can be heard from outside. The local residents could probably use a little help calming a frazzled boy down.]

2) Around

[After the little kerfuffle when he woke up, Sougo has been fully informed of the situation (though he still thinks he's probably dreaming or something) and is wandering around Havenwell to get a feel for the area. He has his tablet out and will stop occasionally to tap through some of the apps on it, trying to figure out where he is, what all this tablet can do, and where he should be going.]

It's pretty simple, like a phone, but some of this just feels so strange...

[You might catch him muttering to himself as he stops dead where he is, obviously trying to scoot off to the side and out of the way, but not succeeding very well.]

3) Stuck Together

[It was just Sougo's luck that as he was starting to feel gently comfortable about finding his way around using the tablet he had been given for guidance he bumped into someone and couldn't seem to move away from them.]

I'm... I'm so sorry, I don't know what's... ah, could you... maybe try to move away as well?

[Sougo's shoulder is the most likely place to have become stuck to, but you can pick where you're stuck on yourself and him if you'd prefer!]

4) Wildcard

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Comments

[graspthepotato]

Nagi-kun never mentioned anything about... this...

[Sougo is staring at Tamaki's phone, looking a little off-balance by this whole thing.]

But then... if we're to believe what we were told, we're in a different... dimension entirely from home.

[Oh, now things are making sense!]

Time must move at different rates for home and here! That's why you've been here so long but I remember seeing you last night!

[21kingpuddings]

That's... [Confusing. But probably the best guess out of anything? But also maybe kind of irrelevant, all things considered,] Maybe, yeah, but I've still been here alone for so long!

[There goes is phone, right back into his pocket, so that he can go back to a more proper hug. R.I.P. yet again, souchan.]

I missed you guys! So much!!

[graspthepotato]

[Ah, dang, okay. Sougo is being hugged again. He wraps his arms more securely around Tamaki's middle, burying his face in the other boy's shoulder.]

I'm so sorry, Tamaki-kun. I ... I wish I had been here for you. I can't imagine how lonely you've been...

[His words are quiet, muttered into Tamaki's shoulder.]

[21kingpuddings]

[Okay, okay, that does console him a bit. He stays right there for a little longer, though, just kind of... enjoying the presence of a familiar person.]

It was my first time living alone, you know? It really sucks. [Why would anyone do that willingly?? Awful. But! That does remind him, and he pulls away from the hug again, keeping his hands on Sougo's shoulders,] Did anyone show you where the housing and stuff is?

[graspthepotato]

[Honestly, Sougo is gently aware of how bad living alone can be - and he had been living in a dorm where he was not actually alone, but certainly felt like it all the time.

Sougo is reluctant to let go of Tamaki now that he's had a hold of him for so long, but he releases his grip on the boy's shirt as he finds himself looking up at Tamaki.]

...huh? O-oh, no! I only just got here and...

[A blush rises high on Sougo's cheeks.]

...I may have run away from anyone who could have told me where to go when I first woke up...?

[21kingpuddings]

[???]

Why would you do something like that?

[Sou-chan.]

[graspthepotato]

[PLEASE DON'T JUDGE HIM OMG.]

I... I panicked?

[He fidgets, awkwardly.]

I wasn't expecting to wake up to robots in a strange room, alright? It was really unsettling for me...

[21kingpuddings]

[He's only gonna gently judge, because that's still kind of worth judging.]

Well... that's okay. I'll show you around! And - ! There's still tons of space in the house I've been staying in! You should move in with me.

[As if there was gonna be any other option, here. You've gonna move in with him, right, Sou-chan?]

[graspthepotato]

[ohthankgod he isn't going to harp on Sougo's reaction to waking up here, whew. Sougo did not want to have to tell him about threatening to throw rocks at the robots...]

Haaah, I'd love for you to show me around, Tama--... eh?

[He stops himself, blinking at his partner.]

...

[And then goes Very Pink in the face.]

I... of course I'll move in with you! That's how we've been anyway...

[He totally wasn't just assuming they would be living together anyway, noooooo....]

[21kingpuddings]

[It's a safe assumption, but also having it confirmed is reassuring!]

Yeah? [Duh.] Okay! Great! I just gotta - [Oh, right, he was in the middle of something before all of this, wasn't he? He gives Sougo's shoulder a gentle squeeze before letting go so that he can, uh, pick up that package he had dropped. Right. That.] I gotta finish up this run, okay? Then I can show you around some.

[graspthepotato]

[Sougo is free from his personal Heaven-Hell, thank goodness! But also boooooo! He lets out a soft laugh, smiling at Tamaki.]

That's very responsible of you, Tamaki-kun! Do you mind if I accompany you on your delivery? That way I'll be right there when you're done.

[And by you the whole time, he feels bad for Tamaki having been without him for so long...]

[21kingpuddings]

I don't want you wandering off and getting lost.

[So? Like? Obviously? You're coming with him.]

It's a place that's supposed to be right around here. Lemme check... [Now that his hands are freed up, he can re-retrieve his tablet, which has the address saved.] It's like a... repair shop? For the robots. I think.

[Sure. Probably.]

This way, c'mon.

[graspthepotato]

[...obviously. Sougo laughs awkwardly as he tags along after Tamaki.]

The robots need you to deliver things to them at their own repair shops? I don't know why, but that seems a little... mmmm, ironic?

[He's... he's trying to make light conversation, but his mind is still deep in some philosophical bullshit from all of this, so please forgive him Tamaki...]

[21kingpuddings]

Is it?

[Just seems like maybe they have a shortage of delivery people to him!]

I do stuff like this a lot, it's just something to do to kill time, you know? [Since he doesn't have the structure of regular practices and meetings and recordings and school and what have you.] And I used to do stuff like this a lot before I got scouted.

[graspthepotato]

[It's okay. Sougo wasn't actually expecting Tamaki to understand the irony of the situation. He's... not even sure why he brought it up.

Sougo perks up at this new piece of information he did not actually have about Tamaki!]

You did odd jobs like this while you were at the orphanage? Wouldn't that interfere with schoolwork?

[21kingpuddings]

As long as we were passing and not getting into any trouble, it's not like there weren't more important things for sensei to be taking care of.

[The smaller kids couldn't take care of themselves the way the older kids could, after all!]

So stuff like running deliveries and errands, or performing for spare cash wasn't a problem, you know?

[Super not a problem once you considered how busking got him scouted in the first place, too!]

[graspthepotato]

[It just... seems so sad, is all.]

I see...

[Sougo peers up at Tamaki and narrows his eyes.]

Have you been keeping up with your studies here?

[Ah, is that mom tone? It's probably mom tone.]

[21kingpuddings]

[No.]

How'm I supposed to do that?

[There's no school here??]

[graspthepotato]

[Oh no. This is worse than Sougo feared.]

B-by studying??

[How else...?]

Tamaki-kun, if you don't keep up your studies, you won't be able to keep up when we get home!

[21kingpuddings]

It's not like I have any books or teachers here to study from?

[How the hell is he supposed to remedy that?? He also clearly doesn't mind this turn of events but like. Come on.]

Iorin can help me when I get back. It'll be fine.

[graspthepotato]

[Sougo is delving gently into lecture mode, frowning.]

Iori-kun has to keep up with his own work, he can't just teach you everything. And I'm sure there's something you could be studying!

[It's just... so important that Tamaki finish high school, omg. Sougo pouts a little to himself.]

Maybe I could ... write out some math formulas for you to solve...?

[21kingpuddings]

[Lecture mode more like

nagging

stop nagging him souchan]

Whaaat? [No! That sounds boring as hell!!] Look, it's not my fault I'm stuck here, I'm sure if it's gonna be a problem, the teachers and everyone would understand.

[graspthepotato]

[IT'S NOT NAGGING, uuuughhhhh.

Sougo frowns. Tamaki does have a point, but...

He sighs.]

Okay. I will drop it on two conditions. One, you don't tell your teachers about any of this. They will think you're sick and you'll be taken away from us.

[Very Serious Stuff.]

And two, you let me help you catch up when we're back, don't just pin it all on Iori-kun. Deal?

[21kingpuddings]

[It's nagging don't nag him]

I know they wouldn't believe me. [He huffs in annoyance.] Nobody would believe something like this.

[They don't even believe things like! terrorist plots! You know!! It's fine, whatever.]

Fine, though. Fine. You can help when we get back.

[graspthepotato]

[omg you wanna see nagging?! I'll show you nagging you little shit!!

...ahem, anyway Sougo looks pleased at Tamaki's response.]

Then it's a deal. I won't bother you about studying until we're home.