theafflicted | everybody's fine 'cause it's party time ( W5 AFTERPARTY )

everybody's fine 'cause it's party time ( W5 AFTERPARTY )

After a positively thrilling game of the prisoner's dilemma, it's all over. Everyone needs to get patched up, recover and... hopefully not kill each other after everything. At some point in the cafeteria, Shizuku and Madara have taken over the kitchen- though help won't be denied completely- and leaving a large meal of noodles and whatever else they can still use from Fai and Shizuku's little shopping trip... not a lot of fresh food, but it works out. There's also plenty of coffee, a tea kettle and even hot chocolate ready. (Shizuku herself is using her ill-gotten tapioca balls for some homemade boba, hell yeah.) Team Idol may not stick around for long, but there's plenty to go around for now... and Shizuku will happily bring over some snacks from the convenience store too. And did you know that place has a milkshake machine? Because it does. Get you a milkshake, people.

But tensions are high after everything. Hopefully this doesn't become a murdergame.

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[ listen. it's one thing for someone else to ask for things and it's another for him to ask for things. big difference. it's just how it goes. ]

If you're sure about that.

[ he picks up a piece of the food to pop it into his mouth, chewing idly. ]

[ hmm. pot and kettle then? though sabo does ask for things. he just askes for things that tend to be rather lofty than anything really tangible.

...most of the time anyway. ]

I can hear the doubt in your voice, Ace.

Maybe, but I'll just take what you have to say at face value.

[ 'cause he doesn't want to keep badgering sabo out of something he's not sure about. ]

[ MAYBE HE SHOULD...but since ace isn't going to keep pushing, sabo's just going to smile to himself and look down at the table. ]

Now isn't that a first.

[ YEAH, HE PROBABLY SHOULD. and yet. ]

Maybe I can surprise you once in a while.

[ or he'll pressure it later?? who knows. ]

I wouldn't mind being surprised every once in a while by you. Especially if it was in a good way.

[ looks at week 6 ending. looks at how they only have 2 week left... ]

I'll have to try to think of what kind of surprise you might consider good.

[ time is a lie. ]

[ honestly, yes, but also.... :umm: ]

Just don't keep me waiting as long as I had to for that gratitude.

Maybe I'll make you wait even longer.

[ because of the complaint!! ]

[ wow??? that wasn't really a complaint?? but also... ]

Just as long as you tell me before all of this ends.

[ sure seemed it!! ]

Why not after?

[ heading off to the seas together... ]

[ how!!!

also it's not like sabo has commitment issues about this but more that he's still not sure about how the timeline of it all to work out. technically nothing changes yet also everything changes. ]

Don't think you can come up with something?

[ that it took him a while!!

sabo is valid worrying and thinking about this kind of thing. ace is more of the one to want to just jump forward blindly and go with it. ]

Is that what you think?

[ hello?? he's just stating facts here.

sometimes it does not pay off being cerebral. still, if sabo was the type to fully run in without a plan then things would be very different for him right now. ]

Yeah, that's exactly what I think. [ leaning his head to a side. ] How long did it take you last time you said something like that?

[ and it was only a few words. (nice words but words nevertheless.) where are the kind gestures and all of that!!! ]