[ souma taking a closer look does nothing but make him blush even more, so he gets right to work trying to solve the pole puzzle while he can still salvage things and avoid getting all flustered over nothing. fortunately, it's not an overly complicated procedure — there's only so many pieces with so many ends — so it takes him a little longer to work it out than it maybe ought to, but he at least feels better knowing he won't make a complete fool of himself.
it probably also takes him longer because he keeps looking over at what souma's doing and it's hard not to have the same thought because he's seen the meme. he's quoted the meme a hundred times because he thinks it's great. the broader implications of him thinking about that meme hit him a little later, when he remembers the whole point was lemme smash, and now his mind is busy spinning around that thought. ]
Yes. Wait. What?
[ what he'd missed was the question but he'd already started talking before he could think of the simple act of asking for clarification. missed the words but not the tone of voice, which is probably why jongdae seems uncertain about his affirmative answer after a moment. said like that... what had he just said yes to? ]
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it probably also takes him longer because he keeps looking over at what souma's doing and it's hard not to have the same thought because he's seen the meme. he's quoted the meme a hundred times because he thinks it's great. the broader implications of him thinking about that meme hit him a little later, when he remembers the whole point was lemme smash, and now his mind is busy spinning around that thought. ]
Yes. Wait. What?
[ what he'd missed was the question but he'd already started talking before he could think of the simple act of asking for clarification. missed the words but not the tone of voice, which is probably why jongdae seems uncertain about his affirmative answer after a moment. said like that... what had he just said yes to? ]