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If we could turn back time....

🧙 WHO: Takao and Various and YOU!
⚔️️ WHAT: Some quests, some cupid arrow shenanigans, and general February stuff.
🕒 WHEN: All of February
🗺️ WHERE: In all open applicable zones
⚠️ WARNINGS: Uhhh, he is shooting Midorima and Kise with arrows so basketbutts being affectionate and a little more than affectionate, will move off comm before it goes down. That's probably the worst? I Will update if or when needed.

Sync or Swim: Would like to take the thread from prompt 1-3 is possible ^^

Takao is definitely done to try anything to learn to use his magic more and help out within reason. Sure, he's not too upset at being in a strange world, he has almost all of his important people minus his parents and sister, but that does not mean he is willing to just leave the rest of the world frozen. So while he can not scamper off and slay the monsters, he can make his way into one of the meditation tents.

As he settles in to wait for someone to join him, the sounds in the tent become the sounds of a basketball game, the buzzer, the sound of shoes squeaking on the court, the dribble of the basketball, the swish of the ball through the net and a happy smile settles on his face.

This isn't so bad, maybe this ritual thing will be fun, long as he gets a partner who doesn't mind sports sounds?

A Tall Order:

Some of the quests on that board was a little much for the point guard, but carrying a few elves doesn't seem like too hard of a task. So he sets out and decides to make the best of it, as he joins the others around the board looking for companions on their quest he puts on a grin.

Approaching the first person he sees, hands propped behind his head, a grin on his face, he's friendly as they get this one. Though careful, he can be a bit of a troll.

"Hey, want to help me carry some elves around?"

Wildcard: I am open to any of nonfighty monster quests with Takao or TDM prompts, if you'd like a starter for one let me know. Or if you want to fling someone at Takao at random, he can be found working in one of the cafes, so looking for a cafe breve he's your guy. Feel free to fling a random hey, I see you in the street starter or let me know, and I can write it. Long story short, up for anything, so come on at me; I had a rough couple of months but here for all the tags now. You can get me

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Takao was excited to go on a quest, no he does not want to slay a beast or anything crazy like that. But harvesting a crystal and seems simple and safe enough so when he and Harry make the decision to go together, he makes his way home, informs of where he is going.

And off he is, humming to himself as he heads to Harry's and knocks on the door, waiting for his friend to answer so they can set off on their adventure.

“Takao, hi. Rose is also as ready as I am,” Harry greets him upon opening the door with Rose squeaking to Takao from her current position of sitting on her master’s head.

He is really excited to go crystal harvesting with his friend and cafe co-worker today, which seem to sound less dreadful than dealing with a treasure multiplying spell at Bellatrix’s vault in Gringotts before the Battle. His rucksack is snuggly against his back and he is in a good mood as well.

"Hey! Awesome...Hawk.." And before he can so much as say the familiar's name he appears with a happy warble for Rose, well then. Takao can not stop himself from snickering.

"Looks like he's joining us after all."

Takao has not done a quest like this before in his life, basketball consumed most of his time before he landed on Lunatia and even there, basketball was still very much a big part of his life. Magic, quests, those were all things he read about in light novels Mayuzumi got him into, Takao has a moment of wondering how his friend might feel about this place if we're to ever show up. He is the only one who did not come with them, so of course, he thinks about him, if he's still on Lunatia or if he went home somehow?

"This is my first time, be gentle with me." He jokes, flashing a peace sign as he adjusts the strap of his messenger like bag to keep it more snuggly to his side.

“Oh, don’t worry about this too much, Takao. We should do fine in this quest in no time,” Harry tells him in the same joking tone as he gives Hawk a reassuring smile; he is definitely going on easy on his friends while doing quests, so that is a reassuring thing.

By this time, Harry has done a couple of quests in Avalon, many of which fall under the nobility track, though he is open to doing quests of both types. Back home, he has done some questing, namely with the Horcrux Hunt while being a then walking Horcrux himself. He does wonder if his friends are okay while being frozen in time back home or if any of them will show up in Avalon soon.

Rose happily greets back at Hawk with cheerful squeaks while jumping up and down on her master’s head excitedly.

"I'm holding you to that." Though he is teasing even if something goes wrong, he won't blame Harry, after all, if there is one theme in all those stories, magic can be unpredictable and often comes with consequences.

He trusts Harry, feels like he is a responsible young man, and since he comes from a world with magic that has to be an advantage over just a guy with crazy good eyesight who plays basketball.

Hawk warbles from Takao's shoulder, then as they begin to walk he makes a noise at Rose, flying up off his bonded's shoulder to soar softly above their heads.

Maybe once he's more adjusted he will get braver, though likely not, there are three rather large basketball players who would be less than happy with him if he went off and got injured.

"Have you harvested the crystals before?"

“Yeah, I sure did for the Mirror Quest last month,” Harry answers in return, “It did took a lot of courage to pass those quests but I was able to do it.”

Rose squeaks happily at Hawk as he flies over the rest of the group while they are approaching the bridge to get crystals from it. As they keep on walking to the bridge, Harry pulls out a vial of a mysterious potion Morganna has given to him and Takao to give to the old man at a cottage not far from the bridge from his jacket pocket.

Just holding onto and staring at it makes him nervous thinking about what they are about to do to the old man soon, though his face doesn’t let on the nervousness he is feeling right now.

"I think you might be braver than me, I've been too nervous to try so far."

Hawk keeps close, warbling at Rose as she squeaks. That potion is weight on the point guard's mind as they walk. Something feels wrong about it honestly, like sneaking something into someone's food makes him wonder are they really giving him anything good?

"Do you think we should do it?" Not the crystals, that seems easy enough what he means is the potion, should they really do this.

"The crystal part seems okay but slipping something into the guy's food, you think it's really okay for him?"

Honestly, Harry didn’t expect the whole slipping a potion into someone’s food part to be a catch for this quest, but do he and Takao have any other choice but to contemplate and think of something? This sounds mighty suspicious if he’s being honest.

Still clutching onto the potion vial, he could feel an imaginary lump on his throat, fearing the worse to come. He doesn’t want to do it as much as Takao right now. Perhaps he could just throw the thing in the trash bin once the two of them get inside the man’s cottage, sparing him from a cruel fate.

“Yeah, this potion Morganna gave us seems to be very suspicious and fishy, and I honestly don’t know why we need to do this to the poor man,” Harry nervously admits to him as Rose nervously looks to her master, also thinking of the same thing too.

Takao feels the same, yes Morganna is one of those who seems to be very powerful here, she helped with the storm. But, something about her request just does not settle right with the point guard.

They could just toss it, but there is something else Takao feels like they should do. They should tell the man, whatever his response would be, at least if others take up this quest, the man will be aware to protect himself, right?

"Right if it's meant to help him wouldn't he want to take it?" The night sparrow lands on his human's shoulder, head tilted as it gives a few soft warbles Takao offers it a smile.

"Hawk's right, we should just tell him, it should be his choice." Even if it means they don't get the gold, it is the right thing to do right?

“I’m on board with telling him about this too: We can let him decide if he wants to take it or not at all,” Harry is starting to feel less nervous of the task they’re handling after Takao gave him a solution to their dilemma.

Rose nods her head in agreement, also feeling the same relief as well. Hopefully it will ease their minds and souls from possibly hurting someone unintentionally.

"Good, I'm really glad to hear it. If things get really bad I have a really good friend who is a healer, we can take him to Ren and he'll help him." There, a safer solution he thinks, if the man refuses the treatment but ends up in need of help he figures they are ready. Thank you Midorima for the do everything possible mentality that seems to have rubbed off more on Takao than he realizes.

Hawk lets out a contented warble and settles onto Takao's shoulder as they head for the bridge. He is glad they got the big question out of the way, now he has another.

"So how do we actually get the crystals?"

“I’m not sure how I did the first time, but I did took one from near the bridge’s post after crossing it during the Mirror Quest before handing it over,” Harry tells Takao as they approach the bridge.

Rose squeaks up as she sees many crystals growing from the bridge aplenty, but Harry is well-aware that he and Takao have to take one crystal each from it and not get too greedy about it. As for the old man, well, they will have to wait and see if their plans will work once they reach his cottage.

"Maybe we should stick with that method, do they come out pretty easy?" He is not looking to injure his hands, he has found he needs to use them to control his magic, treating it much like he does passing a basketball.

Hawk flies aahead, circling around the bridge as he lets out a few happy warbles. The point guard's eyes go wide. It's breathtaking and he has a moment of doubt.

"They are so pretty, almost seems wrong to take even one."

Harry nods in return. He does hope that there is a connection between the crystals, Morganna’s eerie potion, and the old man soon. Rose squeaks more as they approach the bridge to get a crystal each and he still remembers the time he and Akira crossed the bridge during the Mirror Quest when it was a large gap between two bridge end pieces before this quest came to be.

The man’s cottage is not to far from the bridge, although they will tackle it in a little bit as soon as he and Takao get their crystals.

“Well, here we are,” he tells Takao, “And they sure look really beautiful and sparkle a lot.”

Takao is hoping they can get out of this without doing something neither of them wants to do and without hurting anyone who is innocent. Or anyone for that matter, he's not a warrior, he is a basketball player, this is all new territory for him.

"So we just go pluck one out?"

Takao moves to the bridge, gently closing his fingers around one of the crystals. It feels like he's plucking one of those flowers that you are not supposed to, a shame to take something so pretty.

"I hope they don't all get harvested, I want to show this to my boyfriends. They'd love it, I think even Shin-chan would."

He carefully pulls, surprised at how easily the crystal comes into his hand.

“Morganna did said to get one crystal per person, so we will get a crystal each,” Harry does his best to clarify things to Takao while being unsure about the thing they are about to do that does not involve the crystal harvesting.

As soon as he crosses the bridge, he marvels at the shimmering beauty of the crystals and he carefully takes a crystal from near the bridge post just as he had done back in the Mirror Quest. He is also trying not to think too hard about the potion she gave to them for the quest and hopes for the best and that not no one gets hurts as he stashes his crystal into his rucksack until he and Takao meet Morganna later.

"Good idea, that way we know we've fulfilled that part since we're not going with her sneak attack. That just seems too shady."

Takao stores his crystal away too. What neither of them will realize is with their decision to tell the man about the poison has decided their crystals fate, less they change course between now and the execution of their plan, to be honest, they should remain pure of heart and at least find it easy to return back home.

He follows along with Harry, wrapping fingers around the strap of his bag as Hawk lands on his shoulder.

"Now to try and save an old man's life." Takao hopes he's a nice guy.

Harry nods in agreement as they approach the man’s cottage. The potion they have on hand still disturbs him in thought, though he didn’t want to focus on that right now. He too has no clue that their decision has decided the crystals’ fate even as they continue walking up to the cottage.

Soon they reach the cottage and stepped up onto the front porch in no time.

“Hey Takao, do you want to knock on the door or should I do it?” Harry asks his friend as they come face to face with the cottage’s door.

At least when it is said and done, they can both rest assured that they are pure of heart people. Hopefully, Takao is not nervous, he is mischievous and playful, but he has never been outright malicious or a bad person, just a troll.

"I got it." He flashes a confident grin, steps up, and gives a jaunty knock. Moving back so at least he is not in front of the door. He can hear a grumble from within and a chair scraping.

At least it sounds like they are in time, the door creaks open and the man stands there, looking well, no worse for wear, certainly not like he's poisoned on death's door.

"Whadda ya want?"

Oh..Takao tries to think of how to phrase it for a moment, casting a glance at Harry.

Harry is also speechless for a good minute the moment the old man opened his door and saw him: the old man looks like he was annoyed, when Takao looks to him for a good answer to say to the grumpy old man.

“Well, um, good morning, sir,” he awkwardly mumbles his words as he greets him, “We just came here to meet the people living in this area, just getting to know the neighbours a little more. I was wondering if you, well, um, you know, let us inside for a short while.”

Meanwhile, Rose is now hiding inside his jacket pocket, wondering what could come next after the meeting.

Takao is glad Harry thinks a little faster on his feet, this is feeling more and more wrong. Sure this guy looks grumpy but that is not a reason someone should be trying to poison him, poor guy.

"Yes, what my friend said, there's something we'd like to discuss with you, we won't take long."

The old man scoffs at both young men, but he does turn, leaving the door open and shuffling back to his seat.

"Well ya comin' or gonna let all the damn bugs in my house eh?"

Takao steps forward, moving in the door he looks over his shoulder to Harry making enough room for him to come in and shut it.

Harry follows both Takao and the old man inside the house, while Rose squeaks in concern, wondering how long will their ordeal end. The young teenager is just as nervous as Takao, as the possibility of poisoning the old man draws closer. He swears that he is profusely shaking in the inside right now.

“It is a lovely place you live in, sir,” he marvels at the quaint interiors as he closes the door behind him while trying not to betray the awkward smile and a brave front he has plastered onto his face.

Okay, how could Takao resist a chance to play with what is supposed to be Cupid's Arrow, especially when he has exactly the people in mind to test it out on because it should be funny.

Once he's got the arrows he shoots a text to Midorima and one to Kise, telling them to hurry and meet him with a location, he has something he has to show them now.

When they arrive, they will find Takao balancing two arrows with his kinetic magic, a snicker.

"Check it out! I'm getting good!"

Midorima ignores the text, so it may be questionable if he's actually going to show up or not. He does, however, because it could be an emergency.

It's not.

And Midorima gives Takao a dull look, then turns around to leave. He doesn't know what those arrows are, but he doesn't want to be around Takao practicing magic with pointy objects just yet.

Kise does not ignore the text. He sends a ton of emoticons in response and that he will be there soon. There's no way he'll say no to hanging out with Takao.

Although he does have some second thoughts about it when he arrives. He greets Midorima with a cheerful "Midorimacchi! You're here too!" but once his eyes settle on Takao juggling two magic arrows he freezes in place and-

"Uhhh... Takaocchi- yeah-! You are! But it kinda looks dangerous... Should we really be here while you practice that?" He may be vocalizing Midorima's thoughts on accident.

Takao gets the text responses he expects, though he also knows both of them, despite one's lack of response will show up. He's doing alright at the moment they arrive, his control is pretty steady. But he does practice daily, just like he did with his passing, in the end, it's all in his hands and Takao has steady hands.

Usually, thing is, magic can have a will of its own.

"Oi! Shin-chan..." He huffs out at the shooter as he goes to leave, a snicker following shortly after as much like the texts, the two even respond the way he expects. A fact he will tease for but also appreciate.

"Nah! They aren't supposed to be too dangerous, they ga---" And he really should have shut up, getting excited as he was beaming and explaining to Kise, means there is a sudden surge in Takao's magic and the prank he meant to play on a few friends, becomes, one arrow spiraling right for Kise and the other for Midorima.

"Crap!!!"

[ Midorima does react, but unfortunately, there is no way he's going to try to catch an arrow with his hands. Not while he thinks it's an actual arrow. His hands are worth way more than his kidney where it's headed. He has two kidneys, but he only needs one. He needs both hands. He does grab Kise to try to pull him out of the way with him, but it's definitely more of an attempt than a success. ]

TAKAO!!

[ The big booming yell reserved specifically for Takao comes out even as he does.. ]

[The sound Kise makes is a mix of yelp from being tugged and scream from arrows flying their way. Out of reflex, he brings the shield up, creating a translucent, shimmery field in front of himself and Midorima-

-but the arrows just go straight through it.

Kise doesn't have time to think about why that happened, all he knows that the arrow hits him square in the chest and he gasps loudly, stumbling backward, into Midorima. He grabs onto his arm to hold himself upright because he feels dizzy, and due to the 'magical impact' on him, Vila shows up, wind and storm raging behind her ready to fight.]

What the... [Kise wheezes, trying to catch his breath.]

It was an accident Shin-chan! [Oh man, oh man, he is actually starting to snicker, cause the arrows both don't do any physical damage and the scene in front of him is honestly hilarious, even as he shoots both of them. Then it hits Kise in the chest and the point guard goes wide eye.]

Kise! Are you! OH MY GOD!! [Damn it, Kise's familiar's part-time job should be scaring Takao. Cause the moment she appears he bristles all over, going stock still, the point guard stands there looking at the raging familiar. Then fight or flight kicks in and Takao goes to step back, tripping and landing right on his bottom on the ground.

He prepares to die, panic clear on his face!]

[ As expected, Midorima's hits him right in the kidney, based on where he'd moved to try to get Kise out of the way clearly not quickly enough. Midorima is fast, but not faster than a magically-propelled projectile from a point guard who knows exactly how fast to throw it to get something to Midorima post-haste.

Thankfully, the arrows seem to dissipate as soon as they've hit, rather than leaving either of them with gaping wounds to deal with. Midorima's managed not to fall, but did stumble backwards in an effort to keep Kise from doing so when he was grabbed, both arms underneath the blonde's armpits to hold him up.

He.. feels strange. He's genuinely not sure how to react right now, but he's staying frozen right where he is as he thinks about exactly how he's going to punish Takao.

(Un?)fortunately for Takao, fruit-related punishments weren't what was coming to mind, which was confusing Midorima immensely because he definitely should not be thinking about anything relating to something Takao would find a way to enjoy. Especially not with Kise in his arms like this... which didn't feel bad either.

And so Midorima stays where he is, frozen in time and conflicted emotions. ]

Edited 2021-02-08 11:31 (UTC)

[Thanks to Midorima's help Kise doesn't fall over. But he's still a bit woozy, trying to gather thoughts that got scattered all of a sudden, just like the light shield that burst into a myriad of shiny pieces as his concentration on it evaporated.

Vila is still hovering around broodingly, hands raised to smite the first person that makes a move against Kise. Then Takao falls over and her eyes snap to him. And then her eyes catch few other ~love~ arrows behind him and she squints at them, floating over. It needs several moments for her to realize just what they are. With a loud groan, she rolls her eyes, shakes her head, and disappears. It's not even a prank to stick around for, just some frivolous 'love me' magic that she approves of, but isn't in the mood for right now.

All the while, Kise's been blinking rapidly as if trying to remember what happened. He can recall arrow hitting him but... shouldn't it hurt? Upon checking, there's no gaping hole in his chest. And Takao looks oddly cute fallen over like that.]

Do you think he's hurt? [Kise asks in a pitched voice that is definitively not his everyday thing.] Poor little sweet thing... Midorimacchi, Midorimacchi! [He turns to Midorima with almost sparkles in his eyes-] We should go check on him, right?!

[As he is watching this Takao is imagining his death either by fruit or enraged familiar. He's a hundred percent sure the only one not plotting his painful demise in this moment is Kise.

Except, Midorima doesn't look mad, that is definitely not his mad face. And then Kise's familiar seems to brush it off and just disappear.

And he is just sitting there on the ground, it's a little soggy so that might be a bad idea and blinking. What's happening? Why does Kise sound like that and why has Midorima not bellowed his name in rage?

Wait, is who hurt? Takao actually looks behind him in panic, did he hit someone else? Fall on someone? Yes, he is turning over onto his knees right this moment to see if someone is under him.

What is happening?

Okay, okay, he needs to get up and make sense of all this. He pushes to his feet, turning back around with a sheepish grin and no snicker, see Midorima, no snicker, please to the not killing him with pineapples.]

Are you guys okay?

[He thinks about coming closer but he does not want to get throttled.]

Yes. Your idiotic attempt to kill us was apparently just a misfire.

[ Midorima pushes Kise off of him, then pushes up his glasses and straightens his clothing. Even under an enchantment, Midorima is still Midorima...

...Except he does sigh and gestures at Kise toward Takao. ]

Go find out if he's brain-damaged. Only an idiot would fall after he's the one who fired at us to begin with.

[ Hm... he kind of wants to see what Kise is going to do to treat Takao. Weird. He'll stand back and watch before deciding what he wants to do, because there's definitely an odd feeling in his chest.. Fluttery, but definitely not heartburn. ]

[Kise doesn't get why Midorima is cursing at Takao; honestly, it didn't seem like it was guy's fault.

The enchantment is definitively making him restless and before Midorima even said anything, Kise jogs over to Takao. His hands cup Takao's face and he gently turns it left and right, as if inspecting it for bruises or cuts or something.]

Did you get hurt? That was a really bad fall.

[Nevermind that he's "checking out" the wrong place for bruises. Then circles around him a few times, dusting off his clothes and straightening out his shirt.]

Maybe I should carry you home, just in case. You know, if you sprained your ankle. That's really bad, it happened in-game with Aominecchi and- [-insert Kise babbling without stopping here, looking at Takao and almost having sparkles and hearts for his eyes. He also seems to be looking for the "best way" to pick him up and carry him home. But he's done nothing about that. Yet.]

Oi! I wouldn't try to kill you, they said they weren't deadly, they just wanted us to test them.

[Takao is blinking in complete surprise, one he is still waiting for the bellow. Two Kise is circling him, dusting him off and fussing over him and the point guard lets out a slightly nervous snicker.]

I'm okay, my butt doesn't feel broken. [He jokes, but he does reach out and put a hand to Kise's forehead, eyes glancing to Midorima, why does he seem to curious about this. Wait, wait did Kise just offer to carry him home, okay, his forehead is cool, so no fever. He holds his hands up shaking his head.]

I think it's okay, I can walk, see [He does a little sidestep, wet ground and confusion means he almost slips, grabs Kise to catch himself. Well....]

Are you okay? You seem different.

Human experimentation isn't much better, Takao!

[ Especially unwillingly! Midorima doesn't like doing anything that he doesn't want to, and that includes getting shot. So why.. does he kind of want to join Kise in touching him? He definitely doesn't deserve such treatment. ]

Carry him over your shoulder like a sack of potatoes if you do. We're leaving.

[ They're going home, for certain. Kise can carry Takao, and Midorima will allow himself to stay outside of this until the exact moment they're in private. There's something appealing about allowing his patience to grow thin and anticipation to build while Takao thinks only Kise wants to bother him. So he turns and starts walking home, though slowly enough that Kise can catch up with Midorima's point guard in tow. ]

It was an accident, Midorimacchi! He's sorry, right?

[He turns to look at Takao with sparkly eyes. His object of immeasurable affection IS a great guy, after all. He wouldn't go around shooting people randomly!
Then salutes Midorima- and grabs Takao by the waist and throws him over his shoulder.]

Oh! You're not that heavy. [A small pat on his back (or butt?) as a reassurance that he won't drop him.] To answer your question yes! I'm feeling great! I mean, the arrow did hit me, but as you said, it didn't actually hurt me.

[He catches up with Midorima eventually, looking unbothered that, as they pass down the street, people are giving them an odd look. Because it really does look like they've just kidnapped Takao.]

I was going to ask before I shot you, but my magic got out of control!

[Sorry Kise, who is being as sweet as sweet can be, this is how Shutoku affections. ]

Huh? Wait, what, don't car----

[Well, too late now, he is flung over Kise's shoulder, and for a moment all he can do is blink. What the hell is going on? The butt pat causes him to wiggle, though he is snickering as he does it and wondering how much trouble he is in if Midorima is having him hauled off.]

That's because you guys are all giants, I'm not that little! Oh good, I didn't want to hurt you. Wait, wait!

[If they are okay then what is being done here.]

Uh, guys, I can walk, where are we going? Kise please don't let him kill me.

[Nevermind as he waves at anyone who stares strangely, he's been kidnapped but he is only partially afraid for his safety.]

That's not an accident, that's the irresponsibility of his singular brain cell.

[ Kise may not be as tall as Midorima, but he's got broader shoulders, which makes him more ideal for carrying Takao. For one thing, Midorima would probably just drop him the second he started wiggling, so his patience is an issue as well. The only person Midorima's managed to carry was Eichi, usually intentionally in the way he knew Eichi didn't want to be carried despite that he obviously wanted carrying. ]

If I wanted to kill you, I would've picked you up.

[ Then he could just toss him somewhere and be done with it. Thankfully for all involved, that's not the case. ]

We're returning to the inn. Kise is going to punish you according to my instruction.

[ Is that what's happening? It's probably not the best way to phrase it. ]

Well, the answer would've probably been no so not surprising.

[-just outright shooting was probably the only way to do it. Kise feels like he should be more annoyed with the whole situation, but he surprisingly isn't. And he quite happily carries Takao. He snickers at Midorima's threat at picking Takao up- that was the obvious implication of "if I got you, I'm dumping you somewhere also".]

You're big just enough! Perfect size. [Another pat to handle the wriggling.]

A punishment? [Kise gives Midorima a curious look. Too curious. Sadly Takao can't see his face right now, so the eagerness goes unnoticed for him.] I'm down for that! It's only fair after being shot, Takaocchi won't mind, I'm sure!

He didn't kill you until now so don't worry! I don't think he will. [Pat,pat. Fortunately for Kise, the arrow isn't really affecting his thought processes about Midorima so he doesn't just blurt out "he cares about you too much". Now that would've ended up in double homicide.]

I've got at least two and you know it.

[He snickers though, finding amusement in this and the repeated pattings of his behind. Kise is certainly enjoying himself and he is not being rough with Takao at all. So, he waves at people as they head to the inn.]

At least someone appreciates me despite being a giant. [his tone is teasing, though any snicker that starts sputters right out. Whoa, buddy, punishment? This is sounding less fun by the second and Kise is agreeing, in fact rationalizing why he should be okay with this? Ah fuck.]

Punishment![If there is fruit thrown at him, he's running, deserving of punishment or not!] Do we have pineapples? You are not throwing fruit at my head Midorima Shintarou and you're not making Kise.

[Because as that next pat to his behind reminds him, he's not getting out of this at the moment, he literally has zero control. Luckily, despite the ominous sound of those words, he does trust them not to kill him.]

I never shot him with an arrow till now either, there's a first time for everything.

Anything I throw at you, you would catch anyway. I don't want any whole pineapple near our house.

[ Either he doesn't realize how weird that probably sounds to Kise or he doesn't care. It's hard to tell. Their fruit truck fears are shared and he will at least concede that to Takao.

He pushes up his glasses before getting out his keys for the inn since he's the only one with his hands open. As they approach, he moves ahead to open the door. ]

Kise, prepare him. He's not going to absorb his punishment properly if there's fabric in the way.

[ He stands to the side so they can go ahead so he can close the door after them.]

[No he doesn't.]

What's wrong with pineapples? I like pineapples. They make great smoothies.

[Oblivious to any actual references and fruit fears. He just thinks of it as, well, fruit. For eating.

Standing behind Midorima, Kise squints at him, trying to translate Midorima's words. Because it can't be what he's suggesting... can it?]

You want me to undress him? [He asks, eyebrows raised. A lady walking down the hallway gives them a LOOK because there are three guys, one over the shoulder as if kidnapped. He steps inside though, still mulling things over.]

[Takao snickers at that comment.] That's true, I'll give you that one Shin-chan.

[Them throwing things at each other would just mean they'd be passing back and forth, cause it's literally what they do on the court.]

Pineapples are the worst fruit, Ki-chan, I will feed you any other fruit.

[But not pineapple! Then they are heading into the inn and Takao is goofily waving at the lady. Her look of shock is what tunes him in and makes his brain catch up to what was just said.]

Huh?!

[He squirms as if he can get turned on Kise's shoulder to look at Midorima. He heard that wrong right, he must have, so he snickers and goes for the tease. Probably not the smartest idea.]

Well, now it just sounds kinky.

[Not that he is opposed, just definitely not what he was expecting.]

When Takao is too obnoxious, our teammates used to threaten us with pineapple being thrown at our heads or being run over by the Kimura's fruit truck.

[ He just 100% blew over that like he isn't 75% of the reason they're being threatened at all times. It's all Takao's fault that Midorima's in trouble. ]

Don't make me tell you twice. If he wants to hit us with something sharp, he's going to feel something sharp back.

[ In fact, once they're inside and the door is closed, Midorima makes sure to get in front of Takao and make him watch him unwrap the fingers of his left hand one by one. Takao's seen it a hundred times, but it's never been so pointedly directed at him as a sexual threat. ]

Isn't that a bit too much!?

[Threats at his life by Kasamatsu pale in comparison to being run over by a truck.

Kise finally puts Takao on his feet, stabilizing him and again, giving Midorima a raised eyebrow. Then a look and then it finally clicks in his head what he means by all of that. And just gives a solemn nod, clicking his tongue as he watches the bands being unwrapped. This means business.]

Sorry, Takaocchi, I have no control over this.

[More like, he enjoys watching Midorima be bossy in this context and is not going to object. He swivels Takao around so his back is to Kise and is facing Midorima. His hands do come around to start undoing his clothes. He's not sure if Midoirma needs him FULLY naked, but he starts on it nevertheless.]

Sorry kiddos, moving the naked basketbutts...

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