Even though he probably went from one photo shoot to this, he's sort of just going with it. He comes back from where his mind was wandering - something about unicorns and Retrospec - to crash land back to reality. And then he's gonna go ahead and tilt his head and put his critical eyes to work...
But it's the funny thing about being your own worst critic - ]
S'fine to me.
I'd buy it. Wear it. Promote it.
[he actually... doesn't have anything to criticize???? he respects Kashuu's work. it's one of the few things he doesn't really give him shit on (when it actually counts)]
[It's definitely a matter of being his own worst critic here, considering he actually looks a little surprised at the comment.]
Eh— Like this? Really?
[HIS EYES WILL PICK THE THING APART TO HELL AND BACK but he does value Baren's opinion highly when it comes to things like this. He doesn't pull his punches when they need to be delivered, but he's equally honest about the things he likes. Kashuu never has to worry about empty flattery, so the question is more rhetoric than anything. He steps back over, readjusting a thing on the side just a little.]
Baren tilts his head at that. Sure, sometimes he has a thing or two to criticize but as he looks this over.... He lifts his hand gingerly to look over the sleeves, the fit, the fall... and he snorts. He even manages a smile that doesn't look incredibly condescending.]
You're overthinking it, Kiyo. Trust yourself some more.
I wouldn't be over here if I didn't think trying on your clothes was worth my time. You're a fav, you know?
[... okay that's condescending but at least he means it??]
[IT MAY BE A LITTLE CONDESCENDING but even in AUland, he's starved for compliments and positive affirmation... He tries not to look too pleased about any of that but it's obvious.]
Whatever, as long as it's a good fit and style.
[This tsun mess...
Anyway, as he ducks down to pin part of the hem into place, Baren might notice-- a petal? ...Two, three?? A few of them flutter by his face seemingly out of nowhere...]
[IT'S OBVIOUS.... and baren sometimes gives away free compliments like that, about things that aren't about someone's character. he can admire talent and artistry just fine though.
even though he's
going to blink at the sudden petals, eyebrows furrowing]
... You leave a window open, Kiyo?
[and did someone plant a sakura tree he didn't notice????]
[BOY it's been a while since he's heard that one, mostly because his sakura fubuki-ing has mostly settled down into something manageable now...
But once he looks up, he sees exactly what the problem is. And Baren will probably also see a few more petals seemingly spawn out of LITERALLY NOTHING over his head.]
—Oh my god, seriously? I thought we were done with this!
He doesn't deserve the way that Baren absolutely cracks up now that the cat's been let out of the bag and sakura petals were gently falling around them like it was a fucking shoujo manga. Holy shit.]
Ahahahaha!! No seriously - what the fuck?! That's great! Is this one of those new power things that they're talking about? Some fuckers manipulate space and time and you get flower power whenever you blush like a school girl?
[FRUSTRATED NOISE that's not quite a screaming-with-my-mouth-shut but is kind of close. The petals have stopped drifting down from on high, at least, but it's Too Late.]
When you put it like that, it sounds even more stupid than it actually is! And it's not like I picked this, anyway!
[His awful first power... Totally useless, 100% idiotic, now he's stuck with it FOR LIFE. Or until Retrospec fucks off.]
super too late because baren's just going to keep laughing before he looks over to kashuu and gives him a smile. a winning smile. a smile that he's probably seen flashed at parties and dark bars when people actually try to bring baren home with them]
Hey - it's not stupid. In fact, it's pretty cute, you know? I think it suits you.
[Baren is NOT THE FIRST PERSON TO TRY THIS but that doesn't mean he's not weak to certain compliments anyway. Calling him cute despite constantly arguing that cute isn't his aesthetic... Rude. HE SEES YOU, BAREN.]
Cut it out! I know exactly what you're trying to do, okay?
You tell me all the time that that's not even my aesthetic, you jerk!
[FLAPPING HIS HANDS TO BE FREE FROM THE BAREN MENACE. The worst part about all of this is that he knows he's being played so bad. He knows.
But in his sad little heart of hearts, he's still starved for compliments and easily charmed and this may actually be working so now he's just trying to FLEE.]
[He won't let Baren win this game... But as he rudely shoves at Baren's arm to reclaim his personal space and escape into the darkness, there it is. THERE IT IS. The damning, sparkling petal. Oh right they're not even like normal petals, they're sparkling Twilight petals. That's some real shoujo shit right there.]
[everyone loses when you play gay chicken with baren
but Baren is laughing - careful to keep out the absolutely malicious cackle so it still sounds like a charmed kind of laugh - and he takes the sparkling petal in his fingers and kisses it like it's his favorite thing
[He can just imagine the malicious cackle, too. He's seen this happen to so many people from the other side before and now he understands their suffering.]
From you, dammit! Quit it already, just let me work in peace!
[HE SAYS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM like that'll save him... Just leaving a little sparkly trail of flowers in his wake, what the fuck is this.]
[He does just assume that Baren's continuing to hit on him for the sake of being a little shit. LITTLE DOES HE KNOW that no, Baren's just naturally that way... Bad gay movie references and all.]
Times like now I reeeally wish I'd been the one to get that electrocuting power instead.
[Thalia got it! His coworker got it!! Why did he get stuck with the shoujo petal storm instead??
On the plus side, his irritation means that there's not a literal flurry happening, and the few petal bursts that do occur taper out pretty fast.]
I wanna finish hemming sometime tonight, so don't distract me, got it?
[Baren's still laughing at that though - the flower bursts made him happy. He also realizes that he didn't fucking get that on tape so now that just means he has to redo that whole thing over again in class.
Good! Geez, the trouble I go through for you, seriously...
[Kashuu will regret this day on so many different occasions in the future that he'll probably wish he could still time travel just to come back to this moment and stop his fool self from sakura fubuki-ing.
A FOOL.
But yes his sword sure is in there, all nice and shiny and... laying on a bed of soft fabrics.]
[time travel is against the cause, kashuu - not that you remember that.
but then Baren is blinking in confusion as he opens Kashuu's closets and. finds that sword there. and there's definitely a long, stunned, judgmental silence coming from him.
he lifts the sword without hesitation and when he turns to Kashuu he definitely looks betrayed
FOR NOW THOUGH strangely enough, Baren might hear a little yelp before he even starts yodeling about betrayal because Kashuu can FEEL THAT, DON'T BE RUDE. It gives him a little heart attack every time...]
Wh— Huh?! Samurai-- [WHAT AND WHY but also more importantly:] Put that down, dammit!
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Even though he probably went from one photo shoot to this, he's sort of just going with it. He comes back from where his mind was wandering - something about unicorns and Retrospec - to crash land back to reality. And then he's gonna go ahead and tilt his head and put his critical eyes to work...
But it's the funny thing about being your own worst critic - ]
S'fine to me.
I'd buy it. Wear it. Promote it.
[he actually... doesn't have anything to criticize???? he respects Kashuu's work. it's one of the few things he doesn't really give him shit on (when it actually counts)]
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Eh— Like this? Really?
[HIS EYES WILL PICK THE THING APART TO HELL AND BACK but he does value Baren's opinion highly when it comes to things like this. He doesn't pull his punches when they need to be delivered, but he's equally honest about the things he likes. Kashuu never has to worry about empty flattery, so the question is more rhetoric than anything. He steps back over, readjusting a thing on the side just a little.]
And the color's fine on this part, too?
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Baren tilts his head at that. Sure, sometimes he has a thing or two to criticize but as he looks this over.... He lifts his hand gingerly to look over the sleeves, the fit, the fall... and he snorts. He even manages a smile that doesn't look incredibly condescending.]
You're overthinking it, Kiyo. Trust yourself some more.
I wouldn't be over here if I didn't think trying on your clothes was worth my time. You're a fav, you know?
[... okay that's condescending but at least he means it??]
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Whatever, as long as it's a good fit and style.
[This tsun mess...
Anyway, as he ducks down to pin part of the hem into place, Baren might notice-- a petal? ...Two, three?? A few of them flutter by his face seemingly out of nowhere...]
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even though he's
going to blink at the sudden petals, eyebrows furrowing]
... You leave a window open, Kiyo?
[and did someone plant a sakura tree he didn't notice????]
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[BOY it's been a while since he's heard that one, mostly because his sakura fubuki-ing has mostly settled down into something manageable now...
But once he looks up, he sees exactly what the problem is. And Baren will probably also see a few more petals seemingly spawn out of LITERALLY NOTHING over his head.]
—Oh my god, seriously? I thought we were done with this!
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Slowly, almost in awe, Baren reaches up to touch his cheeks with his hands.]
... Senpai noticed you?
[kyaa kyaa
kiss kiss fall in shit]
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Don't make me sick!
[Senpai did notice him though, that's the worst part. Senpai noticed and he felt a doki.]
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He doesn't deserve the way that Baren absolutely cracks up now that the cat's been let out of the bag and sakura petals were gently falling around them like it was a fucking shoujo manga. Holy shit.]
Ahahahaha!! No seriously - what the fuck?! That's great! Is this one of those new power things that they're talking about? Some fuckers manipulate space and time and you get flower power whenever you blush like a school girl?
That's fucking fantastic!
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When you put it like that, it sounds even more stupid than it actually is! And it's not like I picked this, anyway!
[His awful first power... Totally useless, 100% idiotic, now he's stuck with it FOR LIFE. Or until Retrospec fucks off.]
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super too late because baren's just going to keep laughing before he looks over to kashuu and gives him a smile. a winning smile. a smile that he's probably seen flashed at parties and dark bars when people actually try to bring baren home with them]
Hey - it's not stupid. In fact, it's pretty cute, you know? I think it suits you.
[stop this]
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Cut it out! I know exactly what you're trying to do, okay?
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That's kinda rude... but even then, it's not like I'm lying?
[HE'S LYING]
S'not like you to deny it? C'mon Kiyo, you're adorable!
[UGH]
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[FLAPPING HIS HANDS TO BE FREE FROM THE BAREN MENACE. The worst part about all of this is that he knows he's being played so bad. He knows.
But in his sad little heart of hearts, he's still starved for compliments and easily charmed and this may actually be working so now he's just trying to FLEE.]
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BUT BAREN'S TACTILE WHEN HE FEELS LIKE IT so snaking an arm around kashuu's waist this is terrible, he's too familiar with this motion sleazy.mp3]
I can change my mind!
I guess that just goes to show how cute you really are!
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I know that's a lie!
[He won't let Baren win this game... But as he rudely shoves at Baren's arm to reclaim his personal space and escape into the darkness, there it is. THERE IT IS. The damning, sparkling petal. Oh right they're not even like normal petals, they're sparkling Twilight petals. That's some real shoujo shit right there.]
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but Baren is laughing - careful to keep out the absolutely malicious cackle so it still sounds like a charmed kind of laugh - and he takes the sparkling petal in his fingers and kisses it like it's his favorite thing
it might be his favorite thing]
Kiyooooo! What're you running from?
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From you, dammit! Quit it already, just let me work in peace!
[HE SAYS FROM THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ROOM like that'll save him... Just leaving a little sparkly trail of flowers in his wake, what the fuck is this.]
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[like not even meant to be hitting on him that time, it's just a fact but coming from baren it probably sounds like hitting on him]
I'm not quitting anything! I just don't know how to quit you, you know?
[okay now that's
that's just a bad gay movie reference]
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Times like now I reeeally wish I'd been the one to get that electrocuting power instead.
[Thalia got it! His coworker got it!! Why did he get stuck with the shoujo petal storm instead??
On the plus side, his irritation means that there's not a literal flurry happening, and the few petal bursts that do occur taper out pretty fast.]
I wanna finish hemming sometime tonight, so don't distract me, got it?
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Tragic.
(Nah.)
Regardless, he'll give a beckoning hand.]
Yeah, yeah. I can entertain myself.
[is he going to poke around in kashuu's closets
did he ever move his sword]
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[Kashuu will regret this day on so many different occasions in the future that he'll probably wish he could still time travel just to come back to this moment and stop his fool self from sakura fubuki-ing.
A FOOL.
But yes his sword sure is in there, all nice and shiny and... laying on a bed of soft fabrics.]
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but then Baren is blinking in confusion as he opens Kashuu's closets and. finds that sword there. and there's definitely a long, stunned, judgmental silence coming from him.
he lifts the sword without hesitation and when he turns to Kashuu he definitely looks betrayed
fucking devastated
because - ]
I can't believe you let Samurai Jack get to you!!
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FOR NOW THOUGH strangely enough, Baren might hear a little yelp before he even starts yodeling about betrayal because Kashuu can FEEL THAT, DON'T BE RUDE. It gives him a little heart attack every time...]
Wh— Huh?! Samurai-- [WHAT AND WHY but also more importantly:] Put that down, dammit!
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because even in his angry yodeling he heard the little yelp and he's squinting at the timing there.
which is why he's not going to listen to kashuu he's just
going to give the sword a
friendly little toss before catching it again
staring kashuu down all the while]
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