Dank Darkwick - seiyas-room

Leo knocks on Seiya's door once before opening it and poking his head in.

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"Leo? What do you want."

"Oops. I'll be back later." Leo turns to walk away. It seems he was hoping Seiya was absent.

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"...Weirdo." He locks the door and moves his closet in front of it.

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"Seiiiiyaaa~" She knocks on the door.

Seiya was checking his things to see if there was any physical tracker when Saki knocked on his door. Knowing Leo, it was more likely to be digital, which would be incredibly inconvenient since it would cost a lot of money to replace his phone. After coming up with nothing he opens the door for her. "Hey, Saki."

Saki walks in and immediately assumes her place on the bed, kicking off her shoes to sit cross-legged. "Okay, tell me everything." It seemed that Saki had just got out of class, that or studying. She wore significantly less makeup that day and wore prescription glasses.

"...since when did you wear glasses?"

"Since I scorched my eyes from studying so hard to get here. But something happened right? What happened with you and Zero?"

Seiya raised an eyebrow before sitting next to her on the bed. "Are you seriously just assuming that? I'm mad 'cus Leo's being a piece of shit."

"Yeah but you're like... actually mad. Publicly announcing that he's fucking the freak ass professor is something I would do! Seriously, what's going on?"

"..." Instead of answering the question right away, he opens his phone. His eye twitches when the first thing he sees is Leo trying to accuse Zero of cheating. "You've got to be fucking kidding me." Closing the app, he retrieves paper to start writing down his passwords. "Leo prolly has a digital tracker on me and Zero. I'm... gonna do a factory reset on my phone. I don't know how trackers work though if I'm being honest."

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"...I think it's supposed to." She watches his phone as another message from Leo pops up. "Not gonna respond?"

"Why the fuck should I? Boo hoo, he has other friends? Good for him, I don't care." After writing down all his passwords he does a factory reset on his phone and hands it over to Saki and starts signing, 'I don't know if the tracker is attached to an account or the phone itself, I know I might just be paranoid but is it okay if... you transfer your data to my phone and I use yours?'

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"That's a bit dramatic isn't it?" She looks down at his phone. "Why didn't you search it up or something?"

"I don't want to take any chances." 'Also his stigma enhances his hearing, keep it down.'

"...Isn't there something else you want to tell me?" Despite saying that what he was doing was overdramatic, she transfers her data to his phone anyway. It might throw Leo off a little bit, but if the tracker is attached to one of Seiya's accounts and not his phone, he'd need to make a new account just for his phone. 'Are you not gonna be on Wickhive anymore?'

'I can still access it on my laptop, if the tracker is tied to my Wickhive account, then it wouldn't matter since my laptop is almost always at home. But I might make a new account for my phone.'

'And about Zero?'

... He sighs. 'He told me something recently. It kind of made me doubt how I felt about him.'

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".....soooo are you gonna tell me or??" After the data transfer was done, she handed her phone to Seiya so he could do a factory reset. Their phone were the same model and it didn't really make much of a difference in terms of who was using it.

He smiles a little when he turns over Saki's phone to look at the case. Cute charms of bows, hearts, and small animals were stuck on the decoden cream, hand piped from when they went out together. He popped the phone out and returned the case back to Saki, his own phone case was placed back in his hand. "Your phone case is so cute," he reset her phone, redownloading all the apps he used before and making new accounts for them,

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"You have one, too! I don't know why you never use it!" She puts the phone case on. "Also don't change the subject."

"It doesn't really match my aesthetic..." He began to make a new Wickhive account. "It's..." 'Background in... crime... I guess. I still like him but..'

'Don't wanna break up because Leo's betting on it?'

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"Ugh."

'That's petty.'

'I know...'

Saki giggled, 'Same, though! You're becoming more like me~''

'I kinda don't want to, no offense.'

She laughed. "Alright, fuck you too. Soooo..." 'What crimes did he commit?'

'I'm not a snitch.'

'Niether am I.'

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"...." Seiya stands up to grab his bag from the campus store. He tosses the chips he got at Saki and begins setting up the security camera.

"Ugh, don't ignore me!" She opened the bag and began to eat anyway. Seiya made a motion of dragging his thumb over his neck before continuing to set up the camera in a discreet place. "...No fucking way??"

"...Yeah, something like that." He began to read the instruction manual and downloaded the app on his phone.

5:16 PM

"...Don't tell anyone."

Don't tell anyone about the camera, don't tell anyone about Zero's background, don't tell anyone why they weren't breaking up, don't tell anyone about the phone switch, don't tell anyone that Seiya was making a new Wickhive account. "I won't."

Seiya checked to see if the security camera worked and tried reviewing the few minutes of footage. Everything was in working order. 'Looks like I won't be able to bring anyone back to my dorm for a while...'

'At least you got the bathroom.'

"Ew."

"Okayyy anyways I was able to get a TV in my dorm and I've been meaning to watch something~" She stands up. "Wanna watch Gossip Girls?"

"...I don't know what that is." He follows her out anyway. Making sure to lock the door.

Leo drops a toolbox in front of Seiya's door that he got from the garage. He didn't really want to put the time or effort into getting what he needed to break the anomalous lock, so he decided to go with a more forceful approach. The vice-captain pulls out a screwdriver and aligns the flat part with the one of the hinge's pins. Then he takes out a hammer and starts wacking at it. He does this with each and every pin until they're loose enough to slide right out. Once he has all the pins out, he sticks a large paint scraper in the side of the door and forces it open as much as it will go. He hears the wood crack a little, but manages to get it open enough that his body slides right through the opening.

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Leo glances around the room with his hands on his hips. "Where to fucking start..." The vice-captain removes the sheets and blankets off the bed and drags them into the bathroom, before tossing them into the tub. He stops it and begins filling it with water. Then he goes underneath the sink and finds several rolls of toilet paper and unwinds them, throwing them into the toilet bowl until its filled to the brim. He checks his handiwork by testing the flush. Definitely fucking clogged. Nice. He hits the handle a few more times until its flooding over with water. "Hm... what next."

Leo strolls into the main part of his room and glances around. After a moment of deliberation he decidedly loosens the screws on a desk chair. Then he opens up all the drawers on the desk and pulls them off the hinges, then he dumps the contents onto the floor. Leo sees his collectible plushies lying around and reaches for one of them, but stops right before grabbing it. "...Tch. What a stupid himbo keeping this many dolls." The vice-captain ignores them in the end and moves over to his wardrobe and begins tossing shit all over the floor.

Youko just finished adjusting his guitar, until Saki texted him to come to Seiya's room. What an interruption... But when Saki mentions that Leo is in his friend's room and makes a mess? That's a big no no for that. He immediately walked himself to Seiya's room, noticing Seiya's door is opened widely. As he arrived at the front door, yes he saw Leo making a mess. "The fuck are you doing here in my buddy's room, Shitty Influencer?"

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Now that the room is torn apart, save for the collectibles, Leo's final act of tyranny ends in a selfless gesture of shutting off the tub water before it overflows. Seiya should thank him later. When the vice-captain strolls out and spots Youko as soon as he hears him he rolls his eyes. "Go back to your room has been. Vice-captain's orders~"

"What if I don't want that? Don't be so high because you're the VC, bitch" Youko sharply looks at Leo as he walks further into Seiya's privacy room. He doesn't like when someone starts messing with people's privacy. "You don't even answer my first question. The fuck are you doing in here?"

Leo laughs and shoulders past Youko, pulling back the door to slip out again. "Like I gotta tell you anything."

TRIIIINNNGGGG "Stop right there, Influencer. You're facing me, now" He pulls his Iron bat artefact and points it right to Leo.

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Leo smirks and lets go of the door. "Oh?" The vice-captain moves forward, despite the weapon being pointed in his direction. His hair brushes past the artifact and he stops around a foot away from Youko, leaning forward until he's nearly nose to nose with him. "Are you gonna hit me with it?"

"Absolutely am... Breaking people's privacy in front of me? You're getting a death wish from me" ... Suddenly something comes to his mind. He pulled back his artefact, still looking angrily at Leo. "Be glad that I'm not a murder you used to know... Kill yourself... GET OUT FROM SEIYA'S ROOM NOW!" (edited)

He stayed inside at Seiya's room, making sure Leo was already gone like fr. This is making him tired. "The fuck going on with these people?"

When Leo passes Seiya in the hall in the morning, he holds out a thick folder of papers. "Got some work for you. Chancellor's orders. A mission you signed on has insufficient evidence for the determination of the anomaly type. You need to work through these files and find it." This was a task Leo usually just did himself because quite frankly, he didn't trust others to accurately report back information when there was an error. This case in particular was all over the place with different reports and no anomaly actually captured-- just destroyed. Too bad Leo isn't feeling generous today and he had the jurisdiction to pass it onto Seiya, since he oversaw it. This task would take a while. "It's labeled as urgent." Leo adds in a dry tone. He maintains a poker face despite Seiya's face still inducing some amount of anger in him. This was petty and he didn't care. "That means that I don't care if you have half an hour left on your last R&R permit. You're not leaving campus until its done. I don't make the rules."

str8upjorkinit started a thread. 2/4/2025 10:46 AM

"Captain Mido said that I have this week off. Go talk to him about it." Honestly Seiya didn't believe him, but for some goddamn reason he can't find it in him to be mad. Why was it so difficult to be angry at him? At anyone? Even when he tried to recall the shit Leo had done to his room it didn't make him feel upset. Seiya doesn't even know if he wants to leave his room anymore. It doesn't feel safe to do so. Is he just scared then? Scared of this fucking twink? That doesn't seem right. "...Leo. I know the joke I made about Kamitani upset you, and I'm sorry that I said that. But was it seriously necessary for you to break into my room and throw all my shit on the floor? Why is- why... why do you care so much about what other people think?"

Leo narrows his eyes. "You have a week off from attending classes. That doesn't absolve you from correcting your overdue fuckups." The vice-captain tosses the folder in front of Seiya's door and shrugs. "I can just tell Cornelius you refused. What happens beyond that isn't my problem. As for your apology, I don't need it. Shove it up your ass. You're going to need a good prepping for whatever your crybaby boyfriend is about to ream you with." Leo shoulders past him and continues on his path towards the entrance of the building.

"..." He picks up the folders and returns to his room. 'Gross, I feel like one of those "I can fix him" girls.'

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Alan shows up to Seiya’s room tool box and plunger in hand. He knocks, waiting for someone to answer.

Seiya opens the door, his room looks mostly normal after Youko and Zero has helped him clean. "Hey, Captain, thanks for stopping by." He opens the door wider to let him in.

Alan nods at Seiya, taking a look around the room. He’s supremely annoyed at Leo. Trashing Seiya’s room? What is he, a toddler throwing a tantrum? He’s seriously thinking of demoting Leo at this point. He sighs, glancing at Seiya, Of course. He spots the bathrooms entrance and walks towards it. He takes a look at the damage, the toilet was clogged and flooded. Alan mumbles under his breath, Fucking Leo… He gets to work unclogging the toilet.

Seiya stands behind him awkwardly as he works before walking away to get him some candy. He wasn't really sure which flavor Alan would like so he just waited around so he could pick. "Let me know if you need me for anything."

Alan grunts in response, continuing his plumbing work

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Alan flushed the toilet, seeing if the clog has been cleared. Everything flushes perfectly. He turns to Seiya, It’s fixed

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“Thanks Captain, do you want any candy for your hard work?” He offers the bag, the flavors are strawberry, melon, banana, chocolate, and milk.

Alan looks at the selection and grabs one banana, milk, and strawberry candy. He nods at Seiya. Thanks… Rubbing the back of his neck, he glances away before looking back at him. Sorry about Leo. He doesn’t listen to anyone…

"...I know." Seiya puts the bag of candies away. "Thanks for helping out, I owe you one." He hesitates, looking around his room. "If you're not busy... I... think I would like help with... packing up. Since I should move rooms soon. Maybe next year I'll have to switch dorms. Depending on how angry Leo is at me."

Sure… I’ll go grab boxes from the garage… Alan goes to leave, but before he does he stops and looks back at Seiya. I’d be sorry to see you go… With that he leaves to get the boxes.

After Alan leaves, Seiya begins to take things out of his drawers neatly. "He's not even gonna be here next year, what's he talking about?"

Alan enters Seiya’s room holding a huge stack of cardboard boxes. These enough?

Seiya gave him a smile. "They should be, thanks for the help!" He takes some of the boxes, setting them on the ground before filling them with notebooks and clothes.

Alan looks around, unsure where he should start. He looks around and sees a bunch of trinkets, maybe he should put those in a box? He starts gently grabbing each figure and delicately placing them in a box.

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"Sorry, I collect a bunch of useless stuff. Don't wanna give you too much extra work."

Saki delivers the fabric or whatever blah blah blah

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10:45 PM

I would like to purchase a photo set in ur maid costume

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commission?

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Seiya hauls his ass back to his new-ish room to wait for Saki to come back to him with ice cream to they can rant. He flops face first on the bed and kicks his feet

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Saki gets him his ice cream and listens to him rant. They then get up to play mario kart.

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A courier cat drops off a package at Seiya's door. It contains a Smiski blind box and a note.

I bought this to give to you after Leo trashed your room, but I didn't get the chance to. I know you want nothing to do with me but it's yours to do with whatever you'd like. I won't bother you further.

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"I'm gonna throw that shit out the fucking window."

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"...Please don't."

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"Why the fuck shouldn't I?" Saki picks up the Smiski blind box. "Accepting a gift from your ex basically means 'omg i forgive you let's start dating again,' didn't you know that?"

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"Literally not true."

"Is too. What are you gonna say if someone asks about it? 'Oh, my ex gave it to me after we broke up'? What do you think that implies?"

"Holy shit, bitch, okay! You can have the damn thing then, goddamn.... Smiski blind boxes are just kinda get expensive now..." He mumbles.

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"Hell nah, you think I want your ex's things??" She opens the window, preparing to throw it out.

11:08 PM

She pauses and checks her phone. "Dude. Jo just texted me."

Seiya takes the moment to pluck the blind box out of her hands. "What did she say?"

"Doesn't matter. I'm gonna tell her to go fuck herself."

"..." Seiya sits down and gives into his gambling addiction. He hopes its the one with a sweater awkwardly pulled over its head.

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Did u think u were special 2 me just bc i fucked u a few times? holy shit i didn't take u for a delusional bitch lmaoo

don't think u meant anything more to me than just a fuck buddy that happened 2 be close with seiya, that guy cant say no to anything

u were always a little 2 angry for my taste anyway, imagine getting mad at someone just bc they were mean to u on the internet

like girl ion need u white knighting for me and thinking someones gay just bc they dont like u? ur like literally a virgin stfu

'missing you' my ass bruh like u dont even know my favorite color be ffr, the only thing u know about me is my cup size Saki stops typing. Does she really want to say all this shit to someone she doesn't actually give a shit about? She looks at Seiya. Seiya was smiling, actually. He got the stupid Smiski with the sweater awkwardly pulled over its head. She sighed and deleted all her text. good, bye bitch

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"Saki! I got the stupid sweater one!" Seiya held up his new son to her when she put away her phone.

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"Out the window it goes~" Saki reached out to grab it but Seiya held it out of reach. "Come on! Are you being serious right now??"

"Leave him alone! He's not even a minute old!!" Seiya stood up, shielding the child away from her.

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"He has the same evil of his mother's eyes..." Saki lunged at him again.

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"He's just a baby!! It's not his fault!!" He side stepped away from her, holding the child above his head.

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"Try saying that again one night when you come home drunk from work and your belt is within reach." She attempts to climb him.

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12:21 AM

this is what it looks like btw ^

The detective comes knocking at the door of Seiya's new room. "Excuse me, can I please have a moment? I'm a private detective and I just have a couple questions, if you would be so kind to help."

Seiya peeks out his door to see who was knocking. "Did... something happen?" He steps out of his room, carefully closing the door behind him.

The detective smiles. It's wide enough to be a bit unnerving. "Nothing's happened recently, per se. I'm here about the missing woman, Joséphine Waker. Commonly went by Jo. Have you seen her and what do you know about her?"

"You didn't even introduce yourself yet. How do I know if you're professional or not?" Seiya crosses his arms. He was still upset at Jo, but this guy seemed really suspicious.

"Oh, I'm sorry, of course! Where are my manners." He takes off his fedora and sticks his hand out. His hand is unassuming, but his face no longer half shadowed is a source of interest. Despite the dark curls and grey eyes, there's something about his features that looks very reminiscent of someone. "Detective Hale, private investigator. I'm just trying to find Waker for her family. They became worried sick after not hearing from her for so long."

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Seiya looks down at the detective's hand, his first thought being taser pranks that he used to see often in cartoons. Obviously this was a dumb thing to think about. The suspicious thing was that Detective Hale didn't show his ID. Seiya awkwardly shook his hand anyway, clear suspicion on his face . "I'm sorry to hear that. You must be a foreigner then? Your Japanese is really good." Seiya chooses not to mention the clear lack of professionalism. If he plays along, this guy will likely go away eventually, right?

The detective shakes Seiya's hand, friendly enough despite the firm grip. "Why, thank you, young man. I'd be bad at my job if I didn't know the right languages well." Sensing the distrust but seeing a slight opening, Detective Hale slips an ID out from his pocket and holds it up for Seiya to see. "As you can see, I'm a licenced and hired PI. Getting paid well to find their precious daughter. Are you saying you don't know Waker?"

Unfortunately, Seiya has never been interrogated before, so he doesn't know what a real detective ID is meant to look like. This guy could be showing an ID he bought from Spirit Halloween and Seiya wouldn't be able to tell the difference. Another thing is that Seiya expected someone like Jo to be on the run because she killed people by turning them into diamonds, not because her family misses her. Or maybe they do. Who knows. "I doubt I have any information helpful to you, but I hope your search goes well." Seiya gives the detective a bow before returning to his room and closing the door.

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The detective sighs. Yet another door closed on him. At least he managed to plant a bug on Seiya while shaking his hand. Hale has a feeling that Waker will crawl back to grovel at this guy's feet soon. And when she does, he'll be ready.

Seiya returned to his room to remove his contacts and take a shower. Unfortunately, his phone was on silent.

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Seiya finished his shower * *What the fuck is going on on Wickhive...

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Maybe Seiya should go in his joker era...

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Why the fuck is Zero mad at me. Zero doesn't have the fucking right to be upset with me when literally the only thing I did was tell the person I trusted most some information I can't process. How the hell am I supposed to react to knowing that he's killed people? Was I just supposed to sit in my room and process it myself and say "Oh! It's totally fine! I still love you!"?? That kind of life is new to me. Expecting me to just understand is asking a lot. Honestly it would've been better if you just broke up with me. You didn't have any faith in me. You already believed that our relationship wouldn't work out just because you needed me to accept you unconditionally. You doomed it yourself. Why are you mad? Are you looking for reasons to be upset with me so you don't have to live with the guilt that I had done nothing wrong so you can go fuck the guy who outed your disability, went onto your account, insulted you, insulted your friends, disrespected everyone just for fucking breathing?? 'Not going to apologize for having shitty mental health' my ass, as if everything you're stressing about isn't your own damn fault. ... Seiya opened his phone again.

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3:07 PM

... "...I don't want him to be mad at me."

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'Zero, do you realize how much you're asking of someone who's sister was murdered right in front of his eyes?'

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Smells like ass in here.

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Smells like jealousy coming from you.

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Seiya puts down Zero's notebook on his desk and takes a shower. Yay!

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Seiya gets out of the shower to sit down at his desk and fill out the sexual harassment form that Alan sent him.

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After filling out the form, Seiya sets it off to the side ans stares at the notebook Zero gave him. And stares. And stares. ... .. . He has a weird twisty feeling in his gut. He can't stop thinking about how Zero started to fall for Kamiyama out of all people. Why Kamiyama. Why is it literally the second worst person in existence on this campus? (First is Leo) What the fuck has Kamiyama ever... ... Seiya takes off his percription glasses to bang his head against his desk. Oh wait! That reminds him!

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12:45 AM

He opens his phone to check his messages. He saves Goro's number and the stupid selfie he took with him. Heh. Nice.

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12:46 AM

If anyone cares, yeah he does kinda have a crush on Goro now. rest in peace Leiya.

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Okay, he's going to read the letter frfr now. He stares at it for probably and hour before groaning and opening it up. The inside front cover bears a short, scrawled note in fading ink:

Kōji - Thought you could use a notebook to write down all your tea blend ideas. 
- LCPL Hatch

Seiya flipped through the book, the first half would be filled with page after page of tea blend concepts, some scribbled out so violently the pen has nearly torn through. Notes in the margins—too bitter, no balance, this one worked—try again with less clove—layer over each other like a mind working faster than his hands could keep up. Then, abruptly, the purpose of the notebook would shift. The second half is full of letter drafts. Every single one addressed to Seiya. Some are barely a few sentences before being scratched out. Others span entire pages, the ink pressing heavier in some spots, like the weight of the words had settled deep into Zero’s bones as he wrote them. No version is quite the same, but they all circle the same truths—apologies, regrets, things unsaid, things Zero never figured out how to deliver. At the back, there’s one that isn't scratched out. It’s not perfect. The handwriting is a little less rigid, a little less self-conscious. Like maybe, in that moment, Zero had written without second-guessing himself.

1:14 AM

```Seiya, I’ve spent most of my life avoiding the hard conversations, convincing myself that if I ran fast enough, I wouldn’t have to face the consequences of my actions. But that’s just another lie I tell myself. The truth is, avoiding something doesn’t make it go away. It just leaves behind a mess for someone else to deal with. And I left you with a mess you never should have had to clean up. I’m sorry. For all of it. I’m sorry for how I expected you to just take everything I threw at you—like you were supposed to absorb my past without any warning or space to process it. Like it wasn’t something that could hurt you. Like it wasn’t something that did hurt you. I’m sorry for the self-pity, for the way I made my pain your burden when it was never yours to carry. I’m sorry for pushing you away, for making you feel like you had to prove something just to stay in my life. I’m sorry for the way I handled things with Jo—that was thoughtless and unfair to you, and I should have never put you in that position. But more than anything, I’m sorry for putting you on a pedestal and expecting you to be perfect. I saw you as this steady, untouchable force—someone who was always strong, always kind, always good in ways I never believed I could be. And because of that, I expected too much from you. I held you to a standard that wasn’t fair, that wasn’t human. And maybe that’s why, when I learned about your sister, I convinced myself that being with me was too much to ask of you. Because after everything you’ve already endured—after having to witness something no one should ever have to see—how could I ask you to want someone like me? Someone with a past like mine? I thought I was sparing you from that weight. But looking back, I think I was really just sparing myself. From the fear that you’d look at me one day and see something unforgivable. But the truth is, I’ve never felt safer than when I was with you. I didn’t even know I could feel safe like that. That I could be lov

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ed like that. And instead of holding onto it, I ran. Because for so long, I believed I didn’t deserve it. I know I can’t undo the hurt I’ve caused. I can’t take back the way I shut down, or the ways I failed you. But maybe the best apology I can offer isn’t just words—it’s proving that I can change. That I can stop running. That I can learn to stand my ground, the way you always have. Zero ```

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Seiya's first thought before reading the letter was that Zero should've just given him the letter instead of the entire notebook. Doesn't he want to keep his notes on tea blends? After a while of rereading the letter over and over again, he closes the notebook. He stands up and flops on his bed, face first. 'What the fuck am I supposed to do about this?' Seiya would be lying if he said he wasn't at least a little touched by the letter. This was the most self awareness he had ever seen from Zero. He'd be proud if he wasn't still sulking over Kamiyama. Man. Fuck Kamiyama. What the hell was so good about him? He's literally such an asshole! ... Seiya isn't going to be there to watch Zero 'change.' When Zero changes, it's going to be for Kamiyama, and Seiya was just a stepping stone for Zero's self improvement. It kind of hurts. It kind of hurts a lot. Maybe that's why Seiya suddenly feels the blanket under his face get damp. "I wish you the best," he fucking lies. Not that anyone could hear it because he's alone in his room and sulking. He sits up and opens the notebook to the final draft of Zero's letter. He carefully tears it out and folds it neatly, putting it in his folder of every letter he has ever gotten. He'll return the notebook tomorrow.

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1:40 AM

*Then his gay ass decides he wants to text Goro.

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mis started a thread. 2/25/2025 9:29 AM

Spawns

He knocks on Seiya's door and puts the cookies in front of his door. Crow immediately ran away.

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"Oh yay, cookies!!"

The cookies in question ✨

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-# anything worth stealing in here..?

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gtfo

What?

there is nothing worth stealing here (edited)

So everything you have is worthless?

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Yeah pretty much, please leave

Hmm.. and if I don’t?

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I'd probably have to force you out

Oh, Jin wouldn’t want to hear about that.

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It's not like I'm gonna try to be violent, but you're kinda in my room without permission. That's called trespassing. If you want something to steal you should go back to Jin.

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All right. I’ll go to Jin.

Okayy bye! Closes and locks the door when Himari leaves.

Seiya takes his nameplate off the door before entering his room and sleeping.

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12:02 PM

Time to visit Saki!

8:30 PM

Leo knocks with the ugly sanrio thing in hand.

:3c? Hangyodon? :3c???

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"Uh huh. Here you go." Leo holds it out in one hand while he types on his phone with the other.

Seiya smiles brightly and takes the plush. "He's so cute!! Thank you!"

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Leo tears his attention from his phone to glance up at Seiya. Wow, he looks stupidly happy over this thing. It's like not scratching a bad itch, but he refrains from spewing the usual lines he goes for when it comes to doing shit for people unprompted. Like insinuating there's a catch. "...Yeah." Using manners isn't exactly something that comes organically when it's unironic either. "Night." Leo walks away towards his room.

Wait. Wait, wait, wait- "Who told you where my room was?" To be honest, considering that Leo was his Vice Captain, it definitely wouldn't be that hard for Leo to figure it out since he could honestly just ask the staff members. Seiya also knows that Mido wouldn't tell Leo where his new room was. .... Why didn't Leo bother to figure out where his room was until now? Weird.

Leo stops and glances back at Seiya. Aaaw, he's so dumb sometimes. The vice-captain smirks impishly and taps his ear. "How cute. You're totally clueless, himbo." (edited)

"...We're not even on the same floor, stalker." Despite what Seiya is saying, he looks somewhat amused. Because Leos a gay ass mf. Seiya makes his silly little hangyodon cat plush wave a paw at Leo as he leaves.

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"We don't need to be to hear your ass. Saki especially." Leo creases his eyebrows and suppresses a smile when he makes the stupid thing wave. ... He turns away before Seiya can see the flush threatening to crawl up his neck and makes a hasty retreat.

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Seiya locks his door and takes down his nameplate (again) before leaving. Can't trust no one in this place.

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Seiya looked at the unamused emoji that Leo sent. 'Ha. I win.'

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Tapes an orange sheet of paper on his door which reads: CONDEMNED. THIS ROOM IS UNSAFE AND ITS USE OR OCCUPANCY HAS BEEN PROHIBITED BY THE BUILDING OFFICIAL.

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A strong gust of wind from supposedly nowhere blows the paper away.

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A cat decides to eat the cockroaches.

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4:14 PM

Leo brings Seiya to his room. "Here ya go, him-- I mean sweetie."

That felt forced as fuck. Seiya was starting to wonder if Leo even knew his name. He steps forward and unlocks the door. "...Do you wanna come in?"

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"Well, I am supposed to watch you for the day." Leo strolls past him and glances around the room briefly before taking it upon himself to flop down on Seiya's bed back first. He pulls out his phone and checks his messages, finding a few DMs from Milo on Instagram. Right, they were supposed to be doing something today. He types out a quick reply.

Seiya looks around his own room, noticing multiple new things that he didn't have before. There's a surfboard, Seiya has never surfed before, that's new. Oh! It looks like he finally got the stupid sweater smiski he was trying to get for a while. Hangyodon Mofusand plush?? Seiya closes the door behind him before walking over to the plush and picking the guy up. Super cute!! He sits down next to Leo and holds the paw up to his face to poke his cheek. After getting Leo's attention, Seiya makes plush give Leo a small kiss on the cheek. (edited)

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Leo nearly drops his phone on his face, but just barely rebalances his fingers against the popsocket. Inadvertently, his cheeks flush pink. Considering they're supposed to be dating, this is quite the fumble to be embarrassed about something so benign. Seiya doing random cheesy bullshit towards him naturally catches him off guard, because it's out of the ordinary as far as Leo's concerned. Leo pretends like there's something more interesting on his phone until his face cools down. Not like there's any recovering that at this point. "... Of all the new things you probably have to look at, you pick up that ugly thing."

Seiya smirks a little bit at Leo's reaction, it kinda confirmed his suspicion that he was probably a tsundere. "Why not? Hangyodon is cute!" Seiya decides to lay down next to Leo, curiously taking a peek at his phone. "Also didn't know I had this guy until now. You're figuring out where my phone is, right?"

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Oops, right. Leo closes the DMs with Milo and opens up Jo's on WickHive to send her a text. "Doing that right now." As he types out a text to her asking about Seiya's phone, Leo speaks again. "You wouldn't know. I brought that to you like a week and a half ago now. Something like that."

"And you got the one you thought was ugly?" Seiya seemed amused. He pulled the plush away from leo and turned it around so it looked like it was sulking. "Wow, you're so mean. You made our son cry." Seiya pulled the paws up to its eyes so the plush looked like it was crying before turning it back around to show Leo that their son was crying.

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Leo snorts, his eyes shifting to Seiya and the theatrical shit he was roleplaying with the doll. "Good. Being humbled at a young age is a life lesson, he'll thank me one day." Leo draws his attention back to the screen in front of him to see Jo's new texts. "Jo has your phone. Turns out she was who you were hanging out with." The vice-captain didn't really get a chance to think about it until right now. Why were they hanging out anyway...?

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"...Who's Jo?"

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"Uh..." Leo types out a string of texts to Jo to explain the situation. How the fuck is he supposed to answer that question? "... She's a mutual friend for lack of a better word. Loosely in your case. I have no idea why you were hanging out before, so I don't got the answers for you there." That's probably the first time in a while Leo's referred to someone as a friend. What's he supposed to say? A girl he kind of had an ambiguous thing going on with that he hooked up with once? She also kissed your ex?

"Ah, is she the one that brought me to the infirmary then?" Seiya sat up and put the plush to the side. "Could you tell her I said thanks? We can go over there and pick it up, then."

After Leo gets the confirmation from Jo that she's at her dorm, the vice-captain gets up from the bed and walks towards the door. "She's there. Let's go then."

Seiya stands up and follows him out the door. He takes note that it seems like Leo doesn't want to hold hands anymore.

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3:19 PM

Knock Knock.

Seiya opens the door, his expression shifts from confused to visibly displeased to see Leo at his door. "What do you want?"

"Hey there, handsome~♡!" Leo abruptly snaps a photo of him with the artifact.

"What the fuck?" Seiya closes his eyes at the flash of the camera. "Leo, what was that about??

Aaw. He looks so mad. Cute. "Just wanted a photo of you for my collection, that's all." Leo winks and turns around to look at the polaroid as it develops. ... ...... ................. ................................ Uh, oh. Leo's ears turn red. He pulls a plastic sleeve out of his suit's pocket and drops the photo in before sealing it and throwing it in his empty one.

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Seiya tries to peek over his shoulder, fortunately, he was too slow. "Gross, you're not even gonna ask? What's this about."

Gross, huh? Isn't that ironic? Leo will go easy on him today considering the amnesia thing. But he's not getting off the hook completely. Leo flips around and manages to power through his embarrassment enough to flash a devious grin. "Himbo." Leo holds up the camera, emphatically giving it a little wave. "I can probably assume you wouldn't recognize this artifact. But can you guess what Somniax might entail?"

........... "...Sleep...?" ................................................... ....................................................................... Oh my fucking god. If that thing does what Seiya thinks it does- ................................................................................................. Seiya turns red and covers his mouth. "Leo-" he holds out his hand. "May I see the picture?"

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"Oooh, you wanna see it?" Leo presses the camera to his face and puckers out his bottom lip to kick up the annoying and obnoxious factor. "Since when have I ever given out information for free?"

"You took a picture of me without consent, I think I have the right to see what's in it."

Leo hums, playing dumb. "That's funny. It's not a photo of you, though."

.....This little bitch. "Oh wow, you think you're funny, huh? Who's in the picture then?"

"Mmm..." Leo fans his fingertips over his mouth and creases his brow, like he's actually thinking about it. "That smelly behemoth you're fucking? Jockstrap? Taro? Toro? Gyro?"

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.......................... Oh, so this guy is lying now, huh? .... A smirk tugs at the corner of his mouth. Leo's embarrassed, how cute. "Oh, so you're keeping that picture to jerk off to him, then?"

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Leo wrinkles his face in disgust. "Blegh. Of him? Don't make me gag. Drawing an image of your dreams isn't all this thing does, himbo."

Seiya is gonna assume it doesn't matter. Leo is embarrassed so there's not way he's gonna show that picture to anyone else. Even then they probably can't even prove that it's Seiya's dream. "Oh?" He's about to walk back in his room and take a nap.

Seiya definitely already knows what's on the polaroid... The smug expression on Seiya's face is enough to make Leo forget he probably should be nicer. ... "Don't worry. I'm the only one that's gonna see your perverted fantasies, himbo. I might mess with your dreams a little bit." Leo turns heel in preparation to continue his gremlin activities for the day. But not before flashing Seiya a self-satisfied grin. "Who knows? Maybe I'll even ask Shoe to draw Jockstrap riding you instead of me."

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A little box arrives at Seiya's door wrapped with a satin silver ribbon. Inside are a strawberry and a raspberry made entirely out of diamond, every tiny seed and bump glittering in intricate detail impossible to capture by human means. There's a message too, folded up several times over beneath the crystalline fruit. 'Seiya, I've been thinking. A lot. Especially of around when we first met, as well as Enoshima beach. And I wanted to say that I'm sorry again. I let your relationship with Zero override the genuine friendship we had outside of him and that was pretty stupid of me. We were friends in our own right long before you two were together. That first day we met, you suggested I could use my stigma on plants. I was still wary and hesitant for a while about doing it and showing anybody, but slowly I came around, particularly when Zero was in his coma and I'd gone into hiding. My first gift never should have been to him, he gave it away anyway, as I found out afterward. It should have been to you for inspiring me to begin with. This is long overdue. But I remember that you like fruit and you especially like parfait, which I had to look up, admittedly. But I see a lot of strawberries and raspberries used in the recipes so... that should explain my choice in gifts. I hope you like them. And I'm sorry for being a wretched friend. —Jo'

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Seiya seemed to light up in excitement when he saw the diamond fruits. He walked to the window and set them down in the light so they could cast rainbows in his room. He took a few pictures before actually sitting down to read the letter. ..... He liked the gift. He liked it a lot. But he felt... guilty. .... ....... Did he really? He did just try to purposefully mislead Leo into thinking that Jo hates him because he didn't want them to be together. Jo would probably be upset if she found out. The reasoning why he did it was selfish as well. ........ Not that it matters if he wasn't planning on pursuing Leo anyway. Having any form of romantic connection with that guy is bound to ruin your life. It's better like this. ..... Seiya closes his eyes and rubs his temples. He folds the note back up and stands up to put it in his letter folder.

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Campus Cat shows up and drops off a package a day later. Its relatively tall and wrapped in pink paper with Leo's face printed all over it. Inside there are four Godiva truffle collections. Patisserie, Birthday, Signature, and Dark. All of them 24ct, except the Birthday one. It's 12ct. There's also a gift tag that is addressed to "Pookie♡".

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5:24 PM

Seiya flops down face first onto the bed. This was so frustrating. All of it. That fucking amnesia ruined the good thing he had going for him. Why did it have to be Leo? There's so many better ways this could've went. He really just wants to be with Goro, all these complicated feelings towards Leo were so unnecessary (an: PUSSY). And why did Leo take so damn long to even like him in the first place? Maybe if it was sooner before Seiya got sick of his ass then maybe he wouldn't have even went through the shit he did with Zero. But then he'd probably have to deal with some toxic ass breakup with Leo too, but then at least he'd have to done and over with before he met Goro. Ugh, MEN

By men, he means himself and Leo. Goro was perfect. 'I'm sorry, Goro,' he thinks to himself as he types an incriminating text. Better to be honest than feel like a cheater. If Goro decides to dump his ass, he would understand, unfortunately, he would also cry about it. ..... His heart feels so heavy. How can this even end well? The best ending for this (in his trash opinion) was getting over Leo (which he won't bc the audience demands Leiya) so he can have his happily ever after with Goro or whatever. Until he asks too many questions about Seiya's life, he supposes. Would it work out with Goro? He certainly thought it would, but now he's remembering how much he has to hide because Goro was a (mostly) normal guy but Seiya was a ghoul. Someone that made a deal with a demon and now has to capture anomalies for the sake of the world or whatever. ...... He wondered if Darkwick would have a problem with him getting too close to a person outside the institution. For a moment, he considers cutting it off with Goro, not that he wants to, but what if he was putting Goro in danger by keeping him around? Nah... right? He doesn't want to think about it. ...... ...He'll figure it out. Seiya sends the text and goes to sleep.

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……….. Stop. Ew. Why did he keep the incriminating screenshot. He wasn’t even gonna sell it even though he’s joked about it so much. It probably wouldn’t even work as blackmail because of how shameless Leo was. …… -# ’Don’t brick up don’t brick up…’ /j

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Truth be said, Seiya was also cringing at Jo’s comment under the Leo thread as well. Which is why he didn’t say anything. Actually, he was more annoyed than he was cringing. Why the fuck did she say that they looked like losers for dogging on Leo as if Leo didn’t do that same thing everyday? Talk about favoritism. He was lowkey disappointed in her (and himself for different reasons).

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Campus cat drops off an unmarked multipack of pistachio dubai chocolate.

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Seiya's gonna get cavities at this rate. Might have to donate some chocolate to needy children or smth. /j

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steals seiyas pillows and collects his hair and leaves

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11:18 PM

better put that hair in the dupeplicator daamn

/j

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U know i will

Seiya finds the glittery ladybugs under his bed and breathes a sigh of relief. He takes a quick picture of them before letting them crawl on his hand. He feels a little bit bad about leaving them outside again since Alli brought them to his room but there's a high chance of them getting lost and stepped on.

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( ・∇・) This is Seiya's room! BMO doesn't need to double check the list Leo gave it, because BMO recognizes the name plate now! The robot knocks on the door. It's carrying a bunch of reusable bags filled to the brim with snacks. The ones BMO tried to buy for Leo, but he didn't want.

Seiya opens the door and smiles when he sees BMO outside. "Oh, hey there, BMO! Did you need something?"

( ´・∀・｀) "Hello! Hello! Hi, Seiya! Wow! It's so nice to see you! You look so cool in your school clothes! Your clothes look a lot different from Leo's! Leo wears a lot of layers!" BMO bounces excitedly when Seiya actually opens the door. It wasn't sure if he would be home! Oh, right! Seiya asked BMO something! "Oh, not necessarily! Leo told me to throw away these snacks I mentioned because he didn't like them! I asked if I should instead give them away because I spent so much on them with Leo's card. After a few more exchanges, Leo decided to just give me a list of people to offer it to! You're the closest, so I am here!" (edited)

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"Aw, how sweet of you! It's good not to waste food." Seiya crouches down to meet BMO's height of 3 apples tall and takes a bag to see what snacks were available. He reaches for a few of the jelly snacks and potato stix. After getting the snacks he liked for himself and Saki, he put the bag back in BMO's hand and gives it a gentle pat on the head. "Thanks for dropping by! Can i ask who else was on the list?"

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"I will read it off for you, Seiya! What are friends for?" ♪ヽ(´▽｀)/ BMO pulls up the text and views it internally. "The text reads as follows: 'Seiya room number [CENSORED] Vagastrom, Sho room number [CENSORED] Vagastrom, Jo room number [CENSORED] Frostheim, Shoe room number [CENSORED] Hotarubi, Himari cathedral room number [CENSORED], Not giving you anymore 'cause I need you back here in a few hours'." (edited)

Wow, Leo really doesn't have that many friends, huh? He's still talking to the 2D guy? And Jo too, even though he's mostly confident that Jo said she hates him at this point. Desperate ass bitch. Well, BMO did mention that Jo texted Leo recently for that April Fool's prank. ........ Seiya tries to tell himself that it's none of his business but... "Ah, that reminds me of something. You said Leo and Kamiyama texted about Jo? What did they say?" (edited)

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"Oh! There are a lot of messages! I can recite them for you, Seiya. My memory is very good!" ( ・∀・)ﾉ BMO recites Leo's entire text conversation starting with Kamiyama asking about Jo. In the name of friendship! (edited)

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........... Seiya smiled bitterly. If you didn't think he hated Kamiyama before you should believe it now. Why the fuck did he give a shit about Leo and Jo's relationship? Nosy ass motherfucker. 'Ohh u want her so bad' 'omg ur crying rn u miss herr' shut your bitchass up. "And he still wants to send snacks to her? I don't think that's a very smart move considering that she's seeing someone right now. That could get him in trouble, it's not going to work out between them anyway, better to leave it alone instead of trying to force something." He stands up. "Well, not that it's any of my business. I'm not trying to tell you to go against orders or anything. Thanks for the snacks!"

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(゜ロ゜) "Leo would be in trouble...?!" (｡・´_｀・｡) ... BMO did realize that Jo must have been close to Leo. If Leo was actually worried about Jo saying she's pregnant then... . And Seiya is saying she's with someone new. Is he also saying that if BMO brings Jo gifts, it may be seen as a romantic gesture? BMO has watched a few romance dramas over the last few days on Leo's smart tv! And sometimes when people are jealous they are violent. What if Jo's new suitor tries to hurt Leo? Whatever Seiya says must be the truth! They are friends and Seiya is Leo's bestie. "I don't want trouble for Leo! He is scrawny! What if someone tries to hurt him? I don't think I can protect him very well. Especially not against a ghoul!" While impressive, BMO knows that its abilities Hyde installed only really serve to protect itself. "I should skip Jo's room. I don't think Leo would mind since he just wanted me to throw them away."

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Seiya smiles in response. It’s not like he said anything wrong, he only spoke the truth, after all (even if it did come from a place of jealousy). He didn’t know Jo’s new boyfriend that well either, he might actually be doing Leo a favor here. “Smart choice. Have a safe trip, BMO!”

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(≧▽≦) "I hope your day is good, Seiya! I will see you later! Bye! Byebye!" BMO waves as it walks away with a spring in its step. Onto the next destination!

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A courier cat drops off a Chiikawa blind bag at Seiya's door!

Seiya opens the door and picks up the blind bag excitedly. Chiikawa!! He opens the bag to find Momonga his beloved. .........

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…… He saves the image.

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he might be srt8 up jorkin it idk tho

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(Pretend this was after he left Leo's place) ......... Seiya just realized he took the evil 'Seiji' shirt home. Good thing that he has handy dandy acetone. He scrubs the print off HIS shirt and gets it back to its original state before it was vandalized by Leo Kurosagi. ........... Now that he thinks about it, too many of his clothes were stolen by Leo. That bitch didn't even return his eepy seepy cardigan! It's been months!! Why has Seiya not asked for it back yet?? Doesn't Leo literally wear it everyday?? ...... It's kind of too late to care, it was basically his now. .............. He kinda wishes that Leo would come back to steal clothes for whatever fucking simp ass reason. An excuse to go back to his room and see him again, he supposes. Ew.

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Unfortunately, yes. Leo is really cute in Seiya's mofusand sweater. He saves the image.

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gay ass hell.

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This Akari guy was suspicious asf.

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Hmmmm... Should I really listen to that narrator guy though? daamn

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yeah

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11:59 AM

11:59 AM

^this could be you

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12:01 PM

Leo knocks on Seiya's door because of some weird voice whispering in his head. Maybe he should get that checked out...

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Seiya was too quick to stand up from his desk to get to the door. But he didn't want to look desperate so he just stood in front of the door for a few moment before opening it. .... "I thought you didn't want to play tetris?"

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"Yeah, well-- I changed my mind." Leo lies, with a mischievous grin plastered on his face. "Maybe dinosaur games made in the eighties can still be entertaining. Who am I to judge your shitty taste?"

Seiya raised an eyebrow and stood to the side to let Leo into the room, closing the door behind him. He walked back to sit at his desk where he was playing tetris. Notably, there were no other seats in the room, unless Leo decided to sit in Seiya's lap or bed. Seiya had rolled his chair back for Leo to look at his screen where he was actually playing 2048. Weird thing to lie about, but the Tetris application was there. Maybe he got bored.

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Leo follows him in and looks at the screen of his laptop, as Seiya sits at the desk. Leo's grin broadens. "Wow. You aren't even playing tetris. What a liar."

“I was, I Just got bored.” He rolls his chair back to the desk and exits out of the 2048 game to open Tetris. “There. Tetris.”

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"Pffft... You actually downloaded it?" Leo puts a hand on Seiya's knees and pushes him back from his desk, just enough to where he can plop himself down on his lap-- facing the desk. "Kay, show me! ♡ There better be some progress, otherwise I'm gonna start thinking you have ulterior motives."

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Leo would be right to think that Seiya has ulterior motives because who the fuck invites someone to their room to play Tetris? That’s so boring. Seiya rests his left hand on Leo’s waist, his other hand pointed to the control keys. “You use the arrow keys to move left and right and you can rotate with the up arrow. When you wanna drop you press the down arrow. Obviously, the point of the game is not let the blocks build up too high or else you lose.” He moved the mouse to hover over the start button. “Whenever you’re ready.”

Leo wants to laugh. All of this to preserve Seiya's ego, so that he doesn't have to admit that he actually wants Leo's company? It's so pathetic that he actually finds it kinda cute. Whatever. Leo will entertain it until he doesn't feel like it anymore. The vice-captain leans forward and slips a hand underneath Seiya's, opting to click the start button himself. He relocates it to the keyboard and starts playing. "There's no way you actually had fun playing this game." Leo follows Seiya's instructions, as the blocks start falling. Despite his shit talking, he's definitely played this game on a school computer back in grade school, once upon a time. And he is actually good at puzzle games, so he keeps up with the level effortlessly.

“…It’s alright. Not my favorite game.” Tetris had the same effect as a baby sensory video. Kinda like 2048, block blast, candy crush, all that boring shit. Unfortunately, boring shit is what he found himself doing when there was nothing else to do. Actually he’d usually be playing Animal Crossing. Or Mario Kart. Or Mario Party. Or Just Dance. Or Minecraft. ……. He started unblinkingly at the screen. The baby sensory video effect is kicking in.

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Leo completes a level and the blocks fall slightly faster for the next one. How exhilarating. He decides his current position near the edge of Seiya's lap is uncomfortable. So, Leo breaks away his attention from the game to sit up just enough to drop himself to where his back is flush against Seiya's torso. Then he grabs the edge of the desk and pulls himself closer to the laptop before continuing to play.

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The baby sensory video effect was broken the moment Leo decided to move. ……. Clearly this game was too easy for him. Leo was probably bored. Seiya wrapped his arms around Leo’s waist, resting his chin on his shoulder. ……………….. He holds back the urge to actually do anything. Probably because of the looming feeling of something watching them (his own security camera).

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"Awwwh, aren't you cute?" Another level passed. The speed increasing again slightly makes the game mildly stimulating, but not enough to be engrossed in it. "This can't be exciting to watch. You just play puzzle games? Even I had a phase where I played fps with Sho."

"You can play something else if you want. I don't actually play games like this that often." Seiya found his fingers fiddling with edge of Leo's... wait no, that's his cardigan. .... He slipped his warm fingers under Leo's shirt, it'd be funnier if his hands were cold. But they weren't. Lackluster ass 'punishment'. Leo probably thinks he's just being a pervert (he is). "We can play one of those two player games, like fire boy and water girl," he's joking. Kind of.

Leo glances down at the himbo's wandering hands briefly, before returning his attention back to the screen. Wooow, what a perv. "Yeah, we could. Is that actually what you wanna do, though?" Leo pauses, suppressing a snicker. "You know, because you seemed so excited to play this boring ass game. Wouldn't wanna put you out."

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"I got bored of the game by the time you got here. I'm fine with playing something else." Yup. He looks like a pervert. Crazy how hand temperature actually effects what people think of you when you touch them.

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This guy can't even use the excuse of trying to catch him off guard with cold hands, smdh. Leo removes his hand from the keyboard and lets the blocks stack up. "Sure." He glances at Seiya over his shoulder. "Let's play something else, then."

Seiya takes his hand away from under Leo's shirt to control the mouse. He exits out of the Tetris game and opens a new browser, typing in 'fire boy and water girl.' He clicks on one of the links and opens the game. "You can do wasd and I'll use the arrow keys." He clicks on a random level to start at and begins running around, assuming that Leo already knows how to play.

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Leo hasn't played this before. He moves his character into the red pool and immediately dies.

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....... The level restarts. "Okay, so since you're water girl you can't touch fire."

"Oop. And the green one?" Leo successfully jumps over the red this time.

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"Neither of us can touch the green, can you read?" The the directions were literally on screen. They were on the first level.

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"Sorry, himbo. This is my first time so I'm just nervous. shucks

" Leo doesn't sound sorry and isn't. When it's his turn to hold the button for the platform, he walks off of it before Seiya's character can jump on.

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.............. Bro is not nervous. "Can you get back on the button?"

"If you say pretty please~ ♡." Leo's character runs around in circles next to the button.

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........... Seiya moved his hand higher under Leo's shirt and turned his head to nip his ear. "Pretty please~ ♡?"

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....... Leo's ears turn red. He wordlessly moves his character back on the button and holds it.

"Aww, good boy~ ♡!" Seiya places a quick his on Leo's cheek and moves his character to jump on the platform.

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In spite of himself, his stomach flips at the affectionate gesture. Leo tilts his head to narrow his eyes at Seiya in mock annoyance, before returning his attention to the screen to complete the tutorial.

"There, easy right?" Tutorial level completed! They move onto the next level, how exciting.

The next level starts and Leo falls into the green water. If Seiya were to observe closely, he may guess that he didn't even make an effort to cross over it.

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8:35 PM

He pinches Leo's side as a punishment.

Leo hardly reacts to the pinch. Instead, he tilts his head back enough nip at his jawline in retaliation. He turns his attention back to the screen as the level restarts and moves his avatar up the map again.

Maybe they should've played a competitive game instead of one that requires teamwork... Seiya rubs his chin on Leo's shoulder to get rid of his saliva.

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Leo completes the level with Seiya, this time sparing his avatar of another unnecessary death. He is getting antsy, though. Usually, he's not sitting like this at a desk, and definitely not on someone's lap. "Aren't your legs going numb by now, himbo?"

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Seiya flexes his legs for a moment, almost causing Leo to bounce at the sudden elevation. "Nah, I'm fine. It's only been a few minutes."

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.............. Leo takes his hand off the keyboard. "It's been longer than that."

"Aw, are you worried about me?"

"Nah. Just not used to sitting like this." Leo feels a little stupid after he says it. Since when does he wanna avoid complaining? And Leo asked him first. Ugh.

"Is it uncomfortable? We can sit on the floor if you want.* Seiya rolled out the chair.

Leo stands up and stretches his arms out high. "Aww, aren't you sweet for offering?" The vice-captain turns around and places his hands on the chair's arm rests, as he looks down at Seiya pensively. ..... Fuck it. Who cares at this point? If Seiya doesn't... Leo leans in, his nose brushing against Seiya's for a lingering moment, before he presses his lips against his in a chaste kiss.

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So Seiya regrets having the camera point at inside his room instead of out the doorway because he's gonna have to go back and delete this footage. ..... "..Wow, did you enjoy the game that much?"

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Leo pulls away with amused expression, his eyes fixed on Seiya's. He keeps his hands cemented to the arm rests. "You're seriously still pretending that's why you invited me?" Leo's gaze shifts to the left side of the room, where Seiya's shelf of collectibles are. He noticed it when he came in and during the amnesia fiasco. "Probably oughta delete that footage too. You know, if you wanna keep deluding yourself into thinking you're just kicking it with me. Nothing weird about playing tetris, after all." Leo's impish grin spreads, as he returns his attention to Seiya, his tone turning patronizing. "Unless you were thinking about keeping that. In that case, did you even plan on telling me? Kinda pervy behavior, if you ask me." (edited)

Seiya rolls his eyes. "...I was gonna delete it." He leans forward for another kiss, suddenly wrapping an arm under Leo's thighs and around his waist to pick him up. He pushes the chair back to walks over to his bed, plopping Leo down. Seiya steps back to grab a tissue paper to place over the security camera. "There. Happy?" (edited)

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People don't usually just pick Leo up, but he was too distracted by Seiya kissing him to even protest it. Once he's placed on the bed, Leo stares at Seiya as he covers up the camera. "I would let you do it, if that's what you're into. As long as you keep it to yourself."

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"I'm not." Seiya gave him an exasperated look, coming back to place his hands on either side of Leo. .... Why does he keep doing this? He closed his eyes and leaned in to kiss Leo's stupid, pretty face.

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Leo keeps his hands on the mattress, supporting himself upright, as Seiya closes in on him. The tingly feeling of anticipation in his chest melts with him the second Seiya's lips meet with his own. The first kiss is soft and feather-light. Leo feels his breath fan over his lips, as Seiya draws back, only to slant his mouth at an angle. Just as the vice-captain is instinctively parting his lips, Seiya's tongue is brushing past them, like they've done this many times before. In reality, the few times they've kissed it was either one-sided, or one of them was pissed. Unlike the time in the bathroom, this kiss is a lot more controlled and accommodating. Seiya tastes like peaches, Leo realizes. Kind of like those gummies BMO brings him. Come to think of it, he thinks he's smelled this on him before. Leo removes his hands from the plush surface of the mattress and brings them to Seiya's tie, which is promptly unlooped and tugged to the floor.

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Seiya brings his hand up to thread his fingers through Leo's hair. He pushes forward, resting a knee between his legs, slowly lowering Leo onto the mattress. Seiya breaks the kiss when his back meets the bed to nip at his neck and clumsily unbutton Leo's collar, momentarily forgetting that he needs to take off the tie first. He sits up, face flushed and begins to undo his own buttons instead.

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Leo sits up enough to shoulder his blazer off. Following that, he's unfastening the buttons to his cardigan, allowing the fabric to pool loosely around the bend of his arms. He rests his elbows against the mattress to keep himself propped up, and his lips quirk into a mischievous smirk. All the while, he's admiring Seiya with a half-lidded gaze, as he fumbles with his clothes. “You look good like this, himbo~♡.” Disheveled and flushed pink, with his pretty, brown, eyes glazed over. Leo's sure he's had the thought before, but it may be the first time that he bothered voicing it. He heavily considers flipping their positions. “Next time you come over, maybe I'll even set up a console for us to pretend to play. Eventually people are gonna ask about you sneaking in my room at night, and dipping in the morning. Wouldn't want ‘em to think we're, like, I dunno fucking, or something.” Leo deliberately drags his trapped leg against Seiya's groin and sticks his tongue out petulantly. (edited)

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Seiya lets out a shaky sigh at the contact and shrugs off his blazer and button up, letting them fall to the ground with a sloft plop. "...I think BMO might already know." Wow, what a bad time to suddenly remember that awkward text conversation. But it was kind of a funny in retrospect. Seiya leaned in, resting a hand to the side of Leo's hip, to plant a kiss at the corner of his mouth. "...asked if we started datin' or somethin'," he mumbled, unclasping his belt buckle.

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With the way BMO's thinks, that doesn't surprise Leo. He will have to tell her not to run her mouth about whatever is going on with them, if she hasn't already. Whoops. Leo sits up, and removes his arms from the sleeves of the cardigan. He's still significantly more dressed than Seiya, but for whatever reason, he's more invested in observing him, than he is shedding his own clothes at the moment. Seiya's sexy when he wants something. And maybe this visit feels a little different. Seiya is treating him a little different. Leo leisurely unbuckles his own belt. “You did lock the bathroom door in front of her when I was in the tub. And I sent her away, because you started stripping. She's dense, but you're too obvious.” The vice-captain leans forward and dips his fingers underneath the waistband of Seiya's slacks. He smirks to himself as he recalls the time he was throwing ice cubes in his boxers on Jo's rescue mission to piss him off. Now he's helping slide them off him. “Not to mention– asking all these details about me? You could just ask me yourself. I might even tell you.” Leo places an open-mouthed kiss just above Seiya's navel, before grazing his teeth to nip at the taut muscle.

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"I don't expect actual answers from you. Always such a tsundere, trying to downplay your feelings or say there's none at all." Seiya combs his fingers through Leo's bangs, tucking them behind his ear. "If I asked you a question, would you ask me honestly? Or do I have to come to my own conclusions, again?" 'It depends on the question,' he pictures Leo saying in response. Seiya slides his hand under Leo's chin to tilt his face towards him, brushing a thumb against his cheek. If eyes were the window to a person's soul, Leo's would've been gilded in gold. Whatever was underneath it, only the demon he made a pact with likely knew.

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"I've been honest with you a few times and you didn't buy it." To Seiya's credit, everyone should take most of what Leo says with a grain of salt. In saying that, the vice-captain does prefer to be a little more direct with Seiya than other people. Leo wants Seiya to trust him, but he's also not willing to move mountains to make that happen. A mischievous smirk appears on Leo's face. "How about this? Next question you got, I'll answer it with the truth."

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'It probably doesn't seem like it, but I don't actually hate you,' he recalls Leo saying. Seiya figured out that much, he was pretty sure Leo had a crush on him a while back. Leo probably still likes him now if he trusted him enough to be intimate. Leo never directly stated his feelings, though. For some reason, Seiya finds himself craving affirmation. ........ Seiya drags his thumb along Leo's bottom lip. "Do you like me?"

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Leo has had plenty of time to think about this, because this idiot has been on his mind way too much lately. As irritating as Seiya could be, Leo enjoys his company. And it's not like he has a habit of hooking up with people, and Seiya would be the second person he's fully had sex with. ..... Leo nods with a neutral expression. "Yeah. I'm into you. I wouldn't let you touch me, if I wasn't."

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"I said I'd answer the next question. Question. Not plural." Leo hesitates anyway, thinking about it. ... Considering he hasn't had a legitimate, lasting, relationship... Leo actually doesn't know how to answer this in a definitive way. "I dunno... Enough to let you fuck me?" That actually did take a lot of trust on Leo's end. Seiya would be his first experience with a guy, and he wouldn't consider that with just anyone.

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Another question was forming on Seiya's tongue with no guarantee that Leo would answer. Without a doubt this question would make him look pathetic as fuck but... "More than Jo?" ..... He immediately regrets the question as its leaving his mouth. Wasn't he supposed to trying to get along with her? Why is he trying to make this shit into a competition when Leo and Jo were barely on speaking terms? He read their conversation, he doesn't need Leo to answer this question, he didn't need to hear himself to admit this feeling out loud. Goddamnit.

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Leo is a little surprised by the question. But then he remembers just how jealous and irrational Seiya was acting over the chocolates. ....... But wait. Isn't he still hung up over that ugly sasquatch? So, why is he so worried about Jo? Leo's pretty sure Seiya snooped on his messages too, so he should know that Leo is refusing to communicate with her outside of small talk. Leo raises an eyebrow. "I dunno. Do you like the gorilla more than me?" (edited)

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............ Did he? Why would he? He shouldn't. ...... Seiya stared at Leo in silence for a few moments. He didn't like that answer. But then again, he brought it on himself for asking such a selfish question in the first place. Part of him wanted to the guilt out of his chest, to forget anyone else, to forget the world just for a few moments of pleasure, but that was selfish. The fact that he felt that way at all was disgusting. That same feeling that made him want to rip his sister out of her eternal slumber knowing that there was no possible way to salvage the situation when he wouldn't even be welcomed back in his own home, to make a deal with a demon knowing fully well that trading his life for hers only benefitted their parents because Emiko would never accept a life at the cost of another's, especially not his. He did miss Goro. The way Goro smiled at him and treated him so gently. How it felt like to be noticed for every detail and be accommodated for without having to ask. The warmth in his gaze and the passion in every kiss, every touch, every word he said. To not have to fight for someone's attention, to not have to defend every decision, to feel so at ease, so safe in another person's presence. Has Seiya ever been loved like that before? ...... What the fuck was he even doing here? What logical reason did Seiya have to like Leo more than he liked Goro? .... "Would you be jealous if I said yes?"

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What a greedy bastard. Leo knew if Seiya was gonna answer the question, it would be with something that left a bad taste in his mouth. It's part of the reason why Leo didn't answer it himself. Seiya doesn't need to have that shit to hold over his head. Just how stupid do you have to be to expect that sort of exclusivity, when you're thinking about getting railed by some fucking sweaty ass, jockstrap, chimpanzee? Seiya level stupid, apparently. For as much as Seiya loves to take the moral high ground, this kinda unprompted fuckass shit was beneath even him. You can't have it all. Gun to his head, if Leo had to pick a side, he would say that he probably prefers the company of this himbo, who's been consistently fishing for his attention– unlike Jo. It's a good thing he only promised to be honest once. Leo is suddenly sporting a smile that doesn't quite reach his eyes. “Jealous? Nah. I get it. He's rich and pretty well known in the boxing world. Probably real nice to you, huh?” The vice-captain leans his palms back on the mattress again, effectively increasing the distance between them. “You asked me about Jo? I kinda feel the same way. She's loaded, smart, sexy. What's not to like?”

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…………………….. ’Then why are you here with me?’ He tries to ignore the crack in his heart at the response, it was kind of his fault that they got to this conversation in the first place. But Leo could very well be lying. …… Seiya doesn’t have the right to feel jealous, not after what he just said leading up to Leo’s answer. He takes comfort in the possibility that Leo was probably lying, knowing how he stonewalled Jo in a recent conversation and was currently here in his room, almost about to engage in the act a second time. Unfortunately, Seiya avoided outright saying that he did like Goro more than Leo but the actual answer was obvious. It might be better for the both of them if they liked other people. “…I’m glad you understand.” He returns Leo’s fake smile with one of visible disappointment.

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Now he's making that pitiful expression, like Leo was the one that wronged him. Ugh. What a baby. .... ........ Leo lets out a frustrated huff, before sitting up and pulling his (Seiya's) cardigan and blazer back on. "Don't ask me dumb shit. This is what you get for killing the mood. And for making me think about that ugly sasquatch." The vice-captain grabs Seiya's face, more roughly than necessary, and presses a kiss to his mouth. He bites his upper lip, also harder than necessary, before pulling back. Bringing a hand forward, he urges Seiya to step back, before he's on his feet and walking towards the door, securing his belt on the way out. As Leo's hand reaches the door handle, he turns his head back to make more commentary. "Next time you invite me over to 'play tetris', we are doing it my way. Kay? ♡"

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Damn. Seiya messed up. He buckles his pants back up and picks his clothes off the floor, frowning as Leo left the room. …….. Sounds like Leo was expecting to be invited back, though. ………….. Seiya should go get his head checked.

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Well, since she's in the neighbourhood... Jo knocks at Seiya's door, still carrying the box of nail polish in her arms.

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Seiya wasn't expecting any visitors today, but sometimes Saki would come in unannounced. He was pretty surprised to open the door and realize that it wasn't Saki at his door. ...... "Jo? Hey, what are you doing here?" Um! Okay! Awkward. Especially considering what had happened in his room with Leo only like the other day.

The slowly brewing stormy mood from visiting Leo quickly dissipates when Seiya opens the door. Jo smiles brightly up at him. "Hi, sorry if this is a bad time. I just picked these up from Leo's 'cause I remembered I left them there, like... must've been a few months ago now. Completely forgot, honestly, but I've got a date coming up and, well..." She shuffles on the spot. A very rare show of self-consciousness. "Point is, I have no idea what colour to paint my nails, I wanted an excuse to see you, and so I was wondering if you'd like to help me pick from what I've got here." (edited)

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Seiya was also thinking about painting his nails, what a coincidence! Especially with Saki being so busy as of late, at some point the polish had been grown out and trimmed. "Sure, would you like to come in?" He stands off to the side, letting Jo enter the room, closing the door behind her. He had since decided to put away the security camera after Leo's visit, but he might need permission to be allowed to set it up outside. In case of a surprise visit from Saki, he had replaced the camera with one of the Chiikawa toys from the same blind bag so she wouldn't ask where he put it. He got Hachiware if it matters. "I was thinking about painting my nails too, since Saki has been so busy. How's Laurent?" He takes a seat on the rug behind the small table in the middle of the room, gesturing for Jo to sit across from him.

"Yes, please," Jo says, stepping in at Seiya's invitation. She likes Seiya's room. It's so cute and cheery. Her eyes sweep over everything, from the collectibles to the surfboard against the bookshelf, to her diamonds displayed to catch the light on the window, the giant teddy and the small mountain of plushies on his bed. "Laurent's well, for the most part. He's getting a bit of cabin fever though. I wish I had more time to take him out places. We're at an academy and he can't even attend classes, though he wants to. But he also melts if he stays too long outside of Frostheim," she explains with a heavy sigh, sitting down across from Seiya at the small table. The rug looks nice too. Fluffy. "I don't even know how to explain his existence to the academy. Or what they'll do if they find out about him. I've been lucky so far." Jo shakes her head, as if trying to clear it of thoughts. "Anyway, how are you holding up? Brain damage and all." She opens up the box and starts pulling out the various colours in there so they can each examine them. "You mentioned you felt like you'd been acting different or something?"

"You didn't tell them yet? I think they should know by now, since Laurent is under their room. Also since they keep tabs on us, there's no way they don't know about a whole person living in your dorm by this point." Seiya peeks into the box of nail polish that Jo brought, looking through the colors. His eyes flick back to Jo's face as he's deciding between them. Dark blue and silver reminded him of Frosthiem, the black... he kind of remembers Leo wearing black nail polish recently. "I think you should go with the pink, it matches your lip gloss." The pink was pretty. He doesn't like how mentioning Jo's lip gloss reminded him of the time he saw it on Leo back at Shinjuku face. An unfortunate association. ...... This is the part where he admits to his crimes. "Physically, I feel fine but..." I fucked your ex-fling or something, whatever your relationship was. "I..." Ew, this was really hard to say for some reason. "Ever since..." He should've tried to think of how to word this beforehand. "When I had amnesia...um..." Seiya held his hands together in his lap, holding onto his fingers tightly in an attempt to warm them. Unfortunately, they were getting kinda sweaty and he could hear his heart pound in his ears. "Leo and I k..." pussy "....keep.... I keep thinking about this guy differently-" Seiya quickly shuts up. Wait, doesn't this sound like he's admitting to having a crush on this freak? (he does) He slumps over and hits his head against the table, worsening his brain damage, probably.

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Jo worries at her lip. "Yeah. I figure they probably know. But... if I ever asked them for proper accommodations for Laurent, like his own room eventually or to even enroll to learn, they'd have to address it directly, which might mean less leeway than they've been giving me so far." Her nose wrinkles at the way Seiya keeps glancing at her face as he observes the nail polish colours. It felt weird to be looked at so closely, especially by Seiya. She's not totally sure why. Probably just not used to it. His explanation puts her at ease though, and she smiles, satisfied. "Thanks, that's a good idea." Jo takes the pink nail polish and gives the little bottle a gentle shake as Seiya continues to speak. The longer it goes on, the more stiff and awkward Seiya gets, and the more Jo frowns. Mostly, she's confused. The mention of Leo sends the slightest twitch across her expression. She sets the nail polish down as she sits back and tilts her head. 'I keep thinking about this guy differently.' She opens her mouth to say something when Seiya slumps over and knocks his head on the table, making it rattle. Jo's hands hover over him as she peers down, concerned. "...you all right? Seiya?" Tentatively, she combs his hair back from his face. "You've been thinking about Leo differently how?"

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Yeah, he probably said too much. Not sure if he should keep talking. If he admits to the part where he almost said 'kissed' he's pretty sure he- or probably Leo would get his ass beat. Kinda deserved but he doesn't really want Leo to get beat up, not when Seiya also deserves to get beat up. Which he doesn't really want to do. ..... Not lifting his head off the table, he mumbles. "I'm not a allowed to see Goro anymore. Besides the fact that I'm out of passes, I got a warning about seeing a civilian, especially one that was as famous as Goro is." ...... ................ ................................... "...I wanna hate Leo but for some reason, I can't."

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Silence. It stretches a beat longer than it should. Then, a short, slightly forced laugh. "Sorry, correct me if I'm wrong 'cause it just sounds crazy, but... are you trying to say that since you've stopped being able to see Goro, you're... what, developing feelings for Leo? I could already tell you don't hate him like you used to. Honestly, it's rich, considering how upset you were with me for not hating him." Another little laugh, tinged with uncertainty. "...Seiya. Correct me if I'm wrong." 'Leo and I k...' Never mind the fact that Jo knows Goro's not off-limits anymore. Why hadn't Kirana tried reaching out to Seiya yet?

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Unfortunately for the both of them, that is correct, so Seiya goes quiet again. ...... "It's not because of that, I still like Goro. I miss him." God, this situation sucks. If Seiya was just a lying, self-motivated, guiltless rat he wouldn't be confessing to this pressing issue, but nooo he has to feel guilty for his actions * *Not only that but this situation was way too similar to the 'everyone hates this guy and hes bad news but for some reason dumb bitches wanna get with them anyway' situation he associates with Zero and Jo. Damn, got the whole gang in the same type of mess, huh. Seiya thought he was smarter than this. <- guy with brain damage You know what, maybe he should take as many opportunities to shut up as possible! Seiya barely lifts his head to guage Jo's expression. Um. Yeah. She doesn't looks too pleased.

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Damning is the next stretch of heavy silence between them. Jo can't help but think of when she'd seized Seiya by the collar after having cried over Leo, demanding what the hell he had that Leo seemed to like him more than her. She'd backed down when Seiya said he was seeing Goro. That there was nothing like that with Leo. That Leo had tricked him when he had amnesia. This... ... ...why the fuck is everyone so obsessed with Seiya Masamoto? When he lifts his head slightly, those melting eyes peering up at her, Jo can feel her own stormy expression. She sees his lips and imagines neatly carving them off with a knife. She imagines hauling Seiya up by his hair and kissing him only to bite his lip and draw blood. Ruin him for Leo. She imagines tying him up and figuring out exactly why every motherfucker she knows at this point drools over this stupid slab of meat. Jo swallows thickly, taking a deep breath even as she feels herself burning up from the inside. She had Sterling. She didn't want Leo anymore. Hadn't cared for Zero in that way for a long time now. Goro was just the guy who helped her out a couple years ago. Saki was a brief accidental spell. But Seiya still came when she called for him. When she was crying over Leo Kurosagi dismissing how she felt for him. When he rightly was upset with her for even liking Leo at all after what he'd done to Seiya. And he told her he had Goro. There wasn't anything with Leo. It's... it's funny. It's so funny, Jo finds herself twistedly smiling. "You..." She can't even think of the right thing to say. She's just thinking about lunging across the table and knocking aside the nail polish so she can break Seiya's mouth. Jo can't think of a time she's genuinely wanted to hurt him before. And when she realises that, it helps sober her up. She picks up only the pink nail polish and leaves the rest behind. Then she stands. She says, "I'll see you around." And she goes to the door.

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Seiya feels chills when he sees the smile on Jo's face. Seiya did expect her to be upset, of course she would be after how Seiya tried to tear her and Leo apart, but he didn't expect her to look at him with bloodlust in her eyes. Seiya sat up quickly, suddenly getting the feeling that he was in danger. He didn't think that Jo would be so angry with him when how she voiced her problem implied that it the idea that Leo would like him rather than the other way around that made her upset. ...... When Jo begins to leave, she leaves behind her box of nail polish. Seiya thinks about stopping her, but ultimately decides against it for the sake of not getting his ass beat (or his lips cut off or getting dragged by his hair or have his mouth bleed or getting tied up and cut open(?)) He'll have to settle for sending it back via courier cat.

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Still not a word. Jo shuts the door behind her firmly, never having looked back. She doesn't stay in Vagastrom long after that.

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How does he know... why does Leo know about Seiya saving his nudes?? Instead of deleting them from his gallery, Seiya holds his head in his heads on the floor of his room instead. (edited)

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Hoe...

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He's a small, pale blur running across campus. Honestly, he could easily be mistaken for a ghost. The little snowman looks no older than nine years old by the time he decides the best place to go would be Vagastrom. Laurent's sniffling as he reaches up to knock on Seiya's door.

Seiya is startled from his position on the floor, scrambling to his feet to open the door. For a moment, he was confused why was this child... Laurent?? He's so tiny! Seiya crouches down, to have a better view of his face. This had to be Laurent! "Laurent? What are you doing here? Are you okay? Are you hungry?" He wonders if cold water would do for a good replacement since he never got himself a mini fridge. He really should've. If not, he would probably pick him up and run to Sho's room, he probably had ice at least?

Wow. Seiya's a lot taller than the last time he saw him. It would have been more intimidating, except for the fact that he crouched down closer to eye-level. Very wide icy blue eyes blink at Seiya, filled with tears. "Something's not right with Mother Jo," he says, ignoring the other questions. "Dad... I don't know how to fix this." His snow-white skin glitters a little in the lights of the student dorm hallway. It's not winter anymore, so he melts faster outside of Frostheim. That, combined with his crying, made for the drastic age change.

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"Okay, it's okay, could you tell me what happened?" Seiya brought his hands to Laurent's cheeks, gently wiping away the tears. He doesn't keep them there for long, fearing that the warmth of his hands might cause Laurent to melt faster, he rested them on his shoulders instead. There was probably a fridge in the Vagastrom's kitchen area, Seiya could go there after comforting Laurent and get him some ice to eat, hopefully. Seiya makes the guess that Jo is upset because of him. He wonders what she was doing to make Laurent cry like this. There's no way she'd hurt him, right? "Did she do anything? You didn't get hurt on the way over here right?"

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Laurent's soft crying silences rather quickly into hiccups as Seiya cups his face, wiping away his tears. His lips wobble and then firm in a sad pout. But he's comforted. Laurent feels steady, safe, under the warm solidness of Seiya's hands on his shoulders. "She, she hadn't been acting..." A sniffling hiccup. "...like, like herself since she got back from he-here." He takes a deep, calming breath. "She just sat on the floor in the middle of the room for ages, pretending to read but I didn't even... I didn't even see her turn the page. And then your package came. And she asked if I could go outside." His small hands lace together and twist this way and that with worry. "I didn't want to leave, but I also didn't know how to help, so I thought maybe I could find someone who would know. And on the, the, the... on the way, I could feel her getting more upset. In here." Laurent lays a hand over his heart. "And then I felt... pain. And now I worry I shouldn't have left her alone."

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Oof, tough situation considering that Jo likely doesn't want to see him right now. If anything, his presence might make the situation worse. Seiya pats Laurent's head a few times before standing up and holding out his hand. "Okay, I'll see if I can find and talk to her, alright? But right now I'm worried about you melting, let's get you something to eat from the kitchen and we'll go back to Frostheim to look for her, sound good?"

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Laurent shuffles in place. He's already grown younger again in Seiya's presence. When Seiya offers his hand out, Laurent is quick to grasp onto it, huddling in close by Seiya's leg. Vagastrom was a little scary. Everything's big here, and there's no snow. "Okay, Dad. Sounds good," he replies meekly. Laurent worries for Jo. But if Seiya takes control of the situation, it'll probably be fine.

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Seiya give Laurent a small smile. He walks out his room, closing the door behind them and takes Laurent to the #main-hall.

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Leo knocks hard on Seiya's door and cups a hand over his mouth. "HEY, I HEARD THERE'S BREEDING SESSIONS HERE? I SAW THE AD UP ON THE GOSSIP BLOG, WILLING TO PAY CASH!"

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Seiya contemplates pretending he wasn't home because Jesus Christ what the actual fuck?? He opens his door and slaps a hand over Leo's mouth. # "What the fuck are you talking about??"

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Seiya rolls his eyes at Leo, keeping a hand over his mouth. He pulls him into his room, closing the door behind them before letting go.

Leo grins wide. "Wow, pulling me in before discussing rates first? You must think I'm really cute. Unprofessional as fuck, but I'll let it slide."

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Himbo looks cute when he's annoyed. * *Leo grabs a fistful of Seiya's dino pajama shirt and pulls him down, closer to his height, before sealing his lips with a kiss. As Leo pulls back, he darts his tongue out, sporting a teasing expression. "So, what's the verdict? Roblox? Tetris? Block blast?"

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........ Seiya leans forward for another kiss before responding. "Tetris. Your way."

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