— IDFC

[flexer]

( a. don't ask me the name of this place i haven't decided )

[ The restaurant is quiet today; not quite surprising considering the lack of popularity, but not leaving Sousuke with a small desire of interaction. His father had left to carry out some errand which meant that he was manning the shop on his own, something he's grown rather familiar with since he made the decision to not go to college and instead follow his father's footsteps in becoming a chef.

The cheap television plays over in the corner and Sousuke focuses his attention there, elbow against the bar counter as he rests the side of his face in the palm of his hand. He should probably wipe it down now that he thinks about it... but considering he's done that twice already he doubts there's even a single ounce of dust. There's just really nothing to do.

He doesn't blink when he hears the door open, nearly ignoring the sound of the bell that accompanies it before turning his head. He's expecting it to be his father so there's a brief moment of surprise that washes over him when he sees that it's not.

He straightens up, hands dropping to his side. ]

Welcome. Go ahead and take a seat... [ There's the bar or a few empty booths they're free to pick from. ] 'nywhere's fine.

( b. high school blues aka throwback to when ssk panicked and nearly swallowed a fish to scare a kid )

[ I don't care if there are no school fair I'm fucking making it happen!! It's also Halloween time because I said so honestly it's 2 am. Anyway.

Perhaps your club is working with the baseball team for added scare factor, but for one reason or another you're partnered with Sousuke in a section of the haunted house you're participating in. Humorously enough everyone who pitched in contributed in making a pretty solid, spooky atmosphere, but unfortunately the two of you had the short end of the stick and ended up having to be uncomfortably dressed as vampires with a smoke machine and a light beaming on you.

At least you have a table to lean on between guests and while the red kool-aid in those fifty cent goblets you bought were warm you fortunately had some water hidden underneath. Praise.

You two were also supposed to get a break two hours ago but due to popular demand that... wasn't happening. And it's becoming evident that Sousuke is slowly losing stamina considering you both have to get up and chase the guests down the hall so they don't accidentally wander down the wrong corridor. ]

I think I'm dying.

[ He kinda hopes he's dying. ]

( c. texting because y'all love texting )

Come over I have three dogs. They're not mine but they're here.

( d. wildcard! )

hi i just need samples for recolle tbh so if you wanted a look at ssk's au info it can be found here (he's 18 not 19 shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh)!! of course if you don't wanna do au shit just tell me and i'll throw something else at you.

Comments

[splasher]

[first of all, who thought putting makoto inside the haunted house was a good idea, knowing he gets scared by pretty much anything? it's not that he's angry, but he's absolutely terrified of 1) his own reflection, 2) sometimes sousuke, and 3) the guests.]

[specially the ones that like to be funny and troll the actors in the house instead]

Yeah, well, the exit's that way and that's where Lucille is pretending to be a girl with a demon inside her.

[...he winces]

Have you heard the screams?

[makoto may have cried in the past two hours but it's hard to confirm.]

[flexer]

[ It's fine Sousuke is terrified of himself, too.

He sighs in defeat, mumbling something to himself briefly before he catches Makoto's reaction in the corner of his eye. ]

From her or the guests?

[ People have been screaming all day it's just... starting to blend all together. ]

We should have gotten you ear plugs.

[splasher]

From everyone.

[there's no signal yet that a new group is coming up, but it's only a matter of time. makoto feels like his costume is damp with his cold sweat from everything he has tried to keep himself from feeling too scared.]

[frowning, he inches closer to sousuke and away from the smoke machine releasing smoke again.]

A little too late now. Do you think they'll notice we skipped for a bit?

[flexer]

It's hard to ignore it.

[ Speaking of screams there's one happening right now. Sousuke only tips his head to the side, arching a curious brow due to how familiar the voice sounds before he rolls his shoulder back. ]

Yeah. There's too big of a gap between us and the next one. If we left now they'd definitely realize and it... that's why I didn't wanna do this.

[splasher]

[okay, the screaming forces makoto to (in no unfamiliar manner--seeing how things have been these past hellish hours) hold onto the back of sousuke's costume, because using the other as a shield against everything makes makoto feel a little bit better.]

[so, it's with a tiny voice and after a long pause to make sure he's not going to faint, that makoto speaks up]

Sou-suke... We're a team, right?

[he's found a loophole that he's going to exploit, sorry mate]

adds confusion to the fray

[musculos]

i didn't ask for dogs.

thx bestie

[flexer]

You can't be picky with animals most of them are great.

Dogs especially.

[musculos]

okay, i can't disagree with that. still. why do you have three dogs? how did they come to your possession? your text is so vague i can't tell if you want me to help get rid of them for you or if they're attacking you. are you in danger, sousuke-kun?

[flexer]

I'm dying.

[flexer]

[ And he leaves it at that for like five minutes. ]

They're a co-workers. Left me to dogsit while they did some business since they're technically puppies.

They're probably in more danger than I am.

[musculos]

[jerk.]

[she knows he's a shitlord, which is why she refused to reply...]

[musculos]

puppies? send me a picture! and one of yourself flexing your perfect muscles. ♥ i'll consider dropping by then.

[flexer]

Pick one you can't have both.

[musculos]

mean. i pick the puppies then.