Match 3

[mathisradical]

Action: Outside 1249 Williams Road

[ Niou steps out the front door just to trip over a package lying there. He trips, letting out a couple of swear words, and looks around quickly to see if anyone saw him. ]

Who the fuck-

[ He stops his angry question when he actually looks down to see what he tripped over. It's a package, and the shape of it is very, very familiar. He bends down to pick it up, turning it over in his hands. Could this be...? Tearing off the paper, he discovers that yes, it is! It's his tennis racket.

Seconds later, he's heading down the sidewalk and towards the rec center. If he remembers correctly, they have tennis courts. ]



Action: Rec center tennis courts

[ The dull sounds of tennis balls thumping against a racket and the courts are accompanied by the occasional grunt. Niou is serving balls hard over the net. He's easily fallen into a familiar rhythm, and it might take a bit to catch his attention as he's in the zone. ]

Comments

[myougi.livejournal.com]

Yeah... he really could. [ ugh, now he's kind of homesick. ] If he were still here now, it would be kinda helpful. Though it's better he's not, I know.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I know what you mean, though. [ A small sigh. ] But there's no point in dwellin' on it, really. Gotta make due with what we have.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

... Yeah. [ ... ] So! Operation Recruit-Via-Crossdressing, a.k.a. Operation "this is probably a bad idea." Let's do it as soon as possible and get it over with.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

You won't be sayin' that when dressin' like a girl makes you feel so undeniably pretty. [ Is that sarcasm in his voice? Hard to tell. ]

[myougi.livejournal.com]

I don't wanna be pretty, Niou. I don't think you understand that.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Everybody wants to be pretty, Marui. Even if that desire is buried deep, deep in your heart.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

It's not buried deep in my heart. It doesn't exist.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Denial is bad for the soul.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

But this isn't denial. It's the truth. Like, I think you fail to understand that not everybody thinks like you, Niou.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

No, no, now you're just bein' ridiculous!

[myougi.livejournal.com]

Am not! I can say, wholeheartedly, that I have aaaaabsolutely zero desire to be pretty.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Like I said, Marui. Denial. Bad for the soul. You should fix that.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

Like I said, there is no denial. Believe what you like, I guess, it's not really hurting anybody.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Fine, fine. Whatever you say.

[myougi.livejournal.com]

Hmm... that's good enough, I guess. [ ... ] Well. I'm all packed up, guess it's about time to head on home.

[mathisradical.livejournal.com]

Sure. I'm gonna stick around for a bit. I'll catch ya later.