[ Taichi is trying (trying being the key) to learn how to operate the lighting equipment with his technomancy so he can essentially tell it the lighting plan and let it operate itself. He's not very smart but he's doing his best... But it also means he's definitely looking for an out since lighting is neither his passion nor very fun to him (kind of like school) so when he hears his phone he looks immediately. It's not immediately alarming, since Hikaru could just be asking for a timeline which is fair, so he just sits back and texts.]
I don't really know. I'm trying to get these lights to light themselves. 🤔 I don't know where to insert my technomancy though. I was going to get food after this and head back.
[He loves Taichi dearly but he's an idiot and this is going to take forever. He'd offer to help him because he's pretty decent at this technomancy magic, but also he is not in the mood to go out.
Especially as Aurora calls him to ask him for advice.]
can you come home in the next hour? there's so much going on right now and it's a mess???
and kaoru would have known what to do but i have no idea how to handle all this
[ The thing about Taichi is that he will drop everything if someone important to him needs someone. Acting is the most important thing to him and summer troupe had to cover for them with a preshow once because autumn went to go fight a gang of rival yakuza because they kidnapped Azami.
And alongside acting, Hikaru is the most important beloved part of his life. He doesn't even have to think about it.]
[But when Taichi comes home and goes to his room, he'll see Hikaru had every piece of technology he has and was using his technomancy to be having multiple things go at once.
[ He doesn't respond, because he's already rushing. Hikaru needs him, and that's reason enough to hurry. As long as Hikaru doesn't start telling him there's an emergency and it's just that he can't get a pickle jar open, Taichi isn't going to be bothered. He beelines for their room when he gets home and climbs up on top of the blankets, over the lump he assumes is Hikaru. ]
Honey, I'm home~
[ He says it as he climbs up so that Hikaru doesn't freak out someone is climbing on him... ]
[He would have assumed it was Taichi anyway. Most likely not Juza.
He hopes. ]
Thanks. Sorry. I know you're busy and all but it was...[He pokes his head out of the blankets.]
Zuko texted me about Aurora asking Gokudera out and then Gokudera texted me about Aurora asking him out and then Aurora called me about this mess. And it's like...what do I know? I don't even know what I'm doing with you! Kaoru had to tell me I had feelings for you!
[He frowns and looks off to the side.]
Kaoru would have handled this way better. [He misses Kaoru. Which is something that hasn't changed in the three months he's been gone and it isn't going to change any time soon. But it hit him hard just now.]
[ Taichi listens and then briefly squeezes Hikaru in a hug before he slides off to the side so that Hikaru can move and adjust however he needs. Taichi wants to look him in the eye anyway, even if it's taking Taichi a lot not to ask a million questions about it. He's into love drama, after all. ]
Hm... all three of them asking you.. you know why that is, right? [ He grins, but there's a softness to it. ] They see you and see how happy we are, so that makes you pretty good at it. If I had to say, you're bad at figuring out emotions initially, but you're pretty good at knowing what to do after that. At least I feel like you are.
[ Taichi is happy, after all. But he also knows that this isn't about whether or not Hikaru knows what he's doing so much as Hikaru feeling stressed and wanting his brother. Taichi may be second choice, but that's a high bar to reach, so he's not too down on himself about it. There's no way anyone else can reach Kaoru's level for Hikaru and he's already accepted that. ]
Wait, why is Zucchan involved in this? [ A beat. ] Is he in love with Aurora-san or Gokudera-san? She's already betrothed to someone, though... hmm.. this is complicated even for experts...
[Hikaru's practically pouting when he faces Taichi and he does listen although he's still just overwhelmed by the sheer amount of everything going on. And when it comes to his own personality and how he behaves...Hikaru's not so confident about that.] Says the guy I told aliens made me gay. [It says a lot they can joke about this now.
He leans in for a moment, just wanting to be close to Taichi, to have that contact so he can try to level himself and calm down. Taichi is no Kaoru, nobody can ever quite be Kaoru, but it doesn't mean Taichi isn't important. It doesn't mean Taichi doesn't help him.
But then he groans and sits up, ready to get into the drama of it all. He's still sad and stressed, wishing it was Kaoru he was telling this but he has to let it out.]
How the hell do you even know about Aurora-chan's betrothed? Whatever, she doesn't seem so serious about him from what she tells me. She doesn't even know the guy. But basically, Zuko has been into her for ages. I was trying to get him to ask her out but he's so slow about it. She was dropping all of these hints but he wasn't taking them. The guy doesn't do "hints". Zuko's into Gokudera, too. He was into him back in Lunatia which was a nightmare and this is a different Gokudera but I guess he's into this Gokudera, too.
Gokudera is into both of them but has some fiance that isn't here and he always loses, he says. Right now he's like "I'm going to sacrifice my love to make my friends happy!" like it's some type of noble crap or whatever but it isn't.
Honestly, I don't like him. [And he puts a finger over Taichi's lips before he can even say anything.] I know, you think he's cool. But he's hurt Zuko before and I kind of think he'll end up doing it again. [Like Hikaru has never ever hurt a friend before. Or like he hasn't hurt Taichi. Way to judge, asshole.] But Zuko won't be happy if Gokudera's over here falling on a freakin' sword and Aurora-chan will probably be upset somebody is hurt because of her. What's so great about this guy?
[He puts a finger over Taichi's lips again.]
Don't you dare answer that. I think I can take anything but my boyfriend gushing over Gokudera today.
[ Both times that Hikaru puts his finger over Taichi's lips, he had opened his mouth and stopped words from coming out accordingly, leaning back a little and looking like a scolded pup. Don't fawn over Gokudera. Got it.
... Well, though, in this case he has something else to say anyway. He reaches up for Hikaru's hand with both of his to pull it down and hold. ]
There are different kinds of love, but ultimately there's always only one person who is going to be most important. It's okay to be confused, but to truly believe you like both people... It hurts to think someone who is the most important person to you thinks about someone else romantically. Isn't he just hurting both of his friends more by refusing to think about how he really feels and let the other person move forward?
[ Taichi may not be academically astute, but he's got a fair level of emotional intelligence and empathy... Even if he doesn't always come off that way, and given half the chance would definitely follow this like a drama if it weren't bothering Hikaru so much. ]
[If Hikaru were not so personally involved then he would be eating this up. It's the perfect kind of drama. But as Hikaru listens to Taichi, he smiles genuinely and softly, squeezing his hand.]
Geesh, don't keep talking like that or else people will think you're smart. [Just a friendly tease and then he continues.]
My advice was they needed to talk or else somebody was going to get hurt. The longer you wait then the more complicated it'll get. [Hikaru learned that with him and Taichi.]
Heh, you know I just love rom-drams, advice columns, and you~
[ Hikaru somehow ended up dating a gigantic romantic sap is what is happening right now. ]
Yeah, and then one of them ends up doing something silly like a flash mob. Can you imagine the fire show Zuko would put on to impress... Aurora? Gokudera? [ Wait who was it again? He doesn't seem sure that Zuko's straight for a second but he just goes back to his point. ] It'd be like a rock and roll fest.
[Hikaru snorts.] More like horn music or something. But he's liked Gokudera since Lunatia and the guy was an asshole about it. [Gokudera didn't even know about the crush and Hikaru is being very unfair. But you hurt one of Hikaru's loved ones and then he's against you for a long time. He may not have many friends but he's loyal.]
And then he came here and Aurora-chan swept him off his feet and he took too long to ask her out. Even though she told me she kept dropping hints but Zuko and hints don't work.
Hm... you should get a third party to ask her out to motivate them to get their priorities straight! A third party who doesn't really want to date Aurora, and she knows about. Then they'll realize what they're missing out on, maybe?
I'm all for a good scheme but considering Zuko was losing it that Aurora asked Gokudera out, I think it'd be way more disastrous if that happened.
[And Hikaru's pretty sure that Gokudera would just give up entirely. He sighs.]
If Zuko had just asked her out when I told him to. She was clearly into him? It isn't like the guy didn't have a girlfriend before so no idea what was holding him back. Seriously, I was telling him to ask her out for months. She was usually what we were talking about!
[Hikaru loves playing matchmaker and Zuko and Aurora had made a lot of sense.] But with Gokudera...ugh, and I don't know how I didn't notice Zuko was still into Gokudera. That was all the way back on Lunatia! How has he liked him for that long after everything?
Don't worry, Hikaru, that's definitely definitely not the most obvious sign to have missed someone was bi, you have nothing to be embarrassed about!
[ TAICHI WATCHED GAY PORN WITH ZUKO, WHO WAS OK WITH IT, AND THOUGHT HE WAS STRAIGHT STILL SOMEHOW.. ]
I think it's something like, if it's not a clean heartbreak and you don't get closure, it's hard to ever really get over it, right? Like if someone you liked moved away and you got on a train in the pouring rain to chase after them and tell them how you feel, but you were never able to find them again. Part of you would always wonder, so many we just have to lock all three of them in a room and not give them the key until morning. Aurora doesn't seem like the type who would just let those two stay quiet the whole time, you know?
[ She's definitely the "top" personality out of the three. ]
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I don't really know. I'm trying to get these lights to light themselves. 🤔 I don't know where to insert my technomancy though. I was going to get food after this and head back.
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Especially as Aurora calls him to ask him for advice.]
can you come home in the next hour? there's so much going on right now and it's a mess???
and kaoru would have known what to do but i have no idea how to handle all this
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And alongside acting, Hikaru is the most important beloved part of his life. He doesn't even have to think about it.]
Omw! ETA 20 minutes.
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[But when Taichi comes home and goes to his room, he'll see Hikaru had every piece of technology he has and was using his technomancy to be having multiple things go at once.
Now he's hiding underneath the blankets.]
When did I become the relationship expert?
[He's groaning from underneath the blankets.]
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Honey, I'm home~
[ He says it as he climbs up so that Hikaru doesn't freak out someone is climbing on him... ]
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He hopes. ]
Thanks. Sorry. I know you're busy and all but it was...[He pokes his head out of the blankets.]
Zuko texted me about Aurora asking Gokudera out and then Gokudera texted me about Aurora asking him out and then Aurora called me about this mess. And it's like...what do I know? I don't even know what I'm doing with you! Kaoru had to tell me I had feelings for you!
[He frowns and looks off to the side.]
Kaoru would have handled this way better. [He misses Kaoru. Which is something that hasn't changed in the three months he's been gone and it isn't going to change any time soon. But it hit him hard just now.]
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Hm... all three of them asking you.. you know why that is, right? [ He grins, but there's a softness to it. ] They see you and see how happy we are, so that makes you pretty good at it. If I had to say, you're bad at figuring out emotions initially, but you're pretty good at knowing what to do after that. At least I feel like you are.
[ Taichi is happy, after all. But he also knows that this isn't about whether or not Hikaru knows what he's doing so much as Hikaru feeling stressed and wanting his brother. Taichi may be second choice, but that's a high bar to reach, so he's not too down on himself about it. There's no way anyone else can reach Kaoru's level for Hikaru and he's already accepted that. ]
Wait, why is Zucchan involved in this? [ A beat. ] Is he in love with Aurora-san or Gokudera-san? She's already betrothed to someone, though... hmm.. this is complicated even for experts...
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He leans in for a moment, just wanting to be close to Taichi, to have that contact so he can try to level himself and calm down. Taichi is no Kaoru, nobody can ever quite be Kaoru, but it doesn't mean Taichi isn't important. It doesn't mean Taichi doesn't help him.
But then he groans and sits up, ready to get into the drama of it all. He's still sad and stressed, wishing it was Kaoru he was telling this but he has to let it out.]
How the hell do you even know about Aurora-chan's betrothed? Whatever, she doesn't seem so serious about him from what she tells me. She doesn't even know the guy. But basically, Zuko has been into her for ages. I was trying to get him to ask her out but he's so slow about it. She was dropping all of these hints but he wasn't taking them. The guy doesn't do "hints". Zuko's into Gokudera, too. He was into him back in Lunatia which was a nightmare and this is a different Gokudera but I guess he's into this Gokudera, too.
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So there's no way we can stage a meet-cute ambush date to get them together without hurting Gokudera... Or wait, is Gokudera even into anyone?
[ Taichi is 100% for staging things. He's studied dating too, after all, it's important to put it to good use. ]
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Honestly, I don't like him. [And he puts a finger over Taichi's lips before he can even say anything.] I know, you think he's cool. But he's hurt Zuko before and I kind of think he'll end up doing it again. [Like Hikaru has never ever hurt a friend before. Or like he hasn't hurt Taichi. Way to judge, asshole.] But Zuko won't be happy if Gokudera's over here falling on a freakin' sword and Aurora-chan will probably be upset somebody is hurt because of her. What's so great about this guy?
[He puts a finger over Taichi's lips again.]
Don't you dare answer that. I think I can take anything but my boyfriend gushing over Gokudera today.
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... Well, though, in this case he has something else to say anyway. He reaches up for Hikaru's hand with both of his to pull it down and hold. ]
There are different kinds of love, but ultimately there's always only one person who is going to be most important. It's okay to be confused, but to truly believe you like both people... It hurts to think someone who is the most important person to you thinks about someone else romantically. Isn't he just hurting both of his friends more by refusing to think about how he really feels and let the other person move forward?
[ Taichi may not be academically astute, but he's got a fair level of emotional intelligence and empathy... Even if he doesn't always come off that way, and given half the chance would definitely follow this like a drama if it weren't bothering Hikaru so much. ]
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Geesh, don't keep talking like that or else people will think you're smart. [Just a friendly tease and then he continues.]
My advice was they needed to talk or else somebody was going to get hurt. The longer you wait then the more complicated it'll get. [Hikaru learned that with him and Taichi.]
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[ Hikaru somehow ended up dating a gigantic romantic sap is what is happening right now. ]
Yeah, and then one of them ends up doing something silly like a flash mob. Can you imagine the fire show Zuko would put on to impress... Aurora? Gokudera? [ Wait who was it again? He doesn't seem sure that Zuko's straight for a second but he just goes back to his point. ] It'd be like a rock and roll fest.
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And then he came here and Aurora-chan swept him off his feet and he took too long to ask her out. Even though she told me she kept dropping hints but Zuko and hints don't work.
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[And Hikaru's pretty sure that Gokudera would just give up entirely. He sighs.]
If Zuko had just asked her out when I told him to. She was clearly into him? It isn't like the guy didn't have a girlfriend before so no idea what was holding him back. Seriously, I was telling him to ask her out for months. She was usually what we were talking about!
[Hikaru loves playing matchmaker and Zuko and Aurora had made a lot of sense.] But with Gokudera...ugh, and I don't know how I didn't notice Zuko was still into Gokudera. That was all the way back on Lunatia! How has he liked him for that long after everything?
[Hikaru, you and Taichi were from Lunatia.]
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[ TAICHI WATCHED GAY PORN WITH ZUKO, WHO WAS OK WITH IT, AND THOUGHT HE WAS STRAIGHT STILL SOMEHOW.. ]
I think it's something like, if it's not a clean heartbreak and you don't get closure, it's hard to ever really get over it, right? Like if someone you liked moved away and you got on a train in the pouring rain to chase after them and tell them how you feel, but you were never able to find them again. Part of you would always wonder, so many we just have to lock all three of them in a room and not give them the key until morning. Aurora doesn't seem like the type who would just let those two stay quiet the whole time, you know?
[ She's definitely the "top" personality out of the three. ]