puppycrush2 | week three

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week three | mingle

So, uh.

Welcome to Week Three! We’ve officially passed the halfway point, and after a super, duper successful Match Ceremony, I’m sure the teens are feeling all hyped up and raring to go.

Right?

Regardless, there are a few changes this Monday morning to greet the teens:

First off, there is a new bathroom! Oooh, aaaahhhh. Three whole bathrooms in the house for the teens now. Enjoy.
There is also a set of video games in the living room to connect to the TV. They are pretty much all multiplayer party games like M*rio C*rt. Don’t kill each other.
There are a few packs of dorayaki now scattered around the house.
There is also a piano now in the living room!
On the counter in the kitchen, there is also some paper and writing implements, like basic ballpoint pens. Wait, doesn’t that break the rules?

Tsukasa’s extremely loud and obnoxious voice is not here to greet you guys this morning, which means it seems there isn’t a Task for the week–

But something else seems to be going on.

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Why don't you put back on that professional act you're so fond of?

[ me, peace, doing the same. ]

Don't you have a kingdom to ruin with your very presence?

Oh? You're skipping backwards to insults Minami-kun used in the first week? Can't come up with anything yourself? I guess those accolades you lauded aren't...

[ oh, will.

...

a turn of her head. ]

It would've been ruined with you at his side.

[ that's all she'll say. ]

I haven't listened to anything Minami has said so if it's being repeated that just means we're on the same page.

I know you think your little mangas are going to help you but running anything takes skill, patience, level headedness, dedication and heart. All things you really haven't shown.

Save for heart but even that is constantly in the wrong place.

Can you woman's intuition yourself into running a kingdom successfully? It hasn't done you any favors here. You constantly seem to be confusing it with guesswork and are just plain wrong all of the time. It's really embarrassing to watch.

[after gently carting Anna away and getting her permission to step in (if only because he knows she is capable of fighting her own battles and does not want to take that from her)]

[he just sort of]

[gives Akechi a firm look, eyes fierce]

. . . you know nothing about what my country needs. I do, as does Anna. It is why. . . I have chosen her to be at my side. Because I believe she can help me in everything I must do to ensure my country's future.

[well. one of many reasons, but. . . Anna knows those now, so he does not need to clarify]

What you think of that choice doesn't matter. To her, nor to me.

[. . .]

. . . I thought it strange, how you lashed out at me at the ceremony, even though Anna and I hadn't been secretive about what we were together. You immediately forced me to make a choice between you two— and you were right, in that Anna wouldn't want me to be your friend, after the unnecessary vitriol you have given her. I can't blame her.

But you never gave her and I the chance to talk about it. You never gave me— or her— a chance at all. And I suppose, in that moment, I realized. . .

[his stern look turns. . . pitying]

The world doesn't hate you, Goro.

[spoken softly, and kind of sadly]

You hate the world.

[He saw this coming from a mile away. He adjusts his gloves while Will speaks, keeping his gaze on the leather and when this, whatever this is, is finished does he look up.]

Are you done? Do you think you're telling me something I don't know? It can, in fact, go both ways.

I can hate the world just as much as it hates me. [He lets out a sharp laugh.] Do you think you know me? Do you think third hand information you got from someone who is not my friend and never has been allows you to know me?

Do you think anything that's transpired here allows you to know me? You get your information from my former enemy and some girl that's been nothing but foul to me and tells you half stories that you have not bothered to get the full truth of. Because it's only her words that matter. [He shrugs his shoulders.] No chance to talk about it... please. You spend every waking moment together. So don't bullshit me. And don't give me excuses.

I really don't care what you think of me. I don't. I don't give a single shit what any of you think of me. And I hope, at this point, you've learned that you can't save me. And I'm not about to let you. You think I'm going to use my wish to better my own life? To bring myself back into the waking world and live happily ever after?

I could use it for anything. I could use it against the two of you. And maybe I will. Who knows? No chance at a black out now. No chance of losing it without losing anyone else's. Such a conundrum. I could do anything!

[The laugh that escapes him borders on manic as he lifts his hands up in a shrug. It's been... a long three weeks.]

So... If you're done with your self righteous speeches I suggest you get the fuck away from me.

[shakes his head]

You're right. I don't know you. But you still assume that Anna has been whispering nasty things about you on my ear. And. . . she hasn't.

[she did tell him the things Akechi said about her, the harsh names and insults he had flung her way, and that did make Will's hackles raise, but it wasn't enough to turn Will against him. she also mentioned that Akechi didn't believe in Will's dream, but that was but a blip on his radar. . . because Akechi would hardly be the first. to that, he took no offense; he has even forgotten about it]

[no. . . the vitriol he talks about is what he saw here and now. not just towards Anna, but to Tsukasa as well. and. . .the things he heard Akechi say straight to his face]

[and the fact that he almost certain. . . that Akechi will throw away his wish for the sake of stealing away everyone else's. and he can't let that happen]

But it's true that you don't know us, either.

[he lifts a hand and clutches at his bag strap, knuckles white underneath his gloves]

And If your intent is to destroy, then you and I stand in direct opposition.

And we will see. . . [chin up!! determined face!!] . . . which one of us is stronger.

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She has. And you don't know what she's said to me when you're not around either. I know that doesn't matter to you.

You preach pretty words but you don't mean anything by them.

[He returns to fussing with his gloves, flexing his fingers and listening to the leather creek at the movement.]

I don't want to know someone like you. We're not a perfect match. Because you're the kind of person I hate the most.

Now retract that proffered hand before you lose it, if it was ever there to begin with. [Which he doubts.] And make no mistake... if we all get our wishes I will use mine to make you and her suffer. There's no hill I wouldn't die on to get my revenge. And while the two of you are really nothing from all that I've had to deal with in the past... I think it'd put me back in the ground with a smile on my face. And I think that might be worth it.

Now for the last time, get the fuck away from me.

[ARE YOU NOT EXHAUSTED OF BEING THIS WAY. WHY ARE YOU LIKE THIS. DON'T YOU JUST WANT TO BE NICE]

You know nothing about me if you think I'd let that happen. You know. . . absolutely nothing about me at all.

[ducking his head slightly in a polite bow, but keeping his gaze lifted just so Akechi knows it is not a gesture of submission or defeat]

Good day, Goro.

[and he is out!!]

[ ...

so, like, she's been keeping an eye on them from the corner of hers, bouncing her leg trying to resist the urge to step in.

but she sort of wants to now.

she won't for will's sake, but she'll hold out her hand to him when he moves away from akechi. it's a different side than what she's used to, but... she's more settled than she was before. just a bit. ]

[. . . he takes her hand in his. squeezes it tightly. there's tension in his shoulders, and a hardness to his gaze that no one here has been privy to]

[this is not how he wanted things to end up. but he is, surprisingly, a pragmatic person. if it's how they are, then. . . he will step up to deal with it]

[nobody wanted to vote them into the truth booth because Akechi wasn't willing to go. that's. . . fine. that's okay. it's a valid stance to take]

[. . .]

[but now Will knows he has to step up]

[quietly, only for her]

. . . I wanted to help him. But I am not the person he needs.

And above all. . . I will not let him destroy everyone else's happiness.

[ she'll return the squeeze, pulling him one of their three bathrooms for, at the very least, some privacy from the other contestants.

once she shuts the door, she'll rest against the sink counter, sighing loudly. ]

You might've been at some point, but us having constant spats didn't help at all.

[ ... ]

If... you ever do want to try again, I'd ask him what happened at the aquarium. Hear his side. See what he says. Don't rise to any insult he has for me or you or anyone else, just... ask for the facts, and then decide yourself. That's probably what he's been looking for from you.

[ since it is true that, as truthful as anna's tried to be through her anger and frustration, there's pieces that get missing or glanced over. ]

[he goes willingly, and it's a testament to his mental state that being yoinked into the bathroom doesn't faze him. he finds himself leaning against the door, arms folded in front of himself, eyes affixed on the floor]

[. . .]

I can believe that there are things that you said to him that I'm not aware of. Things that hurt him as well. I'm not discounting that fact.

[when emotions run high. . . cruel things can be said. he did see Anna rise to Akechi's level during their argument, too]

. . . but he is wrong.

[firm!!]

You never once tried to turn me against him.

Even now, even after all he said, you. . .

[he trails off. his features soften]

[. . . he looks up at her]

[ ...

he looks up at her, soft as can be, and anna turns her face away. her expression can still be seen in the mirror though; guilty, eyes closing as she chews her lip, arms crossing.

when she does speak, it's only because they're the only ones in the bathroom that he can catch her quiet, sheepish words. ]

... I mean, I'd be-- lying if part of me... hadn't hoped you would turn against him, after hearing what he said. I knew you wouldn't. But I still kind of wished you had, just... [ a short exhale. ] Because I wanted to know you were on my side, not sitting in the middle.

[ she's no angel. she's a fairly good person, and she is thoughtful to the people she loves -- but there is a side of anna yanami that's cold and angry, who believes that if a girl's so willing to step aside just because "someone was there first" then that girl should lose the race. it's not a pleasant look. it seems as unlike her as the shyness will has seen first hand.

but it is something she admits to. something he should know about her anyway. ]

It was dumb. I was mad, I wanted to get back at him, wanted to show him that you'd choose someone with no skills over his dozens that could help you out -- because those aren't what matter, even if he wants to act like they're all that matter. I can't deny any of that, Will-kun.

But I was sincerely trying to figure out his match, so he could find someone that makes him as happy as you do me, when we were talking in the aquarium. I even had Tsukasa-kun arrange a date between him and Kat-chan since I felt he owed her that much for snapping at her during the ceremony, just so he'd be forced to give someone a chance to get to know him more that really, really wanted to, that reached out and was slapped for it. She's a good girl. It seems like they really hit it off, so I'm glad -- I just feel bad that she's gonna get caught in his piss-poor attitude.

[ though it doesn't seem like he turns it onto her any. which is sweet, if only because... kat hasn't spoken badly to him, and "jumped when [he] did," whatever that means.

... but... ]

I think we're alike. That's why it's a toss up. Why-- we can't get along, and why we're both attracted to you, Will-kun, even if that's soured on his end.

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