yogen | (closed) this ain't build a bitch

Oh wow, you've really kept yourself busy, huh. Not that that's a bad thing — those are really good.

( they're cute little lanterns, that's for sure. actually...

... )

Are we allowed to keep the ones we make?

( this could go real well with the nature theme he and kamo-kun are gonna have going in their room, and some additional light sources for overnight could go over real well with them. )

( they are chummy, it's making him uncomfortable that he forgets to answer what he's been making. )

Mmm... yeah, you can have what you make, but only if you make them yourself... no cheating by using each other's skills, or the students in this room.

( on the desk is assorted colored paper with stringy fabric laid everywhere, a few bottles of glue, a couple of scissors, curling ribbons, hanging swirl decorations, crepe streamer, iridescent foil door curtain laying all over the table, just a messy table that has everything that they'd need. he stands behind it, looking at them both with a concerned look on his face before he glances away, focusing his attention on something else that doesn't seem like a slap in the face. )

...It'll test your creativity and memory, just by looking at it... could you make a replica? I believe in you both, a reward will be... ( he looks at amami quickly, then looks away ) ...given to the winner...

[pleaaaaaaaaaaase you can be friends with them toooooooo i'm crying]

So to Ama-chan, 'cause he's an Ultimate and can do no wrong.

[he knows the drill... it's fine, subaru's gonna sit at the table and drag amami to sit next to him.]

That's fine~. I just wanna make like five of these things~. Ama-chan, what colors are you gonna make yours? I don't wanna take all of the color you're gonna use, so let's help each other out a little~.

[since there's no point in competing with someone komaeda favors]

Maybe it's something we can split? Besides, I'm sure Komaeda-kun can judge things fairly if he wanted to.

( it's just... y'know, that's dependent on whether he wants to or not.

anyway, he'll let himself be dragged over, because he was making his way up to the table anyway. subaru's more considerate than him — he's already collecting the colours he was going for, and he spares subaru a glance from the corner of his eye as he does. )

I'm thinkin' green and blue, probably with a couple yellow too, but mostly those two. We're gonna get a theme going in our room, so I want to try and build on that for Kamo-kun. Actually, this is perfect timing. Where'd you get an idea like this anyway?

( looking up to meet komaeda's eyes, rather pleased. )

( is subaru jealous because of an ultimate's charm being able able sway the competition no matter what? they're born talented, given this right from birth, and despite that he doesn't understand why subaru says what he does. it's just the way of the world. )

...Hm.

( he watches how subaru leads amami to a table, and there's a slight frown on his face, a brief crack in his warm smile as he finds it a difficult sight to see. now he wants to touch amami, but wouldn't help him before during that problem that spiked within the meeting? what's the different from touching him then and touching him now... has he grown closer, become drunk off the warmth that an ultimate radiates? covered by the width of his umbrella that it blocks out everything else around him?

...not like komaeda wants to be noticed. )

I was reading an article about a voracious, invasive jellyfish-like creature known as the comb
jelly being introduced into the Black, Azov and Caspian Seas. They were uncontrolled by natural
predators, and so comb jelly populations quickly ran wild during the 1990s! Oh, and a four year boy died fourty minutes after being stung by the Chiropsalmus quadrumanus at Galveston Island in the Gulf of Mexico... While his body was in pain, he suffered a cardiac dysfunction first, his heart becoming unstable, and if it loses control... the blood flow wont make it to the most important locations of the body, and then there was the respiratory depression next... having those vital organs begin to shut down leads to a despairing moment in time where death is your only solace... there's also a rash, but they have drugs to handle that. ...Since it's recent, perhaps they don't. Anyway, I just wanted you to be aware of a human's common predator.

( and komaeda sits at a table away from them to put much needed distance between them, but he can hear if they call out to him. )

[greens and blues... subaru will take purple and yellow then to start, and orange too... slowly lifting his head to listen to komaeda rattle off the...... fun? interesting death articles he read recently, that inspired this, and watches him a beat after before setting his things down and standing up to go over hello.]

They're also super tasty in food and have a surprisingly crunchy texture~. Maddy, come sit with us! You should make man's natural predator too, even if you're judging~. It'll be fun!

[it wouldn't be subaru if he wasn't trying to get komaeda to do something he didn't want to do, deliberate in his choice to take komaeda's organic hand]

Shouldn't you wanna see our progress up close~? Ama-chan, you agree, don'tcha~?

[a glance up... say yes buddy terrorizing... i mean befriending komaeda is important to him]

Yeah... I mean, it's kind of awkward if you sit so far away, don't you think?

( like, why does he not want to sit next to them? makes him feel like some kind of teen bully in a movie. like, this is the cool kids table, only orange knights are allowed to sit here, and is there even a reason? well, of course there is — but the most obvious reason really doesn't leave him with any choice but to agree with subaru, sliding off of the desk he's made himself comfortable on so that he can wander his way over to where these two are chatting.

he's lucky, because subaru coming up on komaeda's right means amami can come up on his left. it leaves them both on his good side for hearing, and he'll reach out to lightly touch his hand against the small of komaeda's back, leaning forward a bit to offer a reassuring smile. let him just... try to herd komaeda back towards the table that's all covered in their supplies. )

You've got more set up over here than we can use by ourselves anyway, so you might as well join in.

( actually, he was doing fine at the table by himself because here he could think about things, and maybe nit be so obvious about his concerns and worries, his awe and amazement, his jealousy that's deeply rooted in his soul when he sees another person with an ultimate, and he didn't give permission. he bites the inside of his cheek as he presses fingers against the lantern as he tries to think of more jellyfish facts, and it's when subaru makes his way over that komaeda can agree about the texture — that's until he feels subaru's grasp around his own, bony fingers — close, close enough to a skeleton. )

...I already know how to make it. ( his eyes drop down to the hand being held, and just by acknowledging it by sight that he seems to freeze up. he hasn't yet taken his hand away, and he's grooming his thoughts for a better reply as to why he's fine here, and then double trouble makes his way on komaeda's left, a hand on the small of his back, and it's in that moment that komaeda's hand is progressively getting sweaty. too much body stimulation and he yanks his hand from subaru, and he takes a step forward from amami. )

I-I... accounted for...

( that stutter was to catch his breath, and the way his eyes widen as he looks at them both. what's this? a silent understanding between them both? oh, it makes komaeda wary, but with a practiced smile, and a hand on his hip as he tries to not garner the attention of the students in here — ) I accounted that you'd both probably want to make many, considering Akehoshi-kun's unhealthy obssession with suncatchers, and the fact you spoke highly of the beach... ( what a dismal situation to be caught in, and here he was trying to share his newfound knowledge. ) ...Do you both understand?

( clearing his throat, he speaks more confidently as he raises a brow at them both. )

Judges sit far apart from their contestants.

[komaeda can have his hand back, it's fine, though subaru puffs his cheeks a bit. much like their stall bonding earlier the month he won't take another step forward, clasping his hands in front of him instead as he watches komaeda with interest... it's definitely new in a way, mostly because subaru doesn't pay attention in bigger crowds to the other's reactions to stuff. but this is smaller group so of course he can.]

It's not unhealthy~, they're pretty so I wanna collect them!

[and they feel special too... because they are special... subaru can't wait to see what he gets next time he comes around and asks for one. amami can handle the other part right, subaru doesn't have a good enough reason aka one komaeda will take]

( ? no, he can't. don't leave anything up to him, he's an idiot. )

I mean, the beach doesn't just belong to me, y'know — that's something the three of us are gonna do together.

( yes, future tense, because it's still going to happen. anyway... he'll cross his arms lightly over his chest, exhale a bit of a sigh. )

But I get it, so don't worry.

( doesn't look happy about getting it, but the point remains; in his experience, pushing komaeda past this point isn't all that successful, and it's generally easier to give it a few minutes to soft reset his chances and approach from a different angle. he does look pretty troubled as the glances back over to the table set up for the crafts though... )

...

( he's out of it, or maybe that's how it seems as he stares at the two with a dead, empty look in his eyes while they finish the entirety of komaeda's response. did they really do that? take one part and another finish it off? the more he thinks about it, the more he starts to apply every worst scenario in his mind — how close are they?

taking a step further away from them, komaeda stares at the table with everything. )

All this is for you both, because twenty each will suffice... maybe fourty, there's no such thing as just one jellyfish in the ocean!

( he lifts his head up from the table to look towards amami first, taking in his appearance, putting some things together, and then he focuses on subaru. )

Get to work, you shouldn't waste an Ultimate's time when he's ready to take part.

( now he's going to walk around them two and sit on top of another table. he's ready to judge!! )

[subaru puffs his cheeks at that, because he was gonna anyway and now he doesn't want to, but

okay. he will. grab some of the stuff and then look at amami, grinning lightly before going to sit next to komaeda.]

Maddy~, what's your favorite color? ♪ I'll make one for you too.

( oh, okay. guess they're just going to do their own thing, and amami will do his. do your best, subaru.

meanwhile he's going to take a look at the examples, try and figure out how the round part was set up, which shouldn't be too hard. )

Red.

( there's no red paper for them to use because he wants to keep it yogen authentic, and the lack of red if what makes the art room... the art room!

also, he's lying, he just picked a color that wouldn't be here for them to have.

stares at amami... go make arts and crafts with AMAMI, subaru. )

[sorry amami, he has someone to harass. you do your own thing.]

We don't have red... How about brown? That'll look reddish with light going through it~.

[reddish enough... orange would've been a nice pick, but if it's going through it then it'll look more yellow than anything.]

A brown jelly jelly~. ♪ If you could eat 'em, it'd be coffee flavored~. ♪

Amami-kun, what's your favorite color? Akehoshi-kun wants to make them, but mine isn't available, so we'll move to you.

( because they don't have red, and komaeda doesn't want to use anything that isn't what he chose. )

Coffee is fine, I prefer drinks that calm you down.

(closed) this ain't build a bitch

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