tbh ths is just the bad brain smich box

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[steelo]

whatever you want to.

[mrhc]

then i guess im your boyfriend.

[steelo]

[ he definitely smashes his face into his hands like a nerd aaaa]


ok


cool

[ all that flirt bravado is gone now hes been tko'd ]

[mrhc]

wow
romantic

[steelo]

[ ichiro sends him a screencap of his own text message

"then call yourself the last one
i dont care" ]

you wanna be the pot or the kettle

[mrhc]

i dont know what youre talking about

[ pointedly ignores ichiro's point. ]

[steelo]

[ smh ]

uh huh
i mean, i guess i have to try and outclass you since you wrote me a love song
and published it

[mrhc]

gonna hear it live too
dont fall behind, ichiro

[steelo]

[ NO 2/2 ROUND TWO KNOCKOUT ]

shit, you're gonna play it???? seriously
i'll get there early to be in the front.
every person in that crowd's gonna think it's about them

and you know
you've got the advantage here. i can't exactly lawyer my way into romantic gestures but
i'll improvise.i'm pretty good at playing the underdog.

[mrhc]

[ honestly he wanted to surprise ichiro with that but it's fine. this reaction is worth it too. ]

im gonna make sure no one else thinks its about them
no one but you

you dont have to do anything, you know
just being with you
its enough for me

[steelo]

[ STOP HE'S GONNA DIE. ]

samatoki you're
way too cool sometimes.

[mrhc]

i gotta be to keep up with you sometimes

[ without saying it directly, he sure did admit ichiro is cool too. ]

[steelo]

[ absolutely grinning like a moron at his phone. ]

man
i like you so much. like, more than i can describe out loud.
and i'm pretty damn good with my words.

so, i want to show you that too.
can't let you get the best of me all the time.
besides
i don't want anyone else to think they've got a chance at you in that crowd, either.

[mrhc]

[ he's gonna die today, he can feel it. ]

possessive
but i like you too

and i'll be looking forward to it
i'm gonna try to surprise you with something else
since i gave away the first one already

[steelo]

hey, once you've got something important, you shouldn't let it go easy. 💥
you said *i* was popular, but mr hardcore yokohama bad boy himself's a celebrity. 😂
people fawn over you all the time.
they don't know you like i do, though. (ie: that you hate getting up. lol)

then i'm looking forward to that too.
i'll return the favor, bet.
gotta be a good boyfriend, right?

[mrhc]

[ this is going to be short (im so sorry): ]

ichiro

[steelo]

??

[mrhc]

[ samatoki has never really been good with words. between the two of them, ichiro is the one who knows his way best around stringing words together and having them all make sense — and samatoki, well. he puts weight into everything he does. actions speak louder, right?

something like that. ]

come home already so i can kiss you

[steelo]

[ if you think he is immediately leaving this library in sheer thirst to kiss samatoki you

would be so right. ]

shit, don't have to ask me twice
i'll finish this brief tomorrow

[mrhc]

its not due tomorrow?

[steelo]

nah.

well, sort of. it's a group project. i'm a day ahead of everyone else in the group.
so i'm on my way home.

[mrhc]

why are you such an overachiever
nerd

[steelo]

[ wow ]

i am not!
i have better things to do besides stay in the library all day, so i stay on top of it.
benefits you, doesn't it?