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[that makes him pause for a little longer than he'd like to admit, since He's Fine About It]

what makes you say that

Sorry.

[ First and foremost. It wasn't that he was thinking, because he was, but somehow everything he knows about Rin somehow lead to that. ]

You're smart.
But you're also nosy and try getting into everyone's business.

Wait maybe you should be an actor and your first big role can be you being a bad cop.

i don't think i'd be much of a bad cop without my required buddy.

[it you]

not that you'd make a very good good cop.

[he ignores the apology, but does clarify:]

it's important that i do it for me, that's all.

[he's fallen into that trap once already, as Sousuke well knows: it'd taken him years to untangle his dreams from his dad's]

Edited 2017-06-10 03:36 (UTC)

I'd be a GREAT good cop, thank you very much.
It's not like I ever get mad unlike a certain someone.

I know.
I wouldn't have suggested it if I thought it wouldn't be because you wanted to do it.
I think... that you're the type of person who wouldn't want to see someone in a situation similar to yours. So you'd want to solve that.
But I get it.

You sure you don't wanna be a bread scientist?

you sure you don't want a kick in the ass?

[he feels warm, in his chest: he likes the person Sousuke sees him as, much more than the person he sees himself as, most of the time]

something detail-oriented (read: not nosy) that makes a difference sounds about right, though.

Maybe try out a class or two and see how you like it.

yeah, ok.

That reminds me.

I might actually consider taking some classes.
For business.
But I gotta think some more on it.

[ Because watch his ass change his mind. ]

[play it cool]

what are you thinking on?

Like I said, business.
I also thought about something dumb like... coaching.
Physical education, you know?
But who knows.

i don't think coaching or phys ed is dumb. you've already got some of those skills from being a captain.

but i think you'd do alright in business classes, too.

Could you imagine me actually instructing an entire class? This isn't a complaint or anything, even helping out Eijun was easy... but that was thanks to our battery.

[ The younger being so motivated and striving to show his true potential, the memory of that manages to pull a smile from him. ]

I'll figure out what I wanna do soon enough, I guess.

who trained the battery?

you always say that. can't "soon enough" be "now"? if i'm putting the work in, you should too.

You and I are too separate people.

But you're right.
It was tough work, remember when I'd text you late at night because we'd finally be leaving the field? Eijun just never knew how to quit.
He

[ It's sudden yet obvious, given how he stops mid-text and his thumb slips to accidentally hit send as his phone tumbles off onto the floor.

He doesn't recognize the room or the head that bobs in and out of the water, but it smells of chlorine and he can hear his own voice. It's like he's underwater, really, but there's no doubt that he's keenly instructing... whoever this person is; giving him advice on his stroke, how he needs to extend his reach.

—It's familiar yet unfamiliar all at once.

When he settles back into reality he's looking around the room, baffled by he's just seen, and he needs to ease himself back before bothering to tag Rin again.

He looks at the time, wonders if it's just because of how late it is, and rubs his forehead briefly. ]

I think I'm falling asleep. Just saw something weird.

[he's about to respond to the first bit -- he'd been waiting for the rest of the story to come through -- when the later text comes in]

[???]

catch yourself in a mirror?

Yeah. Sure.

It was actually really weird.

[a weird response]

[maybe he's not getting trolled?]

what was it?

I was at a pool alone with some guy?

wait, what? like just now?

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