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[neededlassie]

...Are you sure I don't look silly?

Are you kidding me? You look badass. C'mon, hurry up and turn the thing on.

Wait! What if... what if someone laughs at me? [Like a girl. Or worse, a cute girl.]

Then you tell 'em to go fuck themselves.

Okay... Okay, I'm ready, are you ready?

Yeah. Let's do this.

[The camera clicks on to the two boys. Shaun's trying to look confident (and only partly succeeding) sitting next to Yusuke, showing off his brown hair that's slicked back and poofed up into a perfect imitation of Yusuke's own trademark pompadour. He gives a cheeky grin and a wave.]

Hi!

[Yusuke grins and gives Shaun a hearty clap on the shoulder.]

Check 'im out, guys! He cleans up pretty well, doesn't he?

[Shaun's grin disappears with a squeak and he elbows Yusuke in the side.]

Yusuke!

[Yusuke grunts and spreads his hands.]

Hey, I'm just sayin', y'look good now that I fixed your hair. Maybe now people won't mistake your big-ass head for a mop.

[He emphasizes this with a light push to the side of Shaun's head.]

Yeah and then you're gonna mess it all up.

[Shaun touches the side of his head carefully, seeing if it's messed up after the indeterminate amount of time they'd spent with Yusuke fussing over it and combing it back.]

And my head's not big! Your head's big.
Oooh, nice comeback.

[Yusuke folds his arms and lifts his chin, looking smug.]

Anyway, you don't gotta worry about anything messin' up your hair. I greased it up so good, you could roll down a hill and not dent it.

[He shoots Shaun a sly sideways look.]

You wanna try?

[Shaun grins again.]

Wanna have a race to see who can mess theirs up the fastest?

[Yusuke smirks.]

Sure, but you better not cry when you lose.

Bring it, Yusuke!

[And then Shaun remembers that they're on camera still.]

...So, uh... I don't know what else to say. I guess, bye?

Yeah. Later.

[Yusuke reaches out to switch the 'Gear off. Then he pauses.]

... oh wait. One more thing––

[He glances at Shaun, then leans in conspiratorially towards the camera. He doesn't even try to keep his voice down.]

If any girls out there want Shaun to take 'em out on a date now that he knows what to do with his hair, speak up. He'll show you a great time.

[The grin on his face can only be described as "shit-eating".]

Yusuke!! [Except Shaun's embarrassed little boy voice cracks even more embarrassingly on the last syllable, making a dive for the Pokegear as Yusuke cackles and clicks the camera off.]

((If you want one or the other in particular, say so in the header! Otherwise, either Yusuke or Shaun will respond (probably Shaun, since it's his 'Gear).))

Comments

[Video]

[wing_attack]

[Okay he can't help but laugh.]

Not ready to think about girls like that yet, Shaun?

[It's okay, he wasn't ready at your age either.]

[Video]

[neededlassie]

Like kissing stuff? No, gross.

...On the cheek is okay. Sometimes, I think.

[Girls are cute and smell nice...]

[Video]

[wing_attack]

I meant like... going out with them in general. It's okay if you're not ready, though.

[Video]

[neededlassie]

Oh. ...

[..........]

Actually, I kinda sorta alreadymaybewentonadateonce.

[Video]

[wing_attack]

[Isn't he a little young for - well he and Rachel kind of became a Thing pretty quickly and he wasn't that much older.]

Here? Or at home?

[Video]

[angerpoints]

I don't see why he wouldn't be. I was checkin' girls out by the time I was ten.

[Nobody asked you, Yusuke.]

[Video]

[wing_attack]

[Yusuke pls.]

... I didn't even realize I was attracted to... a certain person... until everyone else started asking if we were a thing. I was... thirteen? Almost fourteen?

[There was also a brief interest in a lady hawk but. Well. Yeah.]

[Video]

[angerpoints]

[Ah. Well, that Yusuke could relate to. The "not realizing you liked a Certain Person until you were fourteen" thing, that is. He's not going to get into that, though. Instead, he's just gonna give Tobias a funny look and ask:]

So what, y'didn't notice any girls up until then? That's weird.

[Yusuke.]

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Ever since the last time they talked, Blake has left Shaun Mars alone. He's said what he had to. Him trying to look out for the kid would just make things worse. The kid's been all right even since Jayden vanished months ago. The best thing Blake can do is keep from scaring him and making him cry, and that means keeping his distance. It's a lot different from solving the problem by any means necessary.

It's a lot fucking harder.

When that comes up on his screen, all his resolve flies right out of his head and he's grabbing for his phone.]

What the hell did you do to him?!

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[angerpoints]

[... well, hello to you too, old man. Yusuke doesn't know why he's being yelled at right now, but that certainly doesn't stop him from scowling and snapping:]

I did his hair! What the hell does it look like?

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

Who the hell is letting you screw around with this kid? He looks like a goddamn Elvis impersonator!

[Blake jabs his finger at the screen.]

And watch your fucking mouth!

[video]

[angerpoints]

[Yusuke grinds his teeth. Oh, how he's missed having Blake hop up his ass over dumb shit. He lowers the volume of his voice a notch, speaking to Blake in the sort of slow, patient way one might speak to someone really, really dumb.]

Look, old man. His hair's gettin' long, so he let me mess around with it. It's not like I kicked down the door and held him down while I sprayed two can's worth of hairspray in his face.

[Is that... is that really the amount of hairspray he went through...? Maybe. At any rate, now that he's gotten that out of the way, Yusuke points right back at him, shouting at him with renewed fervor.]

And anyway, what the hell is it to you?! It's not like it's your hair I fucked with! There probably isn't even enough there to fuck with!

[If that sounds like more of an insult than it does a simple observation, that's because it is.]

[video]

[neededlassie]

He didn't do anything!!

[Ruh-roh, Blake, this is what you get for talking around the kid like he's stupid.

Especially since he hasn't left the room. Good job.]

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Aw crap. A look flashes over Blake's face. He stepped in it now.]

Stay out of this, kid.

[It only directly concerns you.]

[video]

[neededlassie]

[YOU DONE STEPPED IN A BIG PILE OF BULL...POOP, MISTER.]

Nuh-uh! Yusuke's my friend! You're not the boss of me, I can hang out with whoever I want.

[Video]

[babel_hacker]

[...Is that a pompadour?

It's almost like he's looking at a little gangster. Atsuro grins when he answers to this broadcast.]

Looking good there, Shaun! Are you going to keep this look?

[Video]

[neededlassie]

[Shaun glances off-camera.]

I dunno. Maybe. It seems like it takes a long time, though.

[there is a lot of hair spray in his hair rn.]

We were just playing around with it.

[Video]

[babel_hacker]

It depends on how much you like it and how willing you are to put in the effort.

[Atsuro usually doesn't take his time getting ready, unless he's that tired.]

[Video]

[killer_sweets]

I see...Well you wont have to worry about the girls being all over him. One glance at that hair and they'll be running in the other direction.

[He's not even trying to be mean here, it just idiots tend to wear that look. ]

[Video]

[angerpoints]

Says the guy whose head looks like the top of a little girl's fuzzy pen.

[fuk u]

Anyway, I was just givin' him shit. I'm kinda hoping somebody bites, though. That'd be hilarious.

[He shoots an amused look at a certain someone sitting off-screen, grinning from ear-to-ear. You're welcome, Shaun.]

[Video]

[killer_sweets]

From what girls tell me, my hair is fluffy like a kittens. [Which isn't that bad, kittens have claws.] Which is better then having so much hair gel on your head, that you can easily grease the wheels of a little girl's bike.

[Oh no friend, fuk u]

You are an ass, Yusuke. [he smirks] By the way when are you getting back to Goldenrod.

[Video]

[angerpoints]

Right, right, 'cause bein' compared to something that shits in a box is a real high compliment.

[Yusuke scoffs. As if he's gonna be jealous of Killua for being compared to a kitten. Who does he look like, Kuwabara?]

We'll probably be back by Saturday. Why, didja miss me?

[Now it's Killua's turn to be on the receiving end of an annoying, self-satisfied grin. You're welcome, Killua.]

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[red_roses]

[Ib giggles, but not to be mean.] Your hair looks nice, Shaun!

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[neededlassie]

[The giggle makes Shaun's ears burn a little bit.]

Thanks, Ib!

How have you been?

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[red_roses]

I've been....[She looks rather tired for a moment.] I've been all right...