"Tra il dire e il fare c'è di mezzo il mare."

[sharktrash]

Who: Squalo and (what's left of) MANTICORE, possibly others later
What: catch-all. Half his band is gone and he's not taking it too well.
When: May 4th-ish
Where: MANTICORE penthouse, possibly others later
Warnings: language, violence, Squalo

(( prompts in comments! ))

Comments

[sharktrash]

Mm. [ Probably as close to "me too" as he's gonna get. ] Let me know how it went.

[ He's not sure why all of the sudden if feels so surprising he's as invested in Luci as he is, but he's not going to fight it. Not yet. ]

[ His expression shifts to one of distaste for a moment. A couple months back he would've been extremely displeased with this, but now it almost feels... natural. ]

...Xanxus.

[worthlesspride]

Is this the daughter he was tweeting about a few months ago?

Wait.

You and Xanxus are married?! Back on your world?

[Talk about unholy matrimony]

Holy shit.

[sharktrash]

Apparently. She's got a brother, too.

[ THE VERY DEFINITION OF UNHOLY MATRIMONY TBH ]

Voooiii!! I didn't say a thing about married! Just, you know. [ GESTURES. ] Partners.

[worthlesspride]

[What?]

What?

[He kinda just stares for a moment]

Ugh, this is so unfair! You got your unholy partner while I have to put up with Refreshing-kun! He's so annoying. Bringing up my stupid kouhai, saying it'd be nice if he was here!

I'd rather choke.

Why can't I have my Iwa-chan and whatever the hell we are?

[sharktrash]

He smiles like me and plays with knives a lot.

[ For a moment, he almost sounds fucking proud. What is this craziness. And then he's watching Tooru and raising an eyebrow. ]

Who the fuck's Refreshing-kun?

[worthlesspride]

Oh. My. Fucking. Gosh. How are you parents?

[seriously, how did people like Xanxus and Squalo not get child services on them?]

Refreshing-kun is my sorta friend. From home. He was a setter and vice-captain on a rival team. He's annoying, but he's smart, if by the book.

[sharktrash]

Don't fucking ask me.

[ ...probably because any child service agents that tried looking their way ~mysteriously disappeared~, but, you know. ]

That's useful. But you got separated from someone, huh? Guess you didn't want to stick together that badly.

[ Because Squalo's obsessive loyalty is clearly the reason why both him and Xanxus got kidnapped into the same brainwashed rockstar planet. ]

[worthlesspride]

[... Yeah, he's just... Gonna let that one slide.]

No way! Iwa-chan have been together since we were five! Ever since I caught sneaking into my backyard to look for beetles!

[... But maybe there's some truth to what Squalo's saying. He and Iwaizumi were planning to go to different schools next year. Tooru was going... Was supposed to go a school on a volleyball scholarship. Iwaizumi wasn't. He'd still play, but he wasn't on the professional track like Oikawa had been.

Well, neither was Oikawa at this point.]

Elementary, middle school, and high school, Iwa-chan and I were always together. The vice captain to my captain, the ace to my setter.

[sharktrash]

And yet here you are, and here he's not.

[ Ah, yes. Professional sports and injuries don't mix. Considering that Squalo's line of work is probably not much less taxing on the body, it's a miracle he's still doing it after all the abuse he's suffered through, but hey. ]

Sounds like a good match, though.

[ He's also a vice-something, after all. ]

[worthlesspride]

Because they knew together we'd be unstoppable!

[no, not at all. Tooru was planning on going into coaching after a successful career. But he might have to start looking at that sooner then he expected. He was good with kids. He could be an elementary school teacher. Or a middle school science teacher. Teach kids about aliens and how awesome they are]

We were.

Anyways. Anyone else you want to add to that list?

[sharktrash]

They've already stopped you to separate you, didn't they.

[ Sorry Squalo apparently has Opinions about True Love Loyalty and it can not be bound by logic or overkill. ]

[ It's almost alarming how little time he needs to think about that question. ]

Xanxus, obviously. Don't really care about the rest. [ How charming. His look is a bit dark. ] He's the priority over me. If you agree to that, we have a deal.

[worthlesspride]

They cheated.

[And... well, Oikawa's not surprised by this, especially since Squalo just told him they were married. Partners, it's all the same.]

Fine, that's fine.

[sharktrash]

[ YEAH GOOD. Just as a clarification; ]

I mean it. If there's a point where you've got to leave me behind to get him out safely, do it.

[worthlesspride]

You are so married.

[Tooru's not 100% happy with this. It's not that he doesn't like Xanxus, he thinks the man's hilarious. It's more that he thinks Xanxus is a liability.

Whatever, he knows when to fold]

[sharktrash]

Shut up.

[ It's not quite as angry as he's capable of being, at least. ]