"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

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Comments

[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. ]