dumbshow | CALL ME OUT heuhuehe

[Alois has been enjoying having heat and light and running water in Haven lately, and it's managed to keep him in higher spirits than normal even if he has to live with people who, uh, hate him— details. So what he's doing when Kazuya suddenly calls out to him is actually returning to the housing block, maybe to go laze around like he owns the place.

Kazuya's presence isn't unwelcome though, at least until he gives him that gesture... that's flattering. u rude boy]

What? [complete with a hand cupped behind his ear] You'll have to speak more clearly!

[Kazuya frowned at that, and then leaned forwards, cupping his hands around his mouth, and, taking a deep breath;]

I SAID C'MERE, ALOIS!

Oh! That's better! [Cheerfully, like he really couldn't hear him the first time. He hopes a few neighbors peered judgmentally out their windows after that display, to be honest - but it's good enough for him! There's even a spring in his step as he saunters over.]

What is it?

[Let them stare! No, really, Kazuya was completely oblivious about the scene he must've made screaming at the top of his lungs like that, and he straightened up as Alois trotted over, planting his hands on his hips as he gave the younger teen a critical stare]

Just saw you and thought I'd say 'hi'. [a long pause - Kazuya did not think this totally not a check up on the mentally unstable teenager through very well. What could he say after that? Curse his lack of social ability to smoothly make small talk!] So, um. Hi.

[That earns him an even longer pause coupled with a very nearly incredulous stare. Alois' lips part in a little "o" like he truly has no idea how to respond to that— and honestly, he doesn't.

Of course it doesn't occur to him that someone would come checking up on him. So after that pause, his little smirk is back, if somewhat unsure.]

You are a very, very strange boy. [...] Hello.

I-I'm not strange! [....that much!] What, can't a guy say hello to a friend or somet- I mean! Just say hello to someone!?

[WHY DID HE SAY FRIEND THAT JUST SLIPPED OUT ABORT THE SOCIAL SITUATION FLY, KAZUYA]

[So strange! But oh, there is not even a chance Alois missed that slip. Again, something in him stirs; Kazuya might be a big grump, but he's so unforgivably earnest that Alois can hardly keep up.

Which is not to say that he doesn't grin much wider, because he does, nor is it to say that he doesn't suddenly bound the remaining distance between them to wrap both his arms around Kazuya's, because he does. Probably habit...??]

You did! But you know you don't have to do such odd things to get my attention.

Wha-!?

[Kazuya froze completely when Alois practically hugged him, his expression very much like a rabbit cornered by a pack of bloodthirsty hounds. It wasn't that he was twitchy about physical contact - on the contrary, he was quite touchy feely with those that he liked - but the hug just took him so completely by surprise that, in his flustered state, he found himself bewildered on what the next (appropriate) response should be.

Um.]

I-I wasn't- like- that- not odd but- just-

[Oh. Is his face getting red? It is]

[Encouraging him (that's clearly what this is) will get you nowhere, Kaz. Alois doesn't let go; he doesn't seem to consider the possibility of letting go, really. Provocation is the name of the game and he is so winning. Blushing about it only gets docked marks.]

I think you were. Don't worry, I don't mind at all— I came when you called, didn't I?

[Sort of, after some messing with.

... squeeeeeze]

[HELP, Kazuya's mind screamed, but alas, no one to hear except the Bel demons inside of him, and they are not sympathetic to his plight at all]

Y-Y-Y-Yeah? [He actually squeaked! Oh my - Kazuya hurriedly cleared his throat, looking away with a somewhat grumpy expression, ruined by the flush of red to his cheeks - which only grew even redder when Alois squeezed him. WHY.] I- so, um.

[Kazuya mentally flailed. He flailed with all of his might! And then blurted out the next thing that crossed his mind;] H-How are you today?

[Surrounded most often by hardasses and no-fun jerks in Haven - and at home, honestly - this is sooo entertaining. It's second nature for Alois to be overly touchy, especially when someone reacts in such a profoundly excessive way.

... It's endearing, but it also gives him the upper hand. Should've been more careful!]

I'm doing just wonderfully. [luckily he is not tall enough to rest his chin on Kazuya's shoulder, but he definitely thinks about it] But you look tense.

Tense? [Kazuya's voice subconsciously rises in pitch. Yeah. He was tense alright. Punch him and he'd shatter like stone] I'm not- tense. At all. I'm just. Standing. Here.

[Yes. Standing.]

[Kazuya is truly the gift that keeps on giving. Alois hums, first amused but dipping into disappointed by the end. Still not letting go, please adjust...]

I can see that! Didn't you come by to see me? Let's do something more fun.

Gck...

[...he'd been seen through. Briefly, Kazuya considered denying that, but then he wondered what the point would be. Alois had selective hearing, and believed what he wanted to believe and- it was... true anyway... he did come to see Alois.

...also if he agreed maybe he would have this limpet detach himself]

Yeah, um, alright. [Kazuya nervously smiled in resigned exasperation, patting Alois on his lower back. That was - right, right? God, he didn't know. How did one return a hug with Alois-] What do you have in mind?

[How does one return a hug-- obviously by being very awkward about it. Alois "not hugged enough" Trancy is yet again satisfied by this small gesture, and does let go after that. Although he may be letting go in order to affect looking around with a serious, drawn out hmmm of Great Ideas Forming, who can say.

(It is of course both.)] Want to help me hide a broom?

[good lord he is the worst roommate]

A broom?

[...Kazuya must've been hanging about Naoya for too long, because his immediate thought was to wonder if this was some dubious sexual innuendo, and he gave Alois a bit of an uncertain look]

Like... a sweeping broom...?

[Kazuya...!! The very thought--! It's not innuendo yet. Don't be silly.]

What other sort is there? Yes, of course a sweeping broom!

[WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY YET?!]

Oh. [Thank God] Okay, uh, sure. Why not? [A bit weird but... Kaz would go along with it]

[WHAT DO YOU THINK]

[Anyway! Brightly, with a tug on Kazuya's abused sleeve:] Come along, then! It's inside, and we only have so much time.

[SIDE GLANCES]

Alright... [Still bemused, Kazuya allowed Alois to drag him towards his apartment block, wondering why they were going ot hide a broom of all things. Did it belong to someone? Well... hiding something from someone is a harmless prank, so, Kazuya didn't see any harm in it] So, who owns this broom we're hiding?

[WINKS]

This wretched girl I'm forced to live here with. She's tormented me with conjurings of maggots and beetles the size of a man and I'm sick of it! [True, but he's leaving out the part where he made her cry. HA HA...]

She's practically in love with this broom— We'll see how she likes a taste of her own cruelty!

[Uguu!

Kazuya frowned, suddenly looking a little severe. So... one of Alois's roommates was bullying him? Well- hm, there is always the possibility that Alois had upset them somehow by being, well, himself, but that didn't give them license to cast spells on him. A simple head-thwack would do]

I see... alright. [Kazuya's frown turned into a rather impish smile] Let's toss it somewhere where she won't find it for a long time, then~

[Two of them, actually, but for some reason he's more tight-lipped about the demonic one hanging him on posts and threatening to kill him—mostly because of the threats on his life, wow. Roommates suck and he hates them.

He perks up considerably at this new enthusiasm for his rude broom prank, though. What a pal...]

Do you think it would get stuck if we tossed it in the well? [ha haaa— meanwhile welcome to block 28, follow Alois to his room where he has stashed said broom kind of awkwardly between his bunk and the wall] I thought about getting it over with and breaking it, but then it'd just be a smaller broom.

Let's not break it. [The broom may be special to that person, and while Kazuya saw no problem in punishing them for their bullying, he didn't want to hurt them permanently by breaking something precious to them] And the well's probably too obvious and hard for them to get it back from... hmm...

[Where could they take it...? The problem with Haven was that there was barely anything around, so...] We could hide it in my apartment block. Your roommate doesn't know me, so.

[Wow, it's only a broom... a broom that she cried over... Thank god Alois' laziness takes over before he does stupidly rash things, sometimes. He manages to get it out of its holding place and gives a little spin, ending with the broom held like a sword and pointed at Kazuya.

isn't this fun this is so fun]

That's good! But you'll have to lie for me if she starts going door to door.

that's it that's the thread

perf friendship

omg i'm already dying

always making a scene, can't go anywhere these two

the disaster duo at their finest

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