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[swordhardy]

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[swordhardy]

I think I do

[pushpin]

well ur WRONG
im not a coward, ill come when i wanna
& ill lick ur scars too, just watch me

[swordhardy]

Hoh?

Then come over. I'm not even wearing a shirt right now.

[pushpin]

I DIDNT MEAN RIGHT THIS SECOND

[swordhardy]

( LAUGHTER which he doesn't send in text form )

What the hell, you're so cute sometimes

Fine, fine. As long as it's clear that it's fine if you want to see me, okay? Ah, and you work late a lot, right? I'll stop texting you so early

[pushpin]

[SEETHES QUIETLY...]

i work a lot in general
hell im at work right now

.....u dont got to though
its nice to wake up to a message from u sometimes

[swordhardy]

I figured you were

... I know it's probably not always the same, but what time do you usually go to bed?

[pushpin]

its boring but a lil better now

2 or 3 ? i get up at 9 or 10 if i got a shift

[swordhardy]

Work's work. I was thinking of picking something up myself

Only five or six hours of sleep?

[pushpin]

.....like what
i feel like u got a very specific skill set & nothin else

thats 7, buddy

[swordhardy]

Yeah I know. How many jobs need you to slice things around here?

On average? I guess that's not bad.

[pushpin]

uh
maybe somethin at the deli....? or a meat department at a grocery store

its really good what the hell
i used to get more but it was bcoz i never did my homework lol

[swordhardy]

I could do that! They just cut meat all day, right? That sounds pretty fun

Extra work from your lessons, right? I can see you skipping that

[pushpin]

sounds boring as hell to me but i think thats what working is

yea
think id rather go to skipping stones & catching beetles classes

[swordhardy]

Yeah? Maybe it's kind of boring, but I always found finishing a job satisfying, too.

Haha, right? But it's not like I didn't have lessons. I was scolded so many times for not sitting straight up that I don't think I could slouch now, even if I wanted to.

[pushpin]

maybe the first couple times
kinda loses its sparkle after a while..... but maybe im just askin for too much
i learned that about myself recently

that explains a lot
its not like u gotta learn, the way u carry urself is good

[swordhardy]

What, about asking for too much?

Only because I learned when I was young. My mother was pretty strict. That's mostly what I remember of her.

[pushpin]

that i like things i shouldnt

most parents are, aint they ? well not my ma
sorry u cant remember much..... id let u meet her if u could
what about ur dad

[swordhardy]

Why shouldn't you like them?

I don't know, I guess so. I would have liked it if she praised me just once, I think, but it doesn't matter. What else was yours like? You told me a little bit, before.

Don't remember him at all. The Rangetsu line was down my mother's side.

[pushpin]

[...]

bcoz a good person wouldnt

so thats why u like praise so much huh
if she died real when u was young & u dont remember ur dad, who raised u ?

um.... shes sweet & cares & talks to me a lot
even if she teases me
when i was younger people used a say i was a lot like her but got my dads temper
shes a lot smarter though

[swordhardy]

Ah. Gotcha.

......... Oh. Maybe? I never thought it that way before.

My oldest brother became head of the clan after her. He's ten years older than I am.

She teases you, huh? What about?

[pushpin]

seems obvious now

ohh the one still alive ?
he sounds cool whats he like

tch
everything
but like hell im givin u more ammo

1/3

[swordhardy]

Shigure? Cool?

2/3

[swordhardy]

...Tch.

Always missing when he should be present, never willing to take on a student in his life but he'll show clan moves to whoever he feels like just to beat them with it after, doesn't keep his promises, ignores his responsibilities and duties in favor of what he thinks might be interesting, hates being alone, effortlessly genius with a blade -- that sure as hell hasn't changed at all.

3/4 I lied

[swordhardy]

... And always optimistic. No matter what happened.