💚 SenGen 💜

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♬: based off the first song that comes up on my itunes after putting it on shuffle

Unrequited love is something Gen can't live with. Doesn't want to live with. He knows the human mind - and heart - far too well to be able to cope with it. He knows himself even better than that. Which is plenty ironic on it's own. So, the mentalist devices a plan, one where his real feelings for the elusive and emotionally closed off scientist will finally become known and understood....and hopefully reciprocated. It's all about pushing the right buttons, isn't it? That shouldn't be too hard. It's what he does, it's his speciality. Gen has the key, after all, to the other man's heart. And that key, well. If it happens to be shaped like a telescope, aimed at the heavens above, well, that's a story for another day, isn't it? Another day, where everything has finally fallen into place.

had a dream where SenGen met in the modern world thanks to Byakuya. only it didnt start happy. Senku meets Gen in the hospital, when he finds a stranger coming out of his father's hospital room. Byakuya has been in an accident and is in a coma, and Senku comes to visit every day wondering where the flowers on his bedside come from. he assumed that maybe the nurses put them there. Byakuya is famous after all, he's a world renowned astronaut. until one day he sees a mysterious black haired man coming out of the room just as Senku is arriving for his usual visit. it catches him off guard, and part of him feels angry. who is this stranger that's been visiting his father without announcing themselves? Gen is quick to smooth things over, however. his name is Asagiri Gen, one Senku has heard whispered from time to time by the hospital staff more than once, but he never connected the dots. Gen apologizes, and explains himself. Byakuya is someone he met a long time ago, when he was a kid, who had a strong impact on him. when he heard that he was in the hospital Gen had to come see him. and so begins their unexpected romance. Senku and Gen take to each other like a house on fire. witty banter, discussions that go on for hours, conversations that excite Senku more than he wants to admit. after each hospital visit, the two of them go for coffee. or lunch. sometimes dinner it always becomes something more. eventually Senku invites Gen to his most important science conference to date. he's made an incredible discovery and it would mean more than he wants to say to have Gen there to see it. he agrees, only once there....Gen can't bring himself to step out of the shadows. he sees how brilliant Senku is. and by now he's fallen in love. he doesn't want to hinder his career - he's an up and coming performer, their worlds could never overlap so easily could they? so he leaves. takes a show abroad to escape confronting the scientist. Senku is left feeling betrayed. he doesn't know Gen actually attended. and for a while he doesn't understand why he's so upset and angry. until he sees his best friend Taiju finally propose to his long time girlfriend Yuzuriha, and it clicks. Senku had fallen in love and Gen disappeared before he could do anything about it. meanwhile, Gen is regreting his decision. every moment away aches. he knows he loves Senku, has known for a while, but accepting that he allowed himself to grow close to someone is....difficult. once his show abroad is over nearly a month later, Gen feels ready to come apologize. only when he returns to the hospital Byakuya isnt in the room anymore, he finds a different patient there. it makes him panic, for a moment, that something horrible has happened so he runs all the way to Senku's house. the person who opens the door however sets his mind at ease yet opens up a memory from a lifetime ago. it's Byakuya, staring at him in shock. when Gen was in middle school, he was severely depressed. his family was incredibly strict and oppressive. they expected him to take over the family business and honor their every wish and will. they met at a bus stop. Byakuya was on his was to Jaxa to interview to become the astronaut of his dreams, when he noticed this upset looking young man. Gen ends up venting to this total stranger, who simply asks "what do you want to be?" to which Gen doesn't hesitate to say "i want to be a magician" Byakuya just smiles at him and replies "then become a magician, whatever it takes" and his straightforward answer changes something in Gen. it sparks the drive to achieve his dreams once and for all. so when he's finally face to face with Byakuya again he breaks down crying and the first words out of his mouth are "you changed my life" and Byakuya immediately recognizes him. Senku is behind him in the doorway, and at seeing Gen so emotional, so raw, all of