#*soukisumako

Sounds good to me. :>SouKisuMako:How do date nights look like?If it’s down to Sousuke, then they’re pretty chill. Just hanging out together in the living room, watching shit on Netflix and ordering take-out food works well for him. If it’s down to Kisumi, then they’re needlessly fancy. Kisumi has to check out every new restaurant that opens in town, which he claims is for market research for his estate agent job, but is actually just because he’s both nosy and likes to treat his boys out to a good meal. Makoto is content to go along with either of the other two, but to the point that it’s annoying. Sousuke and Kisumi are both constantly like “But what do you want to do???” and Makoto’s always “I’m happy with just whatever :)”. Completely insufferable.Do any members get jealous? How do they act when they do?Makoto is the most jealous one. Prone to pettiness, especially since he knows no one expects it from him. Will dislike someone before he gets to know them and claims he “got a bad vibe from them” just because they dated Kisumi like five years ago or something (re: Chiyo). But once he’s settled and content in a relationship, Makoto will calm down considerably and see he’s got nothing to worry about.Sousuke can get pretty jealous as well, but he tends to keep it to himself more than Makoto does. Silent, judging stares are more his thing.Kisumi doesn’t have a jealousy button or even understands how jealousy works. I see Kisumi and Haru as being the most poly of the Free! boys, so Kisumi tends to be free with his affections and doesn’t understand that his casual flirting with everyone causes Makoto and Sousuke a lot of stress. He tries harder to understand once they talk him through it, but he still never gets it. They all work hard though, both SouMako with their jealous streaks and Kisumi with being too free with his affections, until they reach a happy middle ground.Who asked who out? How was the first date(s)?Makoto asked both Sousuke and Kisumi out. He’d been torn between them for a while and one day just blurted out that he likes them both and things went from there. Sousuke and Kisumi had a history of casually dating each other before that, so they were more familiar with one another. The first date the three of them shared was kind of awkward for both Sousuke and Makoto, like oh god are people judging us???? But as soon as the three of them got back to one of their apartments and were free to just be themselves they had a better night.Who brings home stray pets and convinces the others to keep them? MAKOTO OF COURSE. If it’s a dog, Sousuke will instantly agree to keeping it. Anything else he’ll be like “Well, if it makes you happy”. Kisumi has to be the voice of reason and ask them if they’re truly ready and prepared to have a pet, including if their schedules can work with one. It’s not easy looking into Makoto’s eyes and saying this about every cat he brings home, but someone has to do it.Who are the reckless ones that make Bad Decisions? Who are the sensible ones who follow after them to make sure they don’t die?Kisumi and Makoto are both the reckless thrill-seekers. Sousuke thought he’d have an easy time with these two. He was wrong. Sousuke is the one who follows them around with a med kit and an arsenal of quotes that your mum would come out with in regards to reckless behaviour. Sometimes he can be no fun.

…Okay, so actually that probably wasn’t at all what that phrase meant, was it? It was probably more about different people needing different approaches. Whereas Makoto was one single person  who needed different approaches. But regardless, he certainly got everything he wanted from both Sousuke and Kisumi, so no matter how any old phrases went, Makoto wouldn’t change them for the world.

Perhaps if Makoto had been at full strength, then he might have argued with Kisumi, but he was too weak and overheated to bother right now. So instead he lifted up an arm and slung it over Kisumi, admitting defeat. The two of them would sweat this thing out together.