#differentpenguinpirate

Had to leave Tadatomo for this one as I had no idea what to write for him but I do hope the other two were well worth the wait! It definitely made for an interesting scenario~! --------------

Hati

It was honestly pretty fun to regain more of your memories - at least the ones of past loops. The information that you’ve been recalling is select, not really providing much help in means of figuring out everything to do with the game and its main players; however, what you have recalled has given you the perfect opportunity to mess with others with the information that you know.

You’ve been able to recall more than a few embarrassing memories, all of which you’ve been more than eager to use to your advantage just to watch your friends to either blush up a storm or burst into laughter. It’s been a great way to lift the mood, though you’ve taken a few hits to your ego for the sake of getting people to smile again, which is exactly what you expect is going to happen this time around.

Aoyama guild isn’t exactly the best place to crack out the sex stories, which is probably the reason why it’s just a small group of you huddled around together off in a nondescript part of campus - it gives the lot of you some privacy, which is frankly all you need when the questions start getting asked. It’s entertaining watching their reactions, whether they flush bright red at the mere mention of sex, or crack in a few jokes at your expense to coax you into telling more, but you let your words get the best of you, confessing more than you probably would have under normal circumstances. 

The question about your favorite lover comes out of the left field, and you genuinely have to stop to think about it. Some of the memories and faces are still blurry, whether that’s thanks to you being forgetful of what you’ve learned or something else you have no idea; however when you actually take a second to mull over the old memories that you have the first thing that comes to mind is a certain idol-adoring wolf. You don’t remember how the two of you even got together back in those loops, but the images are vivid. The kisses shared, the long nights behind closed doors, the marks left over the mornings after…

One of your friends notices you flush, teasingly asking you what’s got you blushing, but you don’t look over at them, instead automatically casting your gaze over to where Hati’s leaning against the wall, listening in on the conversation. The therian meets your gaze, seemingly expecting your next tangent about your greatest lover, and yet he’s instead greeted with a wink before you sigh and lean back against the grass, saying that you can’t say for sure even as you keep glancing over at Hati, trying to gauge his reaction.

The subject doesn’t get brought up again, at least not until everyone’s leaving to head off to their next task, and you’re getting ready to head off campus yourself when someone stops you, a hand catching your wrist as you stand back up. Turning around, you’re greeted by Hati, and he speaks before you can even ask what he wants.

“You’re not lying.”

The question catches you off guard, but after a beat of pause you shake your head, watching the conflict flashing across the wolf’s face - or maybe it’s embarrassment? But then he settles you with a firm gaze.

“Prove it” 

“What?”

“Prove that you were telling the truth.”

For a moment you weigh his expression, trying to figure out if he’s being serious - but Hati’s not the kind to joke around like this. When you realize he is actually being serious you purse your lips, humming for a moment before you shrug.

“Alright, let me juuust~”

This time there’s no hesitation when you move in to close the distance, coming to rest chest to chest as your arms snake around Hati, sliding down his back and coming to grasp at his tail. The reaction is instantaneous - Hati’s breath hitches and his tail thrashes in surprise, though all too quickly it settles into wagging back and forth with increasing excitement as you run your hand down the length of the appendage. He makes no move to pull himself away, though he makes a choked noise when you purposefully press your fingertips into the spot directly above his tail.

“I don’t know about you, but that’s a pretty convincing argument” you’re biting back a chuckle when you catch sight of his expression, leaning a little bit closer.

“And of course let’s not forget how sensitive you are at the base of your-”

“I believe you!” Hati’s voice comes out in a strained yip as he guides your hand off of his tail, blushing hard enough that you can hardly believe this is the same therian that just asked you to prove that you’d slept together.

 You have to admit, it’s cute watching him get this flustered - you’ll have to make sure to put that knowledge of past loops to good use more often.

“Well,” you’re smirking as you flash him another wink “If you need any more ‘proof’, you know where to find me~”

You don’t wait for his response before you turn away and focus back on collecting your stuff, though you can certainly feel the therian’s gaze watching you lean down with a newfound interest.

Suzuka

“You’re lying.”

You’re pinned against the wall with enough force to make you wheeze, and your hands fly up to the two hands buried into the collar of your jacket, trying to ease their grip even a little as you flash what you hope is a disarming grin.

“Come on, Suzuka - since when have I lied to you?”

Suzuka’s face is stern, but the scowl on her face is betrayed by the pink hue that’s taken to her cheeks as she retorts.

“Oh, I can think of a few times-”

“Look, birthdays technically don’t count as ly-”

Another shove makes your chuckle turn into grunt and you’re suddenly starting to regret your little stunt earlier.

It’s not like you’d planned for the topic to come up, but with more and more memories of past loops gradually filtering back into your head you’ve been recalling a lot of information about both yourself and your allies. Happy times, sad times, and, to your surprise, a few intimate times as well. They shouldn’t have been so surprising, really, especially since there’s so many people in Tokyo trying to jump your bones at any given time, but you’re still kind of conflicted seeing those same people walk around not knowing that the two of you had gotten so close in Tokyo’s past loops.

So you’ve tried to take it in stride, making light and joking about it where you can if it ever comes up - humors a good way to deflect a conversation you’ve found. But apparently, all it takes is some liquid courage and a particularly rowdy night at one of the Outlaw’s clubs for that humor to toss you straight into the deep end of honest conversations. The question had come up as a joke, with someone prodding enough for answers about your ‘endeavor’s in the past loop that you’d finally cracked and decided to spill. You’d left out names, deflecting with a few teasing remarks if someone tried to pry too hard, but when the question was posed about who your favorite lover was it had given you pause.

You weren’t thinking when your eyes flickered over to Suzuka, it was a knee jerk reaction before the question had even fully registered.You’d be lying if you said you didn’t remember it - you remember it quite fondly actually - and maybe it was remembering that experience that led to you sealing the glance you shared with a subtle wink as you hid your smile into your cup. The wink didn’t go amiss, and almost immediately you could see the shock on her expression, nearly choking on her drink as she slammed it down and tried to pass it off as nothing.

She wasn’t the only one who noticed, as when you’d looked away you’d caught Tetsuya watching you, and you don’t need words to realize that he’d spotted the exchange. However if he did he didn’t bring it up, instead stepping in to steer the conversation into another direction, giving you the perfect chance to slip away.

You’d have to thank him for that later - if you can get out of this confrontation in one piece.

“You’ve got some nerve pulling a stunt like that.” Suzuka growls, grip on your collar just barely loosening. “Honestly, like I’d believe that you and I were...w-were-”

She loses momentum, her face taking a slightly more redder hue than before as she tries to find the right words to keep berating you, and you take the moment to interject.

“Suzuka, I swear it’s the truth - look-”

You reach out your hand, hesitantly at first so as to give her the opportunity to stop you if she wants. When she doesn’t actively try to break your wrist, you eventually bring your hand behind her head, cupping the back of it just beneath her ponytail and flexing your fingers in a motion akin to a massage. For a second you watch Suzuka’s expression flicker, the anger from her face momentarily disappearing before her brows knit together and she lets out a shaky sigh. Her expression is a perfect mirror of the past loops when the pair of you were together, eyes closing for but a second as she leans just a bit more into your palm, and you find yourself feeling bittersweet as you remember those times. She was more relaxed then, smiled more, and you kind of hope that she can be like that in this loop too, even if it’s not with you. 

“See, you told me about how sensitive this spot was,” your voice is soft as you address her, fingers massaging at that spot you’ve memorized with your fingers. “I used to do it all the time when we-”

In the blink of an eye Suzuka seems to catch herself and pushes herself out of your grip,  cheeks taking on an especially ruddy hue as she sputters.

“I-I-!You-!”

You genuinely think that she’s gonna sock you - her fists balling up at her sides as she steps away, turns around, then circles back around on you. Her hand comes up, but instead of any kind of hit she jabs a finger into your chest, glaring at you as she mutters with red cheeks.

“Ask next time.”

And like that Suzuka steps away from you and turns on her heel to walk away from you; you lean back against the wall with a sigh of relief. However, you can’t help but grin as you turn to watch her leave, smoothing a hand through your hair and trying to straighten out the creases in your jacket as you call out to her.

“Next time~?”