#tsxji

setting up the board between him && tsuji, he was meticulous with each placing. everything had to be perfect. it wasn’t too difficult for him to pick up on spirits using the board, only because of the copious amounts of bad vibes that their base emitted ( his room only amplifying those vibes ). 

arguments had become a frequent occurrence between ishigaki and midousuji. it was as if every time she was within fifteen feet of him, he felt the need to complain about her -- or degrade her in some manner. even long after he’d found another wife, one suitable ( && more importantly, capable ) of being a mother. while it seemed that midousuji was happy, or as happy as he could be considering his grotesque nature, with his new wife he still always felt the need to bully her. she was absolutely sick of it. for the first time ever, she found herself fighting back against him, arguing for the sake of her own sanity. && when she finally left the room to cool off, red-faced and teary-eyed she came face-to-face with the man she so much wanted to impress. to be caught in such a poor state was an embarrassment, but the fact that he could have heard everything was far more horrific in her eyes.

“ piiii —- quit complaining, tsuji-kun. “ he replied, quick to brush off the other’s comments. he was much more focused on the building inf front of them. it was rare for midousuji to leave the base for the sake of a mission; yet here he was. && naturally, he would take tsuji with him. even if he wasn’t one that got along with him ( not that anyone actually did ), he was of the most useful in the group. vaguely intimidating, but useful. 

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while ishigaki wasn’t the kind of girl that was heavily into anime, she still liked the mainstream ones that a lot of people watched as children. it was weird to be into such cheesy, childish things in highschool -- most people would tease others for it, but she kept this secret locked up tight. anything that she wore to school wan’t allowed to have any form of anime merchandise on it, nor was she allowed to be caught borrowing drama cds off of her other ( closet nerd ) friends. she wasn’t one to judge people for these sort of things, but she was also the type of girl that already had her wedding planned out years in advance. she absolutely could not let her silly hobbies make her look foolish enough that no man would want to date her. ishigaki did her best to seem bubbly & kind when around her classmates, while in private she could ramble on like a total dork about the shows she liked. 

walking through the electronics section of a local store, she was on a search for a new pair of headphones to replace the ones that she misplaced. though . . . while she was passing by the tvs, she heard and oddly familiar theme song playing in the background -- ‘ Shiny Make up 輝くよ 星空を集めてただ護られるだけの か弱い存在じゃないわ だから Shiny Make up 戦うよ 星空を護って’. looking over to the tvs, she immediately recognized the song -- a bright smile overtaking her features as she finished off the rest of the lyrics along with the song. “新しい伝説が 今ここから始まる La La Pretty Guardian SAILOR MOON.” jokingly, she held a peace sign in front of her eyes and winked, mimicking the pose that the heroine did. though, once she did so, a figure caught the corner of her eye & she immediately froze up. ishigaki’s head turned slowly in horror to see one of her classmates staring directly at her. 

“keep callin’ me cute & people are gunna start thinking that you have the hots for me.” he teased, sticking his tongue out between taunt cheeks. it hurt when the other pinched at his cheeks, but nothing unbearable that he would ever destroy his pride over. this man certainly couldn’t have meant that much harm after all -- he was someone from ishigaki’s half of the gang, as if he & midousuji actually shared it. it was more like . . . he was a man that ishigaki had more INFLUENCE over. when it came to the greaser - esque man, many people held respect. that alone made him trust tsuji more than any of the lizard’s zakus.