太鼓鐘貞宗

Yagen listened to Taikogane’s words and looked into the other tantou’s eyes, sensing sincerity in the nice one’s words. Fudou wasn’t wrong when he told the Toushirou before that the Sadamune was nice and friendly… its just that Sada-chan can be too invasive and thick at times for the grouchy blade’s liking, thus causing Yukimitsu to make an arrangement with the medical sword to go entertain Taiko’s shenanigans sometimes, since Yagen has the maturity and patience to deal with overly energetic boys. Yagen isn’t going to say this to Taikogane though. Fudou doesn’t want him to.

“Hm, well then… are you in full agreement with Fudou about this?” 

Fudou said nothing as he lets Taikogane drag him into the cave, having a very grumpy look on his face that made his drunken blush look mild. While the tantous ought to have good night vision due to being sent out for night battles, the darkness of this cave was really pitch black, so much so that the light from the cave entrance faded quickly as the two swords walk down deeper into the cave. 

“What a good question. Shouldn’t you have asked that to yourself before deciding to go exploring in here?” Yukimitsu bluntly stated with a very sarcastic tone of voice, clearly being very annoyed over how unprepared the Sadamune seemed to be for this exploration.

Fudou might not be sober, but he wasn’t completely drunk either. He was in a state of in-between, where he is drunk enough to dampen his mood and energy levels, he was sober enough to think rationally and critically. With this, he is rational enough to acknowledge that hand-holding in a dark cave was essential, but he is critical on why Taikogane didn’t bring any kind of light source if he was intending on cave exploring to begin with. 

Whatever… the Sadamune was to dead set on this trip, so its not like Yukimitsu could ask if they can even go back to the citadel to just get a lamp at least. Sighing heavily as he downed the rest of the amazake that he had been drinking, the sword of Oda tossed the empty jar aside before grumpily placing his now free hand into the sword of Date’s extended hand very heavily that it was practically a slap. “Of course, of course….”

     ❛ Well, what are we waiting for ? Lets go ! ❜ Taikogane grasped his drunken friend’s hand tightly as they stepped into the damp cave. He underestimated how dark it would be. In retrospect he shoulda brought a light. They could go back and get one, but the likelihood of Fudou staying behind at the camp was high if they did that. They’d just have to be careful..

Fudou looked at Taikogane’s pout, recognising a look of disappointment from it… maybe he’ll try to humour the other tantou for a bit. Since he’s been given the opportunity to decide on what to do in the cave, he’d try to think of something that would allow him to relax while the other goes around. “… just a walk around I guess. No climbing preferable.” 

         The edges of Taikogane’s lips immediately curled upwards to form a small smile upon hearing Fudou’s approval. Perhaps this trip wouldn’t be a waste after all! He really wanted to spend some time with Fudou, but it was near impossible to catch him alone or sober. This escapade was his only chance.

henlo

Oh my gosh, you caught me creepin’

“Go get Hyuuga for this kind of stuff next time. I bet that boy scout would enjoy this kind of thing more….” Fudou grumbled as he stared at Taikogane with a very annoyed look in silence as he took a large sip of amazake, mostly with the idea of sleeping on the other’s lap as a pillow. “… I’d like to find the deepest hole in this cave and jump into it right now….”

“I wasn’t scared. I was annoyed.” Fudou bluntly stated, wanting to let Taikogane know that the only definite emotion that the chipper blade has ever made the drunk one feel was annoyance. Not that it ever seemed to stop the Sadamune from dragging Yukimitsu into his shenanigans. “Cave?! Camp out in it!? Have you even made proper preparations or got equipment for such a thing?? Like torches, tents, and thirty amazake jars for me to drink myself to sleep with and hope that I wake up back in the citadel???” 

“Hide-and-seek in an abandoned warehouse which was really just you tackling me down every ten minutes? Oh sure, that was totally fun.” Fudou remarked very sarcastically before being dragged away by Taikogane, and reacted very strongly when he saw that they were heading towards the woods, though he made no attempt to resist other then yelling. “Wait, what the heck are you thinking of…..?!!?!?!” 

   “I see…” Tilting his head to the side, Ai takes note of the other’s statement with a brief nod of the head given. It is only once the other extends a hand that Ai responds with extending his own hand for a proper handshake. “I am Mikaze Ai. It is a pleasure to meet you Taikogane.”

“So its either you dyin’ of boredom, or me dyin’ of being bothered by you.” Fudou grumbled before getting up grouchily and staring into Taikogane’s face with a frown. “This ‘something’ better be something not stupid this time round, ya hear?” 

stranger:

   “You have odd clothes.” Ai gave a tilt of the head. “No. Does it look like I am cosplaying?”