Shinya wearing a choker, and Tsunagu's brain just turning off for a hot second, because, well. Ninja. Choker. Shinya. In a choker.
He's brought out of it by Kuugo dumping half a cup of water onto his head.
--
Tsunagu splutters, wiping the water off of his face and pulling out a new mask. Once he's -mostly- dry, and has a mask on, he turns to Kuugo. "I- why?"
"You were staring." The tea-drinking orca nods at Shinya.
He blinks. "I was?"
"Yes."
"I mean," Tsunagu mutters to himself. "I've got a good reason to." His head shoots up. "Wait. Is staring at someone creepy?"
"Tsunagu," Kuugo deadpans. "You two have been dancing around each other for months. If you kissed him right now, half the class would thank you."
"...Really?"
"Really."
--
Shinya flushes pink. "Tsunagu was staring?" He can't help the way his voice lilts up a little bit.
"Yeah," The management student says. "It's probably because of the choker."
He reaches a hand up to it. "Oh. Is it that noticeable?"
"Yep." They hand their business card over. "By the way, Kamihara- if you're looking for a good time, my number's on the card. Have a good day!"
He takes the card.
The implication of 'a good time' hits him approximately five minutes later, while he's taking notes.
--
Shinya sits at his usual spot, waiting for Tsunagu to take the first bite of his food. "So," He says. "I'm pretty sure someone just propositioned me today."
Tsunagu promptly chokes on his bite of rice. He gropes for his glass of water and downs half of it- partly because he's actually choking, partly to hide his blush at the thought of- well. He lets out one last cough. "When was this?" Hopefully he sounds normal. Tsunagu would pay to sound normal right now.
Shinya frowns. "First period, I think?" He chases around a bit of carrot with his fork. "A management student."
"I- um." Tsunagu... does his best not to sound heartbroken. "Well. Congratulations on your new... significant other? Boyfriend? Girlfriend?"
"What? No, we're not- no. We're not together. I'm, uh, kind of saving myself for someone."
"Oh." He taps his utensils together. "If you don't mind me asking... who?"
--
You. This would be a perfect time to confess. Shinya takes a deep breath-
And promptly chickens out. He can't do it. What Tsunagu says no? What if this ruins their friendship?
God, Shinya wouldn't be able to live with himself if he ruined these golden moments, stolen seconds, away from everyone else. He'd be -not... happy, but satisfied- if nothing changed. As long as they were still friends, and were happy together...
He'd be fine.
"W-well, he's tall, and..."
--
He. Tsunagu had just gone through an entire rollercoaster of emotions, starting with soul-consuming despair and terrible, fearful, hopeful, joy. He.
Tsunagu's got a chance. A small one -Shinya might be crushing one someone else- but... well.
To fly is to invite the possibility of falling.
And if he could grasp even the slightest possibility at this friendship evolving into something more, Tsunagu would seize that with his own two hands, and damm the consequences.
--
The bell rings, and they startle.
--
Kuugo has his head in his hands. "How." He asks the world, god, the devil- whatever higher beings had a hand in this. "How can they be so smart and so... idiotic at this at the same time," Kuugo laments to Tomoko. She's nodding in agreement.
"I know." Her face is pulled into a grimace. "I've used Search on them- they've been sitting next to each other for months! Pairing up with each other whenever there's a chance! They- argh!" Tomoko throws her hands up.
They share a look of the unique blend of amusement, frustration, and despair that comes with two people in a friend group having mutual crushes on each other. "If they don't get their shit together," She ominously mutters. "I'm locking both of them in a closet."
Kuugo nods in agreement. "I have their home addresses," He agrees. "Knowing them, locking them in a closet will just intensify it." He pauses. "Worst comes to worst, we tell them about each other's crushes and send them to one of their homes."
The two of them shake on it.
--
They end up locking Tsunagu and Shinya into a closet, locking the door, and sliding a piece of paper that says 'you two are ridiculously in love with each other. make it official, you idiots.' -gang orca and ragdoll, on behalf of all of UA.
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-story anon
(this is WAY more dramatic than it needed to be, but it was fun, so... no regrets. this was written in like... less than half an hour lol. please enjoy! hello, eclair!)
PLEASE they’re idiots and they’re in love 😭
They would absolutely be the most awkward, flustered, infatuated lil guys and everyone around them is pulling their hair out at their oblivious mutual pining-
God I love them so much- and Shinya in a choker??? Don’t worry Tsunagu, I don’t blame you for staring that sounds eheheh
I would’ve drawn Shinya wearing a choker, but I’ve been travelling so just, <3
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If we DO ever get a Good Omens season 3 (and fingers crossed we will) then using the Second Coming as the narrative device to facilitate the final culmination of Good Omens' ideology and message is brilliant, actually.
Because the Second Coming IS NOT another Adam situation. And, contrary to the misconceptions I've seen, It IS NOT about Jesus being born again as a baby, etc, etc.
THE SECOND COMING. QUITE LITERALLY refers to THE LAST JUDGMENT.
As in. The SAME Last Judgment Michelangelo painted on the walls of the Sistine Chapel. As in - THE JUDGMENT of the Living and the Dead. THE LAST, FINAL, ETERNAL JUDGMENT.
It's the WHOLE thing Armageddon was leading towards. Book of Revelation speedrun: the world ends, everyone dies, and then they get resurrected again to be judged by JESUS himself. He will flick through the Book of Life (WINK WINK WINK DO YOU SEE HOW LOUDLY I'M WINKING AT YOU???), and if your name is there he will go "oh nice you deserve eternal paradise! :D" and if your name is ERASED from the Book of Life he will go "oh no, sorry, you go to the lake of fire for eternity now D:" (except apparently in Good Omens lore it'd just DOOM YOU TO NON-EXISTENCE FOREVER???)
And if you THINK about it, The Last Judgment is the ultimate manifestation of moral absolutism. No shades of gray, no chances. Just BLACK, and WHITE. Never mind that you're like Wee Morag and Elspeth, who are forced to do "bad" things because of circumstances. It's either you pass Judgment Day, or you burn (or disappear forever.)
And the way THINGS are going in the Good Omens universe? I don't think there's ANYONE "good" enough to be "saved." Not Crowley, not Aziraphale. Hell, not even the Archangels themselves.
So it provides a PERFECT opportunity for Aziraphale and Crowley to UPEND that SYSTEM entirely.
I think that's what Crowley and Aziraphale would do in s3: establish a new kind of system in which angels and demons have free will to determine the right (or wrong) choice.
Giving them the APPLE, so to speak.
And then they'll go off to retire in a cottage, together at last.
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