15 • 100 Ways to Make a Single Father Fall for You • [Video/Action]

[wildkotetsu]

 [Nope

nope nope

nope nope nope he remembers this--he remembers just what happens around here when Luceti has their lovey dovey spell things, or whatever the heck you wanna call it. Heck, he even called it his first year. It's why he's on the screen immediately with the realization of what time of the year it is, making a big X with his arms and hands.]

Oh no--noooo way! I already know what's gonna happen. 

[... but... Kotetsu. People will love and laugh. No fighting! Just think of that, dude.]

I mean, it's good to get some love in your life... [NO STAND FIRM, YOU'RE ALL FOR FREEDOM] But no thanks, I'm not in any mood for the magical cupid stuff they pull on us. That kinda sucks all the fun outta' being in love! Do these malnosso guys have that much trouble finding it, they gotta use everyone else as guinea pigs? It's not like it's that hard to find; love just kinda comes naturally to you! Or it gets kidnapped by your rival and you gotta go save it from exploding warehouses... and punches you in the stomach....



... Okay, sometimes it doesn't always come naturally, but isn't some of the coolest parts seeing how it unfolds? Without the magic stuff involved.

[DASTARDLY MALNOSSO, MAKING THEM... LOVE EACH OTHER....

Okay, not the worst villain power, but. But still.]

... I guess--there's that saying... love conquers all? It's better than all of us suddenly hating each other's guts, huh? Right?

But then everyone's mad after it's over, so it doesn't really matter...

[Whelp, you know the drill—time to throw on the apron and help out around the Seventh Heaven. That's pretty much a norm now; how he ended up serving plates and not just cleaning dishes is... really beyond him. But he'll be around. Taking out trash, sweeping, serving, whatever the hell he's pointed to do. Hopefully the day will be... mostly uneventful? One could only hope.]

((ooc: despite the dorky title, kotetsu is free from any effects! until the hot spring log, anyway. but open for everything anyway!))

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[shenevermisses]

It hasn't done much to me so far, at least.

[That she's noticed.]

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[wildkotetsu]

Yeah, me, neither!

[He leans away from the journal, thoughtfully considering his day so far.]

At least I don't think so.

But... they never pass up a good chance to mess with us, so I'm not keeping my breath on that one.

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[shenevermisses]

[It's late. And maybe she's feeling a touch more sentimental than usual. So she might be a little affected.]

I'll be happy if they don't send the... relationship sort of thing I have going down in flames. Again.

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[wildkotetsu]

Ah... you had relationship troubles, huh? A girl your age should have some relationship problems sometimes. I think.

[He and Tomoe were kind of lucky, meeting without any hiccups in the system.]

It's part of being your age!

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[shenevermisses]

We'd've been fine if not for the Malnosso. Well. If not for their... whatever they did. [Because she has to admit... Without the Malnosso entirely? This wouldn't even be possible, so.]

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[wildkotetsu]

'Whatever they did' is a good way to put it...

You're doing okay now, though, naa? With all that?

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[shenevermisses]

We... [sort of tried to kill each other in the Battledome] worked it out.

[Same result. It counts.]

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[hero_of_smiles]

[Huh? Love? Cross curiously tilts his head at that. He's heard the term used. It's often used for love of family and friends right? What's wrong with that?]

Sooo...that's what's going on? The Molasses is making everyone to be friends and stuff? That still doesn't explain all the weird behaviour.

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[wildkotetsu]

Eh... w-well, 'friends', yeah... sorta'...

... Sometimes...

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[hero_of_smiles]

[Something's up but he's not sure what...]

Is it something else?

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[wildkotetsu]

Well, remember how the malnosso are good at messing with us? They kinda' do that sometimes to the village... And sometimes holidays get involved and it gets all crazy.

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[hero_of_smiles]

Mm, I figured with Christmas it was something like that. But, now I can see what you mean by crazy. Everyone's giving each other CPR for no reason. I haven't seen a single person choking though!! And they aren't even doing it right.

[He's a special kind of kid. But, obviously he's sounding very confused by all of this. This was never something he encountered before in his life and even if he did he never understood what it meant and more than likely forgot. Now seeing it being thrown in his face and that most of the village is under the effect it's kind of hard not to notice.]

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[wildkotetsu]

... People are giving each other CPR?!

Where?!

[DUDE YOU CAN'T JUST SAY THAT

ARE PEOPLE DYING SOMEWHERE??]

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[concasse]

[Be glad you don't have white hair, Kotetsu, or even Seventh Heaven wouldn't save you from impending awkward. Yet Sanji remains suspicious the entire day he's in the restaurant, constantly trying to avoid anyone he hasn't cleared off his Batshit Crazy list.

It's both funny and sad what a couple of years being stuck in this place will do to ya. Sanji remembers when he liked Valentine's Day - before sleeping with one of his best friends and watching his other friends suffer. Eyup.

That said, he greets Kotetsu politely enough. The man's work hasn't gone unnoticed and so the chef spares a grin for the dishwasher/waiter when he sees him, even if he's a touch wary]

Oi, thanks for all the work, Kotetsu.

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[wildkotetsu]

[Could be worse, right? Much worse. Kotetsu wipes his brow after lowering down a heavy box of cooking supplies and smiles back—not the abnormal fake smile from before, either. It was something with a little more realness to it; it's true that time doesn't heal all wounds, but it helps. Getting the space between. And god, he's still a mess; truly, he is. But he's a mess gradually getting picked up.

Very gradually.]

Bah, it's nothing. [He blinks down, notices a... post-it note? He finds them off and on in the pantries and stuff, but he just figured it was for the days the workers were particularly forgetful, or something. He plucks it as he talks, thoughtfully reading off 'flour, sugar — used for cooking!]

I guess I kinda' gave up being all worried about today. It's the day of love, and all that! Can't run hiding from my job 'cus of some shifts...

[Action] /rolls with your headcanon B]

[concasse]

Make sure you put that back where you found it.

[Yes, he's referring to the post-it note Kotetsu just so happened to come across, and there's a tense warning hidden under Sanji's casual tone, that speaks of a very personal reason as to why he's protective of a piece of paper.]

And at least someone's not ducking under tables trying to avoid everyone. [No, he is not referring to himself. B| He hasn't gone the table-route yet.] But I think I'd prefer to celebrate my Valentine's Day after the Malnosso are finished screwing with us.

[Action] I MISS HER SOMETIMES shhh

[wildkotetsu]

[... Huh. Slowly putting it back then.]

Maybe we should change the date for it, naa...? Sometime before the real day.

Having it after they mess with us probably won't work out so well...

[Action] ;; So do Iiiieeeee

[concasse]

-- Good point. [no one's gonna be feeling too lovey-dovey in a few days]

Wish I'd thought of this shit sooner. I could've put my heart and soul into treating every lady to a pre-Valentine's feast!

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[wildkotetsu]

Then... we'll do it. Next time February rolls around, I'll support a pre-Valentine's Day!

The people here need something like that, that the malnosso can't mess up!

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[weaponry]

Love gets kidnapped by your rival? Is that how it works? [ She doesn't think it works like that. ] That's a really weird way to go about this whole love thing.

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[wildkotetsu]

Sometimes! Love's a kinda weird thing sometimes, right? A long time ago, my wife got kidnapped by this high school punk [lol antonio] and I had to save her. Before we were even together or anything, too.

After that, we hung out all the time, and it kinda just... happened?

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[weaponry]

Love is always weird but I didn't actually think it worked like that. Like, being rescued never really influenced romantic feelings in anyone I know. [ I mean, Hinata rescued Naruto and she had to wait for, like, two years before Naruto even acknowledged her existence again. ]

It's kinda sweet that your relationship started with a promise of some sorts. That you'd always be there to help her out, you know?

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[wildkotetsu]

...

[Ha.... Ha.

If only. He's held it against himself for a long time now, not being there when she needed him most. While he was out doing his job, she spent her final moments... alone.

He doesn't like to think about it.]

Y-yeah.

And relationship stuff can start in a lot of ways; guess that's also what makes it so interesting for a lot of people.

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[weaponry]

[ Kotetsu? Are you currently emotionally distraught? Well, lucky for you, Tenten is just the right amount of tactless to just keep on pressing. She thinks you're just stuttering cause you're one of those hopeless romantics type of guys. ]

And the dynamic is never the same between two relationships. I guess seeing this in action on Valentines day kinda has a lot of people thinking about all of their relationships. [ Even though Lee was an overdramatic lovesick mess with both Sakura and Izumo, he did have slight differences between the two. ]

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[wildkotetsu]

Ah... well, I kinda wish they'd go about it all a little differently with their stupid shifts. We have enough problems without making love one of 'em too, right??