I will grow my own trees while you follow the moon

[thesettingsun]

it's a john/shuji catchall post

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[vitis]

It is goin' great. You ever play with one of these?

[ wearin' a big ol, wide grin. alas, before there can be an answer, he pushes a beer for shuji as an invitation, leaning over in the same gesture to give him a smooch on the mouth. ]

[thesettingsun]

[:D Shuji returns the smooch before popping open that beer.]

Nope. Wasn't allowed to have one in the house.

[vitis]

[ ??!?! ]

What? Seriously...?

[ forgive the extra dumbness and emotionality, shuji, he's down a few ]

[thesettingsun]

Asian-American parents, remember? They're strict.

[vitis]

Oh, yeah...

[ because apparently not everyone got to be a wild child. ]

Anyway - watch this!

[ with a grin, he proceeds to do the same fancy shit as first ten seconds of this vid. he looks pleased as punch about it, too, amazingly refraining from nicking himself even despite his slightly lacking coordination. ]

[thesettingsun]

[Shuji applauds wildly!! John, so talented, so flawless.]

Encore! Encore!

[vitis]

[ AND THE CROWD GOES WILD ]

[ feeling emboldened, john grin widens; he completes a few more seconds of flashy knife spinning and flipping it about before -- he gives himself a wee cut on his pointer finger, the knife mishandled and clattering to the table. ]

[ woopsy! ]

[thesettingsun]

[it's almost like doing knife tricks while drunk is a bad idea?? who could have predicted this]

H- w- I'll get you a bandage!

[Even though he is in John's home, he is the one who hurries to fetch John's first-aid kit, which he just happens to know the location of for unclear (to John) reasons.]

[vitis]

[ watches as shuji flies into a flurry ]

[ but that's ok. he also watches as shuji returns with the first aid, lifting up his pointer finger to show the wound. a droplet of blood slides down it, ominously. ]

Do we... really wanna waste a band-aid on this??

[thesettingsun]

It's not a waste!

[He carefully applies the band-aid. All better.]

It's never a waste to take care of you.

[vitis]

[ welp. plop goes the band-aid. he wipes an excess blood off on his pants. but shuji is so cute, saying something like. john might have already been a bit flushed, but there's definitely an added blush at remark. ]

Will you kiss it better—?

[ pls ]

[thesettingsun]

[Shuji, who is a big gay, doesn't even hesitate to lift John's hand and place a smooch on top of the band-aid.]

How's that?

[vitis]

... Nice!

[ an approving grin.

he laughs, actually, bringing up his beer to take a sip and then settling that back down. his boyfriend must be the best, really, kissing booboos. ]

All better.♫

[thesettingsun]

[He'd do a lot more than kissing boo-boos. But that doesn't make the small things less important, really.]

Maybe we should save the knife tricks for later?