Thread continuation for thetaintedsorrow.

[goatsongs]

[from here]

Heh. I can think of plenty of people who'd call me vain for drinking to that one. Lucky I'm drinking with you instead.

[Chuuya drinks, naturally.]

Well, never have I ever been a sexy redhead.

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[thesettingsun]

[Help comes in the form of Shuji getting one good swing that pierces one of the Taint's defenses and reduces it to ink.]

Step it up, Chuuya.

[thetaintedsorrow]

[Ugh. Of course Chuuya’s gloating would come back to bite him in the ass.]

Yeah, yeah. Don’t get cocky.

[Chuuya is much more concerned with watching out for his boyfriend and Niimi, anyway.

Chuuya does manage to get a good hit on one and take it out quickly.]

I just wanna kick his bosses’ ass already.

[goatsongs]

That might take a while more. Assuming we even find the boss on the first run through.

[are you ready to curse the RNG]

[thetaintedsorrow]

Damn...

[Well. He did promise to help. He’s kind of stuck here until they clear the place, right?

So he’ll just keep fighting, keeping a close eye on his boyfriend all the while.]

What happens if we can’t find it?

[buyingmittens]

We come back out of the book to take a break, and then we try again! And again... and again...

[Can you tell how much Niimi loves that part.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

...right.

[Chuuya is kind of glad he doesn’t have to deal with this on a regular basis.]

Let’s finish this, then.

[goatsongs]

[At least the mafia's missions don't rely on RNG.]

You don't have to keep doing this if it's too much of a pain. We can take care of it.

[thetaintedsorrow]

Like hell.

[Well then, that’s more than enough motivation to get Chuuya kicking ass again. Except this time he takes a hit, now bleeding from his arm.]

Shit...!

[goatsongs]

[Chuuya sees his boyfriend bleeding and.

Well. On the bright side, that Taint no longer is moving after Chuuya pumped two or three shots into it.]

Fuck you, don't you dare hurt him!

[thetaintedsorrow]

[A protective boyfriend...Chuuya is lucky. He knows he is. With a hand clutching his injured arm, Chuuya stands back up and keeps fighting until there’s a pause in the waves of Taints.]

...thanks.

[goatsongs]

No problem. That's what they get for touching my boyfriend.

[Niimi has something to say and juuust enough awareness to know he probably shouldn't say it until the fighting's over.

The next Taint who appears... is big.]

That's the asshole riling the others up. Ready to be done with this?

[thetaintedsorrow]

Heh. I love you too~

[They’re so embarrassing.

That Taint is...fucking huge. And cool looking, but Chuuya can’t get distracted by that right now. He’s got his fists and a knife in his pocket so...

He might just wait instead of charging right in.]

Anything I should know about this one?

[goatsongs]

Attacks have a wide range and can hit all of us at once. If you think you're out of its range, you're not.

[At least he and Niimi can manage to get their shots off first, but then that Taint tries to trample the fuck out of all of them.

Shuji takes it pretty well - Chuuya and Niimi both get hit and both take a significant amount of damage from being run over.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[Fuck. What is he supposed to do without his ability?? He’ll try punching it, kicking it, throwing knives at it, but damned if he doesn’t feel near useless right now. Seeing his boyfriend get hurt throws him into a rage, and boss be damned, he’s going to try his best to kick its ass.]

You better have brought ink!!

[goatsongs]

We can retreat if we have to but - shit!

[Shuji gets two solid hits in along with Chuuya's attacks, but then that Taint is rearing up to try to run them over again.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

Haaaah!

[Well, it’s now or never. Chuuya will do his best to go all out and kill the Taint before it can run them over again, but he may not be able to do it on his own.]

[buyingmittens]

[Maybe not on his own, but with another shot from Niimi-]

Bang!

[-the Taint dissolves before it can even scratch them again.

And yes, Niimi did say 'bang' out loud while shooting his gun.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

...holy shit, that was impressive, Niimi-chan!

[He shouldn’t curse around kids, huh? Oh well.

He makes his way over to his boyfriend before giving him a once-over.]

You okay? You better be.

[goatsongs]

I've had worse.

[While Chuuya does look grumpy about being injured, he isn't covered in letters, so that's factually true.

Meanwhile, Niimi is bouncing on the balls of his feet. Nakahara said he did good~~]

Looks like the fog's clearing up.

[thetaintedsorrow]

Looks like it.

[Chuuya is so relieved that his boyfriend is okay. He’d have to go on a rampage if not.]

So...did we save the book?

[buyingmittens]

We did it! Wait just ooone second, okay?

[When the authors disappear, it's in a flash of light, and it takes only a few seconds after that for Poe to dismiss his ability and return Chuuya to the library.

The book's looking a lot better in Poe's hands. While poet-Chuuya starts impressing on Poe how much he owes them, Niimi tugs on mafia-Chuuya's arm.]

I gotta ask you something important. [Whisper whisper.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[Well, that could’ve been a lot worse, honestly. It was certainly an experience, but Chuuya would much rather be able to fight using his ability when there’s the risk of getting trampled by a huge ass Taint.

He lets poet-Chuuya do his thing as he turns his attention to Niimi.]

Yeah? What’s that?

[He whispers back.]

[buyingmittens]

When are you and Chuuya-san gonna get married?

[Niimi whispers this with everybody else still in the room.]

[thetaintedsorrow]

[...oh.

OH.

Well, this is awkward. Chuuya loves poet-Chuuya more than anything in the world, but marriage? Never once has Chuuya considered himself the marrying type. Who needs an official document for their love?

...]

Did he mention getting married to you?

[buyingmittens]

[Niimi shakes his head. Nope, hasn't said anything.]

But you've been dating him forever...