( mostly open ) Freezing ＊ Whispers of the Heart

[adoringpast]

WHO: sena and you!
WHERE: mostly around recolle, particular club sunshine, uni, and shooting range; magatus prompt is closed to certain cr
WHEN: 4/7 to the end of the month
WHAT: sena's struck by the trees' curse and how he copes it with afterwards. including getting a fever during work and school, letting off some steam via gun, and mail that he doesn't want anymore.
WARNINGS: n/a for now

i. recolle (april 8-9)

club sunshine

[ the curse from magatus has started to manifest right after his shift, which is great timing on his part tbh because the last thing he wants is to get chills with his latest client. but at the same time it's not so great because of all the times he decided to check in here...

regardless, if you also work here, you might find sena, paler than usual, come into the staff room after a long night, leaning back against the door and slowly sinking down on the floor in utter exhaustion. the pinky finger on his right hand will start to glow a faint red color, with a red line extending from the tip of it and wrapping around his wrist. eep. ]

university

[ it gets a little worse come monday, but he's one of those stubborn students who HAS to attend class no matter what. he's also wearing a single glove from his knights uniform, thinking that he's just making a fashion statement with this even though it does nothing to cover his mark, which wrapped around his shoulders now.

you may have been his classmates in his music classes, or even some of his gen-eds. maybe you just happened to pass by one of the classrooms. either way, you'll find sena doze off on his desk, arms crossed and hiding his face in them. and it won't be too long till the next period, so. ]

magatus (april 10; closed to nazuna, shin, and mao separately)

[ upon hearing from word of mouth that the only way to get rid of... whatever he has on him is at the forests of magatus, so he's back here again, traversing the frozen landscape on his own. too bad no one has warned him of the murmurs of the trees, aiming to call him out of that one thing he's been guilty of for some time now -

"you were too late." "she'll never forgive you, especially now that she's gone." ]

She? [ there's only one girl who'd fit the bill from those two sentences alone, and his heart wrenches at the thought. ] I-I have no idea what you're talking about! Show yourself!

[ but there's nothing to show; instead, the trees will just continue to call him out on that one huge mishap over and over and over and over and over.

"you just fuck up every relationship you have with people" "you'll never change no matter what you do" "she said she loved you, didn't she?" "you're just going to let people down -" ]

[ it just gets too intense for him to handle to the point where his knees give up on him and he sinks to the ground, covering his ears, tries not to scream and disturb the chaotic peace of this forest. someone... anyone... please, ]

recolle again (april 10 onwards)

mail

[ OH. OKAY. this... sure is a thing, and right when his curse has been lifted too. fanmail from various fans because of his modelwork aside sena's not really expecting any personal mail for him, considering how his parents are, but they actually did! a couple of letters might land in someone's hands (you, yes you!), and sena would know what his parents letters would look like from afar anyway so he might even swipe that shit off your hands all of a sudden. how rude. ]

You do know that it's wrong to look through someone's mail, right?

[ HE'S BEING FACETIOUS... maybe. he's just a bit ticked off right now, don't mind him. ]

shooting range

[ though he's still going to be more than a little pissed off about what happened in just a few weeks since the start of the month, so why not let off some steam? he needs to get some practice in anyway, since he figures that guns are much more portable to lug around than swords anyday. he'll think about picking up sword training again but for now - gun.

his aim really is getting better - who knew that spite can improve your accuracy a little? - but he's firing round after round after round of bullets in quick succession on the target in front of him that it can get a little too excessive, uh. yeah. ]

uni again

[ finals is coming up way faster than he expected, and while he still manages to pass most of his classes, he feels that he's been lagging way behind on his schoolwork due to retrospec shit and his modelwork. so once again, there's a chance that he'll approach you in the classroom out of nowhere and - ]

I'm missing some shit on yesterday's lecture - you do have some notes about it, don't you?

[ why does he sound like he's extorting money out of somebody though................ ]

wildcard

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i. uni!

[sundays]

[Chiaki's juggling about a thousand things at once - he honestly doesn't have time for everything, not really. Schoolwork, being an RA, on top of everything that's going on with the city and the way that he wants to help everyone.... but he thinks maybe he can figure it out if he's a little early to his next class. He can sit down and catch up with his studies and -

Oh, did Sena transfer into this course?

He blinks a few times before going to investigate, brow furrowing as he catches the mark on his skin.

So he'll put his backpack aside and move to kneel by Sena's desk so they're eye level as Chiaki gently nudges him awake.]

Mizukiiiiiii.

[adoringpast]

[ he stirs a little, shifting a little and moving his head, his face flushed with heat as he faces chiaki with his eyes still closed. shh, let sleeping models lie. ]

Mnn, five more minutes...

[ he's not even aware that his classmates from his previous class have gone on without him, rip ]

[sundays]

[that's actually pretty cute

Chiaki laughs a little bit at that, tilting his head in his amusement.]

I guess....?

[ . . .

you know what yeah, he's actually going to let mizuki have five more minutes

but then he'll come right back to the same place after those five minutes are up and try to nudge him again, gently ruffling mizuki's hair because that's how chiaki wakes up hinata sometimes....]

It's been five minutes, Mizuki...!

[adoringpast]

[ he actually waited........ but he'd still be asleep even when chiaki comes back to check on him, grumbling at the hair ruffle and shaking his head before blinking blearily at whoever disturbed his nice nap - ]

Mm.. Chiaki...?

[ give him a moment to sit up carefully, wincing because that was such a shitty sleeping position, and squints up at him. now chiaki can see how pale sena's looking than usual, complete with a red flush across his nose and cheeks to which he brings up the scarf up to cover his mouth to cough a bit into it.

he looks worse for wear, basically. ]

What do you... want.

i. club sunshine!

[fiddlestick]

[ Elliot had some time to kill before his bus came, so he was killing time in the staff room. He sees Sena come in like that, and well, who wouldn't be concerned? So he'll step over to check on him. ]

Sena? Are you okay?

[adoringpast]

[ gee, elliot, what do you think? fortunately (or unfortunately?) sena doesn't have the energy to retort right now, instead staring up and blinking at the boy blearily. ]

Mm, fine, just tired...

[ he'll use the door as leverage as he carefully gets up, knuckles white on the doorknob as he keeps himself steady. ]

[fiddlestick]

Uh...You look more than just tired.

[he steps closer ready to maybe catch him in case he falls, which gives him an angle so he can see the hand ]

-- Annnd your hand's glowing?

sticks leggy out

[pronounces]

[ magatus is pretty miserable, as far as nazuna's concerned. it's freezing cold, and it doesn't feel like there's any amount of wintery clothing that can keep it out of nazuna's fingers, but the brisk cold is a nice break from the rest of the city, from all the things that are happening around recolle. each city outside of recolle seems worse than the last, but, when nazuna had spotted mizuki earlier in the day, something had seemed... wrong. really wrong, so he'd followed him up here, trying his best to be as quiet as a rabbit in the brush.

and then, things quickly go from bad to worse.

he meant to just watch, maybe, try and figure out what's wrong, call a doctor if he's hurting, but watching mizuki scream and shout makes his heart ache. and nazuna's feet are moving faster than his head is: the minute he hits his knees on the ground, nazuna's there, dropping down next to him, a hand coming up to his shoulder. ] Mizukichin--Mizukichin!

[ mizuki could still be angry with him, and he couldn't care less. ]

[adoringpast]

[ this place really is miserable, colorful sky aside, and sena's experiencing the worst brunt of it right now. he does manage to hear a familiar voice in the midst of the guilt-tripping cacophony the forest is spitting out and he turns his head to nazuna - wait, nazuna? ]

Wh-What are you doing here?! [ yeah uh he's still mad lol ] Were you seriously stalking me That's soooooo--

[ "says the stalker himself" and that comment made him freeze up for a second before shoving nazuna's hand off of him and running off even further into the forest. ]

[pronounces]

[ the remark hurts, but nazuna doesn't care. he can throw barbs at him all he wants, mizuki's clearly in trouble, and he has just enough time for his brow to furrow and his mouth to purse in a little frown before mizuki's up.

he jumps, a little startled, stares after him for a second, and then immediately pushes himself up to his feet. nazuna is not letting him run away, which means he's chasing as fast as his smaller legs can bring him.

which...is not that fast, but at least sena's probably slowed by all of this going on. ] Mishu--wait!

sunshine

[compendiem]

[ Minato was hired as the new manager of Club Sunshine some time last month, but between trying to learn everything from Tuuri and only really being there at nights, he hasn't had a chance to get to talk to everybody else that works there either. He's got profiles, though, names and faces that he's taken care to learn, so he mumbles a ] Otsukaresamaaa-- [ under his breath while making sure at least one corner of each of his mess of papers is weight down by a paperweight. ]

Hey, Sena. You look like shit.

[adoringpast]

[ at least he isn't so snippy with elliot, because minato's way of putting it is pissing sena off just a tad. his voice is slurring a little as he attempts to get up to his feet on his own. ]

Gee, I'm soooooo sorry--

[ wait

who is this guy again

he belated remembers a new manager on the group chat some time ago... is this him? sorry, he's just going keep squinting at you until a familiar name pops up in his head unless he's also one of those weird amnesiacs where the others aren't permitted to say their names or something. ]

[compendiem]

[ Minato can't fault Sena for not remembering his name— he hadn't had his name stolen from him by a forest witch or anything, but he'd definitely only introduced himself to people as Arisato and no doubt the first Arisato that comes to mind is a certain bubbly redhead. Not her twin brother who splits his attention between his papers and Sena there on the ground, the surface of the table blocking Minato's view of Sena's hand. ]

Apology accepted. Could've called for help if you got tired halfway through. That's why I'm here.

wildcard ☼

[espansivo]

[club sunshine's a nice looking joint. leo's had to deal with a lot the past couple of weeks -- it's like everything went to shit after tsukasa's bday, even if he dealt with some things before then too -- so to relax and be pampered by pretty people?

up his alley.

he

just wasn't expecting to see sena here, for some reason, and he's got saved money to throw at this place for sena's time and company, eyes dancing and reclining in his seat with a grin. he might not be able to touch the other (hard mode!!!) but getting to see the sort of person he is working here is good enough. ♪]

Do all models have a double life like this, or did I just get lucky~?

[adoringpast]

[ sena... also wasn't expecting leo to frequent a place like this, and it just so happened to be one of those rare days where he's on shift too... god.

god, he wants to die.

but nevertheless, he still has to be on his best behavior, and that means smiling so genially at him while trying not to exude a murderous aura that can be sensed by his other coworkers or, even worse, his boss. ]

It must be the latter, considering that I only work here when my schedule allows it. [ at least he nails the polite tone in his voice down. ] But don't tell anyone else, okay? I'd like you to keep this a secret between us, if you don't mind. ♪

[ he even has the gall to raise a finger up to his lips with a playful wink. ☆ right, not a lot of his peers knew about his "double life" here, do they... ]

[espansivo]

[this is more than a little hilarious and he crosses his ankles, unable to repress his smile any. to his credit it's not particularly lecherous, just pleased as all hell.]

No problem~. We both have things to hide, after all, and I'd rather keep this side of you to myself anyway. ☆

[he gets to flirt with sena and not be rejected immediately..! so nice.]

So do you just like to let loose sometimes or do you owe the owner favors?

Mail!

[amodelidol]

[Makoto stopped chasing after a few packages when the letters flew into his hands. He looked down at them to see who they might belonged to so he could go and deliver them when they're suddenly snatched out of his hands.]

Ahh, sorry! I didn't know it was yours I was going to see if I could take it to the post office or drop it in...oh, um, hi Sena-san. I didn't open them! Here you go.

[After talking to Ritsu he's going to try to be not as jumpy around him.]

[adoringpast]

[ ah, it's makoto... this is fine. ]

No, it's all right.

[ he's smiling as he takes the letter from him. ]

I mean if it's a fan letter coming from you, you can just say it outright, you know. ♪

[ HE'S ONLY JOKING BUT.... EEP ]

[amodelidol]

[EEP indeed, but it's a joke right? Makoto can play along.]

I wouldn't have to write you a letter cause I can see you.

[Please don't let it be as awkward as it sounds in his head. Makoto looked around at the other letters and pieces of mail walking around them.]

We should probably go see if there are any more letters for you. Do you have any packages? We can look for those too.

uni again

[steadycourse]

Please refrain from cursing in the classroom!

[Because that's the first thing that comes to Ishida's mind as he looks at Sena.]

But I do have notes on yesterday's lecture! I'll be willing to lend them to a fellow student that's interested in the pursuit of knowledge!

[adoringpast]

[ oh, it's... that guy from the app, and he's just as unbearable irl. how wonderful. ]

It's not that I'm that interested in the pursuit of knowledge, though? The professor did mention a quiz coming up, and I missed a couple of classes the past few days. Just need to catch up a bit.

[steadycourse]

But you're in a university! That means you're a student and a student should always be interested in learning new things!!

[His voice is loud enough that some students are looking at them... but they're also used to Ishida yelling by now.]

Nonetheless, I'll still lend you my notes! [He starts pulling out his notebook before flipping to the correct day.] Were you sick the past few days? Is that why you missed class?

magatus

[impulsives]

[ Shin's seen Sena around lately, and he's definitely perceptive enough to know that Sena's condition is not good at all. So when he realized that Sena's going off city in that state, Shin decided to tail behind him, against all his judgment. Of course, he's conspicuous enough by wearing a plain hoodie versus his usual noisy anime hoodie this time.

Still, when Sena just falls, there Shin is, looking at him worriedly. ]

Oi, Sena!

[adoringpast]

[ sena couldn't believe his eyes when he weakly turns around and sees asuka coming for him. tbh he wouldn't have known it was him if it weren't for the fact that he's not actually wearing a weeb hoodie like he usually does. ]

Asuka...? [ squints ] What are you doing here...

[ the voices loop in his head, not letting asuka in on what's happening for now. ]

[impulsives]

Saving yourself from whatever trouble you got your ass into this time.

[ Not the time for this, really, considering Shin's patience is rarely this frayed. The cold, as well as Sena's weak condition at the moment is really dulling his control, which is pretty bad in general. Either ways, he's not going to touch Sena yet, but he is going to ask this. ]

Can you stand, at least?