[AQ] Let's Do Something Dumb [Daichi & Juon]

[Juon]

SPOILER: Click to show

A Reason To Laugh
+ Description: You and a friend seem to be walking or just plain hanging out in the park. Out of boredom you start to tell jokes back and forth. Dare some dumb dares. Play on the small play ground clearly not made for teenagers, regardless you and your friend are here to have a fun time!
+ Play on the playground!: +2 Guardians, -1 Faberge, +1 Roost
+ Dare your friends to do something silly and harmless: -1 Guardians, +1 Faberge, +1 Roost
+ Tell your very best puns: +1 Guardians, +2 Faberge, -2 Roost
+ Do all of the above: +1 Guardians, +1 Faberge, +1 Roost
+ Requirements: None
+ Submitted by Teale and Mari

A Guardians meeting had ended up at the park; some... something or other with... something eggs and whatnot; Juon hadn't been paying much attention. He hadn't been sleeping well lately, and having to keep his mind active for so many hours through classes made Guardians meetings at the end of the day excruciating; it took almost all of his concentration just to stay conscious, not to mention attentive and responsive. He just had too much on his mind, and it was keeping him from doing anything that wasn't studying or homework or fluffy Guardians nonsense.

He always signed up for the fluffy stuff. It kept him away from all of the real things, it kept the other members happy, and it kept Mori Keiko off of his back. The less involvement he could have with all of those things, the better; even if it was quite the burden on his shoulders.

As he stood in the park, half-dead as the meeting was starting to come to a close, his gaze trailed off of the other Guardian leading the conversation and over to the other parts of the park surrounding them. It was evening; the kids had already gone home for the day, and there were a few joggers out, but otherwise it was relatively quiet. He settled over the lake, the pavilions, the playground, the swingset...

An idea came to him.

Having positioned himself at the back of the crowd, he looked to those in front of him until he spotted a familiar head poking out from between them. Slipping his phone out of his pocket, he texted that particular head--who was still Mt. Wara in his contacts--a simple, but probably too vague, message:

hey
do you want to do something dumb

[Daichi]

Daichi was feeling the same somewhat. Maybe not exactly the same. He was tired though. Between cooking club, training with Kendo- Well mostly Takeo. As well as training Archery club, with the help of Miuna and Ji-soo. He found himself getting more tired. Doing homework wasn't to bad, Taiki helped out a lot and he always had Junko or others to text for answers on certain things. Honestly, only the 'official' club he was a part of was cooking. Putting out fires for that too had become the norm for him. Hell chasing and healing eggs was the normal for him now. Jumping into his character transformation running off as a hero. He didn't really mind it though. He did take breaks from it from time to time leaving most the work to the ones who wanted to really prove themselves and chase after eggs and wishes.

He didn't mind curing hearts. He was happy too! He also liked sparing with the others, even if he got hurt sometimes. He liked being involved. There was a story and a world all around him and he was happy to take part in all honesty. It was something he was grateful for. Not as a distraction- But to make memories. Happy and fun memories, and what was the good with out the bad? Even with the struggles he was facing. He knew that was just apart of growing up and apart of himself and others changing. So yeah, He didn't mind.. Not one bit. Making memories with his friends and the people he cares about really just made it worth it. Maybe he was just to much of a sentimental?

As for the meeting today it wasn't very special, well other then them being at the part for some reason. Maybe it was because of eggs that was always a safe bet. He didn't really question it though. Standing with a bunch of other guardians who were chatting and talking. Listening to their woes or stories, some he took note of in his head some details, other things he seemed to just let it go in one ear and out the other. It was, just boring. He was nice to them dont get him wrong, he talked with them and he was pleasant. He wasnt about to-Oh? Feeling his phone vibrate he pulled it out of his back pocket. A text from the jellybean lover himself, he looked around he spotted him a toward the back then turned back to his phone. Reading the message over it didn't take but a few seconds to reply back.


I'm game.
What do you have in mind? 


He was already, ready to make a get away out of this little group. When weighing the odds of being in a group of people you dont really know, or hanging out with a friend who you actually like to talk to- He would pick Juon every time.

[Juon]

Said jellybean had let his fingers tap along the edge of his phone, watching through the thin crowd as Daichi took his own phone out of pocket, reading the message and thumbing out a reply. After it looked like he'd sent it, Juon stared down at his own again, waiting for it to light up with the answer. It came, after a short delay, and he didn't hesitate to respond again, tapping out a message from the lock screen, not even bothering to unlock his phone into the full messaging app.

lets go to the playground over there
it sounds dumb but
im feeling spontaneous

Spontaneous... that was the best word for the feeling, right? Something like that--maybe aside from stupidity. But the idea seemed something... out of the norm and almost cleansing, in a way. Something as innocent and pure as a playground, a swingset, a set of monkey bars; the feeling that they gave off seemed oddly attractive to him today, like a beacon of opportunity to just leave everything to the side and enjoy a moment that embraced some fond things of the past.

He still told himself it sounded dumb.

But he still wanted to do it.

[Daichi]

When the next message arrived Daichi pulled away from the group- his place quickly filled by someone else, and they promptly carried on talking not really noticing Daichi slip away. He unlocked his screen, re-reading the message and smiling. No that wasn't a stupid idea, not at all, not to this hero it wasn't.

Dibs on the swing set
Nah, it sounds pretty fun.
Lets go :D


Looking over to Juon he quickly made a bee line to the little playground completely ditching the rest of the guardians, half way there though he waited for Juon. God its been years since he played on any playground. He used to do it all the time with his brothers, actually he hid in parks a lot when he was little. Only when he didn't want to whatever sport he father wanted to play at the time. It was kinda bittersweet- the idea of playing on a playground. Maybe that feeling would change by the end of this little outing. Or maybe a good swing on the swing set would- who knows. 

[Juon]

k

Juon was a twinge bit excited that Daichi seemed into the idea--the nostalgia of the idea coupled with the atmosphere almost made it feel like an adventure, toward something new and yet familiar. Though he'd never been to this playground in particular, the feeling of it itself brought him back to his own childhood, and the idea of it--exploring it as an almost-adult gave it a different mood, a different sense of discovery.

The meeting was just ending as they slipped away, so he figured that no one would really miss them--meeting up with Daichi a bit away from the group, he offered a sheepish (but a little bit enthusiastic) shrug, and they headed over toward the playground area.

There was all the standard items you'd expect; a large playground structure with bridges and slides and monkey bard and plaything, a swingset, a blacktop with basket ball hoops and tether ball poles and pre-drawn hopskotch paint lines, geometrical structures that were intended for climbing... all sorts of things; he figured that, considering how new he'd heard the park was somewhat recently restored, that all of this was relatively 'modern'.

"Kind of a random idea, but it just felt, like... relaxing," he offered, finally breaking the silence as they got there. Since the other had prompted interest in the swings, he'd headed that way to take one of the four that were stretched across the structure. "Did you come to these a lot as a kid? I feel like I haven't been on one in forever."

[Daichi]

He offered Juon a smile at his shrug. Then he had another small smile as the other spoke up against the comforting silence, " I know what you mean." He responded simply enough. As he headed to the swing set in question, he mused over the question for a moment before offering an answer. " Yeah, a lot actually. Parks were my go to place to just, when I was bored or just wanted to read outside." He spoke casually.

While what he said wasn't whole truth to the matter, if Juon wanted to relax there was no way Daichi was just gonna dump the real reason he went to parks was to just run away from his dad. There was a time and place for everything but this wasn't the time nor the place. The knowledge wouldn't help either of them in anyway, it would be awkward if anything. Maybe another time.

He took a swing close to Juon. Using his feet to back up far enough to pull them up and giving him momentum to swing forward. He didn't swing really high or fast- It was leisurely pace, enough for Daichi to be content and for him to still be able to talk. " What about you? How often did you go to parks?" He asked.

[Juon]

"That's cool," he offered, before sitting himself down on one of the swings. It took him a moment to adjust to the feeling, rotating awkwardly as he tried to re-learn how to adjust his balance to be able to sit on it right. It felt too low to the ground for him, and even for his stouter stature, his legs were stretched out far in front of him. He pushed his weight into his foot, rocking back and forth a little bit, but his feet never left the ground. "Seems like a good place for that."

Sighing though as Daichi returned the question, he leaned back, having to summon up the memories to get a clear answer; he supposed he didn't really remember, upon thinking about it. "I dunno," he offered at first, buying himself more time to think. "I always took my sister, because she wanted to go." A pause, as his gaze trailed far away into the sunset-dyed sky. "It was fun at first, but I got tired of taking her when I got older... so I just stopped coming, I guess." A brief chuckle. "I guess I hit the age first where it just became uncool, or whatever. Dumb."

Another sigh was heaved, but it carried less weight. He leaned forward then, hands wrapped around the chains of the swing as he craned his neck to try and see Daichi from the front. "Do you have siblings? I feel like you've mentioned it before, but I don't remember," he then prompted, legitimately curious. "You seem like something you would." Another pause, as he caught himself. "... Err, and I don't mean that in a bad way, or anything. I mean, you're responsible and stuff."

[Daichi]

He listened carefully, watching Juon speak out of the corner of his eye while he swung. He smiled at he others own short chuckle. " I know what you mean yeah." He added just to make sure Juon knew he was listening and understanding what he was saying to him. " You sound like a good brother you know. Taking at least some time to take your sister to the park." He said offhandedly, and almost too sincerely.

When asked about his siblings he seemed to forget to keep his momentum of the swing, slowing down his swinging altogether. " Oh- I've probably at least mentioned them a few times yeah. I dont think in great detail though." He hummed, quietly. " No I know what you mean..." A sigh then passed from his lips, it was soft more like he was just just pushing out air rather then just sighing.

" I have two other brothers. Hayato is the oldest, he's twenty-six, we works as like a psychical therapist traveling around with his fiance, and then Takehiko is twenty-two hes in college right now on a basketball scholarship living on campus in an apartment with his roommate. I'm the youngest and last kid in the family so.." He shrugged, he didn't know what else to say really.

He did wonder if it was strange to think about, at least for Juon. About how, Hayato was nine years older then Daichi, Takehiko was five. Quite the age difference all things considered.

[Juon]

"Ugh," was all he had to say in response to Daichi's thought that he was a good brother. "Yeah." He practically grimaced at the thought; no matter how many nice times he'd had in those memories, they'd all turned sour now.

He leaned in a bit more, hanging a bit heavier on the chain as Daichi had then started going into detail about his brothers, listening with interest. His eyes widened at some of the details, surprised and impressed at the credentials that'd been listed off. "Twenty six..." he echoed in awe, before leaning back. "Wow, so they're both a lot older." A pause, as he leaned further, hands still gripping the chains as he threw his head back, fixating on the sky again. "Is that weird? Having such a big age difference. Or," he re-thought his statement. "I guess you wouldn't know what otherwise was like, huh."

Pushing off with his foot again to swing a bit, he nearly lost his balance having been leaning back with a different distribution of weight, and struggled for a moment as he got himself back properly upright. "I'm only a couple of years older than my sister--I wonder if that's more or less difficult, in comparison?" He puffed a sigh, then. Staring at the ground then, he kept it on the grass beyond as he went further to ask, "... Do you get along with them? Your brothers."

[Daichi]

Sliding his feet against the ground under him, he backed up a bit before pulling his feet back up and letting the momentum swing him forward. He noted Juon's distaste about what he said. Daichi tilled his head to the side and lowered his grip on the chain. " I mean kinda. To me its normal but sometimes it is strange..." He mused. "I've seen and hung out with people who have siblings closer in age. I really don't think its any different then there being a huge gap in age. Arguments still happen, fighting, yelling, poking fun or just messing with each other. " He seemed to laugh, " Siblings always fight about the dumbest things not matter what. In the end though everyone cares about each other, I think..."

He leaned back and great deal, nearly off his seat looking up at the sky. Holding on tightly to the chains. He thought, a bit before settling right back into his seat and looking in front of him. " I do. I always have- That is to say I always have made it work. Have they caused me trouble? Yeah sometimes when we were younger still a bit now. Do they also worried me to no end with the things they did and the mistakes I watched them make, and right now? Yup. Ive done the same to them I bet too. In the end we didn't always get along but at the same time we did, you know what i mean? They still care about me and i care about them. Honestly when they left, I hated it." He sighed. " But that really doesn't matter anymore i guess." He looked at Juon apologetically." Sorry I kinda ranted, i also dont know if that really made sense either...."

He stopped swinging all together, resting his head against one of the chains and his hands now in his lap." Do you mind if i ask about your sister? like how is your relationship with her?" He asked somewhat quietly. Unsure if it was a subject he could press on or not. He was just curious that was all.

[Juon]

"That makes sense," he agreed thoughtfully; siblings were siblings, no matter how different in age or character--the natural things still happened among them, as they did with anyone else.

He was interested, hearing about Daichi's brothers, though, the kinds of squabbles they got in and out of, the way the dealt with each other, the overall kind of relationship they had. They didn't sound like utopias of siblings, but it certainly didn't sound like a bad deal, and in the end, they did still get along. "No, it's cool," he dismissed the idea of Daichi apologizing for going into it. "It made sense. It's interesting. Seems like a good relationship? In most ways, I mean." He shrugged.

Letting himself lean over again, he puffed a sigh. "Well, it's..." he rolled his neck to one side until it popped. "We don't exactly get along--or, at least, I don't get along with her." He rolled to the other side, dissatisfied as it did not grace him with a pop in response. "Since my dad works overseas and my mom works days, I usually had to look after her--which was fine, for a while, but," another sigh. "She was always getting into trouble, and I always had to bail her out and take the fall for it, always had to be the responsible one, even though I didn't want to." He shrugged, then, straightening back up via pulling himself up by the chain. "So I like, 'became that', I guess. And I don't want to be that--so that's how Clip came about. Granted, I don't really know if that's really what I want to be, either."

He paused. "Sorry. I sort of ranted too."

[Daichi]

He watched carefully as Juon spoke, trying to listen, making sure to miss no detail. Content, he felt very content and happy with the explanation. Knowing more about Juon was- well it was nice? Just sharing and talking about family." Don't be." He stated before following up, " That makes sense. The cause for Clip being made... You know, you did wish for him regardless." He spoke softly, " I mean you dont have to be the exact same as him but you can learn from him. In the end just, be who you want to be, you might need just a little bit of Clip to do that. You still may not know who that really is but, thats apart of growing up is figuring it out with trial and error. Just take your time."

There was a pause as he dug his heels into the ground he push forward and pulled back in his spot then he said one last thing. " Juon, Do what you want man. No matter what you want to be, or who you end up being. You dont have to do it alone. You'll have Taiki and I to help you out, Okay?" then flashing him smile, " Thats what friends are for after all."

[Juon]

"Learn from him, huh..." He paused, echoing Daichi's words with consideration. Still though, he didn't seem to be all that convinced, but the idea of maybe becoming not exactly like him, and instead simply taking on some of his more helpful traits... well, that was an idea, wasn't it. 'Be who you want to be,' he'd said--but what did he really want to be?

Rolling his shoulders to try and free himself from all of it, Juon smirked and looked over to Daichi. "You've got, like, really noble stuff to say, you know? But I guess that comes with the whole 'writer' thing, huh?"

He couldn't say it wasn't useful or interesting--quite the contrary. It did maybe make him feel a bit dumb--especially as the senpai here, technically--but he appreciated it at the very least.

"And uh, I offer the same back--as much as I can, at least," he tried. "Clip and anything related aren't exactly the best at... helping others." A sigh; his would-be self was too self-focused to really be of any use to anyone. 'Don't help anyone' is how Juon generally was afraid it was viewed, and often viewed it that way himself, much to his chagrin. "But I'll still try, anyway."

[Daichi]

Daichi sheepish scratched his cheek, " I mean- Maybe- I wouldn't exactly call it 'noble', Just speaking my mind and being honest." He wouldn't say it was the writer in him, rather the just ideals he held on to about words being an important aspect of-- well living, and of being a good person. Being able to build people up with words, give them hope, reassure them that was something Daichi always tried to do if he could.

The boy's face soften considerably into a small smile and he kinda puffed a bit of air while he kicked up his feet to swing again. " Noted. I appreciate it... But just take your time man." He repeated, but giving no elaboration of what he meant about 'take your time.'

Although he had a thought forming in his head. Something messy and loose about Juon being able relying on him rather more then Daichi having to rely on the other-- that is too say rely on him because Daichi was a hero, kinda, right? He was getting stronger and he more or less had and idea of what was going on with eggs. He still had a feeling he had to learn a bit more. But still he wanted to really make sure Juon knew that he had his back- maybe it was just

" You know I really mean it though, right?" He found himself saying, and repeating again. " Like you can really rely on me if you want to. I don't mind. Don't worry to much about helping me-" He stopped short, finding the rest of his words a little out of reach.

[Juon]

'You know I really mean it though, right?'

He found himself distancing from the scenario at hand, the world around him phasing out as the surrounding playground blurred around him.

'You can really rely on me if you want to. ... Don't worry too much about helping me.'

That heaviness that kept settling into his chest was pulling at him again; the reality of the whole scenario, the weight of the world and of the safety of himself and others was settling back onto his shoulders. It continued to be unsettling, and suddenly all of his fatigue seemed to rush back at him.

But he forced it away, shoving himself off of the swing and back to his feet, tuning the park back into his sights and looking around it more carefully. "Hey, Daichi," he prompted, forcing his tone to lighten back up. "How are you at monkey bars?"

He could just keep ignoring it, for now; he'd deal with it some other time. He had an ally, for sure; that much he knew definitively, even if he didn't know much else. But still, the idea of needing one in such a degree, such a necessity... it sent chills down his spine every time.