For Efflations: Come Fly With Me
Oct. 1st, 2014 07:18 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
herotvliveAgnes's life is scheduled out for the next ten years.
It DEFINITELY does not include room for things like romance.
ESPECIALLY not with Sky High of all people.
Ship: Agnes x Keith/Sky High
Other characters: Kotetsu/Wild Tiger
Prior Events:
Irresistible Force vs. Immovable Object
Agnes is hurt on location. Cue massive guilt from Sky High. Contains several princess carries and numerous threats of being hit with crutches!
Dance Lessons
Tiger needs dancing lessons. Agnes volunteers Keith. THIS will go well!
Summer Wind
The Superhero Swing Party has arrived! Features dancing by Mr. Wild with Mr. Brooks and Agnes running out of contingency plans...
Warnings: Possibly eventual adult situations, swearing, absurd amounts of Sinatra
It DEFINITELY does not include room for things like romance.
ESPECIALLY not with Sky High of all people.
Ship: Agnes x Keith/Sky High
Other characters: Kotetsu/Wild Tiger
Prior Events:
Irresistible Force vs. Immovable Object
Agnes is hurt on location. Cue massive guilt from Sky High. Contains several princess carries and numerous threats of being hit with crutches!
Dance Lessons
Tiger needs dancing lessons. Agnes volunteers Keith. THIS will go well!
Summer Wind
The Superhero Swing Party has arrived! Features dancing by Mr. Wild with Mr. Brooks and Agnes running out of contingency plans...
Warnings: Possibly eventual adult situations, swearing, absurd amounts of Sinatra
Oh hi!
Date: 2014-10-06 10:10 pm (UTC)Dancing may also be acceptable.]
Well yeah - Come on, Keith, you were there!
[Kotetsu laughs, and then elbows his fellow Hero in the ribs.]
By the way, cut the "Wild" stuff, we're not at work! You know you can call me Kotetsu, right?
[Look, they're going out for drinks and to talk about Relationships. If that doesn't qualify for first-name basis, he doesn't know what does.]
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Date: 2014-10-07 08:00 am (UTC)I was but I didn't see you dancing with anyone special that night...
[Tiger had danced with some of the other guests but the only person Keith had seen him with more than once was Barnaby. Unless something had happened while he was off with Ms Agnes?]
Right! If you're sure, Mr Wi- Kotetsu.
[It doesn't really matter what they're doing or that they're off-duty (and calling him Wild Tiger wouldn't help Keith's own secret identity any), using Tiger- Kotetsu's first name without permission would be rude. Kotetsu is his senior after all and a truly admirable hero too.]
Um, so who is she? If you don't mind my asking? That is, if it's OK to ask who she is?
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Date: 2014-10-07 11:03 am (UTC)KotetsuWILD TIGER is at this point. (Getting half your armor blown off and your partner screaming your name on live TV will do that.) No reason to stay formal, but then that's always been Keith's schtick. Heh, and people call Kotetsu the old-fashioned one.He grins, wondering if Keith's managed to call his girlfriend by her first name yet. There's about to be some teasing there - but the next question throws him.]
Huh? Who who is?
[Great, now he's starting to sound like Sky High.]
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Date: 2014-10-08 09:43 am (UTC)As for Ti- Kotetsu's confusion, Keith matches it all too well, blinking at the other hero with a puzzled frown.]
Who the person you met at the party is. The special woman you danced with. When you said it was the last time you'd done anything romantic. I wanted to know who she is.
But if you don't want to tell me that's fine! I understand, I haven't said about myself and M- Um. The lady I've been seeing either. It's fine!
Morning!
Date: 2014-10-08 10:41 am (UTC)He... really doesn't know?
Crap. Shit. How is he supposed to explain this without breaking him? Keith barely comprehends dating exists.]
Ah... Keith? I wasn't... talking about a woman.
[Awkward. Well, this IS the first time he's actually had to say this out loud. Everybody already knew.]
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Date: 2014-10-09 10:24 pm (UTC)There wasn't a woman? Then what had Tiger meant?]
No? I don't understand. I thought you said you'd met someone?
Morning!
Date: 2014-10-10 10:20 am (UTC)Kotetsu reviews the conversation so far, rubbing the back of his head.]
Well, sort of? I mean, a long time ago?
[Kotetsu "Cannot Spit It Out" Kaburagi, everybody.]
Look, it's like - You're just going about things like normal, and then suddenly you just see someone differently? Only you realize you've been seeing them differently for a long time, but you finally GET it? It was like that.
Evening!
Date: 2014-10-10 10:36 am (UTC)They'd met a long time ago. And Kotetsu had just realised how he felt towards this person. And they weren't a woman.... It was almost just like with him and Ms Agnes. Someone who knew and worked closely with Wild Tiger then? But surely that could only mean-
Keith frowns at Tiger, studying him intently.]
Mr Wild.
[It's deliberate this time. A reminder. Wild Tiger is a hero and an adult and he wants to be understood on this.]
I know I can't tell you what to do but... Miss Rose is still very young. It would be terrible for her to get hurt by someone she looks up to.
*spits tea everywhere*
Date: 2014-10-10 10:50 am (UTC)[The shout is so loud the entire street turns to look at them. Kotetsu manages to dial it back, but he is no less shocked.]
Me and - WHAT?! Karina?! What the HELL Keith, I'm old enough to be her father!
XD Couldn't resist!
Date: 2014-10-10 11:00 am (UTC)[Love is love and if two people have found it that should be enough but Miss Rose is still very young even if she's a hero and she does look up to Mr Wild, no matter what she says about him. It just seems like it might not be the best idea.]
So please, be careful. I know you wouldn't do anything to hurt her on purpose but...
[Do the other heroes know? Surely one of them would have said something to Tiger by now if they did. He can't be the first.]
They are having a contest to see who is the bigger idiot. Both are winning.
Date: 2014-10-10 11:09 am (UTC)Keith - I am NOT dating Karina. I have never even THOUGHT about dating Karina! I CARE about her, but it is NOT that kind of caring, okay?!
I don't know, I think Tiger has a slight lead. I mean, no way Rose has a crush on him, yeah!
Date: 2014-10-10 11:24 am (UTC)[Well Tiger- Kotetsu - wouldn't lie about it if he were so then-]
I'm sorry. Truly sorry, I just thought if it was someone you've known a while too but just realised how you felt- Sorry.
[Maybe it was someone who worked at Apollon Media then, someone he didn't know. It wasn't as though they could only date other people associated with HeroTV.]
Ah, do I know them?
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Date: 2014-10-10 11:30 am (UTC)[He feels bad this is turning into a runaround. If you're dating someone, you should be proud of it, right?! You should be able to say their name! He takes a deep breath, and it all spills out before it can get tangled up again.]
I'm talking about Barnaby, Keith.
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Date: 2014-10-10 11:44 am (UTC)[Wild Tiger and Barnaby? They're-]
Really?
[He stops, thinks back to the days following the party. Had the two of them been acting any different? Maybe not but now that he thought about it some of the other heroes had been. Knowing looks and jokes he hadn't gotten. He hadn't thought about it, too distracted by his own love life. Tiger and Barnaby?
Finally Keith focuses back on Kotetsu and grins.]
That's wonderful! Truly wonderful! You both deserve to be happy! Congratulations and again congratulations!
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Date: 2014-10-10 11:55 am (UTC)Kotetsu laughs, and definitely does not blush at all. Not even a little!]
Yeah. Yeah, really. Thanks.
[Then he smacks Keith on the shoulder, happy.]
And thanks again, because if it wasn't for you who knows if I ever would have pulled my head out of my ass?
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Date: 2014-10-10 12:04 pm (UTC)Me? What did I do?
[Dancing. Kotetsu said it had been at the party and they danced. Tiger and Barnaby had danced.]
Ah! The party! Dancing together! That was how you realised how you felt?
[He hugs Kotetsu impulsively, thumping him on the back and still grinning with delight.]
I'm so happy I could help!
[Thinking about it, he's reminded of something else from around that time too-]
Is that why you were nervous about dancing with him?
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Date: 2014-10-10 12:12 pm (UTC)[They're fairly evenly matched, physically, but Keith's enthusiasm is a force of nature! Kotetsu stumbles back, laughing.]
Yeeeeeeeeeah, that was why. We um... talked a long time, after you left. The party just made it kinda official.
[It was just talking. THAT time. He's confident Keith isn't going to go reading anything else into it UNLIKE SOME PEOPLE (every single other Hero.)]
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Date: 2014-10-10 12:26 pm (UTC)Oh well. It doesn't matter. They're both happy - or so he assumes. It's hard to tell with Barnaby if he's happier than he was before. Definitely happier than when he first became a hero but beyond that? No. He's happy and Tiger is happy and Keith is happy for them.]
We should all celebrate together! All of us! After Ms- after I've spoken to the others too. They do all know, don't they?
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Date: 2014-10-10 12:35 pm (UTC)Bastards all claim they knew from Day One! Maybe Nathan did. And Agnes, but hey, Madame Producer knows EVERYTHING so she doesn't count.
[Liiiiiiittle bit of sarcasm there! Then he catches a convenient change of subject, and his grin shades a little evil.]
Wait, 'Ms.'? Ms. who?
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Date: 2014-10-10 12:53 pm (UTC)[What should he say? He can't lie - Kotetsu will spot it straight away. He can't tell the truth either, not yet.]
I can't say. I'm sorry Mr Wild but we were going to tell everyone together and so I can't answer. Please understand.
[It's not as though that's far more telling than a name, that the most obvious reason he can't give a name is that Tiger would recognise it. Maybe it would've been smarter to claim he doesn't know her name, like the girl in the park. That might have worked!]
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Date: 2014-10-10 01:02 pm (UTC)Aaaaaand we're back to titles again. Kotetsu sighs, then gets the door since they've reached the restaurant.]
Nah, I get it. Whevener you're both comfortable. You don't have to make an announcement about it, though! You're making it sound like a press conference!
And I'm out!
Date: 2014-10-10 01:22 pm (UTC)[Ms Agnes wouldn't - she wouldn't. She'd been the one to say it could be dangerous if people knew she was involved with Sky High, even the best ratings ever wouldn't make her do that. Right?]
No, it's just.... you do all need to know. Not just because you're my friends and I want to tell you either.
[He was sure none of them would have a problem with it but for the sake of fairness. And if they didn't get told he'd let it slip eventually. It would be too hard to keep a secret.]
Night!
Date: 2014-10-10 01:33 pm (UTC)[This is making less and less sense.
The restaurant is warm and crowded, the kind of place with red-checked tablecloths. The hostess greats Kotetsu by name - obviously he's a regular - then leads the pair of Heroes to a table in the back.]
Why would we need to know?
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Date: 2014-10-11 11:06 am (UTC)Um. You need to know because ah....
[What is a good reason? Besides the truth? He can't think of anything and Kotetsu has been honest with him, is trying to help him. He can't lie to his friend.]
Well, it might matter to our work. So you all deserve to know.
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Date: 2014-10-11 07:44 pm (UTC)Although... There is one thing that might make sense... But if Keith's worried about THAT, no problem! Kotetsu grins, pleased that he's figured it out!]
What, like you think the media's gonna start pestering us about your love life? Don't worry, we'll tell them to buzz off!
[He decides to change the subject anyway. Poor Keith looks like he's about to run away, and he did come for help!]
Um. Was there something else you wanted to ask about... dating or being a good boyfriend or something?
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