catchall for minato

[leaberator]

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week 2, wednesday

[compendiem]

[ Okay so Minato knows Lea and Hisoka share the same house but he doesn't know if they actually share the same house, as in, do they even stay in the same place, ever... But it's the house that he checks first, knocking with a series of off beat patterns, long pauses in between. If there's no answer within the first five minutes, Minato will tear off a page from his notebook and leave a note saying that he'll be in the boutique the rest of the day if Lea is free. ]

[leaberator]

[ he does check on the house every now and then, which is the only reason he notices the note minato left, and that is how he manages to end up in the boutique, looking around curiously for minato



hoping hisoka didn't just learn how to copy other people's handwriting ]

Minato? You in here?

[ he said so but. just. in case. it's a clown. ]

[compendiem]

[ It would be so funny if Minato taught Hisoka his handwriting but unfortunately it's not a clown inside the boutique. It's just Minato sitting in one of the corners, having changed into a baggy hoodie of his own to cover up the various injuries he's sustained within the past 48 hours. He's in the middle of knitting something, but sets it down when Lea approaches. ]

Over here. Did you have to use the restroom?

[ He's just going to assume that Lea doesn't sleep in his house but sometimes he comes back to pee?? where would be a good place to look for him first, in the future ]

[leaberator]

[ Lea isn't hiding his Uno injury with his bandaged arm on display, but that's because he and his player both regularly forget about it

at Minato's question, Lea stays quiet for way too long. ]

........ Yes.

[ don't tell hisoka he pees in his own house :(

ANYWAY ]

If you wanna find me next time, I spend a lotta time in the library or the garden?

[ though he spent the past few days glued to xion's side more than anything but that's irrelevant ]

[compendiem]

[ Minato has to wonder about the garden, but at the mention of the library, he looks up in surprise, and then digs for something else in his bag- his notebook, which he flips to one of the earlier pages. ]

That's right... I did manage to find this in the library.

[ It's Morse Code. ]

[leaberator]

[ oh my god? ]

Wow. You really did find a book on it. [ he shouldn't sound so surprised, and yet. ] You gonna learn, then?

[compendiem]

[ 54023984023 weeks later, Minato remembered about Morse Code, yeah. These are the important things he does instead of trying to find a way to end the killing game. ]

I've already memorized it. This copy is for you, so we can shine lights into each other's windows at night. Though... I guess you don't stay in your home, huh?

[leaberator]

[ oh. great. axel roped himself into learning about morse code. he can't say no when minato puts it like that, either... ]

Ah... not really. Are our houses even close enough together to do that? [ i don't know the layout of the village so let's pretend him saying that makes sense. ] But we can still send each other secret messages.

[compendiem]

[ I don't know anything about the layout either so it makes sense. ]

I was thinking more... I would hang outside your house. But that sounds like a pain. [ Better if Lea could camp out his window instead, so Minato can lie in bed. ]

How would secret messages work otherwise? I could leave things in jacket pockets in the boutique?

[leaberator]

That's creepy, man.

[ just. outright. camping outside people's windows is creepy, child. ]

Uh, well... Sure. Or if we're ever in a trial or just some kinda other, less awful public thing again, and you wanted to tell me something in private you could tap something on a surface and no one else would know what it means?

[ he's not sure exactly how useful morse code would be in this place. ]

[compendiem]

[ Not very helpful because he's also learning with Miki and it's just something other people might know? maybe ]

If I wanted to tell you something in private, I could just whisper it in your ear.

[leaberator]

Yeah, but it wouldn't be nearly as subtle?

[ he's trying, okay. ]

Or we could just write down secret messages and leave them around like a treasure hunt, that works too.

[compendiem]

That sounds like such a pain.

[ He doesn't want to go around digging in jacket pockets in the boutique trying to find something from Lea which may or may not be there? ]

[leaberator]

You have no idea how glad I am you said that.

[ he didn't wanna do it ... ]

[compendiem]

I could write on the side of your house and you can read it every time you come back to pee.

[leaberator]

[ ........... ]

Let's not do that.

[compendiem]

No? You'd have to check in regularly, right? And I won't have to walk very far either.

[ This is a great idea? it's a great idea ]

[leaberator]

[ "i don't want to think about you when i pee" is not something he will ever say out loud, ever, in his life ]

What would you even write on there?

[compendiem]

[ It's bad enough that he has to think it every time he pees, because of this conversation. ]

Hm... Something like "Hi, how was your day?"?

[leaberator]

Why would you need to write that in a secret code, though?

[compendiem]

It's more for your sake. People say back, "fine," but they don't always mean it. If it's a secret, maybe we can be honest with each other.

[leaberator]

[ a surprisingly thoughtful answer... if completely misguided, considering writing it in morse code on his house is just asking hisoka to read it. also implying axel tells anyone how he is truly feeling at any time but that's neither here nor there

he smiles, though ]

How about this: let's say about once a day, we pass along a note like that. That way we don't have to write it where anyone can see it all the time, and we don't have to write a new message too often, either.

[compendiem]

[ It's a fair compromise, particularly because it'd be a pain to walk over to Lea's house all the time and have to guess when he's coming back next to pee. ]

Yeah, alright. Once a day... I'll have something to look forward to once a day. I'd like that.

[leaberator]

[ ...ah... ]

You'll have to give me at least a couple of days to memorize this thing first, y'know. [ he waves the book around for emphasis ] It's no fun making secret notes if I gotta translate them word by word.

[compendiem]

[ It's taking everything in Minato's power to not hold up the piece of paper and go "got it memorized?" ]

I'll make sure to write you lots of notes, so you can get the practice in.