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but even if the stars and moon collide [afterparty]

[Well, that sucked!

After about an hour, invitations written in colorful ink appear under everyone's doors.]

Understandable if you're not up to it, but we're having a memorial and "don't wanna be alone" hang-out in the restaurant again.

[The restaurant has very much been decorated with the most rainbow fabric she could find in the department store. Jonathan got roped in, mainly so she could make sure he was doing okay, but also because she assumed that he knew how to put a tablecloth on a table. He seemed like the type, anyway.

After consulting with Undertaker, most of the food that's been set out is more traditional Chinese funeral food than Victorian—you can get a whole roast duck in the restaurant—but she tried for a mix of things. There is fruit, the aforementioned roast duck, and several vegetarian dishes along with potatoes for some reason and... cookies? Okay then.

Joy's trying, because that was way less terrible for her than it was for basically anyone else.

Happy ~~Pride~~ Wrath, New Rapture!]

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[Shit! Fuck. That's sad.

That's mad depressing, actually. It kind of snaps him out of it.

The girls disappear.]

Whaaaaaa-?! Whoa, dude!

[Dandy is going to attempt to lean on Hagakure's shoulder, though he might be a little closer than usual. He's definitely wobbling a little.]

Rule number one of downin' drinks- Do not try to throw 'em all back by yourself!

I mean, then who's gonna be holdin' all that of hair back for ya if you've gotta hurl? And you've got a lot of hair.

[this is um gay

but dandy is gonna flip one of those locks back with his index finger]

Bo-yoi-yoing.

[Shoulder leaning? Totally fine. Cool, even. Bros do that! He's got Dandy's back if he needs some support.

In spite of the depressing nature of the topic, having Dandy there makes him smile. He lets out a light laugh at the point Dandy's trying to make.]

It would be nice to have it outta the way for that, I'm not gonna...

[Then Dandy plays with his hair, and--

Ba-bump.

Completely by surprise, his breath catches in his throat.]

...lie.

[What the hell was that? He looks down at his empty glass, then over to Dandy so he can make a completely overblown statement.]

Dee, I think I'm dyin'.

What?

[After everything that's happened today, Dandy's tan complexion turns a good deal paler. He's actually worried, despite the ever-thickening fog in his head, and in a way that emotion tethers him here.

In this timeline, in this place.

He reaches out instinctively, the reflex fast under the hazy veil of his own afflicted cognition, although much slower in reality. He's bumbles in the process of trying to feel for a pulse on Hagakure's neck, even going so far as to push too hard, probably...]

Your heart's still badunk-a-dunk-dunkin', bud. It's a little fast, but...

I think you're alright? So it's probably the booze.

You didn't eat or drink anything ya left lyin' around today, didja?

[There was that poisoning...]

[Hagakure makes a slight choking sound as Dandy checks his pulse.]

That's good...I think. It got all irregular for a sec. Really freaked me out.

[But Dandy's probably right. It's gotta be the booze. This malort stuff is gnarly. He wishes it wasn't their only alcoholic option.

When asked about what he's consumed recently, he slowly shakes his head as he thinks back.]

I ate some of the stuff at the gathering, 'n' Jason made me an ice cream float. But that was a while ago. I think I'd be feelin' any food poisoning by now.

[He hopes.]

Yeah, probably the booze.

Oh, great! Wonderful. Wunderbar, baby!

[He looks a good deal more relaxed at that. It's probably not Great for Dandy to let his guard down, but Jason doesn't seem like the type to poison anyone.

Oh, and... Um... He might be sloughing off Hagakure and leaning his back against the wall, for now. The alien hunter offers his friend a boozy thumbs up.]

If it weren't for the booze, I'd have chocked it up to my killer good looks makin' your heart stop for a split second.

[where is a physical stop sign, so we can rip it out of the ground and hit dandy with it?]

We really need to get you a date when all of this is over!

You're crazy shy. Why is that? 'S not like you've never been on one, right?

Edited 2022-07-04 03:12 (UTC)

["If it weren't for the booze, I'd have chocked it up to my killer good looks makin' your heart stop for a split second."

Dandy spelling it out like that? Unintentionally or not, a dot is suddenly connected and Hagakure feels his stomach lurch. And he can't even say, "actually this might be food poisoning after all". He can actually tell what caused that one.

Gods. That's really what it was, wasn't it? Is the booze doing this to him?? Maybe he needs to get out of here after all.

But he doesn't make any sort of move to leave. He just gives his empty glass a thousand-yard stare as Dandy's words filter through like static into his ears...

Oh. He should...probably answer, huh?]

I- I dunno? I guess the whole thing is kinda daunting to me, and I never know what to do or say 'round the subject. My mom's always tellin' me I gotta get better at the whole dating thing.

[thankfully dandy is not only an Idiot but also Drunk!!!! Which means that he's chortling a little too loudly and thwapping Hagakure on the back several times. He's handsy, gomen. Also, his face is a little flushed.]

To get better at the whole dating thing, you've gotta go out there and shoot your shot! Nobody has a hundred-percent success rate, not even the rich pretty-boy types. And if they say they do, they're lyin' to ya!

[Surprisingly sound advice from someone who may or may not have spent the past ten years pining in Thirsty Assfuck Tomfoolery Land!!! In all fairness, in the span of Dandy's life, and well, all his other lives...

Ten years really isn't that much time.]

Do me a favor, though, Gooby-baby. [gay] Next time you get the urge to start hittin' the bottle, give me a call, okay?

I don't wantcha drinkin' alone.

[Dandy's not alone in that. Hagakure's face is flushed too, although it's not all from the alcohol. Still, all of that advice? It's getting taken to heart. As best as it can at any rate, since his senses are all sorts of addled right now and he's not sure how much of this is going to stick in his foggy head.

In the moment, though, it means a lot to hear. It's reassuring. That...y'know, he's got a lot of great people here who are looking out for him. So for all of the muddled screaming going on in his head, he gives Dandy a lopsided grin.]

Thanks, Dee. You've got yourself a promise.

[He holds up his empty glass as if to mimic a toast.]

Here's hopin' we can find some better booze for the next time, though. Seriously, would it kill Fontaine to give us a little beer...?

Prob'ly! Here's hopin'.

[He doesn't actually mean that, but he does hope that if the remaining living manage to confront that bastard... He'll get to give the guy a swift kick to the 'nads.]

Cheers.

[Dandy clinks his glass against Hagakure's.

Their fingers make contact.

Unfortunately, he thinks nothing of it.]

Speakin' of which, thanks for cheerin' me up tonight.

Edited 2022-07-04 04:43 (UTC)

To Fontaine gettin' what's comin' to 'im.

[The glasses clink, their fingers touch...and Hagakure averts his gaze for a moment, but the recovery is surprisingly smooth for how easily he wears his emotions on his sleeve. It's probably for the best that neither of them acknowledge it, right?]

Happy to help, my man. That was the goal, y'know! It took until bein' here, in this game, to realize that spending time with people after a trial is actually...really helpful. Maybe not in a big ol' gathering, but like this. One-on-one.

Heh! "Funtime with FonFon," [This is even more cursed than Fontie.] is gonna definitely involve me smashin' him in the bonbons, baby. Like, all violent and shit! It'll be fun.

[who is gonna tell him

Dandy does notice poor Hagakure's lack of eye contact, and true to anime protagonist form, a an obvious shine glints in one of his accursed, booty-leering eyes.]

Hey, Dummy.

C'mhere.

[HE IS GOING TO GRAB THE UNFORTUNATE FORTUNE TELLER BY THE SCRUFF OF HIS SHIRT AND SHOVE HIM ONTO THE BED, I SWEAR, IT'S NOT WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE, THIS WILL BE REVEALED SOON-]

Edited (the yaoi alcohol glass has been set on the dresser somewhere, there is a clink, im sorry) 2022-07-04 06:54 (UTC)

Huh?

[To his credit, Hagakure actually does start to move without really thinking hard about it, but then hE'S SUDDENLY GRABBED?]

H-Huh??? Dee what are you doiiiiinnngggg?!?!

[He descends into a shrill scream of surprise as he's pinned down onto the bed. There's a slight silver lining here in that he knows this isn't about to become the next murder, but if it's not that, then what is it?? What is he supposed to make of what looks so obviously like--

Face furiously flushed at this point, he squirms under Dandy's grasp to no avail. He might be a little taller, but he doesn't exactly have a lot of muscle. Dandy's got him here good.]

Dee???

[He questions again, desperately. Again, what the hell is this??]

[Dandy, who unknowingly seems to have descended into his latest bout of wild clownery, takes both of Hagakure's hands in his own and toggles them to either side. Ah, yes. It would appear that this is "wrestling." Why does this iteration involve straddling? Hm! To be fair, Dandy doesn't exactly sweat the small stuff.

It's funny. Despite being a grown-ass man, he still pulls shit like this, apparently! Perhaps it is because he never got to experience anything like it in the first place.

Or, well, there's a slim chance he might have. It's just that he doesn't remember.]

What's the matter, punk? Come and get me!

[THIS, THIS BY FAR IS THE MOST OFFENSIVE THING HE HAS SAID THIS EVENING:]

Is this your first time?

[Joy and Rossiu will be able to hear the sound of Dandy's deep belly laugh. Thankfully, there is nothing jeering or chiding about it- It's a pure sound.]

Edited 2022-07-04 07:42 (UTC)

[danDY--]

Oh that is a low blow, man!

[But he thinks he's starting to get what this is now. He hasn't done it in a while, but what guy didn't play wrestle in his youth? And he's definitely not taking that insult literally lying down!

So with all the gusto of a Typical Teenage Boy (we are immature here) and aided by his fight or flight instincts kicking in hard, he grips tight onto Dandy's hands and puts all of his force into attempting to throw the other man off.]

Haaaaaaaaah!!

[Though that is most certainly the battle cry of a drunk young idiot, he's having fun too.]

[Dandy's prototypical stubbornness is turned on its head, quite literally, when the Super Highschool Level Dinklebrain manages to reverse their arrangement and knock Dandy onto his own mattress.]

Oof!

[He lands after exclaiming that, causing a ruckus while laughing and flailing his arms around in a haphazard manner. This is, most certainly, more of a silly excuse to facilitate physical contact between the two of them than anything else. Within the confines of the alien hunter's alcohol addled mind, he's delighted. Somehow, he's managed to get his friend to feel more comfortable, not just with their relationship, but with himself.

Or, well, that's how Dandy's perceiving it, anyway.

Abruptly, Dandy let's go of Hakagure's hands, wrapping his own around the other's torso. He pulls himself up a little, although his head gets a lot closer to the younger man's body than he realizes.

For a moment, he sees Catherine.]

Whew.

[We should clarify- He sees her in the way a fourth dimensional can be perceived by a third dimensional, in that he can feel her soul, her essence, but not exactly make out a shape. She's warm, however.

"Dandy? Have you figured out the secret of warping yet?"

Dandy blinks. He knows that this isn't real.]

My head is already startin' to kill me. What the hell do they use to make that bullshit? I'm not usually this much of a lightweight, I swear.

Couldja give me a minute to catch my breath?

[To return.]

Sorry.

[Hagakure laughed right along, grinning as he held tight onto Dandy's hands to keep his position on top. In that blissful moment, he forgot he was in a death trap for the second time in a row- that his heart was beating wildly for reasons he didn't want to acknowledge.

That all comes crashing back as Dandy suddenly lets go of him and he staggers a little. When he finally finds support from the mattress, Dandy's arms are around him, pulling him close. Given how awkwardly Hagakure fell, Dandy will find his face pressed against the other man's chest for a split second. It's literally nothing compared to his usual tastes, but there's a small amount of shape to it.]

O-Oh--

[More importantly though, he might feel the hitch in Hagakure's breath and the rapid ups and downs of his chest before he pulls back. Though his instincts are switching from fight to flight very quickly, Dandy's words manage to reach him. The initial panic begins to subside.]

...Yeah. [He takes a deep breath, then does his best to relax and get his breathing back to normal.] Yeah. Don't worry about it.

[From his adjusted position he can look straight down at Dandy, and...so he does. His own expression is dumbstruck- like he's trying to process a million thoughts at once...and perhaps decide if he should do something completely stupid or not.]

[Anybody who's gotten as close to Dandy's face as Hagakure has now would be able to discern a few peculiar things regarding the spaceman's features. Other than the faint evidence of smile lines around his mouth and the star-shaped birthmark on his chin, his face doesn't appear to have any wrinkles at rest, no matter where you look. There are no bags under his eyes, and any concavity in his face is from his angular bone structure, not fat-loss.

Dandy sports a melancholy expression when his glossy eyes meet with Hagakure's- He's clearly very, very inebriated.

...But Dandy manages to somehow still wink back at him anyway.]

There's somethin' I should probably tell ya.

Can you handle it, Champ? You look like you've seen a ghost.

I don't wanna spook ya more than I already have.

Edited 2022-07-04 22:41 (UTC)

[Hagakure takes in every little detail. He's staring so intensely, he doesn't even realize he's running his thumb across Dandy's cheekbone until that wink snaps him right back into reality. It's...like a sign, right? That Dandy is cool with this?

Dandy did say that he should shoot his shot or he'd never get anywhere.

...he starts to lean a little closer...

And then comes the ghost talk. He pulls back for a brief moment to give Dandy an exasperated look.]

C'mon man, don't bring ghosts into this. You're gonna ruin the moment.

[Sure, he's scared. Terrified. But this only serves to embolden him to at least see it through. Of course he can handle it. With liquid courage backing him up, this is probably the only opportunity to just say "screw it" and go for it.

So he does.

Before Dandy can get another word in edgewise, Hagakure leans in to press their lips together.]

[SURPRISE......!!!!!! FEAR-]

[Despite the hurried rush of breath that leaves his mouth seconds prior to the distance between them being obliterated, Dandy doesn't attempt to run or even fight it. Instead, he leans in to the other man's touch, savoring the sensation of another pair of lips against his own. He's even going to draw a hand over to caress Hagakure's chin, toying with whatever scruff his thumbs can paw at.

The truth is, it doesn't matter that Hagakure's lips aren't all that full, or that they don't belong to the kind of woman whose main accessories are flip-flops and a string bikini. Dandy is unfortunately far too caring of an individual for his own good, and while he's possibly one of the worst people at showing it, this is nice. Better than nice!!! Heavenly, in fact.

Holy fuck. Human connection, skin to skin.

He'd almost forgotten.]

Oh, baby.

[IS THE DISGUSTING SHIT HE SIGHS AGAINST HAGAKURE'S GODDAMN FACE!!! All the while pressing his goddamn nose into the fortune teller's cheek, after pulling back the tiniest smidgeon!!!!!!!]

Am I readin' this right?

[He laughs; it's hoarse.

Dandy may be posturing, but he's incredibly nervous.]

It kinda feels like you're ready to make a really bad decision tonight.

Me too.

Wanna help each other out?

Edited (THIS IS CURSED) 2022-07-04 23:30 (UTC)

[It's only once he's initiated the kiss and the shivers of excitement rattle through his body as Dandy runs his thumb over the stubble on his chin that Hagakure considers the fact that this is his first kiss. It's certainly not the first time he's made a move on someone, but those other times never quite panned out. No, it's now, during a killing game at the bottom of the ocean, that the stars aligned and he's drunkenly kissing another man. As ridiculous as the circumstances are, it feels...really, really good.

He closes his eyes to blissfully take it all in until Dandy severs the kiss. Dandy's being aggressively himself as always, but there's something intoxicating about the hot, alcohol-scented breath against him that Hagakure doesn't mind at all.

(It might also be the fact that he is, you know, legitimately intoxicated.)]

Pretty sure I've already made a really bad decision.

[He really, truly has no idea what he's actually getting himself into here. He has no experience! Nothing good can come from getting this attached to someone in a killing game!

But now that he's started, he doesn't want to stop.]

What's another, right?

Ooh, a risk taker! I like that.

[Dandy should be feeling jitters, too.

He doesn't, however. Such is the true nature of a horny idiot propelled by his thirst for the booty... Tonight he just so happens to be after some very flat ass.

All that homoerotic emotional foreplay has unleashed a fire within him, growing hotter by the second, almost as if it intends to scorch everything in his path.

The regret will come later. It will dawn upon him slowly, like a skulking creature of the night, placing its hands just short of around his neck. When Dandy finally realizes that those fingers have closed in and are wringing him dry, the damage will have already been done.]

Okay, then.

Can you open up just a little wider for me?

[Dandy then drifts his thumb over Hagakure's lower lip, savoring that it feels a little irritated and warm. He's made his mark there, baby! Well, sort of. At first, the motion is horizontal, but then after a few strokes, it quickly changes to up and down.]

Just to use a few words your dumb ass'll understand, I'd like to "kiss-you-kiss-you."

[He means: With tongue. This is also a dig regarding the thread where he straight up ran away after one throwaway line of Space Dandy flirtation.]

And maybe some other fun stuff'll happen along the way. I dunno!

[His tone implies that he certainly does know.]

I'm a play-it-by-ear kinda guy.

[this is so cursed! following is in a huskier, sultrier voice butt i am embarrassed:]

Meaning that I like it when you play with my ears.

Let's give this bad idea a go, baby.

[The last miserable detail of all of this, is...

He's going to be fumbling around with Hagakure's belt now. Fun stuff??? I guess...]

Edited 2022-07-05 04:27 (UTC)

[Hagakure's eyebrows furrow into something out a pout when Dandy brings up the other day's fiasco. It looks especially stupid in hindsight now, considering the two of them are now sharing a bed and are very much into each other. Fortunately, all concerns once again drift away as more exciting prospects force their way into his limited brain space.

He licks his lips after Dandy pulls his hand away.]

I know what you meant. I'd get to it faster if you stopped talkin' for a sec.

[His own attempt to sound smooth in the moment is woefully inadequate, but the fact that he's trying is cute in way.

He leans back in for another kiss, this time with his lips parted so Dandy can enter at his leisure. It's also, um. Difficult to miss what Dandy's doing with his belt, and he's suddenly glad Dandy can't see the full effect of what it's doing to his face. Though red hot and practically vibrating with nerves, he keeps his position so Dandy can work at his belt. Similar to his usual getup, his belt is actually a rope tie! It's knotted in a bow, so hopefully Dandy can untie a shoelace while drunk.]

Edited 2022-07-05 18:34 (UTC)

[He is absolutely going to have trouble with undoing that knot, but that just means more jostling and grabbing of [CENSORED] is probably due further down the line.]

Sure thing, bonehead!

Guess that means I'll be shuttin' up now.

[Dandy acts on that invitation almost as quickly as it was issued, and while it may be Hagakure's first time foraying into this sort of intimate adventure, it certainly isn't Dandy's... Which will be apparent the second their tongues make any contact, go figure!

When you've been alive so long that the details of your existence become a blur, people and places that no longer exist become lost to time. Dandy is an idiot, that's for sure, but that can in part be attributed to the fact that there's just too much he's lived through to be retained. He can't remember a thing about his first love, not what her laugh sounded like or if her hands were small and dainty. Given Dandy's natural ability to see beyond most physical limitations, there's a good chance "she" wasn't even female or human at all.

What he does retain, however, at least for the amount of time that he's occupied this particular Dandy body... Is the feeling. Call it muscle memory, if you will. It's why Dandy is astonishingly adept at a few tasks that require an immense amount of practice and diligence, such as riding a surfboard or piloting a giant robot. For now, since he can't recall who his first love was, he can live vicariously through Hagakure's nervous excitement and guide him gently into the warm waters of the night.

Dandy's pyonium reactivity has been shut down entirely, thank goodness, otherwise they'd be simultaneously messing around in a variety of changing environments. A grassy field beneath cherry blossoms, a log cabin in the midst of a snowy winter, and perhaps even a tattered mattress on a drifting boat. Either way, it's what Dandy happens to be experiencing at the time, but thankfully, he's aware that part is all in his head. Those are just the seasons of love; it's a stupid galaxy-altering, mind-bending metaphor.

For the rest of the evening, and frankly, all the moments that they spend together hereafter... Dandy will have a noticeable heartbeat.]

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but even if the stars and moon collide [afterparty]

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just bros being bros, nothing 2 see here

guys being dudes right here

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me writing this at near midnight like dandy??? who are you fooling

"FonFon" will haunt my nightmares forever

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SPOILERS FOR SPACE DANDY SEASON 2, EPISODE 11

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1/2

not nsfw yet but [warning]

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