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I can move mountains, I can work a miracle [OPEN]

WHO: The residents of Nonah 05 + YOU!
WHERE: Nonah, Residence #005
WHEN: All month long (January)
WHAT: Nonah 05 open log for January Shenanigans
WARNINGS: Obligatory Bull and Tetsuo warnings apply.

Starters will be appearing in the comments. If you want something specific from any one person (Kaneda

rassera, Tetsuo

iamtetsuo, Bull

rideme and Ken

amadaman), feel free to drop them a line and ask! Otherwise, feel free to add your own starters for the whole household or individual residents as you like.

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Why not?

[He watches that footwork, pretty impressed with how Ken could put it to memory so fast. He falls back into step with him eventually, side by side and matching movements.

Kaneda Shotaro, one who doesn't know what it means to be more introverted.]

[It's all that soccer, bro. Ken at least starts humming quietly to the music behind them.]

Well, why would I? Isn't dancing something people do with other people? I only did it for physical education once.

Well, that makes it better, yeah!

[He smiles, moving so he's facing Ken now as he dances, raising his arms up ever so slightly.]

Dancing's something you do any-damn-time-you-want.

Then I guess I don't want to do it all that often.

[He listens to the song, though, and to match it picks up the pace of his feet. It's still a little clumsy, but nothing too terrible. He does wonder how long they're going to be doing this but... he's not going to say no to doing something with Kaneda.]

Do you do this a lot?

[Ken’s question slows Kaneda’s footwork, the energetic pace replaced with something slower, more relaxed.]

Harukiya.

‘s a bar in Neo Tokyo. The only bar that’d let us stick around, actually. The old man who ran it always threatened to kick us out--’How about buying something?! This isn’t a hangout for you street punks!’--heh, we’d tease him back. [As he speaks, his pace picks back up, like it was only a blip in his rhythm.]

Anyway.

He had a jukebox there. Used to stand at it all the time.

[Little blips. Little glitches in Kaneda's steady flow of energy that provide a window into his soul. They no longer hid from each other, but that didn't mean they suddenly had a heart-to-heart and revealed everything. There's still a lot to learn, and Ken looks over as he gains yet another piece of this intricate puzzle.]

... This isn't bad. I can get used to this.

See?

[He laughs, backing away as he dances to really get a good look at Ken's progress. It brought the boy out of his shell, if only for a moment, which is all he needed.

Life's full of awful moments. Dancing should never be one of them.]

I'm not -ALL- bad ideas.

[Ken's just about forgotten what he came here to do. He's probably not going to dance again unless he's invited, but for now, he's content to just keep spending time like this. He's focused on where to put his feet, the sound of the music, and a beat that's different from Kala-Nemi's steady ticking.]

You're mostly full of good ones. Just good ones can also be stupid, sometimes. Um... thanks, for this.

[It's easy to get lost in it, if only for the short duration of the next few songs. He doesn't expect Ken to do this all the time, but the fact that they're sharing this moment? Something that was so reminiscent of his home?

It's enough.]

Ehhh don't mention it! You're smiling more already.

... Huh?

Am I? I wasn't?

You've always got that look like you've got the weight of the world on your shoulders.

... No I don't! What sort of face is that??

Like this!

[To which he closes his eyes and exhales, letting out the most pained sigh he can before staring back, the most serious of neutral faces he can.]

[Ken freezes on the spot.

Stares.

And then a second later stops dancing as he lets out a short but loud PFFFFFT and has to turn away covering his mouth because holy shit]

That's not a good look on you.

[Sorry, were you trying to get away from that, Ken? Because he's leaning around you, heaving the biggest sigh he can muster with that face.]

KANEDA-SANNNNNN.....

[Noooooooo, Ken starts spinning around to get away from it, put on an expression Kaneda!!]

Kaneda-sa-- Stop doing that!

[And every time Ken turns, Kaneda's there to meet him, teasingly sighing.]

Whaaaaat??? Are yous saying this isn't youuuuu?

No it's not! I don't look that weird!

You do! You look just like--

[And he makes the face again.]

[No

Ken can't take it

One last look as Kaneda makes the face again and Ken goes down, one hand on the wall in front of him as he laughs silently, shaking uncontrollably and one hand covering his face.]

[Bingo.

Kaneda sees Ken's body shake from the laughter, joining in himself as he leans against that same wall, back sinking against it.]

It's--It's what you look like, you know...

N-no, I don't..! I don't--

You make terrible me.

[Ken, your attempts to salvage this situation only make Kaneda laugh harder. It erupts from him now, his whold body shaking as his back slides against the wall, all the way down to the ground.]

It is! It’s -you!-

[Ken finally gasps for breath and flops down on his back on the floor, wheezing and trying to catch his breath.]

No it's noooot....

[It's not until they're both panting messes on the ground that Kaneda speaks up again, although it's lost between breathless laughter.]

Is...too...

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