post one-shot

[notarealstate]

Hawaii had reassured him that it wasn't 'a disaster', but the fact that they had to stop because it was too painful kind of made it so that now trying to face it again would be more...Well, intimidating for Rico, and possibily more frustrating for Hawaii himself though he'd never admit it.

Rico assumes that they will keep being friends and discuss what happened in a way that hopefully didn't make it worse. The tarot reading Rico gave himself said they were gonna be okay, so...

"Hello." Rico sits next to Hawaii at dinner. "How did the mission go?"

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[imbringingsexyhack]

He nods, staring at the square drawn on the card.

He never really belieeved in this kind of stuff until he met Rico, which was a long time ago, so... He does believe it, now. He focuses ont the card, hoping for it to work, his eyes darting from it to Rico's face.

[notarealstate]

"I-- I don't know."

Maybe it's the pressure, but it just doesn't come to him. Not the way it should.

"It's...Wide, with nothing inside."

He presses his lips and curls his mouth.

"Circle. No, square! Uh, no, wait." he inhales through his nose "Fuck, I gotta pick one....Fuck. Uhhh. C-circle?"

[imbringingsexyhack]

"You almost got it!" he turns the card around, genuinely pleased.

He can tell Rico is nervous, so he hopes that by keeping this attitude he could relax. He stretches his foot underneath the table, hoping to help him move his focus away from the camera.

"I'll go ahead with the next one"

[notarealstate]

He's almost startled when Hawaii moves his foot. Man, he's tense.

"Okay, alright, um." he shifts in his place and watches Hawaii take the next card. Before he can bring it close to himself, Rico speaks "I feel like you are going to pick the waves and then the star next. Or the other way around."

[imbringingsexyhack]

"Oh, that's right" he picks the next card.

He shows the camera, then Rico.
"Waves and star!" he smiles,nodding at him.

"good job!"

He then decides to speed things up and pick three more cards.

[notarealstate]

"Two crosses and one circle. No, wait, two crosses and one square."

This is getting more complicated.

[imbringingsexyhack]

"Is it the circle or the square?" he hovers his hand over the first two cards, revealing in fact a cross and a star.

"I want you to be sure"
he doesn't give any more hints, but tries to reassure Rico by tapping his foot under the table.

[notarealstate]

"Hmmm."

Rico takes a moment to think about it.

"Square."

[imbringingsexyhack]

he turns the card over, and it's square.

"Whoa!" he shuffles the cards back in the deck.
"You only got two wrong so far!"

he then pulls a random card from the middle of the deck, and looks at it.

[notarealstate]

Rico's eyes wonder aimlessly when the cards are shuffled. When Hawaii picks a card, his mind goes blank.

"Shit."

Then he remembers they are being recorded and swearing is inapppropriate.

"Wait, fuck, I shouldn't swear." he drags his hands over his face "Oh man."

Gulping a bit loudly, he sighs and then stares at the card.

"It's either...Either the cross or the waves."

[imbringingsexyhack]

"Cross again"

he turns the card for Rico to see.

"How about this one?"

[notarealstate]

Rico thinks it might be either the waves or the circle.

"Waves?"

[imbringingsexyhack]

"It's a square"

He puts the card back in the deck, then draws one.

it's a star.

[notarealstate]

"Hmmm...Star. No, wait, wait. Uhhh. Oh man, I don't know."

He sighs.

"The cross?"

[imbringingsexyhack]

"Star was the right one"

hep icks another card, and looks at it.
"You should be more confident"

[notarealstate]

"I don't know about that. I mean, maybe the ones I got right was by sheer luck and--" he sighs "I think it's enough for today. Turn that thing off."

[imbringingsexyhack]

"Okay..."
he thinks this is kind of an overreaction, but he's not going to argue about it. He gets up, stops the recording, and put the camera away.

"Wanna cuddle on the bed?" he suggests, hoping for a yes.

[notarealstate]

"Yeah."

He means it, but he does sound pissed off still. He lies on the bed, facing away from Hawaii.

[imbringingsexyhack]

He lies down behind him, immediately pulling him into a hug.

"What's wrong?" he asks, stroking his arm.

[notarealstate]

"I'm completely useless, that's what's wrong."

He doesn't cry, or even sob, but he is definitely heartbroken.

"Why can't I just be normal?"

[imbringingsexyhack]

"Hey, stop that. There is nothing wrong with you" he pulls him closer, "I'm serious"

He knows it sounds like he just said that to make Rico feel better, but he can't be blamed, right?
Dealing with Rico's insecurities is always so weird, mostly because the guy is almost impossible to read.

"What would being normal even mean, for you?"

[notarealstate]

"Fuck if I know. I don't want there to be a 'normal for me'. I want to be like everyone else."

He whines in an almost childish tone but the complaint is not a mere display of immaturity. Perhaps for the worse.

[imbringingsexyhack]

"If that can help you, other people barely give a fuck" he sighs.

"Like. I don't know, man. They may tease you and all but no one actually cares as long as you're not hurting anyone"

He wishes he could be more helpful, but he guesses this is the best he can do.

[notarealstate]

"Yeah. I guess that's probably a good thing in here, everyone is always at each other's throat." Rico sighs "But I do feel like a fraud, like I shouldn't be here in the first place."

[imbringingsexyhack]

"What would your other options be? If you weren't here, that's it. Plus it's not like you're on the bottom of the leaderboard. You are useful. I always trust your visions"

It's quite a lot to say at once, but he doesn't care.