(catch-all) bitch, don't kill my vibe

[invinciblemikey]

Who ⬤ manjiro sano, aka mikey, and you? ah, and a closed for toman!
What ⬤ substories and a lil' sleeping beauty prompt, as well as dealing with the elephant in the room (kazutora) for the tokyo manji. i will most likely update this log as time goes!
When ⬤ september!
Where ⬤ all them places and an abandoned shop
Content Warnings ⬤ well. extreme violence, language, dissociation, mental health issues, psychosis, delusion, and the sad reminder that mikey, kazutora, and baji are 15 years old while this is all happening.

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[saintclaire]

[Kim is quiet for a moment, reflecting: snappy? Was that snappy? She thinks about squaring off with Lalo, the way he'd slunk off into the night after––

She laughs under her breath, and drops her cigarette onto the stone front stoop. She grinds the little orange glow out with the sole of her stiletto.]

I didn't get your name.

[invinciblemikey]

Manjiro, but no one calls me that. Mikey's fine. You?

(and it'd startle if anyone did. it is, however, still his name, so he'll give it - he's just very used to the nickname.

either way, he gestures behind him.)

Are you going to do anything about this poor bastard, by the way? I can't be here fucking forever, but I can't fix his financial crisis.

[saintclaire]

Giselle.

[She glances at the café owner, at the way he's slumped over on his folded arms, head on the front desk. It's a tough life, having a dream. Kim looks back to Mikey,]

Don't worry about it. My husband and I are working on something.

[invinciblemikey]

Are you going to give him a six-month financial plan?

(please, anything. he can't be here all day, doing absolutely nothing.)

[saintclaire]

[A curt nod.]

Shouldn't be hard. I used to do financial law.

[Jimmy's specialties lie... elsewhere.]

[invinciblemikey]

And him? A lawyer too?

(what a duo.)

Ain't that boring? Do you just talk about work?

[saintclaire]

[She suddenly understands why people say things like "you'll understand when you're older" to teenagers; how can anyone explain what it's like to be an adult in a relationship to someone who has never known anything like that?

With a trace of dry humour:]

Mmhmm. On date nights, we sit in the courthouse and read the ABA Journal to each other.

[invinciblemikey]

(and just like that, she takes out of him the second laughing crisis, his hands on his lips to try to muffle it - no avail, though the owner of the shop gives him a dirty look for interrupting his misery party.)

... When you're too tired, do you just scream OBJECTION and go to sleep?

(why is this so funny. help.)

[saintclaire]

[What a child, and an audacious one at that. She looks at her watch next, and then back at Mikey, waiting for him to finish so she can ask:]

Do you have someone to trade off with for watch duty?

[invinciblemikey]

And not get paid that much? I have six people to look after.

(and it's not all on him. they'll all work, get jobs, share, but you know. leader weighs on one's shoulder. if they need anything, mikey will be damned if he can't provide.)

[saintclaire]

[Kim nods. Noted.]

So you're just going to be here indefinitely?

[invinciblemikey]

Pretty much. Bored out of my fucking mind.

(at least they could show up. at least that.)

[saintclaire]

[It shows discipline, and in any other kid, she'd find that admiral; in a bite-sized gang leader, it just spells trouble.]

Better bored than beat up.

[invinciblemikey]

In 3 years of career, and over 10 of martial arts, I've never lost a single fight. Do you seriously think a couple of shitheads can even touch me?

(yeah, he's. he brags. the title of invincible didn't come from him, but damn right if it isn't true.)

[saintclaire]

[Her stomach twists and this time it's less fear and more disgust. The idle question on her face: am I supposed to be impressed? A life of violence doesn't seem to her to be much of an achievement.

She adjusts the strap of her purse on her shoulder and turns to go.]

Just draw a line at scaring them.

[invinciblemikey]

(that's because she could never. it's that simple in his mind. the weak either idolize and worship, or ignore and despise the strong.

duh. easy in the mind of a 15-year-old.)

What, you're tattling if I don't?

[saintclaire]

[Kim just levels him with a serious look and then walks away.]