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[flowlikewater]

( GENJI IS WITH YOU )
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[kuyamu]

[ most of the time, Hanzo's avoidance has been in the form of silence or sleeping, and simply trying not to be in the same room as Genji at times. but right now, even as the evening grows late, he's completely gone. and he wishes he could leave it at that, collect himself elsewhere and return, but. he's more rattled by the things Reaper said than he wants to admit. ]

Reaper spoke to me.
He talked of you.

[flowlikewater]

[ Genji's heart drops to his feet and he feels the pressure of anger start to bubble up from his stomach. His blood pressure rises so fast that his systems shriek in alert in his ears for a second. ]

Whatever he said to you was not for him to tell.

text.

[peacekeeps]

hey.
where you been?

[flowlikewater]

I needed to be alone for a while.
>I am on the roof.

text;

[kuyamu]

Genji
Little brother
This is a stern warning:
If you wake me early tomorrow morning, you will suffer for it

[ he went drinking with Taako yesterday; he's just finished drinking with McCree today. or "finished," really, because now that he's already drunk enough, he's considering moving on to the flask of sake he keeps and drinking until he blacks out, because it's just that kind of week. which is why he's sending this warning on his way back to the apartment. if he's doing this, he refuses to be woken up for meditation, or breakfast, or any other benign reason Genji might have. ]

[flowlikewater]

[ Now if this isn't an interesting series of texts. There's a small part of him that's concerned but given the festivities around the city, he cannot blame him. (Honestly if Genji were capable of getting drunk anymore, he probably would be imbibing a bit as well.)

So he looks at the messages and finds himself laughing, a tinny little thing that will surely surprise anyone outside who hears a cyborg cackling from a balcony up above. ]

How the tables have turned, brother!

audio;

[greyjane]

Afternoon, sweetheart.

Fancy a date night?

[flowlikewater]

Is it a juggling date? I have been practicing.

[ The grin is palpable. ]

text;

[smokedout]

[It had been two weeks since the masquerade, and a whole hell of a lot of things had happened during that time.. so you'd think that would have gotten his mind off of this, but. As it turns out he's still rather annoyed at running out of expendable funds once he got to the one date he'd really wanted. It had simply taken two weeks to find enough of a lead to track down the oni-masked cyborg.]

i hear you're the one who's getting a night in my territory.
i guess i owe you some congratulations.

[flowlikewater]

[ And Genji has absolutely no idea who this even is or what they're talking about. ]

Are you sure you have the right person?

text; un: GraveMistake

[hellshot]

[In all likelyhood, he's stared at Genji's name in his contacts for a good half hour before figuring out a good way to start this. It's been too long he's put it off, so...

Better late than never.]

Time has passed, and we're still here.

We can go on ignoring each other.

But I wonder if that's just what's easiest.

[flowlikewater]

[ He stares for a good few minutes at the message himself. He thought waiting would let him sort out how he felt but he's still just— confused. Hurt.

Maybe they finally should. ]

Easy, perhaps. But I do not think it solves anything.
>Especially since everyone seems to bring you up around me.

[ Reyes always seemed to gather wayward young souls. ]

text @d.va

[bunnyhopped]

what if I got a dog

[flowlikewater]

I don't see any reason you couldn't?

Text; @gladio

[leatherdaddy]

ugh

I'm famished.

@sparrow; text

[flowlikewater]

Did you not bring anything to eat?

Dear Valued Customer...

[doxxing]

@dodger//text

[smokedout]

i thought i told you to STEP the FUCK OFF

@sparrow; text

[flowlikewater]

From...? Talking to people?

[ Genji had to check his messages to even remember who this was. ]

text;

[doxxing]

Hello there, Genji.
So I hear that Dodger and you are having a little tiff.
However, he's not been exactly forthcoming as to why.

I was wondering if you'd be able to help clear that up for me.
It'd be a big help in some decision making.

Our conversation is completely encrypted, so you can speak freely as you'd like.

Re: text;

[flowlikewater]

[ Genji's reaction to this is a resounding ugh. He's never been less interested in a issue he was apparently forced to be involved in. ]

Dodger enjoys making property out of people and he's quite cross that I'm simply speaking to someone he deems 'his.'
>It's very dull.

(action) Christmas Eve

[mysophobic]

[ So Genji doesn't get a text or any notification about Shigeru showing up in the early evening of the day. Hana had at least texted him to tell him when she was leaving so he could come over to keep the other man company. So with his presents in hand Shigeru will head over. His heart is beating so fast once he's actually outside the apartment.

He honestly can't even remember walking there, his legs taking him almost like on auto-pilot, to Genji's place. He has a bag with Genji's present in one hand and some nice delicious food packed in the other. Swallowing thickly he'll lightly knock on the door. His palms are already sweaty and his heart is beating a mile a minute. But he's got this!! ]

[flowlikewater]

[ Genji has been using this moment alone in the apartment to... tend to his plants. Such a party animal, Genji Shimada is.

At the gentle knock on the door, he puts down his clippers and heads to check it. When he looks through the peep hole and sees it's Shigeru he's instantly grinning, chest fluttering with warmth. Ah... yes. What a perfect surprise.

He opens the door, still smiling. ] Why hello there, stranger. [ Teasing, of course. (And a bit flirty.) ]

@ciscodelamancha | text

[franciscoramon]

hey so i'm at [bar name here] with shigeru who is at least two and half sheets to the wind
rapidly approaching three
tl;dr i made him a super-shot that got him drunk despite his powers
like a boss
you should drop by later if you're free!

@sparrow; text

[flowlikewater]

Wait, what? You managed to get Shigeru drunk?

[ There's a pause for a few seconds. If it were anybody else, Genji might be kind of irritated but he has no reason to think Cisco has any ill intentions in this. ]

I'll get there as soon as I can.
>Just make sure he doesn't wander off.

@dodger//text

[smokedout]

how do you do it?

being a.. good person, i mean.

doesn't it hurt? doesn't it... scare you?

[flowlikewater]

[ Well this is unexpected. ]

It can hurt, and it can be hard.
>But it is much more fulfilling than the life I used to lead.

action;

[smokedout]

[Perhaps this isn't unexpected, given the last time Dodger contacted him. He's been pretty quiet, not up to his usual antics for over a month now and generally leaving Shigeru alone to boot. Which means he must be planning something, right?

He doesn't greet Genji so much as he just... well, sits down next to him while he's meditating, and starts watching him with the sort of intensity one would expect from someone studying a science project. Taking in every detail of his form, his posture, the small movements while he sits. And even once he's figured all of that out he still doesn't speak, instead just turning and trying to replicate the posture. It's a parody of it, at best, but he does seem to actually be trying to... "think about nothing" or whatever zen types are supposed to do.

Too bad his head was never filled with much thought in the first place, just rage.]

[flowlikewater]

[ Now, Genji never once thought that Dodger was actually genuinely attempting to turn over a new leaf. He's an idealist but not naive. Words, at the end of the day, are merely words.

He's in his full armor, as he usually comes to this spot to decompress after a mission. He doesn't let Dodger's presence get in the way of his thoughts so he's quiet for a good few minutes... and quiet even longer after. Just to see what the man is trying to do.

Finally, he breaks the silence. ]

'Hello' to you too.

(action) White Day!

[mysophobic]

[ What up Genji. You're gonna get a surprise visit from one cinnamon roll on White Day. After Shigeru found out what the holiday meant in Japan there's just no way he wasn't going to do something.

So he'll be smiling happily with a rather long, wrapped, box nestled in his arms when he knocks on the front door to the apartment. Shigeru's also just stopping by to check up on the other. He's been kinda worried ever since that network post Genji made. ]

[flowlikewater]

[ Things have been calming down and The Jungle hasn't returned since, thankfully. He wears the cuff that Cisco made for him when he can, then does some 'practice' without it.

So Genji answers the door and is clearly delighted to see his boyfriend. ]

Shigeru! [ Then he notices the long looking box in his arms. ] What's this?

@ciscodelamancha | text

[franciscoramon]

[ In those first, horrible hours of waiting, while Eddie was in surgery and nothing was certain, Cisco had thought of Genji more than a few times. How he'd managed to survive, even after coming so close to dying. Genji hadn't given Cisco hope, exactly, so much as... a little less despair.

He's the first one that Cisco ends up texting, after the doctor comes by to tell him that Eddie's going to live. ]

eddie got shot
it was really bad
the doctor says he's going to live

[ The words are so jarringly simple, but they're the best he can manage. ]

@sparrow; text

[flowlikewater]

[ Genji had been doing his now daily Powers Practice when he receives the texts. He peers at his phone and then he's sitting ram rod straight in his bed. ]

I'm so sorry, Cisco.
>Is everything okay?
>Are *you* okay?