꧁ LIFE and DEATH ꧂

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Just a shorter Tsukasa story. XD

Also, shoutout to @molarloo for inspiring this story with their headcanons in the book 'Donuts'! It was so much fun to read. :)

Parties were boring.

So, so boring.

But Tsukasa had scored himself a spot at the snacks table and was slowly eating his way through a bowl of 'Party Size! Cheese Mix Munchies', which mostly consisted of chips, Cheetos, and pretzels.

Someone had turned a sports game on the TV, but all Tsukasa knew was that it was baseball. He wasn't sure why it was playing sports--this was Kou's house, and both Kou and Sousuke didn't like sports.

Tsukasa tried to hang out with the adults--he really did. But, no offense to Akane, no one really cared about how rich his newest invention (that no one actually needed) was making him.

So when Tsukasa heard the screaming coming from upstairs, he was more than happy to jump up and offer to check it out. He got an odd look from his brother, but Tsukasa still slipped out of the room.

The Amanenelings were running around with Glasseschild. CameraKid was taking pictures like always--he had taken after his pinkette parent. Tsukasa quickly gathered that they were playing some sort of game based on dragons, and he asked if he could join.

Suki, the youngest of the Amanenelings, had taken charge of the game. Suki quickly dubbed him as a Poisonous Matter--some sort of dragon, Tsukasa assumed.

"We're looking for Jiro," Suki said. Jiro was CameraKid's brother. Tsukasa nodded and got to work searching for the 'rouge dragon'.

"This is boring," he eventually told a different Amaneneling, Hana. Hana was about 7, three years younger than Suki.

Hana bobbed her head. "You're--"

Tsukasa was never really sure what Hana was going to say, because Suki appeared and dragged him back downstairs.

"Back to the cave! Back to the cave!" she shrieked, gripping his arm tightly. It was quite obvious that Suki was invested in the game.

Anyone else would have laughed and shaken her off. But Tsukasa nodded quickly, eyes wide. "Is the queen dragon under attack?"

"Just run!"

And run Tsukasa did. He only tripped down one stair, too.

The 'cave' was actually quite odd. In the middle of the living room was a mat like you might see in a gymnasium--rectangular and about an inch thick. Suspended above it was a metal bar.

The first time Tsukasa had seen it, he quickly assumed it was some sort of child torture weapon. But Aoi had to explain to him that it was for Jiro, who was learning to be a gymnast.

"He wants to be an Olympian," Aoi smiled. "He can practice flips on it."

Tsukasa dove onto the tiny mat, huddling against the Amanenelings and GlassesChild. CameraKid's brother was still missing.

"Can we do something else?" Tsukasa whispered to CameraKid. CameraKid nodded.

"Let's pretend to kill each other!"

Weird but cool, Tsukasa decided.

Tsukasa agreed, and soon he had a pretend pistol in his hands.

Tsukasa was the first to kill anyone--he shot GlassesChild, who had a very dramatic death that involved rolling around on the floor a lot.

"No!" Tsukasa shouted, crossing his arms over his chest. "You're doing it wrong!"

"You try, then!" GlassesChild took the gun from Tsukasa.

When GlassesChild shot Tsukasa, he made sure everything was perfect. The way he flinched backwards like he was actually shot. And once he finally fell over, Tsukasa gave one last breath out before holding his breath. He didn't blink either.

"You actually killed him!" CameraKid said, running over to check on Tsukasa.

"I'm not dead, Kid." Tsukasa grinned.

Hana appeared, laughing. "You sound like my Dad!"

The idea of talking like Amane appealed to him, but Tsukasa had more important things to do.

"Here, I'll show you how to do this."

About an hour later, Tsukasa and the kids gathered the other adults into Amane's living room to show off what Tsukasa had taught them.

The show was a wild success; even if it had mostly been improv, the adults loved it.

"Gooooooooooodbye, cruel woooooooooooorld!" Tsukasa called, ending the show.

Amane, Nene, Mitsuba, Kou, Aoi, and Akane all burst into applause as the children (and Tsukasa) took their final bow.

"That was oddly good, Tsukasa," Amane laughed as he drove Tsukasa back to his own home.

Tsukasa grinned and looked out the window.

"It was really fun!"   

A/N:

I just wanted to remind you that I still exist while I'm working on some longer pieces~ 

Also, I've recently been obsessed with BillDip, Gravity Falls, BillDip, and Mabcifica--especially BillDip. Did I mention BillDip?

I want to write some fanfiction, but I'm worried it'd be OOC. XD

On a random note, I made an oddly dark animatic to the song 'Lily' by Alan Walker. I've included it as an external link if y'all wanna take a look.

Stay safe and healthy!

~~ Author-Chan ~~