The vine burn and wither away, and Minato drops through, but two more vines split hastily off the ones around Hisoka's legs. They shoot down through the debris and latch around Minato's ankle.
And, slowly, wind the boy back up to Hisoka, upside down. Hisoka clicks his tongue. They're kind of high above the ground still.]
You haven't become ripe enough yet to die so easily.
[ IT WAS A GOOD IDEA ON PAPER whatever it was that Minato was trying to do, but the execution was botched and he finds himself dangling by the ankle instead of having his brains splattered all over the ground. ]
[He gives Minato's face a little pat-pat with his hand, and then they slowly start to wind back up the cliffside together. Slow and steady wins the race.]
Akane might not be very happy if you're dead, you know.
[ Less than 24 hours later, Minato gets in a car accident and has a concussion. ]
Yeah... People have been saying that. How they'd be upset if I died. Something like this... I probably would be do. Would rather die fighting or something.
[ He can think of a better way to die- ideally, in his sleep, no struggle no mess. But to die testing his strength against somebody else...
He looks thoughtful for a moment, then looks up at Hisoka. ]
If there were somebody known to be impossible to beat, would you still test your strength against them? Knowing if you do, you and everybody with you are going to die.
I wouldn't have it any other way. In fact, I'm doing that right now at home. You see, there's a man I want to fight. I know it's going to be magnificent when we do. He's the leader of a group of thieves, and he's very strong.
I wouldn't be so sure. Nen is your life energy. There could be a way to manipulate it enough to make you immortal. [Like, uh, fighting this guy and getting your ass kicked, but coming back because you wrapped your organs in Bungee Gum and restarted everything.
Baby steps.] A work in progress. [He tilts his head even if it's upside down.]
If someone was immortal, I would want to see if they really were. So I would fight them, too.
[ What the fuck does that mean, Anna, wrapping your organs in Bungee Gum and restarting everything. Is the secret to keeping Minato alive just having him eat this piece of gum he stuck in his bag and immediately forgot about. ]
...I guess that makes sense. If my team were here, I wouldn't be able to die either. Samarecarm. But that won't work if we all die all at once. Makes things difficult.
At the top of the cliff, the vines fling them up, unravel, but then retwine around their shoulders to gently place them back on the ground. Feels a little weird after being upside down and falling so much.]
Sometimes, you can only get the payout when you work together.
[ It definitely feels weird, and the first thing Minato does when he gets back up is to sit down on the ground, legs dangling over the edge and kicking slightly. ]
Yeah... I'm used to being alone, but I also miss having a team. You're always around by yourself... Do you want to team up sometime? We can double-team Lea in poker.
[ Shy people like just one or two friends sometimes!!! Minato's sort of like that. He enjoys the company of his dog and... well, that's mostly it, but he loves his dog.
He lifts his hand, holds his pinky out. It's a pinky promise. ]
No one has ever pinky promised with him. It's only been Illumi making him just do it and expecting it to be done. After a moment of consideration, he crouches down and extends his pink to wrap it around Minato's.
[He smiles as if this is the funniest thing. It is. Minato is very amusing. He bobs the pinky.
As he slowly begins to rise again, vines pour from beneath the jacket at his back, as if his shoulder blades are vomiting them. They whizz around front, gathering all around Minato, building up beneath the boy into a little hammock. The ends fall away from his back, the tips brown.
[ Oh. This is even better than Minato's plan of sleeping right on the ground. Hisoka is always so good to him??? How can he not have dokis for senpai? ]
[CARD PLEASE STOP CURSING ME LET MINATO KNOW HAPPINESS
Wiggling his pinky, he takes it back because Minato absolutely will not let it go probably. He will leave Minato to have a fucking nap like he should in the vine hammock. PLEASE GOD REST]
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The vine burn and wither away, and Minato drops through, but two more vines split hastily off the ones around Hisoka's legs. They shoot down through the debris and latch around Minato's ankle.
And, slowly, wind the boy back up to Hisoka, upside down. Hisoka clicks his tongue. They're kind of high above the ground still.]
You haven't become ripe enough yet to die so easily.
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...yeah, that didn't really go as planned...
[ because there was a plan, presumably ]
Thanks for saving me, though. I owe you my life.
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[He gives Minato's face a little pat-pat with his hand, and then they slowly start to wind back up the cliffside together. Slow and steady wins the race.]
Akane might not be very happy if you're dead, you know.
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Yeah... People have been saying that. How they'd be upset if I died. Something like this... I probably would be do. Would rather die fighting or something.
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There's no better way to die. [A smile.] To die testing your strength against someone else.
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He looks thoughtful for a moment, then looks up at Hisoka. ]
If there were somebody known to be impossible to beat, would you still test your strength against them? Knowing if you do, you and everybody with you are going to die.
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I wouldn't have it any other way. In fact, I'm doing that right now at home. You see, there's a man I want to fight. I know it's going to be magnificent when we do. He's the leader of a group of thieves, and he's very strong.
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You're very strong too. But a man is a man. No person is immortal.
[ Compared to, say, a god. Something higher than a god. Going against Death itself as a concept, is that Minato faces, and turned away from. ]
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I wouldn't be so sure. Nen is your life energy. There could be a way to manipulate it enough to make you immortal. [Like, uh, fighting this guy and getting your ass kicked, but coming back because you wrapped your organs in Bungee Gum and restarted everything.
Baby steps.] A work in progress. [He tilts his head even if it's upside down.]
If someone was immortal, I would want to see if they really were. So I would fight them, too.
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...I guess that makes sense. If my team were here, I wouldn't be able to die either. Samarecarm. But that won't work if we all die all at once. Makes things difficult.
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At the top of the cliff, the vines fling them up, unravel, but then retwine around their shoulders to gently place them back on the ground. Feels a little weird after being upside down and falling so much.]
Sometimes, you can only get the payout when you work together.
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Yeah... I'm used to being alone, but I also miss having a team. You're always around by yourself... Do you want to team up sometime? We can double-team Lea in poker.
[ He has no idea how poker works. ]
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[Which is to say--what he doesn't say--he cares little for attachments. EVEN IF MINATO IS TRYING SO HARD TO SOCIAL LINK HIM.
He doesn't hate people. In fact, he really likes people (cursed), but for the benefit of entertainment.]
But I accept.
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He lifts his hand, holds his pinky out. It's a pinky promise. ]
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No one has ever pinky promised with him. It's only been Illumi making him just do it and expecting it to be done. After a moment of consideration, he crouches down and extends his pink to wrap it around Minato's.
Pinky promise.]
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...I think I'll go back to sleep.
[ Because that's what you do when you just nearly escape death, get drowsy and sleep. Or maybe it's the empty carbs for breakfast. ]
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As he slowly begins to rise again, vines pour from beneath the jacket at his back, as if his shoulder blades are vomiting them. They whizz around front, gathering all around Minato, building up beneath the boy into a little hammock. The ends fall away from his back, the tips brown.
Now he can nap on the cliff in a swing.]
Sleep tight.
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Thanks. Take care, Hisoka.
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Wiggling his pinky, he takes it back because Minato absolutely will not let it go probably. He will leave Minato to have a fucking nap like he should in the vine hammock. PLEASE GOD REST]