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1.
Reigen knows he isn't an actual psychic (obviously), and he knows he should be the the last person anyone should ever go to for advice.
But Mob looks like he needs one.
"Look, what's wrong? You've been staring into space and sweating all over the place." (Hey it rhymed!) "It won't do good for the business if you're nervous."
That seemed to make Mob snap out of his trance, "Oh, I- um..." He stuttered, looking everywhere except Reigens eyes. He clenched his fists on his knees as he took a deep breath, "I- I got into a fight with someone... And I used my powers, he had psychic powers too but..."
"Well, who started the fight? You or him?"
"...him."
"Well then, there you go! It wasn't your fault, t'was was just self defense! Nothing to worry about." Reigen said, he sat next to his student on the couch and patted his shoulder, before giving him a smile.
Now that Reigen was up close, he could see the nasty handprint on Mobs neck. Reigens eyebrows furrowed, but not enough to make Mob notice.
"But- was it really self defense?" Mob asked, "The fight kinda felt one-sided... And I think I may have overdone it." Mob stopped clenching his fists and instead opting to twiddle his thumbs
"Overdone it how, exactly?"
"I... almost shaved their head, ripped their uniform, and, um- destroyed their school?"
...
Oookay
That's...
Uh...
That's something.
Months later and Reigen has forgotten ever having that conversation.
Mob came into the office as usual, what wasn't usual was the kid with shoulder length blond hair and the Black Vinegar Middle School uniform.
The kid flashed an all too familiar smile, one that Reigen always practiced in the mirror ever since he was young. He practically teleported Infront of Reigens desk, his hand out for a handshake.
"You're Shigeos shishou right?"
First name basis.
hmmm.
It's good to know Mob has a friend that's his age. It wouldn't be good if his only friends were a 20-something (yes, he doesn't know exactly how old he is) year old man, a ghost, and his brother.
Reigen smiled back, "Why yes indeed I am!" He took the blond kids hand and shook it, "Reigen Arataka, The Greatest Psychic of The 21st Century! A pleasure to meet you."
"Hanazawa Teruki. A pleasure to meet you too."
"Shisou, Teru said he wanted to come join us today, can he?" Mob spoke up, already going to prepare some tea.
"You mean the exorcism today?" Reigen looked at Hanazawa up and down, and then at Mob, and then at Hanazawa again, "Hmmm, I don't know Mob. They said the ghost is quite troublesome."
Hanazawa huffed and puffed up his chest proudly, pointing at himself with his thumb, "Don't worry, I'm plenty strong myself!" Then, he looked over at Mob, "Just not as strong as Shigeo," He smiled sheepishly.
hmmmm.
How peculiar.
"Well, I guess it's fine then." Reigen shrugged. Maybe he could charm Hanazawa into working with him. Then again, if Hanazawa was really as good of a charmer as Reigen is, maybe it wouldn't work. Eh.
Reigen already has Mob.
"Since this is our first time meeting," Reigen started, "Why don't we get to know eachother?"
"Sounds good."
"Tell me then, how did you and my dearest student meet?"
Nobody moved. Nobody breathed. Mob who was halfway putting the tray on the table froze, sweat forming on his hands.
And Hanazawa just looked pale.
How peculiar indeed.
2.
Ritsu isn't one to jump to conclusions, nor is he one to make conclusions based on his emotions. He prides himself in being logical and analytical, observing the equation before coming to a conclusion based on said observations.
But when he sees Shigeo and Hanazawa (Who looks and acts like an egotistical prick that doesn't deserve brothers kindness from the very moment he saw him) Interact with eachother, he can't help it when his first 2 thoughts were:
"Are they dating?"
And
"God, I hope not."
So he does what he does best.
He observes.
No, it is NOT stalking, fuck you Dimple.
2 weeks of stalking observing have gone by and it's safe to say that... Ritsu has no fucking idea.
On one hand...
Hanazawa would complement every little thing his brother does, and then Shigeo would blush and go all red, AND THEN Hanazawa would call him cute and cup his face with both of his hands and bring their faces reallllllyyy close until their noses and foreheads are touching, and then they would laugh.
They would fucking laugh.
It wasn't necessaryly a laugh, it was more like a giggle, a soft and quite giggle. Soft as though each sound that comes out would be engraved in eachothers memories, quite as though it was a sound only they could have the privilege to hear.
But Ritsu was hanging on a tree branch. Directly on top of them. So.
On the other hand...
There was this old lady that saw Shigeo and Hanazawa together.
"Such a lovely couple the two of you are." The lady said, seeing those two sitting very closely on the otherwise empty bench.
Ritsu was in the bush behind said bench.
"Thank you!" Hanazawa said. "But we aren't a couple!"
...
What.
Inside the little notebook he carries around for observations, he scratches out a word.
Conclusion = Dating Not yet
3.
Onigawara didn't really expect anything when he came to school (on time, of course) today.
So colour him surprised when Hanazawa Teruki is standing by the school gates at the end of the day in all of his glory.
And colour him a little bit concerned when Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo went with him.
His first thought was huh? His second one was shit.
Onigawara practically ran out of the school following Mob, leaving behind a smoke trail and his mind going a mile a second.
Is Hanazawa still mad that he lost to White-T Poison?
Who WAS White-T Poison?
Is he blaming Mob because he lost?
Does Hanazawa Think Mob is White-T Poison?
Onigawara almost drifted like a motorcycle when he turned the corner, and then he hit the brakes, his shoes sliding on the concrete making a very cartoonic skrrtt sound.
They were holding hands.
That is somehow more mind-blowing than if Mob was actually White-T Poison.
4.
Dimple knows.
He doesn't know what, but he knows something.
at least, more than other people, because he's a ghost, he could be anywhere at anytime (and also anyone), of course he knows.
He just doesn't know what he knows.
You see, Dimple has lived as a ghost for a long time, so he's used to seeing everything and just accepts every single thing as part of life.
Reigen sometimes scratches his ass before eating? Totally normal, still disgusting and Dimple always calls him out on it, but Dimple has seen it enough times to call it normal.
Ritsu listens to heavy rock bands with all the screaming that sounds like Satan himself? He won't judge (He will, but not Ritsu because Ritsu is terrifying and he also threatened to exorcise him if he did).
Mob and Teru cuddle while watching sappy romantic comedy? Dimple has seen worse movies (except for that last movie they watched, that was absolute dogshit but Dimple was too far into the movie and he wants to know what happens to the main characters).
5.
Shou was just breaking and entering. y'know, Like he normally does.
He just wanted to hang out with Ritsu, not actually rob the place. But they do have a really cool book- no. No robbing. It's one of the many rules Ritsu has put if Shou wanted to continuously hang out with him. Shou has only ever broken one rule so far, but what Ritsu doesn't know can't hurt him.
Anyways, Shou wasn't going to rob the house, so really, people should stop acting like he's going to. Yeah, he's wearing all black and a creepy bunny mask that he found at the local Hot Topic, so what? He wanted to scare Ritsu! Not get body bagged by Ritsus-older-brothers-friend before he could even put his barrier up!
Shou let out a manly wheeze as tears started forming in the corners of his eyes.
"AAUHHH What the fuck man!"
A flashlight was unceremoniously shoved into his face.
"Shou...?"
Finally the flashlight wasn't in his face anymore. He looked up and blinked away the circles before looking at the body-bagger and Ritsus older brother.
"Sup dude." He throws up a peace sign.
"Why were you crawling through the window?" Blond dude asked.
"Why wouldn't I?" Shou said, like it's the most obvious thing ever, "Also fuckk man, that hurts alot!"
"Sorry about that, we thought you were an intruder." Ritsus older brother fumbled with the flashlight, turning it off.
"Whose he?" Blond guy turned towards Ritsus older brother.
"Ah, that's Ritsus friend" Ritsus older brother explained. God, maybe Shou should start remembering people's names other than Ritsu's.
"Yeah, I am. Anyways, Is Ritsu home?"
"Yeah, but he's sleeping."
"Never was a problem before, was it?"
Blond guy extended a hand to help him up, which Shou gladly took. "Suzuki Shou, nice to meet you!"
"Hanazawa Teruki, nice to meet you too."
When Shou broke in the second time that week, Teru was there
When Shou broke in the fifth time that week, Teru was also there.
"Wow, you sure do like to break in here." Teru said after Shou broke in for the eighth time that week.
"And you sure do like to hang out in here."
"What can I say, I like Shigeos company."
"I can say the same about Ritsu."
That day was the day a treaty was signed.