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The Joker had taken the forms of other Undeads before, but this was different. The other Undeads were heavily armored and made for battle. The Human Undead, however, was small and weak, with a skeleton on the inside and nothing but a pair of Levi's jeans to defend him from an attack.
It was the inside exoskeleton part that was the hardest to adjust to, by far. Could it even be called an exoskeleton? No, because it was on the inside. Goddamnit.
If he wasn't currently wearing the other's skin like a hot new fashion item, Hajime (who wasn't named Hajime yet, so I can't really call him that, can I?) would've probably shaken the Human Undead vigorously before demanding how the actual fuck humans ruled the earth.
Whatever. Not-quite-yet-Hajime supposed it was just a tradeoff for whatever benefits a human form would have. He wasn't quite sure what those benefits were.
After a couple years, Hajime did end up learning what those benefits were: Sleeping, drinking coffee, the bonds he'd formed with other humans, the gay sex he'd had with other humans (read: with Kenzaki), etc.
However, there were also downsides, one of which being that Hajime now had to worry about his identity being exposed or something like that idk. Today was one of those unfortunate instances.
Picture it: Episode 32, Hajime is in some abandoned building and back in his Joker form, and that motherfucker King had finally left him alone. He pulls his phone out of his pocket, and tried (and fails a few times) to dial Kenzaki's number. It was especially hard since he currently had what some might describe as the worst acrylics ever, obtained in the worst way ever.
After ringing for a good 30 seconds or so, Kenzaki finally picked up.
"MY BONES ARE BACK ON THE OUTSIDE, KENZAKI! THIS ISN'T GOOD!" Hajime shouted, not even bothering to explain what the fuck was going on. "What do you mean?" Kenzaki was obviously very confused, probably because of the lack of context.
"MY BONES ARE ON THE OUTSIDE, WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU THINK THAT MEANS?"
"I DON'T KNOW?!?"
"IT MEANS I HAVE A FUCKING EXOSKELETON, KENZAKI. I'M THAT GODDAMN BUG AGAIN AND I DON'T LIKE IT."
"Damn, that sucks. I'll bring Kotaro's van and uhhhhhhhhhh get you out of there I guess?"
Hajime hung up without saying goodbye like they always do in movies, sighed, and sat leaning against the wall. He was going to take a nap when he got back.