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“Senku-Chan~” Gen says behind Senku in the lab. Senku turns around to come face to face with the four other generals and Tsukasa.
If they’re all here, it must be for something important. Is there something wrong with the ship? Senku thinks to himself. Ryusui steps forward with a grin.
“Senku, morale has gone down, along with productivity,” Ryusui starts off with.
“But…?” Senku questions knowing that there is going to be a but to this statement.
“But we have a solution!” Ryusui says. Senku looks at him confused, so what was the point of coming to me?
“And you came to me because…” Senku questions.
“Because we need you, our fearless, genius Einstein level leader,” Gen goes on with a flattering, making Senku feel a little uneasy, because Gen isn’t even trying to hide it.
“If the crew wants something like a fan or a camera, I could 10 billion percent make that,” Senku states, thinking that what the others wanted was just a simple tool.
Gen exchanges a look with Ukyo asking him to speak up.
“So about that Senku…” Ukyo hesitates, “everyone wants you to be a star of their mini dating show.”
“What?” Senku stares at Ukyo, mouth agape like he just told him that the Earth is flat. Senku turns his head towards Tsukasa thinking he of all people would’ve had the common sense to stop the generals.
Tsukasa drops his head a little and sighs, “drama does boost morale and besides it’s pretty unlikely that you could just not fall in love.”
“And besides Senku-chan, isn’t it possible that you could use this as an experiment: that if after spending prolonged periods of time with a person, you can slowly develop attraction for them,” Gen says trying to convert the situation into something Senku would approve of.
“Damn, no.” Senku doesn’t like this. They just don’t get it.
Everyone looks confused at Senku because he didn’t even consider what Gen said. “Why not?” Tsukasa asks Senku, knowing damn well that Senku could squeeze so much labour from the others out of this and it’s a win win situation for everyone.
“Because it’s a waste of time and besides I need to figure out how we’re going to grow corn.” What Senku doesn’t say is that his partner in crime could be dead, and no one knows. How could they if Senku never told them about the girl who could rival him in classes and would stand out in the rain waiting for him so that they could walk home together.
“Yes but you should also think about the crowd,” Ryusui claims not backing down so easily.
“What’s even in it for me, Ryusui,” Senku asks knowing that nothing could convince him otherwise.
“SENKU! DID YOU HEAR?” Taiju bursts into the lab, “everyone says you’re going to date someone!”
“No you big oaf, I’m not even going to join the challenge,” Senku exasperates.
“Why not? It wouldn’t even be a distraction and I could easily give you a discount of the oil that you buy from me Senku.” Ryusui adds knowing that Senku’s like America, never saying no to oil.
Senku thinks for a moment, he just has to participate… Taiju just knows that Senku’s thinking about Y/n. Who else would he think about? Even after lying to Senku and breaking him.
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“Hey, Yuzuriha and Taiju…” Y/n sits in front of Taiju and Yuzuriha at school. She decides this is the right time to tell them as Senku isn’t here to hear what she’s about to say.
“Y/n! How are you today?” Taiju asks as joyful as ever. Y/n’s hands grip her skirt and avoids eye contact with the other two.
“Uh, I found out today that I only have 1 month left” Y/n lets out. She sees the warmth drain out of Taiju and Yuzuriha’s face as they realise what she just said to them.
“What?”
“Please don’t tell Senku.” Y/n pleads to them, she doesn’t want Senku to know, he would be more devastated knowing that he couldn’t save her.
“So what are you going to do next?” Taiju’s voice cracks, not wanting to see one of his childhood best friends die in front of him.
Tears fall from Yuzuriha’s face. Y/n continues speaking, trying to soften the blow “My dad said he’s taking me to the US to see if there’s any better treatment there, but I’m not ready to tell Senku yet.”
Y/n smiles knowing her dearest friends would understand. She doesn’t want to let Senku go. Taiju doesn’t tell Senku even though he hates it.
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Senku decides that he’ll just do it for the views and not choose anyone. “Who are the options?” Senku asks making sure that if he does sign up he won’t regret it. Well he hasn’t even signed up and he’s already regretting hearing the others out, because it’s just so illogical. Besides this is a great opportunity to figure out any secret talents and promote one of them to medic. Y/n used to be the doc in my life.
“Well, I’m glad you asked Senku.” Ryusui grins, knowing nothing about the turmoil in Senku. “Our lovely lineup consists of… Yuzuriha, Kohaku, Nikki, Minami, Homura and Kirisame.”
“And we believe Senku-chan that our gracious leader deserves only the best so of course we have selected only the best for you.” Gen adds on.
“A leader should experience the pleasure the world has to give to him,” Ryusui smirks, making the conversation go in a completely random direction.
“RYUSUI! You can’t just say that!” Chrome shouts at him feeling a little flustered thinking about Senku being all lovey-dovey. He can’t but at least he tries. (Bless his soul.)
“So Senku have you decided?” Ukyo smiles, asking the important questions.
“No…”
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“Senku, if I ever die, promise me you’ll move on.” Y/n holds out her hand, intertwining it with Senku’s as they lay on the hill looking at all the stars.
“That’s 10 billion percent logical, but who says I’ll ever let you die,” he turns his head to face her, while she looks at the stars in awe. She looks back to see him looking at her softly, like she’s the Book of Special Relativity.
“What?” She laughs, he rolls around realising he was being extra soft. He puts his lab coat over his head hiding his red face.
“Tch, what do you want, genius?” He still is facing away, but he hears shuffling and feels arms snake around him, hugging him tightly.
Y/n whispers, “I want you to tell me that if I die, you will move on.”
Senku doesn’t realise that she’s being serious and just asking ‘would you love me if I was a worm? questions.’ “Yea yea, whatever.” Y/n smiles, and her breathing slowly evens out. Well she’s asleep. Senku thinks and turns to kiss her on the forehead.
“Statistically speaking, it’s unlikely a person could ever move on from someone they’ve loved since forever…”
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“What?!” The generals thought that Senku would’ve agreed.
“Except under one condition, Ryusui decreases the value of oil by 70%.” Senku claims thinking it through knowing that this would only benefit him in the long run.
Ryusui never backing down from something he starts agrees, “Very well, it’s a done deal.”
Everyone on the side grins knowing that they should sit back and watch this show.