Get into the van, kiddo.

[captaincatblock]

[Peace is a funny thing. It's been teased and denied for so long that now that it's happening, it's almost weird. He'd missed most of the drama with the princess and her traitorous Terran Knight -- not that he's fully convinced of it, but if it gains them this peace, then he won't question it -- but he had been returned to his kin as Earth's first peace offering.]

[Kuroo hadn't been too happy about that, hadn't even had the time to say good bye to Tsukki after being whisked away by a couple of generals and then thrown into political chaos. But he had endured it, because he knew that eventually, the princess would get to the small issue of Kuroo's kataphrakt and how he intends to spend his time on Earth. He could be a diplomat, he'd offered, or teach his fellow Versians about Terrans, since he's learned a lot. Anything, he had added meaningfully, if he allowed him to keep his landing castle close to Earth if not entirely on its soil.]

[He'd gotten some leeway in the end, after weeks of endless talks, so here he is now striding into the hanger where they kept his mech, in full Count regalia. Oddly enough, he only has Terran escorts with him, and they back away well enough when he reaches his destination.

Tsukki? Oiii, I'm looking for your mechanic, Tsukishima Kei. [first he calls out, and then just outright asks someone to find Tsukki for him]

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[captaincatblock]

They can try all they want, but they'll never be as good-looking as you. Why, look at those pretty eyes. [He makes a show of peering at Tsukki's face.]

[hellacene]

Ugh. [addressing everyone else beside him:] Take him, please. I can't stand this torment any longer.

[he'll move on to sou - ] From now on, we're together. [and sou just squawks, asks him not to joke like that, he's too young to die!]

[captaincatblock]

No one can take me from you, Kei. [nodding to himself in conviction.]

I wouldn't kill you, Sou. No, no, my friend. [And then he narrows his eyes to fake a threatening expression and Sou gets distressed and hides behind Tsukki.]

[hellacene]

He's lying, [tsukki tries to tell him, but of course he gets scared and says "that means he's planning something worse!" and people are laughing and offering sou their early condolences. tsukki, for his part, continues to play with him and even moves to hold on to his arm.] You should be more responsible with me, you know.

["tsukishima please!"]

[captaincatblock]

[he sighs dramatically] I should have kidnapped you and then just lived with you in the Arcadia. Then you wouldn't try to replace me with these young upstarts. I guess I'll just have to get rid of all of them.

[Everyone else starts protesting, because that's unfair! Only Sou's the one trying to usurp you! We would never! ("Well, maybe we might," Lev says, and gets smacked on the head)]

[hellacene]

Your optimism is appreciated, Lev.

[but he stops teasing sou after a while, letting him off to scramble away from them while tsukki gets back to drinking his rootbeer float beside kuroo.]

Having a platoon of young lovers sounds like my kind of thing.

[captaincatblock]

[He pouts, then sighs resignedly in his dramatic fashion, and kissing his cheek.] As long as I'm your number one, I suppose I'll concede to it.

[hellacene]

[feeds him ice cream from his float.]

Because I'm generous, you can take the number one and number two spot on my list.

[captaincatblock]

[He takes the ice cream, and then kisses him again with sticky lips, punctuating every other word with a smooch.] My boyfriend is the kindest best boyfriend ever.

[hellacene]

[rather flustered, he pushes away kuroo every time he kisses him, but of course that matters little to kuroo himself. he gets laughed at his efforts to try and fend him off.] That's gross, don't do that!

[captaincatblock]

Of course not. [Licks the bit of ice cream he managed to smear on Tsukki's lower lip.] I didn't do anything. See? No evidence.

[hellacene]

That's even worse.

[it's stupid, but he turns red anyway because he's well aware everyone's watching them now and kuroo is a lot more comfortable at this than he ever will be. still, the next time he eats the ice cream from the float, he leans his head towards kuroo instead, letting him hold him close while he eats.]

[captaincatblock]

[Most of Kuroo's men are polite enough not to gawk at them, at least. Either because they're afraid of being reprimanded, or because they're embarrassed to watch. Kuroo happily holds Kei close, nuzzling at his shoulder. He's not even paying attention to this incredibly long movie anymore.]