week 4, sunday

[ninjay]

[ jay's default mood on the weekends is Bad™, but the most recent trial did not help matters. the execution was worse, because of how it ended.

he's walking through the lobby, heading for the exit, when he spots hajime. he pauses. ]

Has anyone seen them yet? [ mabel and dipper, he means. he's pretty sure the answer is going to be no but he's gotta ask. ]

Comments

[g101]

Ah! Right there!!

[ she'd point but. she can't make suddenly jerky movements anymore, which makes playing hajime weird, ]

Can you make that expression again!?

[ninjay]

What expression? Did I make one?

[ look he has not had to deal with hajime himself, only watching from a safe distance where she cannot touch his brows, so he is. not sure how to react to this. ]

[g101]

Your lip twitched! Make it twitch again.

[ she's so demanding? ]

[ninjay]

Anything else? I can roll over and juggle next too.

[g101]

Maybe after you show me your smile.

1/2

[ninjay]

[ this is embarrassing and somewhat baffling, as he had not expected hajime to get stuck on this one thing. he looks at her, considering. ]

[ninjay]

[ and then he smiles. ]

Better?

[g101]

[ yes, jay is so cute. look at that smile. it's brilliant, radiant. the purest thing imaginable. but... it's missing something! that beauty is marred, somehow... what is it? ]

Hmmm... Almost? It's kind of weird looking, actually.

[ she unpops the marker again. ]

[ninjay]

Weird looking.

[ he repeats her words, flatly, not paying much attention to the marker. ]

[g101]

Mhm.

[ she's stepping closer.... ]

Can you lean down a little? I can't reach.

[ninjay]

[ oh, right. she can't move her arms as freely as she used to. he's still looking at her questioningly, but he'll kneel down a bit. ]

[g101]

[ it's a shaky hand that raises. she winces a little, but perseveres. apparently this means a lot to her - there isn't a lot of opportunities here to make things cute.

and then, slowly but surely..........................

she sharpies in jay's eyebrows.

they are on Fleek ]

[ninjay]

What.

[ he immediately goes to touch his face??? he doesn't have a mirror he cannot see shit right now ]

What did you just do?!

[g101]

Oh, I did your eyebrows for you. You're actually kind of handsome with them!

[ninjay]

You do know that's an insult, right?

[ HAJIME..... ]

[g101]

You're cute without them, but with them, it's kind of like... Bam! Spotlight!!

[ is she ignoring him or just stupid. WHO KNOWS. ]

Can I do your brows for you tomorrow, too?

[ninjay]

[ jay thinks everyone here is a little stupid so it's fine.

he considers. he would normally just flat out say no, but honestly, hajime kind of reminds him of someone he knows back home. ]

Let me see them first.

[g101]

[ in that case, to the bathrooms they'll go! hajime gestures with her head, nodding toward the nearest one. ]

The mirrors are pretty clean, actually! You wouldn't think so, would you? Bathrooms aren't always the nicest.

[ninjay]

[ he blinks at the mirror

and then blinks again





he has eyebrows??? ]

Oh my god you weren't joking.

[g101]

Why would I joke about something cute?

[ aren't you handsome, jayjay. aren't you? ]

They're sparse and that has it's own charm, but it's fun to draw them in, too!

[ninjay]

Is this a normal thing to do?

[ look, jay definitely wears eyeliner in canon because there is no way his eyelashes look like that on their own, but this is a wild experience for him. ]

[g101]

Yeah! It's a little more new to some people but it goes waaaaaaaay back? But some people don't do it. It's up to you whichever you do, I think.

[ninjay]

I'll allow you to do it tomorrow, Hajime.