SUDDENLY, A MEME

[erytophiliac]

☼TEN YEARS LATER MEME☼

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[tntempesta]

[The pink smoke clears and reveals a much taller Gokudera with longer silver hair and tired green eyes, there is a pipe connecting his mouth and the palm of his hand, gentle smoke escaping his lips and nose.

He blinks a few times and shifts the rose bouquet in his hand to tap the ear-piece of his cellphone.]

...

Takeshi? ...[tap tap tap] Hellooooo~?

[spanamacchina]

... Gokudera?

[Spanner's staring, - up at you woah - a little confused as to why you're a) taller than him b) look older than him c) smoking a pipe. dsjfhkvsdhhfgjhsdf]

[tntempesta]

[The familiar voice makes him look up, searching for the source of it. He's looking behind him and then takes the ear-piece out to stare at it.]

Spanner?

[spanamacchina]

Down here.

[Oh man, it feels weird saying that.]

[tntempesta]

[He puffs smoke slowly and he lowers his gaze to the young one.]

Are you standing on your-- Why is your voice so squeaky? Are you sick? And where's your ring? You know Shouichi will flip battleships if you're not wearing it. [He plays with his own ring halfmindedly when the pipe's mouth stays between his teeth.]

[spanamacchina]

My - what?

What's going on? Why are you taller than me? Why is your hair longer?

[tntempesta]

I started tending my hair like three years after graduation, I hit a growth spurt the same year too.

Get up already, man.

[spanamacchina]

I'm not kneeling. [He lifts a leg to show Gokudera.]

[ballsandbats]

[ Yamamoto blinks for a moment, taking in your new appearance. Well, at least he's sure that it's you - you've even said his first name! He tilts his head to the side, laughing as he stares up at you. ]

Gokudera? How'd you get so tall?

[tntempesta]

[He puffs a few smoke-clouds with his pipe, staring at the boy claiming to know him.]

Whaddya want, kid?

[ballsandbats]

Haha - kid? But I'm older than you!

[ He tilts his head to the side. Maybe you weren't Gokudera, after all! ]

Unless.. wait, I'm sorry Gokudera - erm, sir - I thought you were somebody I knew, haha!

[tntempesta]

[Such cute brown eyes this lil' fella has, just like Felix's--

Wait a gosh darn minute!]

Takeshi? I-is that you?

[ballsandbats]

So I was right! How'd you get so.. tall overnight, Dera?

[tntempesta]

I'm not your Gokudera, that is I used to be, w-well I still am.

I'm the older version on your Gokudera. [Just what IS there inside this tabacco blend??]

And this is all probably a dream.

[ballsandbats]

[ Brb pinching himself. He flinches, but when he opens his eyes, he finds himself still standing in front of the future-you, so he shakes his head with a sheepish sort of smile. ]

Doesn't seem to be a dream, though. How old are you?

[tntempesta]

[Oh god. Oh dear god you never changed.]

Twenty-seven, and you?