[CLOSED] They're acting vicious out there

[bakudan_bambino]

Who: Hayato Gokudera, Starscream, and Takeshi Yamamoto
What: Starscream helps out with Gokudera's pet ring, Yamamoto supervises
When: Sometime in mid to late July
Where: R&D labs
Warnings: language, but will update as needed!

Gokudera is going to finally have something done about the half choke collar around his neck.

He's not going to have it removed, because... that would be awful. Also, it has a lot of sentimental value, which he isn't willing to share. It's been sending sensations through him that have finally grated enough on his nerves that he needs help from someone he doesn't know.

But if he's going to trust anyone with programming, it will be an inorganic, powerful being that... he hopes is taking pity on him. Gokudera's not certain why he didn't have to convince Starscream to help. It's not like they'd agreed on any terms through their short conversation. He needs to not get his hopes up. Starscream agreed to take a look at it. That's all.

If he will attempt to disable the faulty voice commands that no one is issuing, that the pet ring is responding to, Gokudera will notify Yamamoto. They'd already had a conversation about what would be needed should things get too dangerous.

Removing pet rings that had been bracelets meant removing hands. Earrings meant removing ears, a ring meant losing a finger, so this pet ring is around his neck. Gokudera can't afford to literally lose his head. The rings would always sever with small, controlled, violent explosions. Hopefully, Starscream will be able to hack into the device fused to Gokudera without it getting dangerous and messy. Yamamoto knows what it looks like when the pet ring starts to respond to tampering.

Right now, the silver-haired teenager is just going to focus on allowing Starscream to look. What happens after... he'll deal with however he can. Gokudera's in no position to make demands, but he gets to the R&D lab level like Starscream had instructed, and simply hopes something can be done. "You wanted to take a look at it?" The boy asks as he approaches and points at his collar.

Comments

[vosseeker]

"It seems to be working," Starscream says lowly, holding the input prompt open so it doesn't recognize his voice at the intended reset. "When you're ready, I'll open the set command and whatever you specify will be the new default."

[bakudan_bambino]

Gokudera opens his eyes and looks at Takeshi, feeling bad for putting him through this. It isn't that he's too proud and doesn't want to show this weakness, but he knows the baseball idiot hates this, hates that wearing the collar puts Gokudera in danger. He looks up at Starscream and hums in acknowledgement before looking once more at the boy beside him. He smirks.

"Want to say something now that you'll never say to me?" That way there will never be any accidental slip-ups.

he is keywording you people....

[tsuyoi_ame]

If not for how much he loves the other boy his reaction may have shown in his face. Stark terror, he wants Yamamoto to set the device to a phrase, to his voice. It churns up inside his stomach, what if he makes a mistake. There are only four words he knows he'll never say, not in a fight, not if the other broke him to a shell of who he is.

But to look at him and say them kills the baseball player. He hides it well, behind determined eyes and fingers that curl to the bombers. He nods and looks away, he can not look in those green eyes while he says it. His voice is firm as he projects it to the device, it too does not show any of his inner turmoil.

"I wish you'd die."

And there is a punch to his gut, never, would he ever say that to Hayato, even before Anchor it would twist him in knots to think it, let alone utter it out loud.

[vosseeker]

If either teen happens to glance up, they might notice Starscream rolling his optics at the statement. Primus save me from the dramatics, he thinks — like he's in any state to critique someone else on that topic.

But the collar beeps, accepting the new input, and with a quick check using the probe to make sure there's no new code additions that seem out of place, he removes the tool and gives Gokudera a nod.

"It appears to be reading correctly now."

[bakudan_bambino]

Gokudera blinks in stunned silence after his boyfriend’s words. They’re directed at the collar, and... while he never thinks he’ll hear Takeshi say that to him, he’s told the idiot to go die so many times... He never actually meant it (well, maybe a little after they’d first met), but it also wasn’t a matter of alien shock collars. He squeezes Takeshi’s hand, looks up at Starscream, and gives him a smile while relaxing slightly.

“We’re done?” There really will be only one way to tell, and that’s just to monitor if it goes off for whatever reason.

[tsuyoi_ame]

His heart is still aching and when Hayato squeezes his hand the swordsman squeezes back. He wants nothing more than to wrap his arms around his boyfriend and forget this happened. For a few moments forget that he said those words out loud. He does not even think of all the times the other has said those words to him because he knows he doesn't mean it, even if for a moment he seemed to hate Yamamoto when they first met last year.

Yamamoto not always a proper young man turns, still holding on to Hayato's hand but he offers King the same bow he did when they first met "Thank you King, I'm in your debt." Which is a name your price any time and Yamamoto Takeshi will be there.

Especially if this really works and he is hopeful that this is the last time that collar can hurt Hayato, that it's finally over.