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HIDE..!!

[ How many people do you know who call out your name with such sing-song exuberance and boundless energy? ]

Looks like all those Mystery Ghosts finally went away. Does weird stuff like that usually happen..?

Anyway, I've got something for you, so you better call me back when you hear this! Later..!

[There's absolutely No-One in haven who calls out his name with such excitement. It absolutely rings out on his phone, and his roomates are probably giving him funny looks now.

But hey, it's not like the student cares; a call from Luffy is an always-welcome thing. And he'll call the other back within the hour.]

--Luffy! Luffy--hey. Don't hang up--it's Hide! [Have you figured out the phones yet, they're so half-functioning it's amazing they even work.]

[ There's an excited yelp, then a sort of fumble wherein the phone makes a clatter against something and then, and then--

Right, oops, Luffy accidentally hung up.

So there's a return call in short order (perhaps so short that he ends up with a busy signal and has to try again) but then finally: ]

There you are..!

Na! After all that weird stuff happened, you okay? I was wondering!

[He's trying to keep his laughter on the down-low when he finally gets a call back from Luffy--he has to admit, he's never had such adventures with his phone since this guy had shown up.

A few giggles under his breath when Luffy's voice finally announces itself on the line, he nods; a motion the other won't see.]

Here I am. And yeah, it was weird, right? But no, I'm fine. We hoarded up a bunch of food and useful things, so there's that. [He won't mention how he saw the 'ghost' of his boss wandering around.]

You didn't get into much trouble, did you?

Yeah? Us too! It was real convenient--

[ Not having to go around digging through debris and rooting through bins to find cans of dubious quality food items. Instead, just opening a closet to find things in tidy little stacks made replenishing Sanji's pantry so much easier.

And he got a few other things to boot. He's pretty sure everyone breathed a sigh of relief when he found a bar of soap. ]

--'cept getting messages from fake ghosts all the time. That was a pain!

[ Because Ace wouldn't cry for help. He wasn't like that, he would never be like that, not the least for being... well, anyway. He really doesn't want to think about that. ]

I had to chase down a friend of mine. He'll be fine, but I'm kinda worried about him.

...Oh yeah! I got something to give you! Where are you right now?

Yeah, me and you both. Things I don't need, Ghosts calling me and telling me things that aren't really important. [But the look on Seidou's face had been all too real. He was getting tired of these mind-screwing things Haven was pulling.]

These things happen at least once a month, I guess I should'a warned you a bit sooner, you know? [A light laugh.] You just gotta keep it in your head that none of it is real and you'll be fine.

Which friend of yours--

Oh.

I'm at home, in block one. I moved recently. Did you want to meet up? [You have something for me?]

To--Tra--Tora--

[ He's having trouble trying to pronounce it, so he finally gives up and uses the usual standby: ]

Torao! Do you know him?

So you're in block one too, huh..? So you live with Rosie!

[ God, Luffy, it's Rose, it's a simple name, you even got it right the first time and... well whatever. ]

This isn't the kinda thing you can give 'less it's in person! So I'll head over right now!

Torao... [To Tra Tora... Nope. Nothing was ringing any bells. He knows the person, but without a proper name to go on, he's drawing a blank. Sorry, Luffy.]

Nope, can't say I've ever met him. I'll keep an eye out for this Torao guy.

And yeah--!! That's right, Rose is one of them. She's real sweet, right? [They recently had a chat while Hide made gunpowder, it was nice.]

Sounds good to me. I'll wait out on the porch for you, then. I think I can hear Wade making noise again--

[There's definitely a muffled sound like whooping in the background.

This block was like a fucking frathouse.]

See you soon then, bud?

Riiight? And kinda prickly! It really fits!

[ There's a warble to his voice that suggests he might be running, laughing, and talking all at once, and there's the distant sound of a door slamming. ]

Um... soon as I figure out which way's block one!

[ Because he might go down the spiral or up it, and... actually, he'll just try going up. ]

Oh yeah, I gotta talk to that guy too. See you!!

Sometimes peoples' names just fit.

[Another loud, amused laugh as Hide's going to change location to the porch, kicking back against the wall just outside the door.]

Take your time. The spiral can be a bit confusing, especially ever since it sunk down here in this giant hole in the first place.

[What a hell that'd been.]

See ya, Luffy-san. [And he'll hang up... and wait the possible age for Luffy's beautiful directional sense to kick in or not.

Either way, when the other finds him, he'll be sitting, headphones up, eyes closed, music blaring on the porch he'd said he'd be on.]

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[ Possibly loud enough to not even hear Luffy, until he reaches over to pluck at one of the cans of his headphones and lean in reeeeally close. ]

Are you sleeping?

[ At which point he drops his hold on the headphones with a start, because oh HEY, that's where the music's coming from, and he doesn't even see a tone dial anywhere! ]

Uwa--!! That's... that's awesome...!

[DEFINITELY loud enough not to hear anyone, much less Luffy approaching. When the other grabs the speaker, Hide damn near jumps.

And that's his own fault.]

--Whoa there, you startled--! Ehea--

No, no, Not sleepin'; definitely not.

[He was. He really was.]

--Eh? [He pulls the headphones down, but instead of settling them along his neck, he holds them in his hands, music still playing faintly enough to be heard. A grin moves over his face, and he holds them out--here, put them on.]

Have you never used headphones before? [If Luffy puts them on over his ears,a painfully American song is playing.]

[ Seemingly floored by this offer, Luffy's a moment staring with rounded eyes and a wondering smile spreading slowly across his face.

Pulling his straw hat off, letting it fall between his shoulder blades from the cord around his throat, he doesn't take the headphones so much as duck to put his ears up between the cups and allow Hide to let them go as he pleases.

In any case, his eyes light up at the way these things seem to fill the whole world up with a kind of music he has never heard before, and it's a little like seeing a kid on his first Christmas morning. ]

[As soon as the padded headphones are hovering over Luffy's ears, he's going to let go. A bit of a 'poff' as they land snugly over the others' ears; Luffy's entire audio world is going to be drowned out by sound.

Something Hideyoshi probably hasn't realised, technology like this is just baffling, the sound like a band is playing right there in your ears, singing so clear it's as if they're right next to you--

When Luffy's face brightens up in amazement, it's...

Really fucking infectious, as Hideyoshi's own expression brightens into a cheerful, amused smile. He speaks, but given the volume of the headphones...

Luffy probably only sees him mouth a few words, a slight muffled sound of his voice.]

[ That doesn't matter.

That doesn't even fucking matter, not when there's a beat and it's energetic and infectious, not when there's an elated pirate with strong fingers trying to grasp at Hide's sleeves and then his arms, intending on tugging him to his feet.

And he's not exactly on rhythm with the music, but he's going to hop from foot to foot, trying to yank him into a circle with him, his grin huge and bright as a new dawn. ]

What is this? [ He shouts, too loud, because he can't hear himself ] You can hear music like this all the time?!

[One of the things he was expecting upon giving Luffy music to listen to: Excitement.
One of the things he wasn't expecting upon giving Luffy music to listen to: Impromptu Dance.

He makes a noise that's comparable to a dog having being woken up from a nap suddenly, and he's going to try his best, after the moment of surprise, to attempt to dance along with Luffy's really uncoordinated--and let's face it--Pirate-Style dancing.

He reaches over with a free hand to push one headphone off of one of Luffy's ears. So he can at least be heard.]

So long as I have my music player and headphones, you bet. The battery runs low sometimes, but a trip to somewhere with electricity can fix that in a second. [After all; his music player had a charge chord carrier on it's side.]

Music's my favourite thing, I'd be lost without it!

[ Wow...

Wow, it's not easy to keep, and he's sharing that with him, just like food's scarce and he shared some of that, too.

If Luffy needed any indication that they were officially friends, Hide's given that to him in spades. There's no escaping it now. He is officially doomed to have this god damned, impossibly lucky, ridiculously dumb pirate's friendship forever. ]

Whenever you need to go to that place, I'll come along! And beat up anything that gets in your way!

[He'd never complain to winning the friendship of anyone, even if they were a little addle-brained and foolish. Luffy had a spectacular draw to him; and if he was to make a new friend; he'd literally gotten the king's share, here.]

Heh, you really don't mind? [Even after the first disaster at fighting things in the subway that turned out to be people?] I'd appreciate that. [The number of people he can rely on keeps dropping, after all. Mutsu, then Spidey, who else next.]

--Oh right. You said you came here to bring me something?

[The music on the headphones peters out, and a new song--something bright and definitely not in English starting up this time. Some infectious dance-y K-Pop song no doubt.]

[ That was an honest mistake; it had been his own idea to bring back monster meat to solve their food shortage problem, and Hide had no responsibility there. ]

Yeah! 'Sides, bet there's all kinds of interesting stuff there!

[ At this, though, Luffy ducks his head out of the headphones, pulling the drawstring loose on the rucksack he was carrying over a shoulder... and then thrusting at him what looks like a haphazardly folded bunch of cloth tied with fraying twine.

It's black, covered with a plethora of bright sunflowers.

In fact, it looks suspiciously like the shirt he'd been wearing when he first arrived, except after it's had a serious talk with a bar of soap. ]

I thought you could use this more than me!

There definitely is. A lot nicer things that here, too, to boot. [But staying over in Haven North was a little harrowing, your body didn't react good to it for too long... but Luffy would figure that out on his own, he was sure.

That wasn't important right now, though. what was important was what Luffy was holding out to him, folded somewhat neatly and tied--

He sure did recognise that shirt. He'd complimented it more than once, after all. His expression immediately widens out into a surprised, but mostly happy expression--]

--Wait, you're giving your shirt to me??

[He looks up, looking confused--] I mean, the new one you have is hilarious but-- [Are you sure?? omg]

[ He just keeps bobbing his head in the most enthusiastic nod, and if Hide doesn't reach for it sooner or later, Luffy's going to just shove it into his hands so he can't have an excuse to refuse. ]

Isn't it great?!

[ Luffy obviously likes his new shirt with sincerity, and likely because it just has what looks like a burger emblazoned on the front, even if it's just a SPAM advertisement. ]

[He's not going to answer right away, he's busy pulling off his varsity jacket, tossing it over the rail of the houses' porch as he's already pulling the thing on over a plain white t-shirt.

It fits pretty damn well, too, hanging just at the pockets of a certain pair of hideous green cargos.]

--Dude this is amazing.

Both your Burger shirt, and this. Look; it even fits!!

Even if it didn't fit, you could just wear some other stuff with it!

[ Says the guy who routinely fails to button things up, or just forgets to dress appropriately to the circumstances, period. He's satisfied with how the shirt looks on him, or seems to be, as he goes to grab his varsity jacket and hold it out for him. ]

Here.

[ And, as soon as he takes back his jacket, he's going to turn right around! ]

Yosh..! I still gotta find some stuff, Sanji says he's trying to pickle some stuff he found growing!

Always busy, even if you just got here, huh? [He couldn't help but to laugh--it was kind of good to see. Instead of people laying around and accepting their fate in Haven... actively working.]

Thanks, again. Ya came all this way just to deliver it, too. [He'll put his coat back on over it, too. It's cool enough outside.]

I'll catch you later then, bud?

[ He'd proooobably need less food if he didn't run around so damn much, but if he just spent his time laying around he'd really annoy the people around him in sheer boredom. And probably go a little stir-crazy, to boot.

Luffy waves an arm with altogether too much enthusiasm. ]

Yeah! We're still looking for a way out, too. If I find out, I'll call you!

See you around!

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