[ but he can hear that almost-laugh and it is hands-down the best sound he's heard all day. one more for the road... ]
Was just trying to spread a little cheer before I went to bed. I'm kind of hungry, though... [ the way his inflection changes pretty much 10000% guarantees this is a setup to another really terrible joke. ]
[he says "talk to you tomorrow" and hiro remembers he can't hug him, though.]
Don't call too early, I'll be sleeping in.
[he knows that's inviting tadashi to call him the minute he's awake. he'll probably need to hear tadashi first thing, so he might as well challenge him to try to annoy him.]
Definitely a shrimp. You might've gotten the brains, but...
[ tadashi are you implying you got the brawn? you are a skinny cardigan-wearing nerd boy whose ears stick out like crazy. ]
Anyway: we'll see, lazybones, but no promises. Seriously, we're in space, and all he wants to do is sleep...
[ but of course tadashi will. it'll come under the guise of more questions-- is the ship hiro's on like this one? what kind of stuff do they usually have for breakfast? has hiro eaten breakfast? does he know his fly's down again? ('kidding this time, sorry.')
[hiro will gladly answer all of them, though he'll sound a lot less happy about it than he is. ('i swear i'm gonna break all your zippers and see how you like it.')]
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[ he's cracking up as he tells it, okay. :') not that he thinks the joke is actually funny, but just because he knows hiro doesn't. ]
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[Oh he's starting to laugh, that was the hardly-concealed shake of resistance in his voice.]
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[ but he can hear that almost-laugh and it is hands-down the best sound he's heard all day. one more for the road... ]
Was just trying to spread a little cheer before I went to bed. I'm kind of hungry, though... [ the way his inflection changes pretty much 10000% guarantees this is a setup to another really terrible joke. ]
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[In other words, he hears the tone of his voice.]
I swear, if you do it...
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[ he did it :') ]
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[After a second, he lifts the pillow back up.]
G-go to bed, you big doofus!
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[ and he is really, actually, sincerely smiling for the first time since he woke up here, okay. ]
Talk to you tomorrow, shrimp.
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[he says "talk to you tomorrow" and hiro remembers he can't hug him, though.]
Don't call too early, I'll be sleeping in.
[he knows that's inviting tadashi to call him the minute he's awake. he'll probably need to hear tadashi first thing, so he might as well challenge him to try to annoy him.]
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[ tadashi are you implying you got the brawn? you are a skinny cardigan-wearing nerd boy whose ears stick out like crazy. ]
Anyway: we'll see, lazybones, but no promises. Seriously, we're in space, and all he wants to do is sleep...
[ but of course tadashi will. it'll come under the guise of more questions-- is the ship hiro's on like this one? what kind of stuff do they usually have for breakfast? has hiro eaten breakfast? does he know his fly's down again? ('kidding this time, sorry.')
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[hiro will gladly answer all of them, though he'll sound a lot less happy about it than he is. ('i swear i'm gonna break all your zippers and see how you like it.')]