#and that’s assuming you get certified. which i’ll be fucking honest unless i want to sell my soul

[sunriseverse]

i know 7s probably pays their translators like shit since we’re not exactly, like, a vaunted profession, but god sometimes i long for the prestige (that exists only in my head) of having a real translation job with monetary benefits. instead of my realistic path which will be graduate -> find some job that i can handle working consistently -> do translation as a hobby if i have the time

[nothingunrealistic]

hurt/comfort 20 for taylip

20. cut

Philip answers the door with a rather ungracious “What?”, which he’ll blame on his thumb, hastily swaddled in a paper towel, and his smoke detector, beeping insistently over a not-quite-clean stove burner, and his expectation that no one would knock for another seven minutes.

“I realize I’m early,” says Taylor. Their gaze travels from his face to the kitchen behind him to his hand. “What happened to your —”

“Washing a knife. My hand slipped.” The smoke alarm had startled him at exactly the wrong time. “But everything’s still attached, so don’t worry about it.”

He’s half-hoping they’ll take the hint and wait in the hall for six minutes while he pulls it together. This is Taylor, though, so of course they come right in and brush past him without a word.

“What are you doing?”

Taylor drags one of his chairs across the kitchen, climbs up, and presses something on the smoke detector that stops the beeping. Though the silence is a relief, the pain in his hand seems amplified without anything to drown it out.

“Thanks.”

“It won’t last.” They step down and approach the pan of potatoes and cauliflower on the faintly-smoking burner. “Can this come off the heat?”

“No, it’s still simmering. Could you turn on the hood, though?”

The fan clicks on and whirs up to speed. Philip goes to the sink to wash the cut, and with the blood and the initial shock of fuck, I sliced my hand open cleared away, he can see it’s not that bad. It’s confined to the pad of his thumb, short and shallow with straight edges, and pretty much done bleeding. Likely he can manage without stitches.

“Do you want me to take a look?” says Taylor, close enough in his ear that he’s sure they’re already looking.

“Sure, if you have a medical degree I don’t know about. I’m only first aid certified.”

“So was I.”

Past tense. “When?”

“High school. Lifeguarding.”

“Well, mine’s still on the right side of its expiration date, so I’ll handle it.”

Philip feels Taylor watching his every move as he reaches into the cupboard over the sink, gets out the box of butterfly bandages, tips out a few onto the island — all wrong-handed and clumsy — and realizes what they must have already figured out. Namely, unless he grows an extra hand or a knack for contortionism, he won’t be able to do this himself.

He turns to Taylor. They’re sitting in the chair and mostly succeeding in not looking smug.

“Yes?”

“Did your lifeguard classes cover these?”

Taylor rises. Philip offers his right hand to them; they step closer and grasp his wrist. 

“Careful,” he says, mostly out of some sense that he should.

“Of course.”

Taylor tilts his hand, just a few degrees’ supination, to study the cut, then reaches past him to pick up a loose bandage from the island. It suddenly strikes him as vitally important that he hold very, very still, and stay that way even as they’re in motion — straightening up again, peeling off the backing, pinching the flesh of his thumb, placing the bandage, all their attention focused on a single square inch of his skin.

“So,” they say, a transparent attempt to break the newly forming ice. Not that he objects. “Aloo gobi, yes?”

Honest to God, he’d forgotten he was cooking anything. “Yeah.”

“And DoorDash didn’t cut it?”

“My usual place changed their recipe.” He holds his breath while Taylor grabs another bandage. “Trying to recreate the original.”

“Ben Kim is something of a hobby chef. He might have suggestions.”

“I’ll ask him next time.”

Taylor’s hands slow — not long, but long enough for him to notice — and the conversation peters out, leaving the hood fan to fill the silence.

“That should hold it,” they say once the second bandage is in place. “Assuming it’s up to your standard.”

Philip examines his newly relinquished hand. The cut is neatly closed; the bandages are snug but not overly tight. He doubts he could have done a better job even with two hands. “I think I’ll survive.”

(Put a number and two characters in my ask box and get a hurt/comfort drabble)

[mc-doppomine]

Dunno why this came to mind...maybe calculating Jakurai’s deal here...Who knows but here I am imagining how much schooling these boys have gone through. 

As a note, I am not saying their schooling level as any jab to them. All people are different. Some would prefer going to school, some do not have the opportunity and some have other things to do. It really is many reasons why they would or wouldn’t go on. And I’m just guessing what I think they’ve done based off information we have of them. 

Buster Bros!!!

Ichiro I feel only completed compulsory school and some of high school. He was too busy supporting the orphanage and his brothers to really keep up with it. And considering Yorozuya Yamada is likely their only source of income, he hasn’t really gone back either. I don’t that particularly bothers Ichiro since while he wasn’t bad at school he wouldn’t say he liked it either. 

Jiro is at the age where he didn’t have to go to school anymore but Ichiro made him stay. As it was just better options for Jiro if he does finish school. He also doesn’t go to cram school as 1) he can’t stand school as is, 2) he likely goes to help Ichiro with the business and 3) there’s a chance they can’t afford to send him. Despite the latest drama tracks, I don’t see school being a point of contention between them even if Jiro doesn’t like school. I don’t see him pursuing a traditional higher education, if he even goes at all.

Saburo is still in compulsory school as far as I understand so it’s not really a question of if he goes. But obviously Ichiro would want him to stay. Especially him because he’s good at it and seems to like it. That and it might help Saburo’s social skills to have to be around kids his age. For the most of the same reasons, Saburo doesn’t do cram school either. If anything he probably could tutor if he didn’t get so easily frustrated with people. I do feel he could make it to the top schools when he gets older but I see an interest in going overseas for uni.

Mad Trigger Crew

Samatoki I don’t think went past compulsory schooling. He was too busy with yakuza stuff to really deal with school. I see him getting into a lot of fights over his background, namely badmouthing of his parents. He probably had Nemu stay though because he wanted her to have options. I think he’s really good with money even though he probably hasn’t had to worry about it for a long time

Jyuto I initially was gonna say did go to college but researching a little bit, he probably didn’t. He only would need to finish high school and pass exams. Which I feel he was prepared for. Like I think he’s been set on being a cop for a long time and worked for that. Which is why I’ll also go out on a limb and say that in high school this boy was a runner so he was also in shape for his training when he passed exams. I also think Jyuto was a good boy student.

Rio likely went into military service as soon as he could, which I believe is 18 over there. It’s a little harder to tell about how the service was since the world of hypmic is one that had another war, so it’s likely his time was busier than what it would be normally for someone in the navy. He absolutely could’ve gone to uni and come back to get a better rank but I don’t think Rio really cared about that aspect of it. (This man knows communications and some hacking, you cannot tell me he couldn’t have gone far) I will say he likely took advantage of his half-American status and is fluent in English as it would’ve been useful for joint exercises with the states. I think the dissolution of the navy really shot him in the foot but he’s just too resourceful to keep down with that.  

Fling Posse

Ramuda...obviously didn’t. And I don’t think his records would show anything. Like if it had to show anything, it would probably show him going to a super large school where it’s completely possible no one knows who the hell he was (because he was never there). And if he was based off someone, he likely had some of his credentials taken from them. He understand the culture of schooling though, I mean his style and personality does seem to draw girls high school age and older. 

Gentaro is pretty hard to imagine to be honest. I don’t see him enjoying his school life and being around classmates for an extended amount of time. And while I think he could’ve spent some time in academia in literary research, I also see him finding it way too stuffy for writing. But I think ultimately...he went to uni for a short time. For some reason I just don’t see him vibing with how the system is for it. 

Dice did not. I don’t think he finished high school although he could’ve if he wanted. But he probably avoids it because it’d be an easier way to keep track of him and run contrary to his stray sort of life style. 

Matenrou

Jakurai...is a doctor...I sure HOPE he went to school for his profession. So he studied some of the stuff you need for doctoring during his time as an assassin but he didn’t actually go into studying to be a doctor until he quit his killing at 23. He probably went into the national defense medical college, which seems to be 6 year program but you have an extra 2-3 years of compulsory service with it. I think he likely finished his compulsory service, at the latest, a year before the Dirty Dawg timeline. Or OR he faked his schooling and just knew the equivalent knowledge from his time as an assassin and was able to pass his exams and later studied whatever he lacked. He’s basically fully legally certified NOW, don’t worry...

Hifumi I just can’t see going past high school. Like I’ve always seen the incident happening in his last year of high school and it made it difficult for him to even finish. And considering he claimed in the first Matenrou drama track that he didn’t find a way to live with his phobia until he was 20...I don’t think he went. Not that he would’ve been interested in it. Hifumi is interested in what he likes and wouldn’t want to put the effort either way. I don’t think he really cares and he has more than enough skills (and money) to do just about whatever he wants.

Doppo likely went to uni. He couldn’t get into the real prestigious schools and knew he couldn’t so just went for wherever he could get into rather than wait to test again. I feel like his degree is in either accounting or business. I think he had a part-time while in school to pay for it since it seems like his family might not be as well off or he didn’t want to burden his parents (in a passing conversation I think he mentioned paying for his brother’s exams or schooling). For some reason I also can see him having a minor in biology because I see him either knowing a lot about plants or knowing a lot about marine life. What kind of person just thinking of a water flea for like a small creature?

Dotsuitare Hompo

Sasara I feel like he didn’t go past high school. Not that he couldn’t. Just that he didn’t find a need to? Not when he was set on going into comedy. Like it was either make it or be trapped with his family. And he was hard noooope. 

Rosho....is a teacher? I sure HOPE he went for his teaching certificate. I don’t think he was going to initially and might not have while he was doing the comedy game with Sasara? Their time line is a little fuzzy, I haven’t found the indicator of if Rosho and Sasara disbanded before he went to MCD or after. If it was before, then yes he went to school after they disbanded. If not, then he was in school while doing the manzai thing. So yeah dual major of mathematics (or statistics) and education (he didn’t need both but I have faith in him).

Rei most definitely went to fucking uni. This bastard would let you think he didn’t but he did. He’s probably a fucking doctor or just shy of it. Drives me mad. Why am I sure? Because if Rei is behind the hypnosis mics. As in the designer and/or inventor of it, he is a scientist or engineer of some type. I see him having a degree in either biotechnology or neuroscience. I learn towards the latter because I feel like he also got a minor in psychology (or y’know what, business is possible too for a minor). Just to mess with people.

Bad Ass Temple

Kuko I feel was the same as Ichiro in that he went to high school but not necessarily finishing it. I don’t believe he would’ve had to...if anything he’s gone back to his teachings at his temple. Yet it seems he doesn’t do that either so I’m not sure. I just don’t think he did anything past high school. 

Jyushi I think he might’ve just finished high school? I don’t know if he was just finishing or he’s soon to be doing exams. But I think he’s going to finish regardless. Y’know I feel like Jyushi would’ve liked going to uni. I can’t think of what he’d go to school for though! Would it be adding too much work to a passion if he did something with music theory? 

Hitoya...is a lawyer? So yeah? And you have to wonder if Hitoya is a masochist or loves to learn or what have you. Because he was in medical school WITH Jakurai. And then when they part ways, he quits and then goes into LAW. Are you kidding me? Hitoya, Hitoya please...I looked it up, he HAS to be a masochist! Law in Japan is super hard to get into! It has one of the most difficult bar exams to exist! What are you doing, man??? Although...I think Hitoya is still fairly new as a lawyer though because him starting when I assume Jakurai started school at 23, would have him only being fully practicing for 5 years. And that’s assuming he dropped out the first year and not later...which would only shrink he years outside. Unless whatever he got for his bachelors was applicable for law too (behavioral science?)...either way, yes he’s done it and he sure does do a lot to beat a guy that doesn’t even know they’re competing.