#taibani When Barnaby and Tetsuko get together, Agnes has to decide whether to keep the Best Buddy Duo award intact or scrap it due to unfair advantages π
"And the Best Buddy Duo for this season goes to... Wild Tiger and Barnaby Brooks, Jr!"
Subaru throws his hands in the air and Agnes's team has to press the censor button several times during his rant.
"Every (BLEEP) season! Thomas and I saved that whole building yesterday and went on a (BLEEP) dinner date and (BLEEP) at karaoke and nothing?? No recognition? What is this (BLEEP)? The voting is (BLEEP) riggedβoh, (BLEEP), Barnaby's proposing because of (BLEEP) course he is."
Agnes eventually decided to slap an honorary Best Buddy Duo for life on Barnaby and Tiger because all the companies keep calling to bitch out "the unfairness" and she has a frickin public wedding spectacle to plan.
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Contrary to his overwhelming popularity and occasionally skirting on the edge of pornographic photoshoots ("It's body positive," Agnes sniffs), Barnaby has never had sex.
In his list of priorities, it wasn't even on his top ten. Or even in his top twenty, to be honest. He simply had one mission in lifeβand damned if something got in the way.
But his quest had cooled, and in the ashes, he found a new lease in life: saving people, tending to his ever growing plant collection, learning to have bonds with people.
Some taibani thoughts (s1/early 2 tiger and bunny spoilers)
Barnaby still aches. He replays everything, from the day's latest scuffle to Agnes's press notes to his parentsβwhich always leads back to Maverick. He can't walk into his apartment without remembering.
Remembering what, though? Is anything untouched by Maverick? The first candles he blew out on his birthday? The times he ice skated around the rink, wobbly as a newborn deer? The glow of energy when his powers kicked in?
He keeps entries in his mind, shuffles them like old photographs. Real or no? Sometimes he's fairly confident. Sometimes he's a little uncertain. Sometimes he flat out doesn't know.
As much as I love the whole "let it out; I'm right beside you" trope, the way Tetsuko quietly exits when Barnaby hesitates to spill his emotions is lovely. He knows Barnaby is vulnerable, is trying to work things out with himself, and
is sending a clear message: "It's okay. You don't have to spill your guts. When you want to tell me, I'm ready. Until then, I'll respect your space to gather your thoughts."
It's also a nice subversion from Tetsuko's struggling with over-meddling from s1βfor instance, Barnaby seems sketchy about his birthday? Let's make him celebrate with a party!!
Now, Tetsuko is willing and ready to extend a hand, but /also/ knows when to give Barnaby peace.
cw: parental abandonment, post canon, Tadashi and Ainosuke have fucked off + have a place of their own | tadaai:
It's when Tadashi brings in the mail that Ainosuke knows something is wrong.
He puts down his phone, stretching his arms above his head, feigning boredom. "What? Another suit from my aunts? An invitation to another idiotic party? A lost birthday card?"
Tadashi wordlessly hands him an envelope, and Ainosuke turns it over.