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SUGA IS CORRECT

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Geeze!

[The star begins her rampage. Thanks to the outburst, adrenaline's charging through Tsukki's system, adding a sharpness to the teeth, echoes to the roars. Rexy is huge. Towering over the vehicles, now tiny as toys. It's an impossibility. Where the dinosaur scenes have been nothing but joyous, this is the mirror.

The horror of ambition.

He still cackles when Rexy eats that lawyer.]

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[Eyes going comically wide, Suga claps both hands over his own mouth and doesn't move them until there's a break in the tension - that being when the lawyer's devoured in a portajohn, of course, which makes Suga howl with laughter right along with Tsukishima.]

Oh my god... [He has to wipe tears of sheer catharsis from his eyes when he finally regains control of himself.] That was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen...

[Then Suga's phone buzzes in his pocket, which he definitely wasn't expecting this evening. With a confused frown, he pauses the movie and checks to see who texted him - then laughs, shoots a quick message back, and looks up at Tsukishima with humour dancing in his eyes.]

Kenzo heard us shouting and wanted to make sure there wasn't a fight going on down here. Honestly. [He shakes his head.] Sorry about the interruption and the shouting, let's get back to business here.

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Rude! Be more respectful.

[Kei smirks, rewinds the movie a few scenes - Maybe intentionally to right before the Toilet Chomp.

Maybe to see if Sugawara laughs again.]

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I won't make a peep until the credits are over, I pr -

[Wait, there's the lawyer trapped in the portajohn again...

... and yeah, Suga absolutely loses it again. He winds up slumped slightly against Tsukishima's shoulder, struggling to catch his breath between peals of laughter.]

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[This is rare. People being smart enough to get the joke, laugh when Tsukki means them to. Turns out Sugawara's in the club.

Grinning, Tsukki shoves the other boy off.]

Oh my God, your face!

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What about my face?! [Still wheezing with laughter, Suga tips all the way over to the other side of the couch and kicks Tsukishima in the side (teasingly, not one of the real stingers he sometimes delivers at practices).] I have a great face!!

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You look like a tomato - Hey!

[Tsukki fends off the 'attack', his own face almost red as Sugawara's. The curse of pale skin.]

Quit! We're missing the T-Rex chase!

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This battle isn't over, it's just delayed!

[Since he's broken his promise twice now, Sugawara finally pulls himself together and sits up properly... but his lips are pressed tightly together and his shoulders keep shaking with stifled laughter.

Nothing to be done about it, he's got the sillies now.]

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[Tsukki isn't quite so gone, but a smile keeps flickering.

At least there's a chance to catch their breaths - A scientist and the kids are falling asleep in a tree. Then wake up to a Brachiosaurus herd. Nothing dramatic, unless you count the dinosaur sneezing.]

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... the non-violent ones are so cute, aren't they? Imagine having something that big around that's basically docile. I want to pet its head.

[Suga's finally calmed down, thank goodness, but he hasn't lost his silly smile either.]

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Yeah. They are.

When I was a kid I wanted one as a pet.

[And kind of still does. Sugawara's not getting that factoid!]

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[Ah, that's why Tsukishima's so darn cute right now... Sugawara's obviously being let in on a lifelong love for dinosaurs, so he's getting to see flickers of a younger, more innocent boy behind the protective walls Tsukishima has put up over time.]

I'm glad we started with this movie. Thanks for sharing it with me.

[Suga means the whole experience, really, but he doesn't need to put a fine point on it.]

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Hang on -

[Because it's that shot. The one that launched a thousand Awkward Sexual Awakenings. Maybe even one right on this couch!]

Now you can thank me!

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[Oh great, that just sets Suga off all over again. Not quite as hysterically, at least, but he's definitely stifling giggles.]

I mean, look at him! There's literally nothing to be embarrassed about here. You have impeccable taste.

[Never mind that they have very few other points of agreement when it comes to crushes. One is enough.]

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Of course I do!

[Tsukki's crushes may be of varying quality, but their originator?

Iconic.]

Okay, wait, how did you find out he was hot?

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I looked up Jeff Goldblum after I saw The Fly for the first time and every second link was that shot of him. It just got imprinted onto my brain that everyone's horny for Goldblum in Jurassic Park.

[Cheekily:] So of course I had to ask you about it!

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Tch.

[Wow. Score is now 1-1. Tsukki can't believe that was a set-up. Before he can analyze too much - Time for Dr. Sattler and Muldoon to go re-set the power. Good news? No T-Rex attack!

Bad news?

RAPTORS.]

not me finding clips on youtube bc i haven't seen this since it came out

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[It's impressive how quickly this movie can draw Suga back in, considering how much fun he has teasing Tsukishima between action scenes, but the tension just never stops. From nearly electrocuting children to the appearance of raptors, which are a completely different kind of scary, Suga winds up clutching the edges of the couch cushion again.]

Noooooo, these ones are the worst! Stupid strong snouts breaking through everything!! At least you have time to notice the T-rex!

Not me watching the movie multiple times because it's this guy's favorite 🤣

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[Tsukki snorts when the kid goes flying. It's funny, okay? Fortunately, the dinosaurs have monopolized Sugawara's attention. He's right. The raptor pack is much worse.]

The T-Rex forgets about you if there's slower food.

The raptors are smart.

[The hunt continues. Hissing and chirping, raptors stalk into a lobby. Sniffing around for the tasty, terrified children cowering nearby.]

dedication to your craft

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[In the softest whisper, as if he, too, is afraid of being found by a raptor, Suga asks:]

Is it wrong that I feel worst for the girl? The boy's no more of a shit-disturber than any of us were at that age, but... she just wants to live her life and it's non-stop...

[After some consideration, he has to admit:] Might just be because her eyes get so big when she's scared, though.

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[Tsukki keeps his own voice low.]

No. She knows how bad this is.

[Because she sees the whole situation. Knows the monsters will kill her, her brother, and their only chance is hide. Stay quiet, even as the doorknob slowly turns.]

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Yeah... it makes her feel more doomed, somehow.

Not that it's great watching all the innocent joy leave his eyes either.

[Typical Sugawara - he's always most engaged when the kids are facing danger, muttering encouragements under his breath instead of yelling at the screen in fury.]

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[It probably shouldn't be a surprise, Sugawara caring about kids. Even these fictional ones. He's kind of a Mother Hen. A cheeky, harassing one.

Before this observation goes further, the raptors pounce and everything dissolves into screaming, running, the kids getting to the adults with a 3rd dinosaur right on their heels - ]

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[A lot of his nurturing qualities have developed as a result of having such a sensitive little brother, and his fear that the rigors of school and its attached social demands would devour Kenzo whole. How much of it just comes naturally to him... well, even he'd struggle to say. But youth tends to bring certain types of vulnerability with it, and vulnerable people will always have Suga's complete support.

The ones who hide it behind spikes and razor wire just receive a more bracing type of support, that's all.

For the next while, as the chase weaves through set piece after set piece and every moment of glory is painfully short-lived, Suga sits unnaturally still and his attention remains fixated on the screen. No snacks, no drink, no asides unless Tsukishima brings anything up. He has no familiarity with the series beyond this movie so as far as he knows, anyone could die.

He also knows that American movies tend to spare children from the horrific fates that regularly befall adult characters in action movies like this, but he's so hooked into the narrative now that the thought offers him no sense of security.]

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[Spikes and razor wire are aesthetic and fine where they are.

Thank you very much.

There's a thousand facts Tsukki could rattle off. That the younger kid was passed over for a role then Spielberg promised he'd be in another film. The raptors could only be shot fifteen minutes at a time. There's a CGI face on a stunt person when they fall through a grill.

All of it fades as he watches - Not so much the movie as Sugawara. Intensity radiates off him.]