Teru seldom expected guests at his home, despite the many friends he'd come to make in the past year alone. Even his own mother he'd kept at a distance, if only to keep her safe from the vile reaches of Claw. "Loner" wasn't a word he'd use to describe himself, rather he was "independent". And being independent, he had to learn how to do a lot of things on his own - without psychic powers, as of somewhat recently. So he'd learned how to take care of himself on his own without anyone around to help him. He was perfectly fine with that.
He was still quite surprised when, after a knock on his door, Shigeo showed up on his doorstep.
"Oh, Kageyama-kun! Come on in!" Teru made no effort to hide his elation at seeing one of his closest friends so suddenly and stepped aside, allowing the quieter boy in. "I'll put some tea on. What brings you here?"
"Thanks. And that's… well, I'm here… because…" Shigeo fiddled with his words and glanced about the room. Teru eyed him curiously as he set a kettle of water on the stovetop. Despite being good friends, Shigeo still acted the nervous wreck around the people he was close to, especially when it came to asking favors. The dark-haired boy sighed, and pulled a long, pink strip of fabric from one of his pockets. "W-will you teach me how to tie this?"
A tie? Intriguing. He didn't take Shigeo to be the type to care much for formal dress, but he supposed everyone had their reasons. That wasn't about to stop him from asking why, though.
"Ooh, fancy dress-up, huh? You got a date or something?"
Shigeo flustered brightly and shook his head quickly.
"N-no! Nothing like that…! My mom's sister is getting married soon, so I need to learn how to tie this properly for the wedding. Your school uniform has a tie, so I thought it would be a good idea to ask you."
When he deemed the water hot enough, Teru poured out two cups of tea and set one in front of Shigeo. He was flattered, really, that he'd thought to come to him first, instead of his little brother, or his dad, or his-
"What about your master? He wears a tie, doesn't he?"
"Actually, this is Master Reigen's tie. I'm only borrowing it for now," Shigeo smiled down at the pink tie in his hands. "He did show me how to do it, but his hands move really fast, so it was kinda hard for me to keep up."
Teru almost laughed, but only grinned instead. A good excuse to hang out, then. He had zero problems with this. He made his way to the dresser and pulled his own teal-striped school tie out, then walked back and sat down next to Shigeo. Having to learn and do everything on his own for so long, it would be interesting to have to teach someone else how to do something for a change.
"Alright, you start by taking each side in both hands…."