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[sengokus]

[mineo is - walking? where is he going. he doesn't even seem to know. it seems like he just feels... restless. unhappy. but at least he's not as downtrodden as he was yesterday

so he'll glance over when takeru walks over]

Hey.

... you okay?

[dotcom]

I'm fine.

[ as fine as you can be after watching someone fall into lava. ]

Just thinking.

[sengokus]

.... fine as anyone else is, right?

[just. he's gonna say it, because he was curious what takeru's response would be.]

What're today's thoughts?

[he'll point in the direction of the kitchen as a suggestion. snacks?]

[dotcom]

How did your talk with Greed go?

[ he says, walking to the kitchen. ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . ]

Weirdly specific, but okay.

[he sighs and follows after]

.... they're kinda awkward. I wanna talk to them again. They were more comfortable trying to tell me what to do than when I was just... chatting.

[dotcom]

[ he raises an eyebrow. ]

Telling you what to do?

[sengokus]

Yeah...

We talked about 'justice' and stuff - and they know about Adonis and all that stuff about us? So they were trying to tell me what to do about stuff back home.

[dotcom]

[ a pause. ]

How did that go?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he shrugs a little.]

... back and forth.

They believe in prizing truth and pursuing the truth.

I asked if they've ever been scared.

[and those two things are - well, related, for mineo.]

But if they're the one who gave us the whole... fake 'justice' system - I wanna know what their thoughts on that are. I don't think we've gotten any closer to the truth.

[dotcom]

[ he doesn't press for any details about it, and just walks the rest of the way to the kitchen in silence.

once there, he immediately opens the fridge and rummages through it, still quiet. ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

What's up, Takeru?

[dotcom]

I put frosting in here earlier.

[ he takes out a can of it? this is obviously what mineo is asking. ]

[sengokus]

Dude, don't eat just frosting, I'm going to make lunch if you're gonna be weird.

[HE WILL LET THEM GET DISTRACTED FOR TWO SECONDS]

[dotcom]

I can get my own lunch.

[sengokus]

You're gonna starve once we don't have a magic vending machine back home.

[just. immediately.]

And besides that's not what I was talking about anyway - why'd you get all quiet?

[dotcom]

I was thinking. Some people do that.

[ he'll walk to the vending machine




and chooses instant ramen. ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . he

holds his hand out like he expects takeru wants him to cook it?]

And what were you thinking about? You didn't even answer my question.

[dotcom]

[ he hands it over. i hate this. ]

More importantly, who were you talking about during the trial? You don't know any women.

[sengokus]

[he points out]

Why do you make a fuss when I'm making lunch anyway... Get another one, same flavor. I want some too.

[but then he'll actually go to get a pan and some veggies]

But don't just forget Hoshino, what the hell....? And I know other women! Sakuragawa!

[HE'S NOT EVEN INTO SAKURAGAWA]

[dotcom]

You have hands?

[ HE SAYS, WHILE MAKING MINEO COOK HIS RAMEN,

but he snorts. ]

You're avoiding the question. I just needed to check something.

[sengokus]

You're closer!

[HE'S ALREADY CUTTING VEGGIES WITH A BUTTER KNIFE FOR YOU, TAKERU]

Tell me what you're checking...

I wasn't talking about Hoshino either - I mean, she's really cute, but I don't know if I'd call it love....

[dotcom]

[ he's checking because mineo is so fucking cagey about what he was doing back home so he's trying to find info :/

but this seems to be a dead end, so he eats some frosting. ]

Okay. We can drop the subject now.

[sengokus]

[HE'S THROWING A LEEK AT TAKERU]

Wait ten minutes before you just eat frosting!!

[HELLO????? HE HATES THIS]

And tell me what you were trying to figure out, huh!!

[dotcom]

Don't throw food, dumbass!

[ he can have food and also frosting. ]

It doesn't matter. We've moved on.

[sengokus]

Don't gorge yourself on frosting when the ramen is already instant?!

[HE CAN'T MAKE THIS FOOD ANY FASTER, TAKERU but at least it's gourmet instant ramen.... he's made this enough times he's good at it.]

What if I don't wanna move on.... Am I supposed to ask about your love life? Is this a test?