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[dotcom]

Did you get anything recently? Today or yesterday, I'm not sure which one. But just an item that's probably somehow personal.

[sengokus]

Oh yeah!!

[he pulls out a book from his back pocket.

you know the one]

[dotcom]

Gross.

[ just said immediately. ]

Do you know why?

[sengokus]

It's not my fault you can't appreciate fine art.

[the fact that he says this so confidently is so offensive]

Mm...

No, I didn't really think about it. [FOOL] Did you get something too?

[dotcom]

I didn't, no. Someone else just told me about it.

[ hm... ]

I was wondering if it had to do with indulging? I'm going to ask, but I wanted to check if someone else might know.

[sengokus]

Hmm... I guess I can ask Sloth-san. I haven't talked to them yet this week.

But I do sleep in a lot.

[mineo your fucking indulgences are so stupid]

[dotcom]

That wouldn't count multiple times, moron.

[sengokus]

Depends on where I sleep in apparently. So I think that time I crashed here counted.

I guess I did some other pretty bad stuff....

[what's mineo's definition of 'bad']

[dotcom]

Bad stuff.

[sengokus]

Yeah. Bad stuff! Like being all lazy, asking White-kun to pick up food for me even though I could've done it, ignoring Greed-san's advice, being kind of sad..... What else did I -

[ . . . oh. he does seem to remember something, though he seems like he's less excited to share.]

.... I guess I lost my temper. During trial. That probably counted.

[dotcom]

Maybe it is the amount...

[ hm...

thinking thinking ]

[sengokus]

.... do you need to indulge more, Takeru?

[he's

he's not sure if he wants to have this conversation but

well he already said it]

[dotcom]

[ an uncomfortable silence where he does not say yes or no ]

[sengokus]

[ . . .

well. mineo pauses given that he.... now knows what takeru's wish really is but.]

... 'kay. I'll help.

[dotcom]

[ ...

he just stares at mineo. ]

I don't accept pity.

[sengokus]

Yeah? Well good, because I don't give pity.

[ . . . . ]

Just - tell me why later. Even though I know I won't like it. And I'll probably argue with you all along the way... but at least we do that all the time anyway.

[he made a choice a while back - the choice to trust takeru - and if he's one thing, it's stubborn.]

[dotcom]

[ instead of answering, he takes a long sip of his water.

... ]

Just help out.

[sengokus]

[a beat and then]

Are you physically capable of saying 'please'?

[PUSHING IT]

[dotcom]

[ TOSSES HIS WATER BOTTLE AT HIM ]

[sengokus]

[CATCHES IT]

That answers that, I guess.

Fine! What do you need me to do? Hold still when you hit me? Take it while you insult me until I want to crawl in a hole and die?!

[a beat]

This sounds so awful....

[dotcom]

... what are you? Some kind of masochist?

[ the fact that he immediately jumped to that. ]

[sengokus]

[GHK]

No! But what else would you want from me?!

[the way he's not thinking about sexy stuff at all is really sending me]

[dotcom]

Oh, don't get me wrong. All of that is definitely preferable.

[ it's just

so funny ]

[sengokus]

[UGGGHHHH]

See?!

And the other stuff is -

[ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ]

No!!

[even if it's objectively easier]

[dotcom]

It's not like I'm running to you for it. It sounds like that kind of thing would be a miserable experience with you.

[ mineo is

so embarrassing ]