[the bump of the water bottle manages to surprise him and gets him to blink - he meets takeru's eyes and pauses for just a moment before he offers up - ]
... I'm not following you.
[he's not following anyone ever again - he's not making them his goal post, his guiding light, or any of that. some people, once they've earned his respect and he thinks they know better - they get to tell mineo what to do. takeru's one of those people, but that's still not the same. he doesn't want to be blind to the people he cares about.]
[ - but it's obviously just an attempt to steer things a little bit more back to normal. a tiny bit less serious. when mineo smiles a moment after, it's sincere but lacks the usual careless, blinding light to it.]
I'll - figure out my answers. I don't expect you or anyone else to give them to me.
.... I know your wish means a lot to you, if it's why you came here. And I'll help you, for as long as we're here.
[he pauses for a second before tilting his head]
But I care about you going home even more than that. And then once we're back - ... I'll help you figure it out there too, okay? Whatever you can live with.
[even if he can't exactly say he'll help with a murder plot - even now, he doesn't know if he likes it but. he did say he wouldn't leave takeru alone.]
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... I'm not following you.
[he's not following anyone ever again - he's not making them his goal post, his guiding light, or any of that. some people, once they've earned his respect and he thinks they know better - they get to tell mineo what to do. takeru's one of those people, but that's still not the same. he doesn't want to be blind to the people he cares about.]
But I'm not leaving you alone either.
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...
takeru will just offer a shrug. ]
Fine.
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[ - but it's obviously just an attempt to steer things a little bit more back to normal. a tiny bit less serious. when mineo smiles a moment after, it's sincere but lacks the usual careless, blinding light to it.]
I'll - figure out my answers. I don't expect you or anyone else to give them to me.
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[ he can only offer advice, and even then he's not entirely sure if his current position means he has that right.
he'll lower his arm. ]
Just don't run into things so blindly here. You're an easy choice for indulging, so don't die and make it more complicated for me.
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[because for mineo, at least, it's his only chance at going home.]
... You can't die either, Takeru.
[selfishly, mineo thinks he can't go through that again.]
I don't really care what rules you have to break, or what you have to do - just make it.
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I don't have any plans of losing this chance.
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.... I know your wish means a lot to you, if it's why you came here. And I'll help you, for as long as we're here.
[he pauses for a second before tilting his head]
But I care about you going home even more than that. And then once we're back - ... I'll help you figure it out there too, okay? Whatever you can live with.
[even if he can't exactly say he'll help with a murder plot - even now, he doesn't know if he likes it but. he did say he wouldn't leave takeru alone.]
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[ he doesn't want to think about what will happen once they're back if he fails here. ]
Let's just handle things here.
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Fine. I can make that work.
[they will simply not die and if takeru is dead this weekend i'll kill you so fast]