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[sengokus]

[he leans into the touch and then

freezes for so many reasons]

... you're asking about me?

[WHAT??????????????????????????????]

[dotcom]

... I can stop?

[ he will happily drop the subject with no problems???? ]

[sengokus]

No!

[HE SAYS THIS SO QUICKLY but he looks so confused?????]

But -

[he had fucking cactus needles in his hand last week and was even more upset about luca's murder and takeru never once asked him how he was????? but even though he's pouting he's clearly happy.... fucking hate this. this friendship is also stockholm syndrome]

.... I'm alright. [just chooses to answer because what if takeru stops being nice to him....] It was just - pretty tiring today. I didn't realize how many resources we had at the station...

[DENTAL RECORDS]

[dotcom]

Hm... I supposed the police is good for something, I guess.

[ their resources

he'll take a sip of the water. ]

Your friend's a moron.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he nods.]

.... overeager and reckless.

[ . . . sips his water and looks away.]

Maybe it's why I can't be too mad...

[it's like

a fucking mirror]

[dotcom]

No? You can still be mad. It's still fucking stupid.

[ takeru's opinion on white is already like

dirt level

but still ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

I don't think I stay mad as long as you do in general, Takeru....

[dotcom]

[ he is trying to decide whether to be offended or not ]

[sengokus]

[he laughs, just a little]

.... I didn't say it was a bad thing.

[a beat]

.... are you okay? Over what Harrow-san said today.

[he knows how angry takeru looked, but also assumed that it was at least something easier to get over since it was just a poorly phrased joke]

[dotcom]

I'm fine. Shouldn't the concern be on you? You reacted poorly.

[ just shoves the attention off of himself ]

[sengokus]

Yeah, so did you?

[shoves it back onto takeru]

One at a time here. I asked first.

[dotcom]

I have a similar sense of humor to her [ aka they both are mean to people in the same way ] so I know she wasn't trying to be too shitty.

[sengokus]

[he nods without question]

That's true. [they are both so mean]

I think it was just a pretty bad accident that she couldn't have guessed. [that takeru has gun ptsd and mineo has getting shot to death triggers] I'm not mad or anything.

[dotcom]

Well, hopefully people won't make comments like that again.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he shrugs.]

I can get over it.

[and he does, once he gets past the initial jolt.]

.... I'll just ask her not to talk about guns again without reason.

[because takeru suffers from it worse than he does, he thinks]

[dotcom]

No, it's fine. I'd prefer to not have people wondering why.

[sengokus]

[he shrugs]

I can say it's about me and my problems.

[which

technically not untrue]

There's just no need for it, right? You need to be able to focus and work, too.

[dotcom]

It might come up in trial eventually as someone relevant.

Anyway, everyone else mentions them all the time. We can't stop all of them.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he frowns and sips on his water bottle. he knows takeru's right! but. he still wishes he could stop some of it when he knows it bothers him]

... I guess...

[stop pouting you fool]

[dotcom]

[ ... he just rolls his eyes. ]

I'll be fine. As long as people are waving around the actual thing, a few comments aren't that bad.

[ like. he will still react and get mad, but it won't be anywhere near as bad as

actual gun ]

[sengokus]

[ . . . . mineo refrains from shifting like he wants to, knowing exactly what's still strapped to his hip. at least he's theoretically the only person around with a gun now?]

Fair enough. I'll drop it then.

... I don't know what else to talk about. [well at least he's honest] Kinda weird to have at least one confirmed, huh.

[dotcom]

It took us long enough.

[ just thank god they got someone ]

You can go talk to your friends though.

[sengokus]

[ ? ]

I guess I can?

[but he doesn't hate talking to takeru either]

Do you want me to go?

[dotcom]

You said you don't have anything else to talk about.

[sengokus]

[ . . . shrugs.]

I mean, we both used to just hang out at the office, right...

[he's at least comfortable with companionable silence with takeru]