akira

[preordain]

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[preordain]

[ he thinks about "the weak has been vanquished"

this is fine. ]

You've been acting like a demon all week. Did you mate with Harrowhark yet?

[tearduct]

[NOOOOOOOOOO, he's so ASHAMED. AND ALSO STUNNED. His head snaps back up.]

Wh... What?! No! Would you not say it like that?!

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I'm just repeating what you said.

[ apparently to her, too? haha. wow. embarrassing.

he squeezes his hand again. ]

It is good to have you back.

[ ryo can't say it wasn't entertaining, but it might have become an actual problem during trial. ]

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Don't.

[DON'T REPEAT IT. He remembers, barely. Like a dream. He wishes he dreamed all of this week, help him.]

What is going on? I... [He clutches his shirt over his chest with his free hand, then lowers it.] What if it happens again? Is it because... I'm here? In hell?

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No, I think it's... people have been acting weird all week. Loss of senses and other things. I...

[ he trails off, and shakes his head. ]

So, I think it just affected you in this way-- making you more demonlike.

[tearduct]

[He pulls his hand away from Ryo's so he can instead shove it against his own face over his eyes.

It's embarrassing, sure, but more than that, it scares him a little. It makes him think of when Ryo handed him a drink which made him spontaneously turn into Devilman against his will. That but worse.]

I acted... I couldn't even control what I was saying, or doing.

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You really were acting like a demon. Everything was motivated by your carnal desires...

[ there's a pause. ]

You didn't eat the cat, right?

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...

[His head quickly lifts again. He looks shocked, but freezes in intense consideration, his eyes jumping back and forth.

He... didn't eat the cat, right? HIS SON!]

I... I don't think so. He has to be in my room.

[preordain]

[ hmmm. ryo notes that the cat may have been eaten, and tucks the thought away. ]

Okay. [ okay... ] Well, you're going to have to do some damage control later.

[tearduct]

[He winces at the idea.]

Dammit...

[He has SO much damage control to do. Haha. Wow.]

Wait... Were you affected, Ryo...?

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No. Why would I be?

[ you just said everyone was ]

More importantly-- what form of mine did you want to defile?

[tearduct]

[Hm. He was truly being too insane to see if anything had happened to Ryo...]

For--?

[Oh. Oh shit. The way he pauses, trying to quickly think whether or not he wants to come clean... trying to think of a better explanation than the truth.]

I... don't know? [Nailed it.] Maybe I was just trying to... scare you?

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No, you seemed more mad at me for it than anything.

[ akira should be mad at him for many things, but ryo thinks maybe that one was not a valid reason. ]

It was the wording you used that was interesting. Harrowhark was the second best choice, after me, specifically because she's a priestess. So, where do I fit in there?

[ he stares at him for a long moment, and turns away. ]

Just some things to think about.

[tearduct]

[Ryo is way smarter than him and way more calculating; there is no way he is going to continue weaseling out of this every time, he realizes.

He glances away as soon as Ryo turns.]

I've known you for a long time, right? You and her... act similar sometimes. I guess I was just... making her the next best choice.

[This does not explain the form change, fck.]

If... you could find out your future some way, would you, Ryo?

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[ akira is truly so het that even if ryo is technically the first choice he still wouldn't pick him

but he considers the question... ]

Normally, I would say it's more fulfilling if I figure it out myself. [ normally. ] But it's obvious that there is something very important that you're not telling me.

[tearduct]

[STOP his demon side said get the titties back and i'll be interested help me

Carefully, he draws one knee up and loops an arm around it, the hand fisting.]

You said you didn't want to know.

[Well, not about the Satan part, about the betrayal part. But maybe they're a little linked.]

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I was hoping I wouldn't need to know.

[ the problem is that it keeps coming up, and it's getting difficult to ignore at this point. ]

But I'm starting to think that I'm going to find out sooner or later.

[tearduct]

[What Ryo doesn't know is... dangerous. At least, Akira thinks it could potentially be dangerous. But... is keeping it from Ryo right?

If he had not known about being a Devilman, would he want someone to keep it from him? Look at what he's already done this week.]

Are you sure you don't already know?

[preordain]

Piecing together what you've told me... it's my fault that everyone is dead. And at a glance, I could see why based on what I know has happened-- humans panicking over the discovery of demons, and they blow the planet up. A man-made Armageddon.

[ he looks back at akira. ]

But it's more than that, isn't it?

[tearduct]

[He glances up, frowning when he meets Ryo's gaze.]

You're not who you think you are, Ryo.

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Elaborate.

[ having this conversation when neither of them can leave is so funny actually ]

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[THEY CAN'T LEAVE. They are now stuck having this terrible conversation.

He looks away.]

You're not human.

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[ he actually leans in closer to akira at that. ]

And...? What am I, Akira?

[tearduct]

[The lean in makes him glance back, but his expression is hesitant. Why did he stop being brainless and demonic just in time to admit some bitter truth to Ryo when neither of them can escape the gift shop?

He is quiet for so long.]

...Satan. [Once it's out, he feels an immense roll of relief, followed quickly behind by growing worry.] You're... Satan, Ryo.

[preordain]

Satan.

[ he repeats it, and then is immediately on his feet. there's nowhere to go, so instead he paces, from his spot in front of akira to the door and back. ]

Are you sure? No, I suppose that... [ ryo trails off, and then kneels back down, grabbing akira's shoulders. ] What else?