akira

[preordain]

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[tearduct]

I'll check you, but you're the one who said we should be careful about that. Since they know we know each other.

[Whatever, it isn't like he isn't gonna try to keep them away from Ryo anyway.]

[preordain]

It's a little ridiculous, since if I did anything you'd be the first to accuse me if you thought I did it.

[ like

obviously THEY don't know that. but ryo does. ]

[tearduct]

[He glances at Ryo, expression a bit hurt by the accusation even if it may not be entirely false.]

They don't know what the two of us know. About us.

[preordain]

[ sometimes you have zero expectations that your crush would try to cover for you. it's fine. ]

... no, they don't. Although going by how this week has been going, I wouldn't be surprised if people have some sort of idea.

[ memshare sucks. ]

[tearduct]

[Right... Memshare. He frowns with realization.]

I wish it wasn't doing that.

[He has too many terrible things happen to him for it to be on display for every person he runs into.]

If you... If something like that happens, you need to tell me, Ryo, if you can.

[preordain]

[ he stops walking for a second, before continuing. ]

Are you sure?

[tearduct]

[The stopping surprises him into also slowing to a stop. For a long moment, he doesn't look at Ryo, trying to gauge whether he truly would want to know. On one hand, it'd give him a heads up of what to do, and they've seen--heard--the people offed are somewhere else.

On the other hand... he'd know... Ryo had done something not great to someone else.

He lifts his head to look at Ryo.]

Yeah.

[preordain]

[ the thing is, ryo is still sure that akira might still out him in the end, because akira is a good person. if there's ever a time where maybe more than one person killed, okay, that's a better chance. but if it was only ryo...

...

still. the offer is more than he expected, and his expressions soften in the tiny way it does when he's with just akira. ]

... well, I still don't have any plans to do anything like that, at least.

[tearduct]

[The fact I sweat more and more as Ryo falls more in love with Akira as every day passes.

The look on Ryo's face is one he hasn't seen in a little while, and it makes his heart hurt. Things felt so much simpler when they were both ignorant. The Tree of Knowledge is nothing except pain and suffering.]

Good. [But it makes him think about something else.] Do you know if there really is a limit? To how many can go. I haven't bothered asking.

[preordain]

[ don't worry about it akira it's cool ]

When I asked they said yes, since there's no point of it being an 'exclusive' party if there wasn't some sort of limit. We could ask if anything has changed, since they did give false information before.

[ although he wouldn't be surprised if the limit is still a thing, because in theory it does track for what kind of party it seems like this will be. ]

[tearduct]

[me getting the edit long before the original]

So more of us are going to be taken out of the invite list before we get there...

[Great. HE'S TOO TENDER-HEARTED TO BE HERE FOR THIS. Wasn't life misery enough? Now here too.]

[preordain]

Possibly. Or they could get killed for reasons unrelated to it...

[ like lavi's situation, or how four murdered because she's a weird psychopath. ]

So, try to make sure you don't seem like an easy target.

[tearduct]

[NOT LAVI... He'll cry.]

I wouldn't go down without a fight at least. You know that, Ryo.

[Little does he think about whether it was someone he really liked trying to do him in, though.

That'd be funny.]

[preordain]

I know. It would still be preferable if you aren't a target at all, though...

[ ryo has a lot of confidence in akira, but he does not know enough about everyone else. not having devilman really is inconvenient. ]

[tearduct]

It'll be okay. I'm not gonna make myself a target.

[Not

intentionally...]

[preordain]

[ he is thinking very hard..... ]

Maybe you should have a gun...

[tearduct]

[He really frowns so QUICKLY.]

I'm not keeping a gun, Ryo. I'm not shooting anyone with a gun.

[preordain]

You can just shoot them in the leg. It doesn't have to be fatal.

[ there's nothing wrong with guns, akira. wow. ]

[tearduct]

I can't watch them suffer. And it doesn't mean they won't still shoot at me.

[preordain]

[ he bristles ]

Well, if they attack you, they deserve it.

[tearduct]

[He opens his mouth, then shuts it. Nevermind, it will be an argument.

Also… maybe a slight point, but it feels different if it’s a human.]

I’ll still fight back without a gun.

[preordain]

It's really not the worst thing in the world, you know.

[ guns.

but he'll shrug. ]

But fine. Don't regret it.

[tearduct]

[He doesn't seem convinced in the slightest. Bro, guns are horrible it means people die.]

I won't.

[Even though Ryo will be pissed at him for it if something happened.]

[preordain]

[ he is still annoyed and once again he is thinking of how easier it was when akira just did what he said. why did he have to learn the plot. ]

Go take a bath. I'm going to bring you tea.

[tearduct]

[The way his brows sort of furrow in disbelief........ Ryo getting him tea...]

...Okay.

[He looks at Ryo for a long moment, then turns to head for the bathroom for the dorm.]