akira

[preordain]

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[preordain]

[ the way that it never once occurred to ryo to just ask for it like a normal person. help me. ]

You were kind of distracted.

[ he points to his now flat chest. ]

[tearduct]

[HE TURNS RED IN THE FACE AND GRIMACES.]

You could have asked me after!

[preordain]

[ this is funny.

he is just going to order a beer. it's shitty but not cursed. ]

You were a little out of it. What did you even do to get it?

[ the star not the. other stuff. although he's curious about that too. ]

[tearduct]

[Don't just say he was OUT OF IT. He puts his arms on the counter and his face in one of his hands. JESUS.]

I didn't do anything. Lu Bixing brought it to me.

[preordain]

[ he nods. takes a sip of the beer. this is still terrible. ]

And the thing you sprayed me with?

[tearduct]

[He pauses to glance down at his phone for a second. His brows furrow. Then he looks back up.]

What? Oh... the perfume? I... one of the demons gave it to me. I was gonna keep it in case I needed to be Devilman...

[preordain]

[ he also glances at akira's phone. and then he takes another sip of his drink. ]

Mm. Guess that didn't work.

[tearduct]

[Not orange and blue notifs it's fine don't look.]

It was an accident.

[Puts his face in his hands.]

[preordain]

Hm...

[ he just chugs the rest of the beer and stands up. ]

I'm going to sleep.

[tearduct]

[He lowers his hands and looks up very quickly.]

Ryo...?

[preordain]

You seem occupied, so I'll leave you alone.

[tearduct]

Nothing goes through anymore.

[preordain]

You could at least pretend more believably to be listening to me.

[ he sighs. ]

So, what? You were checking in on Blue?

[tearduct]

I was listening.

[He frowns.]

Yeah.

[He's honest...]

[preordain]

And are they okay?

[ he... does not actually care...

but he'll ask........ ]

[tearduct]

[It feels weird to have Ryo ask as if he cares...]

I don't know. Malibu said they'd be fine. I don't get why they were gone with some of the rest of us.

[preordain]

[ he really doesn't but akira was paying more attention to the phone than he was to him and that was annoying. ]

Who knows? I doubt they were expecting it either.

[tearduct]

[Thinks about all the times Ryo has been on his phone. Akira doesn't exactly, but I do.]

I know.

[preordain]

[ well, ryo is a hypocrite. it's fine. ]

You should stop worrying about it for now. It's Thursday, we're going to have bigger problems soon.

[tearduct]

[He frowns. Thanks for the rationality, Ryo.]

Are you worried...?

[preordain]

No. If someone tries to kill me I'd just shoot them.

[tearduct]

Ryo, it might not be you. It could even be me.

[preordain]

That's true.

[ hm... ]

You're not allowed to die though. You can't leave me.

[tearduct]

[Hmmm.]

Do you even care about me, Ryo? The me that's here.

[preordain]

[ it actually takes him by surprise. ]

What kind of question is that?