7rings: sasazuka

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[dotcom]

I don't want to be compared to a brat.

[ calling him short AND saying he could be like a kid are both bad, apparently. ]

[fluffier]

[ aren't you a brat though...

But Yuel just grins, bumping her shoulder against his. ]

Nah. Yer too much of a softie.

[dotcom]

I'm really not.

[ he just glares at her. ]

[fluffier]

Uh huh.

[ She isn't particularly convinced, but she doesn't harass him any further, pushing away whatever had bubbled up from the memory to focus on the space around them instead. ]

Were ya explorin'? This place is kinda creepy.

[dotcom]

It's probably haunted.

[ normally he wouldn't believe that, but so much weird shit has happened here that he is just willing to accept it. ]

[fluffier]

Eh, seriously?

[ She looks back at him with a weak smile, not particularly scared but also not enthused. ]

Maybe we should do an exorcism.

[dotcom]

You deserve to be haunted.

[ :/

but, as soon as he says that, another memory plays (stop at 19:38). sasazuka hums softly once it ends. ]

[fluffier]

[ Yuel's just about to give him smack when the memory flashes in front of her eyes, the sight of a young woman unnerved and upset, and Takeru who doesn't seem to care at all.

She blinks, staring at him for a moment before frowning. ]

Why were ya bullyin' her like that? Don'cha know how to be nice to girls?

[dotcom]

She needed to hear it.

[ the fuck is being nice to girls! ]

[fluffier]

Like that? Ya had to get yer point across by makin' her feel awful?

[dotcom]

She needed to understand the situation she was in. Everyone else was coddling her, so it was hitting her the way that it should.

You can't always be kind.

[fluffier]

How would you know? Have ya ever even tried?

[dotcom]

You probably shouldn't comment on situations that you don't understand.

[fluffier]

What kinda situation makes it okay to harass someone who's already scared?

[dotcom]

[ ... ]

Like I said, she needed to understand the danger she was in. Telling her that everything was going to be okay and that she was safe was a lie. I wasn't going to let her get herself killed because she didn't take it seriously enough.

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[ okay, you win this one, takeru, because she stops in her tracks, mouth snapping shut as she just... looks at him for a moment. ]

You were worried about her. That's why?

[dotcom]

My intentions don't matter as long as she learned. That's all.

[fluffier]

I guess ya were bein' a jerk, no matter how ya slice it. [ But still... ] You were also worried about her. Even if it seemed like ya hated her.

[dotcom]

Stop deciding how I felt. This isn't a fanfiction.

[fluffier]

So it wasn't because ya were worried she was gonna get hurt?

[ she will come back to the fanfiction later ]

[dotcom]

No. It wasn't.

[fluffier]

You just said ya didn't want her to die. So you were worried!

[ why did she even bother asking him then ]

[dotcom]

I'm leaving.

[fluffier]

[ she just follows him ]

So was that the friend you were tellin' me about? I guess ya worked out yer differences.

[dotcom]

[ HE SHOULD HAVE NEVER SAID ANYTHING. ]

She's just my work partner.

[ no you said friend before ]