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"Yo, this is Yata!
Make the message worth my time
an' I'll get back to ya!"

[ call | text | voicemail | action ]

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[redsea]

[ Maybe if he was in a samurai AU. But that's not happening. ]

What? What does it sound like?

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[battering]

... I can't say it.

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[redsea]

Hmm... [ She doesn't understand. Maybe it's for the best. At least he knows she doesn't like it when he holds her hands now!? ]

Anyway, Yata, you have many friends, don't you? [ Because... look it just makes sense in her head. ]

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[battering]

[ He's glad she doesn't ask further, because the only way he could have thought to explain it would have been to talk about Kougyoku's misunderstanding with Sinbad. ]

Ah-- yeah! Everyone in HOMRA is my friend. I've met people here that have been really cool, too.

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[redsea]

[ Please, no... Anyway, she looks pretty happy. HOMRA probably has ten thousand people in it because Mikoto's (apparently) so cool. ]

Then you won't mind if I introduce you to someone, right? He's a friend of mine. He's from Japan, too. I think you would get along... Tatara said a friend of a friend is a friend, so you have to meet him!

[ but yosuke's a dork, kougyoku ]

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[battering]

[ they're all dorks, so it works out?? ]

Yeah, alright! Bring him over to the house sometime. [ he can eat curry!! speaking of which, they should probably start walking back. ]

Totsuka-san helped you make a lot of friends, huh?

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[redsea]

Bring him o... [ gasp no what are you saying SHE'S NOT BRINGING A BOY HOME! then again, it's not like she has a choice. she walks next to yata, making sure he doesn't, you know, hold her hand. ]

Yeah. He's a really kind person, helping me when we just met... I can't believe he would be dragged into a war like this.

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[battering]

[ he's holding ZERO hands. yata does notice her hesitation at the beginning but he chooses not to mention it-- he could always just drag her out of the house instead, whatever seemed to work at the time. ]

... You know, back home we were also kind of in a war. Totsuka-san's actually really smart and clever even though he doesn't act like it and he's got all of us that would take a bullet for him to keep him safe, so I don't think he minds at all!

[ i fucking went there. ]

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[redsea]

[ good luck yata ]

Is that why he's so carefree!?

[ That's dangerous! ]

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[redsea]

... But that's nice. It's as if you're family. ... No, that's not true. There are people I would die for even if they weren't my family.

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[battering]

Mm, we're even closer than family, that's how strong the HOMRA bond is! Back home we'd spend all day together, every day that we could. [ ah, he's smiling and looking so proud. homra, dokidoki. ]

But yeah, I think I would too...

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[redsea]

...

That time, when we fought... I could have killed you. You knew that, didn't you?

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[battering]

I know. I'm ready to die for Mikoto-san at any time. And we're friends and I like you a lot... so if I had to die, I think I'd be okay with it if it was Kou-chan's doing. I wouldn't haunt you from the grave or anything!

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[redsea]

I don't want that.

[ Her tone is stern, but she next time she speaks, it grows softer, gentler. ]

If you died, I would cry. Then I would have to live with that guilt.

We're friends now, so don't die on me.

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[battering]

[ oh... that got serious all too quickly.

as much as he'd like to, he can't promise anything concrete this time. he'd do whatever needed to be done for Mikoto. but, at the very least-- ]

I'll do my best. I don't want you crying. [ pause. ] You gotta do the same, alright?

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[redsea]

[ She nods. ] I will.

[ They crossed many things off her list today. They made many promises, too. ]

If you keep at it, I'll give you something nice!

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[battering]

Yeah? Like what? [ Prize incentives! Kougyoku was the coolest (staying alive was also pretty cool on its own). ]

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[redsea]

It's a secret!

[ Maybe a household vessel. Or... something else! He has stay alive first. ]

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[battering]

Heh, alright! It better be awesome!

[ He'd offer to give her something too, but he has a feeling she wouldn't appreciate more curry. Oh well. ]

... Hey, Kou-chan?

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[redsea]

[ It will, it will! Whatever it is.

She tilts her head in curiosity. ]

What?

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[battering]

Today was really fun.

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[redsea]

[ Ah, that's unfair. Kougyoku wanted to say it first, yet she's the one who finds herself looking away immediately to hide. She has her hands clasped together and close to her chest, her head lowered so that her bangs fall and cover her eyes. Needless to say, she's red all over. ]

I had a lot of fun, too. Thank you.

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[battering]

[ Wow, cute... she was such a bunny. He feels accomplished? Despite how he probably would have had a similar reaction if he was in her shoes-- a minor detail, really.

Yata smiles over at her when she responds, but he keeps quiet and holds back on saying something to tease her, just this once!! Just walking with her was fun too (and they shouldn't be too far from the house, maybe). ]