I guess... Rang-san bit me. Oh, after he kissed me. Then someone said Matsu might be jealous, and then I asked if Matsu wanted me to kiss bite him. So I did.
[ paw! he can feel another little bubble of fondness, because he's just so cute. ]
Thanks.
[ she gives him a friendly nip on the corner of his palm. good thing they're doing this before their food arrives, or else they'd have french fry hands... ]
[french fry hands! but buzen will just smile at that, gently amused before moving to flip their hands over so that he can bring her hand up to his mouth too!
he'll give her a nip in the same spot, following her lead]
You're really fun to be around, and I admire how you're true to yourself, Yuzu-san. It seems like you keep a lot to yourself... but I just want you to know I'm always here if you want to talk about anything. Ah, but I know people have stuff they don't like to discuss so.
[he shrugs... he just wanted to say it. the reason he feels this affection for her]
It's just important to me that you know I consider you a friend.
[ there's a suspended moment here where she listens to him with a level head. he can maybe sense that her deeper emotions really are a secondary thing, kept carefully under wraps.
but there is a small bloom of gratitude, without most of her usual wariness. there's also something else there too, barely noticeable. something like distant regret. ]
Thanks, Buzen. [ she holds his hand loosely. ] Don't admire me too much, okay? I might be a bad influence on someone like you.
[ spoken with a wry smile. ]
...I think of you as a friend, too. I feel like I could tell you anything, if we weren't in this game.
[ maybe it's because he's not entirely a human, that she feels safe enough around him to let down her guard a bit. ]
You only have to tell me as much as you want to - and I think that you might be overestimating how good of a person I am too.
[with an almost sort of wry amusement - he's touched, but there is a faint sense of denial. he's not that good.
but he'll give her hand a gentle squeeze. even for all that he feels in her emotions - the gratitude, the regret, the things still locked away - he accepts them warmly. a sense of seeing everything that she still wants to hide, and respecting her for it]
I just want to make sure you don't feel alone - in anything it is that you might have to hold, Yuzu-san.
Burdens are lighter when held between two hands, you know? ... but only if you ever want to.
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and yeah valid, yuzuriha's gonna end up with another milkshake too at this rate... ]
...You two are lovers, right?
[ this is the only logical explanation. ]
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I love him, if that's what you mean...?
[oh no Swords]
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Yeah, but he lets you bite him? Like... in the bedroom?
[ im so sorry sweet buzen ]
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We were at the Cathedral? [THIS IS WORSE] Or that time at the canals...
Wait, do you have a bedroom in your warehouse, Yuzu-san? I'm jealous.
[HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAAAAND]
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In a holy building? In front of the holy pigs?
[ she's not even gonna ask about the canals. ]
—No, no. I was being figurative. We've barely got any furniture, much less rooms.
[ ... ]
Who bit who, first?
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[he waves down a waitress - ]
Are you ready to order, Yuzu-san?
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Yes. Ready!
[ NO SHE HAS NOT BEEN PAYING ATTENTION TO THE MENU AT ALL ]
I'll get whatever you get. ...With a side of french fries.
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but then he'll place the order!!]
Two chocolate milkshakes and a side of french fries! Thank you!
[and then as they wait for it to be brought to them he'll turn back to her]
I have a feeling I'm part of a joke now, Yuzu-san...
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It's a good joke, I promise. I'd try to explain it to you, but I may have to wait until you're a little older.
[ he's 2837498327849237 years old. ]
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I'm over eight hundred?!
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Just a little bit older.
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seventeen seconds
and then:]
I'm older!
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No! More than that!
Like... tomorrow. Or in a week.
[ she can't just start talking about it in the middle of a diner, u see. (she could she just doesn't want to.) ]
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[though his emotions are clearly teasing and not at all ruffled -
despite what he says, buzen is a surprisingly patient person when it counts]
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It'll be worth it. [ IT WON'T. ]
[ ... ]
So about that rule, anyway. [ wow she almost forgot... ] Is it okay if I bite you, Buzen?
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[a gently surprised feeling but overall fondness]
Is it okay if I bite you too?
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Of course. Fair's fair.
[ she holds out her hand to him, palm up to ask for his. ]
Ladies first?
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[gives her his hand easily! like asking a dog for paw....]
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Thanks.
[ she gives him a friendly nip on the corner of his palm. good thing they're doing this before their food arrives, or else they'd have french fry hands... ]
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he'll give her a nip in the same spot, following her lead]
You're really fun to be around, and I admire how you're true to yourself, Yuzu-san. It seems like you keep a lot to yourself... but I just want you to know I'm always here if you want to talk about anything. Ah, but I know people have stuff they don't like to discuss so.
[he shrugs... he just wanted to say it. the reason he feels this affection for her]
It's just important to me that you know I consider you a friend.
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but there is a small bloom of gratitude, without most of her usual wariness. there's also something else there too, barely noticeable. something like distant regret. ]
Thanks, Buzen. [ she holds his hand loosely. ] Don't admire me too much, okay? I might be a bad influence on someone like you.
[ spoken with a wry smile. ]
...I think of you as a friend, too. I feel like I could tell you anything, if we weren't in this game.
[ maybe it's because he's not entirely a human, that she feels safe enough around him to let down her guard a bit. ]
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[with an almost sort of wry amusement - he's touched, but there is a faint sense of denial. he's not that good.
but he'll give her hand a gentle squeeze. even for all that he feels in her emotions - the gratitude, the regret, the things still locked away - he accepts them warmly. a sense of seeing everything that she still wants to hide, and respecting her for it]
I just want to make sure you don't feel alone - in anything it is that you might have to hold, Yuzu-san.
Burdens are lighter when held between two hands, you know? ... but only if you ever want to.