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let me ride with you on your bike, cool kid

i dont know think you can handle it

[He's totally not putting on his coat right now, popping the collar up to ward off the rain as much as possible. Not that it did anything for his head.]

I will buy your burgers if you do
That is serious business ok I never buy boys food

Come on

Come onnnnnn

[Wait what.

Seriously? She wants to buy his burgers? Where has this girl been hiding? Some mountain getaway with other psychics?]

be ready ill be there in ten

[Ah yes. A bribe, it works. She knew it would, really, but she's never really had it cost her before. Whatever. It's worth it, hands down.]

just waiting on you!

[She's been ready since halfway through talking with Ken.]

[Honestly, if anything was a good distraction, Maya was the perfect recipe for it. Between that and the fact that he couldn't go searching for Tetsuo in both rain and darkness, no matter how hard he tried, he had to get his mind off of everything.

If he didn't, who knows where he'd sink to.

After going outside, he mounts his bike and snaps those goggles on, taking off for the Nonah Porter. The only lights on the streets were the lampposts and his own bike trail lights, making for an eerie night, even by these standards. Keeping an eye out for Tetsuo at every corner.

Passing into Heropa, the weather changes from a downpour to a calm evening on a dime, walking through the government building and takes off again, down the roads and highways until he found Maya's home.

He pulls to a stop, walking up to the door of her house and knocks. Looking like a drenched dog in the process.

Whoops]

[Maya's kept herself busy talking to Ken-- which isn't exactly a chore, he's adorable and sweet and so worried about Kaneda. If anything, it makes her all the more prepared to spend her night cheering that idiot up. She waits by the door so that his ring won't tempt Edgeworth, because really, that's the last thing either of them need right now.

Coming to the door she opens it-- and of course, Kaneda looks like a wet puppy. She can't help but snort.]

You need a towel or something, pal?

[What's a hello]

[There's a little bit of a smile, not as genuine as usual, as he shakes the hair out of his eyes, letting it go to the side of his face. His eyes are worse--they're pained by something, his body language showing hints of heaviness and fatigue. All of him pretending to be that same upbeat guy he's so used to being in front of her.]

You think they won't accept me like this?

[Hello to you too~]

[Maya hesitates at his question, looking him right in the eye. She's learned to look for things like that-- Espella's emotions had always been in her eyes (and some crappier stuff, too, but Maya's sure she doesn't have to worry about something that bad right now) and she'd found a lot of people had been no different.

The lucky thing here is, she knows how to deal with something like this a lot more than she knows how to deal with someone thinking they're suddenly someone else.

She holds up one finger to his face in a 'wait!' gesture, her other hand on her hip, and gives him a half-pout.]

Wait here!

[And before he can protest, she hurries off to another room.]

[Kaneda's eyes widen at the 'wait' gesture, posture straightening as she darts back into the apartment. His hand instinctively reaches out, trying to 'stop' her, knowing full well that there's no stopping a woman once she sets her mind to something.

Just what exactly that was...though...]

Maya?

...

Maya what are you doing?!

[Yes, because yelling through the door is effective communication!]

[This requires TIMING, okay? So as soon as she has retrieved what she needs and has returned to the door, she returns it to its fully open position and throws a towel over his head.

The torture doesn't end there; she very deliberately rubs that towel roughly over his face like she would with Pearl to make her laugh when she was younger. This is less for laughs though, and more for... Well. Getting him to his senses, or something.]

[It isn't more than a second after he sees that door open that he suddenly finds it dark--darker than normal. It was nighttime, sure, but he could at least see the door--now it was just blanket--no wait. Towel.

And then suddenly, small hands ruffling it from outside, drying him off like a dog.

It's involuntary, and he probably didn't intend to, but a laugh escapes him as he feels that towel tussle his hair, brush against the leather of his jacket. There's a feeble attempt to fight it, his hands trying to feel for hers, but he's too caught up in the whole situation.]

H-Hey!!

You look like a nerrrrrd!

[She teases, unable to keep from smiling a little, shoving the towel at his face one more time. She continues to hold it up, but lowers it so she can see him again.

Just take it easy, okay?

Yeah? What about you?!

[He shoves that towel back, attempting to do the same to her hair, stopping just before actually touching it, that grin slowly but surely taking over his face.

A moment of relief from the hell that was his life right now.]

...

[Eyes open again as he looks at her, hands slowly stopping the little towel shoving match.]

Not as easy as you think, sometimes. But...food helps.

Oh, trust me. I know.

[Though she'd flinched at his advance, she snatches the towel as though she had totally been in control, leaning behind the door to hang it on a coat hook, and looking back to Kaneda.

She knows plenty well how hard it is to keep a brave face when times are tough, but also how it's even harder not to fall back on it. How much scarier it is to admit you don't feel your best. The lack of control it gives you.

So she won't ask him not to keep smiling; she'll just hope he'll let her help him do it.]

...wow, now you look even more like a nerd. Fix yourself up and let's go!

Edited (That needed to make more sense ) 2015-12-02 07:59 (UTC)

[That smile of hers is infectious--it's hard not to match it. This girl seemed to have a knack for making even the darkest moments have their little spots of light. Kaneda would call it optimism. Optimism and Confidence go well together, don't they...

As she puts that towel on the coat rack, he takes this moment to try and fix his disheveled hair, although there's really no point in saving it now.

It's defying gravity in all the wrong ways, at least until he flattens it with both hands.]

Yeah well, takes one to know one, right?

[His arm reaches back to close that door, then moving to her arm.]

You want that bike ride? You better call me amazing!

[As Maya locks the door and turns right into place, she gives Kaneda a look over her shoulder. Normally this would be the perfect opportunity to tease, but she has a mission tonight. She'll be a little more gentle.

Arms crossed over her chest, she rolls her eyes as though this is SUCH a chore, and begins--]

Oh yeah. You're super amazing, Kaneda.

[And then that smirk becomes more of a genuine smile, she continues with the little spiritual cheer-up spell, though not without elbowing him gently in the side.]

Heard you're a pretty big softie, too. It works for ya.

[He's about to come back with something, a half-hearted attempt at a flirt--a sassy comment. But that energy is transferred, and what was just a simple phrase suddenly released something in Kaneda's muscles. It's hard to say how it felt--other than great. Like he could suddenly lift a car if he wanted. His heart lost a little bit of that weight, at least for a moment before it started to sink back down. A tiny, tiny moment of relief from the hell that had been today.

He'd felt this before. He didn't know where it came from, or what caused it, but it catches him off guard. Enough so that he doesn't notice Maya going to elbow him until it's too late, head snapping up when it connects with his side--hand going to cover it (not that it hurt, but reflex)

--There it was again. That feeling.

His heart leaps up again, the guilt and pain from a few hours ago washed in a healing salve. It felt....good.]

[It'd been a long time since he'd felt like that. He mentally tries to hold onto it as it slowly starts to fade--brain tryin got catch up with what Maya had just said. Because she said something, he's sure of it.]

..!! Me, a softie? You sure you've got the right guy?

[He gets to the bike, putting his hand on the back to 'steady' it and let her sit down first.]

Edited 2015-12-03 05:37 (UTC)

I did. A cute little bird told me a secret today.

[She follows him, unaware of any strange reaction, and follows his cue to hop on. She's even dressed properly, pants and everything. See? She's super serious about this bike trip, okay.]

But if I tell you now, it'd be kinda boring, don't you think?

C'mon! Let's get going!

[Once the high of the reaction wears off, he shakes his head to get his brain back to functioning status, throwing on that half-smirk.]

Eh, when's a bird ever been right about anything?

[As soon as she's seated, he flops down right in front of her, making sure not to lean back too far as he taps his fingers on the interface, bringing up the map of the surrounding area of Heropa. It took some time, and a dozen visits to Riku's to really get a good feel of the city to plug things in, but he'd done it. The bike springs to life, a gentle hum as he pulls down the front handles.]

Alright, hold on!

Gotcha!

[She gives him a salute, because clearly that's the proper response-- before recalling she should probably be holding on and wrapping her arms around his middle.

This. This is totally gonna be fine and not scary in the slightest. Yes. She is 100% ready and not even a little bit suddenly nervous about this. Got this.]

[With a few more buttons pushed, and a rev on those handlebars, the bike jumps to life, green electricity sparking from the front wheel. And the moment her hands wrap around him, the bike takes off, first going down the road it was initially pointed in.

Behind them, the lights of his bike trail like little comet tails, the aftereffects of the light fading away as they got further and further. they come from the headlights too, weaving to the side and mixing with with the red and orange of the back.

It felt nice, hitting the road WITH someone again, as opposed to going by yourself. The last time he did this...at least LIKE this was with Ken, in August. Had it really been that long?

His life didn't really allow for it a lot now, the house didn't have the same eerie calm it had back then.

He leans back into her hold reflexively, trying to soak in that physical contact a little as he makes a turn.]

[Maya's been on trains and buses and ridden pedal bikes and the darn vespa, and she's even been on roller coasters once or twice, but it's not quite the same as when a bike revs up and takes off. She can't keep herself from startling, gripping him tighter for a second and burying her face in his shoulder. But once she's had a moment to adjust to the speed, she slowly opens her eyes and peers out like she totally wasn't scared. Nuh-uh.

She starts to ease up when she sees the lights from the headlights practically trailing beside them, and looks back to the lights behind them-- and then to the side to watch things flicker by. It's a lot less frightening after those first few moments-- just like a roller coaster, really, and she begins to smile. Yeah, no.

This is pretty much exactly as cool as she imagined.]

[Her reaction is one he's not unused to, all the girls in Neo Tokyo got that same feeling when they jumped on his bike for a ride through the streets. He can't help but look back to catch a glimpse of her face, noticing her taking a look at those lights as he comes up to a turn. It's a lean in, and she probably has to hold on, but they cruise down the highway, in between cars that just weren't moving fast enough.

Thankfully, it's night time, and the streets were pretty light to move through. Makes the right that much more enjoyable.

Because man was his heart the highest it'd been in the last 24 hours.

Not that it's tough competition to beat.]

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U no what let's get Ace Attorney in this bish

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