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"Oi, it's me. Leave something here, would ya?"
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"Oi, it's me. Leave something here, would ya?"
Text | Audio | Video | Action
"Oi, it's me. Leave something here, would ya?"
Text | Audio | Video | Action
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[That is, no noodles.
He doesn't want to talk about recent events over text, honestly. Not outright. Euphemism, certainly -- but not blatantly. It just feels wrong, typing it out.]
I'll be in my room when you get here, you can just let yourself in.
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[Good thing Riku invited him to let himself in, otherwise he'd probably just...
Well, he'd do it anyway, but the permission helps.]
see you then
ill check up on the pigs first
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>action
Riku being one of them, and the only one other than someone from Nonah 05 he would go out and buy food for first. Grabbing some burgers and fries, he hooks the bag around his handlebars and takes off for Nonah, whipping through the porter as fast as their paperwork would let him, down the streets that led to it, and through the familiar path of quiet streets that led to Riku's house.
Yamada sits outside, and Kaneda gives him a nice little pat and a rub of his snout (and maybe a few fries too, he's responsible) before heading back in to go check up on his friend.]
Riku?
You up there?
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He waits until Kaneda's in the doorway before speaking up, eyebrows raised. His hair is still in the ponytail Kururu put it in yesterday, and the shirt he's got on is unbuttoned so as to make for easier access to the bandages across the majority of his stomach. He looks -- not a hundred percent, but he's certainly not the mess he was the last couple of days.]
You bring something good with you?
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How long was I gone? Is this what happens when I let you out on your own?
[He smiles, though, walking over and dropping the bag in his lap, making sure to avoid any of those bandaged areas. He of all people would know how much it sucks to recover.]
Burgers, fries, the works.
And yeah, there's an S at the end of that sentence.
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[Riku scoots so he can sit against the headboard, moving the pillow out of the way, then paws curiously through the bag. He takes a box of fries, then examines the burgers, trying to figure out which is his.]
Hm... which do you want?
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I got a little bit of everything. You go first!
[It honestly doesn't matter to him, this boy eats everything. And Riku's the one recovering, here.]
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[He takes one arbitrarily, passing the other over.]
So, I can't heal until my powers come back. Aerith did some, but it's still pretty rough, so I'm gonna take it easy until I can fix it myself.
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[Straight up, no frills. He's more used to the idea now.]
My Replica went home and learned I killed him.
1/4
2/4
[Kaneda has never stood up so fast in his life, practically dropping the burger he was holding onto the bed.]
3/4
[He's gonna beat up your clone-younger self, Riku.]
4/4
[Calm down your attack dog, Riku, please.]
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Kaneda.
[His voice is quiet, and he sets down the burger he'd been unwrapping.]
He just evened the score. I'm not -- I'm all right.
[Oddly he doesn't feel angry about it himself. He waves one hand, trying to illustrate the situation.]
When it happened, I... he was crying. I don't think he thought he had any choice in the matter. He's not nearly such a good actor.
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Who cares if it was 'even'? It didn't matter to Kaneda. Riku still died--and the worst part is, he didn't even know how he could have stopped it.]
There's always a choice, unless someone was controlling him.
You DIED, Riku!
[Despite his exclamations, there's a lot less fight in him now.]
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Riku is quiet for a moment, chewing at his lip. What does he even say to that? It's the truth. After a moment he looks away, eyes low.]
I know. I'm sorry.
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It's one thing Kaneda's always been grounded on. He never got 'used' to people dying on him. Ever since he'd heard Yamagata's death back home, ever since he knew anyone was free game here.
He's kept that comfort at arms length. After all, coming back from death is a false sense of security.]
Fuck.
You stupid idiot.
[His head slumps against the wall, body sagging as the fight just leaves him. He wants to yell, obviously. He wants to go beat up this clone that had the audacity to kill one of his closest friend. 'In the right' or not.
It takes a moment before he lets it all sink in, whispering to himself that Riku's still here, and that other than being bedridden, everything's normal.]
What am I gonna do with you.
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The problem with dying is that when you return, you have to tell people about it. Riku doesn't want to be fussed over, or to make anyone upset, but -- there's no choice but to do so. It's not like keeping quiet about his birthday. It's more important than that.]
... I'm sorry. I'm sure I could have been smarter about it.
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People say death is cheapened in this world...but every time it happens, Kaneda feels the same pang of guilt that he could've been there to stop it. That someone really was lost in all of that.
The same feeling he felt when Yamagata had been nothing but a body bag.
Riku can't see it, but there's a soft smile, and a warmer tone.]
I'm the one who's supposed to make the stupid decisions around here. Not you.
Now you're making me look responsible.
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[He reaches up to rub at his face, then blinks down at the food still sitting in front of him and picks up the box of fries. They'll get soggy if he doesn't eat them...]
... Thanks.
[Not for the food, though he's grateful for that too. But having someone be concerned about him is something that doesn't happen very often for him, at least not in a way that's explicitly meant for him to pick up on it.]
I'll be sure to consult you next time I decide to do something dumb.
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[He straightens up, rubbing under the bridge of his nose to hide any sort of emotion he might have had while his back was turned. If there was one thing he didn't want to let on, it was how heavy this hit him.
As if that wasn't already obvious.]
What if I needed you to heal me?
[Hide your real feelings with jokes: the Kaneda edition.]
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You'd be fine. Don't you have like fifteen other healers or something?
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[See: Riku's the favourite cause he doesn't ask questions.]
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