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[wetfortono]

[ I reserve the right to abuse the shit out of this at any given time since I missed most of the 4th Wall Event! ]

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[bookoverflowers]

[continued]

Homesick?

[wetfortono]

Sometimes.

Right now I'm not that picky. But tired of here.

[bookoverflowers]

That bad, lately?

[wetfortono]

[genuinely thinks about this for a moment before answering]

... I don't want to complain, but... Rui always knows better, anyway.

[bookoverflowers]

Think of it as talking. And actually saying what's true.

[wetfortono]

[smiles a 'you and me both know that's not going to happen'-kind of smile]

... It's just... been a downwards trend. I can live with making a few mistakes, but I think I've reached my limit of what I can bear.

[bookoverflowers]

[yup, you're going to make him be a pushy asshole. it's cool he's good at it]

Mistakes?

[wetfortono]

[wrings his hands like he really doesn't even know where to begin]

... I thought Rui wanted tea.

[bookoverflowers]

Mm. I do. You can think about how to say things while it's brewing.

[wetfortono]

[doesn't answer in favor of speeding up a bit when the lounge is in sight, letting himself in to get some distance and thinking (worrying) time]

[bookoverflowers]

[follows you in and walks around the lounge, taking it all in after his absence and not incidentally giving you a little breathing room]

[wetfortono]

[starts fussing up some tea and a case of slight nerves, meanwhile]

[bookoverflowers]

[from across the room]

You're acting like I'm going to be upset at you.

I'm not.

[wetfortono]

[winces a bit]

How do you know that?

[bookoverflowers]

Because there is nothing you could have done here to hurt me, Ryuunosuke.

[wetfortono]

Even by becoming a different person?

[bookoverflowers]

[shakes his head]

Ryuunosuke is Ryuunosuke, always. Sadness, loss, they don't make you someone else.

[wetfortono]

Then how come I don't have a speck of respect left for myself?!

[bookoverflowers]

I don't know yet. You haven't told me.

[wetfortono]

[AUGH]

...

[bookoverflowers]

[you set yourself up for that one. and communicated your actual real need to talk about this]

[wetfortono]

[goes back to making tea, his stomach taking a dive at the inevitability of having to talk]

[bookoverflowers]

[better him than your other options. probably. will just wait for you, though, still wandering around to see what's changed]

[wetfortono]

[the answer is nothing, really. the place isn't even too dusty for having been left behind, and it seems Ryuunosuke has stashed at least his favorite tea set here instead of at home]

[bookoverflowers]

This place has barely changed at all. Ryuunosuke has put a lot of work into it, hm?