[ within minutes, there's a tapping at the cloth-covered window. Should HiMERU pull it aside, he'll find Kohaku perched on the ledge while hanging onto the siding. ]
[Kohaku is slippery and silent as ever. HiMERU moves to the other side of the room to let him in there. He smiles, but there's something... tired about it.]
Oukawa, welcome to HiMERU's... humble abode. He may not have much to offer yet, but his company is yours all the same. Now, what brings you here today? How can he help you?
[He can appreciate the straightforwardness, but... HiMERU does not always return the same.]
You speak as though there's anything to be done... That can be done. What is HiMERU supposed to do, exactly? Is he supposed to feel a certain way about it?
He cannot claim to be as joyed as Alkaloid by the news, surely.
Still, it's no concern of HiMERU's what goes on with that one.
[Even saying the name is something he wants to avoid.]
That's very kind of you, but... You needn't go out of your way, Oukawa.
[He has been curt with Tatsumi in public and at times even cold, but he has never made it anyone's problem but his own, or so he thinks. Nor has he gone the extra step to explain his feelings, as far as he can remember. It's not anything anyone can do much about, including himself... so even with consideration to Kohaku's generosity, it's a strange thing to have offered to him.]
Perhaps this isn't the most prudent way to ask, but... why? What's prompted this?
's not that I question your judgement, or think y'can't handle y'self. It's jus' that the situation's bad enough as it is: Shit's literally on fire for no reason, the wildlife looks like it took a long bath in toxic waste, an' there's no sweets. Jus' 'cause y'can tolerate somethin' don' mean y'have t'endure it, if it can be helped. There's no ES, no cameras, or social media outside o' us, so take it easy.
[Yeah, they're in pretty shit circumstances. But they're making the most of what they have, right? He "dealt" with Tatsumi back in their world, and he can "deal" with him even now.]
... Fufu. HiMERU wouldn't be so sure. Though we may be far removed from ES, there's no guarantee that we aren't continuously being surveilled still. Even these — [He raises the blood bank flip phone.] — are another way to keep track of us. HiMERU will use it, but that doesn't mean he trusts it.
Still, he has to wonder what makes you say such a thing. Do you expect HiMERU will act in a way inappropriate for cameras? He surely need not remind you, but he is a professional...
[Though Kohaku's concern is starting to worry him, too. The doubt seeps in. Has he done anything... unseemly? Something that's been plucked from his memory, just as with the others?]
Well. I picked atcha a smidge over how much the higher ups liked your passionate performance with him. So much so, they wanted a spin-off series about your lovey-dovey married life.
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What happened t'your window?
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You're welcome to come in, although preferably in a normal fashion. Unlike some barbarians.
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I'll meet y'at th'door.
[ without a sound, he disappears as fast as he showed up, then waits patiently at the door. He is civilized folk. ]
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Oukawa, welcome to HiMERU's... humble abode. He may not have much to offer yet, but his company is yours all the same. Now, what brings you here today? How can he help you?
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[ straight to the point ]
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You speak as though there's anything to be done... That can be done. What is HiMERU supposed to do, exactly? Is he supposed to feel a certain way about it?
He cannot claim to be as joyed as Alkaloid by the news, surely.
Still, it's no concern of HiMERU's what goes on with that one.
[Even saying the name is something he wants to avoid.]
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[ that feels core to being part of Crazy:B ]
I was jus' thinkin' that if it'd help, I could run interference or distract him.
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That's very kind of you, but... You needn't go out of your way, Oukawa.
[He has been curt with Tatsumi in public and at times even cold, but he has never made it anyone's problem but his own, or so he thinks. Nor has he gone the extra step to explain his feelings, as far as he can remember. It's not anything anyone can do much about, including himself... so even with consideration to Kohaku's generosity, it's a strange thing to have offered to him.]
Perhaps this isn't the most prudent way to ask, but... why? What's prompted this?
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... Fufu. HiMERU wouldn't be so sure. Though we may be far removed from ES, there's no guarantee that we aren't continuously being surveilled still. Even these — [He raises the blood bank flip phone.] — are another way to keep track of us. HiMERU will use it, but that doesn't mean he trusts it.
Still, he has to wonder what makes you say such a thing. Do you expect HiMERU will act in a way inappropriate for cameras? He surely need not remind you, but he is a professional...
[Though Kohaku's concern is starting to worry him, too. The doubt seeps in. Has he done anything... unseemly? Something that's been plucked from his memory, just as with the others?]
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[ he hesitates, unsure of how much he should tell HiMERU. ]
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... What job?
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You didn't like it.
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What.
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