no looky for real this time

[preordain]

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[tearduct]

[One day, maybe they will run out of heavy stuff to talk about during all of their good times. They wren’t arguing, at least!! Small miracles.]

We’ll see a lot, I’m sure.

[And not a sky from everything being annihilated terribly, and not a sky where God’s wrath is raining down.]

Do you want to go later? After a bit. I know you’ve been here for a while already.

[preordain]

We can, yeah.

[ it would probably be best not to just yeet themselves off immediately considering they still need to like. get used to being around each other in general. it's been less than a week and they are admittedly still in the honeymoon stage of the reunion.

ryo is not thinking that they will leave this honeymoon stage but, objectively speaking, they are. ]

There's still a few things I'd like to do with you first before we go anywhere.

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[It’s what happens when you live forever for all of time.

He gives Ryo a playful sidelong look.]

Oh yeah? Like what?

[What is Ryo going to show him…?]

[preordain]

Why would I spoil the surprise?

[ the last time ryo decided to surprise akira she showed up as a girl

so

mystery ]

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[DAMMIT!!!!!

He makes a disgruntled expression and sulks mildly at the fact he will be left in suspense for who knows how long!!]

Something you’re gonna show me later, or…?

[preordain]

Sure.

[ she reaches over to pat akira on the cheek (face). pat pat. ]

Maybe after the date.

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[He grunts softy, pretends to bite at the hand, then nuzzles at it afterward.]

You don’t have to. I didn’t know if it was something you were showing me now or later.

[He holds veggies in the chopsticks out at Ryo.]

Do I get a hint…?

[preordain]

[ ah... she will nom the veggies. this is like trying to get your child who is extremely picky about food to eat. ]

It's something on our island.

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[This is how Ryo has always been, so he will simply force Ryo to eat things or do things. Like throwing Ryo into a pool despite Ryo having a broken leg.]

Oh. Alright.

[This satisfies him actually!

He will allow himself to be surprised later.]

Are you full?

[If so, he will be the garbage disposal boyfriend and eat the rest and drink the beer.]

[preordain]

[ there was literally no reason for him to do that

ryo could probably keep eating considering she only ate a little bit, but ryo still nods anyway before leaning against akira's shoulder. ]

You can finish the rest. We still need to get dessert, right?

[tearduct]

[No. Clearly, Ryo needed to swim in the pool immediately!! The fact the cast would have dissolved. The fact Ryo really didn’t kill him for it.

He happily and eagerly starts eating what’s left even though Ryo should eat more. He is careful not to throw Ryo off his shoulder.]

Oh yeah, dessert. Do you want some too? Let’s get some.

[preordain]

Mm. Maybe we can get one thing and share...

[ she trails off, and then looks at all the food akira is eating right now.

hmmm. ]

We can get our own.

[tearduct]

[Pauses with his mouth full of food, looking at Ryo.]

No, we can share one.

[Said with his mouth full of food. Ryo really likes this idiot… He has regressed from his high society training so fast…

He should really be better at this!! He seems to belated realize and swallows all of what’s in his mouth.]

[preordain]

[ help

ryo just wordlessly picks up a napkin and uses it to wipe at akira's mouth. he really did just drop his training so fast. ryo has no real opinion on this as she doesn't know how much akira did or did not enjoy that training, so she only has her own bias to work with here. ]

We'll share it then. Like the ice cream.

[ that truly was so long ago but that whole week was such a prominent memory for both good reasons and very bad ]

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[He bunches his face mildly like a child does when it’s having its messy face wiped. One hand reaches up to hold Ryo’s wrist, but he doesn’t stop the napkin.]

Let’s share. Like the ice cream. What do wanna try?

[He has done so much shit, it takes a moment to remember the ice cream. Oh yeah. The cone they shared.]

We do make a good team when we’re working together, huh?

[His train of thought makes less sense out loud.]

[preordain]

[ ryo is indeed not making the immediate connection between the two points.

but she'll move her hand out of the way so she can lean forward and give akira a chaste kiss. ]

... I suppose we do.

[ in general they did work well together, although it's easy to forget considering they spent so much time arguing and not being on the same side before they went their separate ways. ]

You are a good motivator.

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[The kiss is chaste enough to make him flush a little. It makes him want to kiss Ryo again, so he does!! Because instinct and ego! Hedonism!

Hopefully the host can see this that would be very cathartic for him actually.]

Motivator…?

[preordain]

[ unfortunately, ryo won't say no to another kiss. the host is out there.... ]

Well.... [ she had said it, but now she isn't sure how to explain. ] I've been keeping to myself a lot recently, and having you here has changed that.

[ "recently" has been decades technically but

when she was in teyvat, ryo had spent a lot of time with people like lavi and childe and explored the world a lot, so it was at least easy to not spend every day holed up in punishing seclusion. but she did a total 180 there after going to earth and returning to hell. yes, she leaves the house and still does thing, but it's typically completely on her own aside from occasional visits to satan (fake version).

so. it's nice to have akira as motivation to do things. ]

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[Ryo… Your depression seclusion…

It’s so funny how he brightens slightly as he looks at Ryo when he understands a bit of what Ryo is trying to say without saying it.

Maybe it would have hurt him before (it did) to know he gave Ryo’s life meaning, but Ryo couldn’t find it in anything else. Extremely fucking unhealthy, and yet, there isn’t anything else in the way of this anymore.

Akira accepts unhealthy codependence when there are no other options.]

You deserve to see things and do things, you know. Not that I mind if you’re doing it with me.

[preordain]

[ it is so unhealthy and honestly probably would be so much worse if ryo only stayed in hell the entire time. shoutout to scaramouche.

ryo is not thinking this though. she just smiles, although it's a small one. ]

I've seen and done many things, Akira. Even before I met you. You're just the one who taught me to try to understand it a little more.

[ back when they were kids. akira truly taught ryo what an empathy is even if she was very bad at it ]

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[His expression softens. Right. He forgets how old Ryo truly is, how much Ryo has done. And though he knows Ryo is smart, he also forgets how intelligent Ryo is sometimes. How powerful.]

I thought for a while you… couldn’t. I thought it was just how you were. Because you were Satan. But the drinks…

[He looks away slightly.]

I realized that wasn’t true. I understood that you could feel all of those things. You just didn’t know what they were.

[preordain]

It probably would have been better if it were true.

[ it's a quiet admittance. a lot of things would have been easier to deal with if she didn't actually have emotions. but unfortunately being immortal or inhuman doesn't actually erase things like that, something that others like chandra or scaramouche have also proven. it just makes the feelings more complicated and muddled and harder to accept. ]

... this also really isn't good date talk.

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No, I don’t think it’d be better. I wouldn’t ever want you not to…

[He draws up short because Ryo is right. Not great date talk. He probably wouldn’t fall into one of their more terrible arguments, but they might if he tries to convince Ryo too hard.]

Sorry.

[He concedes by looking apologetically away. He tries to get the waiter’s attention so they can get some dessert.]

[preordain]

Don't apologize. There's nothing for you to say sorry for.

[ the waiter will return to this weird ass table, wondering why the mood here has done such a 180 and thinks maybe someone is getting dumped...... maybe the host will have a chance......

but he'll take their finished plates while he's here and let them contemplate dessert. ]

Is there anything in particular that you want?

[ they were thinking crepes earlier but that was before they (mainly akira) ate all this food ]

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[NO!!! He is going to fistfight this host. It’d be funny if Ryo became a boy again and the host was like WAIT. Inferior heterosexual…

He glances at Ryo.]

That’s what I was asking you…

[They’re the couple that can never decide what to eat.]

Crepes? We talked about trying them.