werites | no looky for real this time

[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…?

[ 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. ]

[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.

[ 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 ]

[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.

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.

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.]

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 ]

[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.

[ unfortunately ryo can't be a boy again until akira at the very least touches a boob. that is the bare minimum goal here akira has to cop at least a singular feel

help they really are. the problems when you would eat anything as long as there's meat and when you don't really eat that much. ]

We can get a crepe. It can't have too much cream...?

[R-Ryo?!?!?!? HELLO?? Don’t make the goal for him to touch a boob?? Why is he Denji now?

He’s probably gonna touch a boob, but then we’ll have a second thread of sex because he will be horny.]

It should be okay. I can ask Alex for medicine later probably, too. Let’s share a crepe? What do you want to try in it…?

[ ryo lets him touch a boob and then immediately goes to sleep

but help. she just gives akira a look before sighing. ]

... fruit. Strawberries?

[ that's a normal crepe thing right? bananas and strawberries and cream? something sweet and also a way to trick akira to get something not meat in him. ]

Or... what else? Matcha?

[Okay. He’s going about this the wrong way again, huh?

Both of his brows rise slowly. Why does matcha seem like such a Ryo thing to possibly like?]

You like matcha? [He manages a small grin.] Okay, how about this:

What do you absolutely not want in your crepe?

Matcha's fine.

[ little steps.... but hmmm. ]

Anything too sweet or gimmicky. Like s'mores crepes? Or... anything that seems to be a random limited event special. Those tend to be sweeter than usual. We should avoid ice cream... oh. But whatever is fine with you.

[He has to

pinch his lips together to keep from grinning like an idiot or laughing about how easy it is to get Ryo to say what she doesn’t like. This is so funny, help him.]

Okay. I’ll get something for us to go. We can enjoy it outside.

[In… hell. It’s fine.]

Does that sound okay?

[ it is so easy because ryo loves to talk shit and complain about things

but she nods her head, oblivious to what akira is thinking. she would probably bite him if she knew. ]

That's fine. We've probably been in here long enough anyway.

[ they have made enemies in this hot pot ]

[Do NOT bite him, he will like it and get turned on.

He takes her hand and brings it up to kiss the back, then leans in to kiss her gently on the lips.]

Okay.

[He puts the hand in his lap, lacing their fingers while he flags down this poor waiter who thinks they are so weird (they are). He will get them a matcha crepe with a lil cream and some raspberries and dark chocolate syrup. The somewhat more bitter kind. The raspberries are tart like Ryo.

Hopefully Ryo will like this kind of crepe.]

[ the last time the waiter was here the atmosphere was so tense and now they are holding hands. this must look like the most insane date from his pov.

but they can wait for the waiter to bring the crepe back to go. they will have to grab their bags on the other seat so they can go. ryo just contently leans on akira until then... soft. ]

Hmm... I think you're a good date.

[ like she has been grading it. admittedly akira would have really had to fuck up to not do well because ryo has a bias ]

[He will get the bags, and Ryo can commander the crepe for them.

He glances over his shoulder at Ryo, exasperatedly amused. He is tempted to tease Ryo about Itto, but knows it will just make Ryo irritated. By being teased and because she has to think about Itto.]

I pass Professor Ryo’s scientific assessment of a good date? What’s the breakdown of that exactly?

[His good date pie graph.]

[ the likelihood that ryo probably ended up murdering itto in teyvat is very high when you think about it, but it will just remain one of life's mysteries instead

but HMMMM. ryo will carry the crepe as they go. ]

You passed the gentleman test-- you held the door open for me, carried our things, and even finished the food I wouldn't eat. You were also entertaining. [ whether or not this one is actually a compliment is up for debate ] And you're a good kisser. I think you deserve another prize.

[He has the bags. And also gave the host a glare as they left because it’s deserved.

But it’s fine now, they can walk around some more. He will try to see if he can find a quiet little spot they can sit, even if it’s in the city. Like a bench near some landscaping or something. Hell city has to have that at least right.]

So you enjoy being pampered. [He does not say this like it’s a bad thing. Ryo would have loved the host club if not for the personal drama they all had adjacent to it.] Entertaining, h—

[WAIT

Thinking about prize makes him think about the fact his first prize was girl Ryo. FFFF]

Another prize…?

[He’s so gullible.]

[ there is a park here somewhere i remember i had a pc there

but ryo makes no comment on the pampered thing because if she pretends akira didn't say anything it means it's not real. it's very funny, she really would have enjoyed host akira. ]

Yes, another one. Do you not want it?

[ maybe akira is a one prize a day kind of guy...... ]

[Hate this. At least there is now a park, and if there wasn’t, we’d have made one anyway.

He will put the bags down on one side of himself at a bench and then beckon her to sit on the other side of him. Crepe time.]

No! [HE SAYS THIS SO FAST.] I want it…

What is it…?

We need to eat dessert first.

[ ryo will open the packaging and pick up the tweat, holding it out to akira. ]

Don't get distracted already.

[ if they move onto the prize then they're not gonna eat ]

Right…

[MMMMMMMM. Nn. He was immediately distracted because of course he was. Don’t just make it touching a titty. In public.

He takes the crepe so he can try a bite off the corner to see what it tastes like. Ryo’s poison tester…

It’s not bad actually.

He holds it toward Ryo so she can bite some of it too. Ryo is so damn spoiled.]

Hint…? Will I like the surprise?

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