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[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ riku's got a gun, though it hardly looks lethal, if the neon colors have anything to say about that. ]

Hmm.

[ loads a dart in it, and takes aim across the room. ]

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[rikufu.livejournal.com]

... sorry.

[ he's still clueless when it comes to these small details, but the apology sounds sincere enough. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[shrugs. oh, fancy; rounded corners!]

Don't worry about it.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ he may not be worried, but he's practically draping himself off of roxas, anyway. good work, riku. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

... You're really warm.

1/3

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

Mm.

[ only half-listening. ]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

... [ maybe it's riku's turn to tell spontaneous and serious stories. ]

You know, when Kairi came onto me before sophomore year started, I thought she'd had the wrong guy.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

She knew me and Sora at the same time, and I kept talking him up like he was the greatest guy on the planet - not that he wasn't, you know - 'cause I'd know him for so long. I thought he had a thing for her.

I still don't know why she bothered, but she was the one who showed me all the motions.

[ boyfriend training 101 ... oh, she took that so seriously. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[pauses.]

Motions?

[could be two different things and roxas isn't about to make assumptions.]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

Being a gentleman, the whole nine yards.

[ oh, there was plenty of that, though that's not what he's going into right now. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

I take it you didn't listen to a word she said.

[teasing. just teasing.]

1/2

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ wait, roxas wouldn't go out of his way to hit him that below the belt ... would he?

now he knows what tasting his own medicine is like. ]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

... ... [ lets the moment pass before he can continue, swallowing. apparently that rubbed him way more wrongly than it should. it's been almost three years by now, get over it. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[sighs, the silence telling him that maybe he crossed a line.]

... It was just a joke. Sorry.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ won't blame roxas, but maybe now he's getting emotional for once. ]

Look, I know it wasn't perfect. I hadn't dated - I still don't really date - it's weird when your best friend turns into the third wheel on purpose, and I'm ...

[ well, he's a big jerk, everyone knows that ... ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[thinking on it, he doesn't really know all that much about riku. little details, here and there, but not a whole story, not a whole bunch of details that all go together. so he decides to keep quiet, let riku continue, genuinely curious.]

...

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

... forget it, this is stupid.

[ abruptly throws his hands in the air, not looking like a very camper. it's a matter of letting things catch up with him too fast, not that roxas has any way of figuring that one out. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[twists around, setting the scissors down.]

No- come on, it's not stupid. I was listening.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

It's all stupid, she didn't even argue about having to move, so what if we kept in touch, I wasn't any good and he probably left for th-

[ ... stops. right there. this is a subject he really should just leave to rest, squaring his shoulders determinedly. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[swallows hard, eyes cutting sharply to the side and fingers twitching. he breathes out slowly, then extends a hand and squeezes riku's upper arm.]

P-people- People leave, Riku. Not everyone can stay, stick around, k-keep in touch. That doesn't make it your fault.

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

I told you, it's stupid.

[ shuts his eyes. this was easier when it was bottled up. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

I told you it's not...

[lets his hand slide away, frowning slightly. instead of pulling his hand back in his lap, he pushes his fingers through riku's hair instead.]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ crap, weak spots. opens his mouth and closes it, since he's momentarily derailed. ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[it's just once, for now, fingertips tracing slow, brief circles against the back of his neck before he pulls away.]

[rikufu.livejournal.com]

[ it's enough to tie up his tongue, going blank. what was he talking about again ... ]

[introverte-d.livejournal.com]

[doesn't want to appear as if he's not listening just in case riku decides to speak again, so his pictures are out of the question. instead, pulls his legs up close to his body, arms crossed over his knees with his chin on his arms, and waits quietly, just watching him intently.]