Catch-All for Minato

[specialdog]

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[compendiem]

...Yeah, I'd like that. Being with the people I like the most... I promised I would stay by your side, after all.

[ And also. Akane can invite Hisoka into their world too, and they can live happily ever after. ]

[specialdog]

Mm. It's a promise.

[ Her side of that promise; it's different, but still her way of returning the sentiment. ... And Hisoka can come too, unfortunately. ]

[compendiem]

[ I'm so glad that Akane is okay with Hisoka ]

It's a promise.

[ He holds out his hand, pinky out. Come on, do this with him. ]

[specialdog]

[ She hated Hisoka at first, but she came around. Too bad it was right before he died.

... And Akane concedes to a pinky swear. ]

[compendiem]

[ It's really too bad...

Minato hooks their pinkies and gives hers a squeeze— and leans forward to give her knuckle a quick kiss before going back to get the sugar, because he's 1000% serious about making this cake and they need it if they want to pretend this wish would ever come true. ]

[specialdog]

[ Akane takes a photo of the recipe so that she can look at it on her phone... And then follows Minato around, making sure he's only grabbing the right ingredients and not anything weird... ]

[compendiem]

[ Sugar, flour, eggs... He goes between the cupboards and the recipe book each time he needs to find the next ingredient, so Akane has plenty of time to make sure the flour is actually flour, and that it's sugar instead of salt. ]

...What sort of filling do you want in the macarons?

[specialdog]

[ Even when she has spare time, she doesn't actually use it to go get something helpful. She has switched out of Wants Credit For Offering To Do something and into Supporting Someone Else Doing That Thing mode. ]

Hmm... Vanilla? Then it'll kind of still be like that cake we were going to make.

[compendiem]

[ Minato can pretend she's spot checking his work, so she's both doing something and supporting him doing something.

He was reaching for a packet of instant coffee but, okay. Vanilla extract... is that in the fridge? He goes to check the fridge. ]

[specialdog]

[ If they had the whole internet at their disposal she would look up coffee macaron filling, but. Alas, they just have this one cook book and she's too lazy to run to the library.

And she hops up to sit on the counter and watch him from there. The pretense of Doing Anything Helpful is gone. ]

[compendiem]

[ Shaking a bunch of instant coffee into the batter makes sense to him? This is how Minato always goes wrong not following recipes, but he's got Akane's eyes on him today so he'll make a boring perfect maracon batter. God, he's making his own birthday cake, that's so sad. ]

[specialdog]

[ If he were a normal person I'd say he'll thank her when he's actually eating it, but Minato doesn't seem to care if he's eating garbage. Great.

... Anyway, it's not that sad, right? He's not alone, at least! Akane even starts playing some music from her phone for him. ]

[compendiem]

[ This is why Akane is the best, Minato's missed music so much- he doesn't bob his head or tap his feet or anything to the music, but the moment it starts playing, a small smile grows on his face, and he can work in time with the music.

I/Minato knows nothing about what this song is but there's the word love? he'll take it ]

[specialdog]

[ she kicks her feet idly. ]

Hey, Minato-kun. Have you gotten any messages from the dead?

[compendiem]

Yeah.

[ He says this so casually, while whisking his egg whites. Gotta make sure they're nice and fluffy, so he has to concentrate. ]

[specialdog]

Like from who? What sort of message?

[compendiem]

From— oh.

[ He looks up from his eggs ]

Kazuaki said to throw the pills away. [ This was like... a long time ago. ] I forgot to mention it... But I figured since you have them, it's fine.

[specialdog]

Oh, that's smart!

[ . . . ]

I got a message a little while back, too.

[compendiem]

[ That's smart but will she do it... Akane......... ]

From who? I want to be nosy too.

[specialdog]

[ Haha good question.




Anyway, Akane laughs. ]

It wasn't signed, so I'm not sure.

[compendiem]

Huh... Mine aren't either, but I could always tell who sent it by what they said. What does yours say?

[specialdog]

"This whole thing isn't going to end until there's one single survivor."

[compendiem]

Hisoka.

[specialdog]

If it was him, do you believe it?

There was more that didn't sound like him. "I don't know who I'm rooting for but... I don't want you to get hurt." That sounds more like Kazuaki-kun.

[compendiem]

You were good friends, weren't you? Mine from Hisoka said the same thing, about how there should only be one... It sounds like they know more than we do, somehow.