Catch-All for Minato

[specialdog]

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[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.

[specialdog]

Then you think it's true? That we can trust wherever they got that information?

[compendiem]

Yeah. I trust both of them. They have no reason to lie, after all.

[specialdog]

Hisoka-san lied all the time.

[compendiem]

[ opens his mout
closes it

YES, BUT!!! ...hm ]

Kazuaki has no reason to lie.

[specialdog]

[ IM DYING INSIDE, CARD ]

But he'd believe anything he's told.

[compendiem]

[ AT LEAST NOW HE'LL FIND THE TRUTH FOR HER????? ]

Oh. Yeah. We're both kind of like that.

[ Maybe he'll ask around instead of just asking Hisoka and reporting straight back to Akane ]

[specialdog]

You should be careful. There are people who will lie to you, you know?

[compendiem]

I guess... But there's no point in lying to me, I think? People don't ask much of me, after all. So I'm not doing much, in return.

[ lies are inconsequential... Hisoka lied about Val and about Kazuaki, and still Minato stans him because he believes Hisoka must have had a reason. Bad. ]

[specialdog]

I guess it's because you come into every interaction fresh, huh? Even if I told you "don't talk to so-and-so, they're mean," you'd probably still do it and form your own opinion.