Catch-All for Minato

[specialdog]

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[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.

[compendiem]

Yeah... stuff like grudges is pretty exhausting, so I don't bother. And no matter how horrible somebody is, I tend to like them anyways. So I always think it's worth giving people chances.

[specialdog]

But in a way, isn't that like saying to the first person, "I think it's fine for you to be treated poorly" when you'll still be friends with someone that's mean to them?

[ She actually sounds conversational and not accusatory?? Wow. ]