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goro "intrusive thoughts" akechi ([personal profile] enteloki) wrote2024-03-06 07:47 pm

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placation: rosebursts (it won't get any better)

[personal profile] placation 2025-06-20 07:37 am (UTC)(link)
No, I haven't.

[ The thought has never occurred to him in either reality. Not until now, with Akechi bringing it forth as something he might consider doing.

Maruki's eyes flutter open, blinking up at the stars for a moment before he tips his head to look at Akechi next to him.
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Do you think I should? I don't know where to start, honestly...

[ It can't be surprising to Akechi, can it? He's horrible at wanting anything for himself, even now. ]
placation: placation (art: pixiv 11317886) - dns (and that is how it ends)

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[personal profile] placation 2025-06-22 07:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Any other day, Maruki might write that off as flippant, sarcastic...

But this does seem like genuine advice. He nods slowly, considers it. Akechi biking around Tokyo, eavesdropping on conversations – they've talked about that once before, haven't they? It's a blessing and a curse that they've had so many conversations over such a long year of knowing one another that some things have begun to blend and fade.

He doesn't want that. He wants it all to remain clear and sharp as crystalline glass in his mind. He wants–

More time.

More experiences.

More.

If he had a bucket list, that might be all it said, really. More. He really can be such a selfish man when he lets himself go.
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You're right. People certainly talk enough here, whether they realize someone's listening or not.

[ It's idle conversation, acknowledging Akechi's words, but what he really wants to say cuts in quick. ]

I got the idea for bouldering from listening to you, after all. [ His voice is quiet, low. Just in case another resident happens to be outside tonight, this conversation shouldn't carry. It's only for them. ] Perhaps I could think of more things for us to do together. A list like that doesn't really appeal to me if it's done alone.
placation: placation (art: unifybullseye) - dns (of a panoramic scene)

1. stop that, 2. should we wrap... howls miserably

[personal profile] placation 2025-06-25 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[ That's as much outright acquiescence as Maruki expects, and the true depth of it hardly needs to be spoken for it to be known. Of course Akechi will join him. He didn't ask, because he already knew the answer.

It's a rare gift, to have time given so freely by someone who never wants to be seen giving at all. Rarer still when all that time is borrowed if fate can't be defied.

He doesn't give voice to any of it. Just grins up at unfamiliar stars, their joint misery searing hot through his memories like the curry that nearly killed them, and then fishes his phone out of his pocket to start looking for the most horrible pictures he can find.
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I seem to recall you enjoying yourself. [ No, Akechi didn't. ] Let me see if I can jog your memory about how much fun you had...