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[ after they've both presumably made a lot of the rounds... Minato texts Akira. ]

Hey. Where are you?

[Akira has made his rounds, but only incidentally. there is one person in particular he was looking for, after all!!]

wondering where my boyfriend has disappeared to. alas, alack, i may never see him again.

[tho tbf Akira was not at all worried that Minato had left without saying goodbye, so]

[ minato rolls his eyes at that, but extremely fondly. ]

Too bad, you're stuck seeing me again. Hard to find you when you won't give me a location, though.

[heh]

the pretty new garden. where the cell blocks used to be.

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Got it. I'm on my way there, then.

[ time to hurry it up so he can go see his boyfriend! they have Things to Talk About. ]

[there is no reply, but there doesn't have to be— Akira is waiting at the garden as promised, standing by the engraved stone with a pensive look on his features. his hands are in his pockets. . . and like everyone else, he is sans monster features! though he hasn't had them since Echidna showed up]

[when he hears Minato approach, he tilts his head to the side and flashes the other wild card a warm smile]

. . . hey.

[ there's his boyfriend! Sans scales, ears or wings... Minato can only look at Akira incredibly fondly as he comes up to him, reaching out with a hand to gently brush his knuckles across Akira's cheek.

Minato didn't have outward monster features to lose, but... he's finally warm to the touch again now that his ghost friend has vacated his body. ]

Hey. How're you feeling?

[ about everything, now that all's said and done and over? ]

[Minato's never seen Akira as Akira, has he. . . ? and Akira has never been able to touch Minato without worrying about fazing right through him. that thought lingers on the forefront of his mind as he tilts his cheek into that hand, eyes fluttering, his own fingers brushing against Minato's knuckles]

Mmm. . .

Exhausted.

[NATURALLY]

And you. . . ?

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[ NATURALLY. Minato smiles at that, tilting his head into Akira's touch contentedly. ]

... Happy. Content. I'm... glad things turned out the way they did.

[there's a quiet pause, a moment where Akira just enjoys Minato's fingers against his cheek, before he speaks again]

Do you know what happened to Kotone. . . ?

Mmm... she wasn't one of Typhon's, so... she went back to where she came from. I hope she's at peace now.

[ i'm not going to dig too deeply into what all of that means. ]

[cal missed her chance to develop THAT arc!!]

Mmm. . . [a bit sadly] Yeah, me too.

[and then, slightly awkwardly]

Have you— uh. Spoken to Fran?

[ ...? He tilts his head at that, curious. ]

Not since we got out of those rooms. I spoke to her briefly when we made it into the Velvet Room.

Why do you ask?

[rubbing the back of his neck, sheepish]

I haven't talked to her since she left. I plan on it— I'm not avoiding her— I just know things have been. . . er.

Busy?