[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]
[ 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]
day 99!!
Hey. Where are you?
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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]
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Too bad, you're stuck seeing me again. Hard to find you when you won't give me a location, though.
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the pretty new garden. where the cell blocks used to be.
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[ time to hurry it up so he can go see his boyfriend! they have Things to Talk About. ]
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[when he hears Minato approach, he tilts his head to the side and flashes the other wild card a warm smile]
. . . hey.
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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? ]
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Mmm. . .
Exhausted.
[NATURALLY]
And you. . . ?
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... Happy. Content. I'm... glad things turned out the way they did.
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Do you know what happened to Kotone. . . ?
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[ i'm not going to dig too deeply into what all of that means. ]
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Mmm. . . [a bit sadly] Yeah, me too.
[and then, slightly awkwardly]
Have you— uh. Spoken to Fran?
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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?
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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?
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Minato props his hands on his hips at that. ]
She's gonna want to see you before you leave, you know.
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[somehow he wasn't expect Minato to respond like that??]
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You guys have been together from the start.
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But—
[gestures?? he's come to appreciate Fran but somehow he struggles with the idea of her appreciating him]
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But what?
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Nevermind. I didn't want to spend all our time talking about Fran, anyway.
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[ IT'S IMPORTANT, OKAY. ]
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[just to ease Minato's fears!!]
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[ POUTS. ]
I'm just the right amount of concerned given the situation, and that it's about you and your possession--
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Shhhh. No more Fran.
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Okay... okay... I get it....
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