[catch all for phoenix]

[survivaltricks]

Comments

[slobjection]

Maybe a little.

[ listen........ he is dad what is he supposed to say. ]

[ though he's more concerned about why luna is kissing him in the first place ]

How'd you mess up?

[survivaltricks]

[HUFFS]

Her age is a little-- [WAGS HANDS] She told me she remembers seventeen years of life, so. . . that's the age she'd go with, even if she looks older.

[don't kinkshame me!!]

[as for the second part. . . Akira kind of deflates a little when Nick asks]

. . .

A couple weeks ago I kissed Akechi, too. Not because I have-- those kinds of feelings for him. But because I was trying to calm him down.

[. . .]

I didn't want to keep it a secret, so I told her about it. And I didn't want to hurt Akechi's feelings, so I asked for a bit of time to. . . talk to him. To resolve what had happened between us.

[slobjection]

[ yeah but she's a robot and a legit mother figure to part of the game????? anyway listen he's not judging akira for this he's judging luna ]

Huh.

[ crowker kiss........... ]

Did she take it badly?

[survivaltricks]

[PHOENIX!!!]

She took it really badly.

[TO PUT IT MILDLY]

[slobjection]

All you did was tell her you kissed Goro and that you needed more time to sort things out with him...?

[ is there more akira crimes, help him get the full picture ]

[survivaltricks]

I--

[GOD STOP CALLING HIM GORO??? he blinks a little, frowning]

. . . yeah. But not because I wanted anything form him, I just-- wanted to make sure I wasn't hurting his feelings.

[HE WANTED CLOSURE!! THAT'S ALL!!!]

[slobjection]

[ i'm sorry ]

I don't think that's wrong. For both you or him.

....

Were you... close, with Luna, before that?

[survivaltricks]

. . . yeah. We were close. She's been looking after me this entire time, and I her.

[. . .]

I've held her hand a lot. I've kissed her on the forehead. Nothing more, but she's been--

[. . .]

[a shaky breath]

. . . she's been the whole reason I'm still here.

[slobjection]

Glad you had someone. [ since he mcfucking died. phoenix gives him pancakes w a little whipped cream masquerade mask thingy on them ]

When did it turn [ ... ] romanticish?

[ Since holding hands and kissing on the forehead can be platonic... ]

[survivaltricks]

[NICK. . . he gives Nick a vaguely amused look before taking the pancakes and pulling them closer]

I had more than one someone, but I'm trying to be sentimental, here.

[he is just!! thinking about Luna a lot!!!]

[. . .]

It was right around the week we got those stupid DVDs. . . I think.

[slobjection]

And what about the kiss with Goro?

[ just pretend hes saying akechi this whole time it hurts me to write ]

[survivaltricks]

[it hurts me to read]

That was-- [mmm] The Saturday after the trial where you died.

[slobjection]

... To calm him down.

[ hm. ]

[survivaltricks]

[. . . UGH. . .]

He was trying to rip his page out of your notebook.

I stopped him, and we got into a fist fight.

[slobjection]

[ ... ]

And then a kiss fight?

[survivaltricks]

[HA HA]

No, we stopped fighting after that. Then we just got into an argument about whether people cared about him, and about whether he should start being himself around people instead of putting on that stupid pleasant mask that makes me wanna shove his head into a pillow.

[slobjection]

[ valid.... ]

So then a kiss fight.

[survivaltricks]

[. . .]

Yeah, sure. A kiss fight.

[slobjection]

You kissed him to prove him wrong? Or was there more?

[survivaltricks]

To prove him wrong?

[TO CALM HIM DOWN?? KEEP UP, DAD!!!]

[slobjection]

About people caring about him.

[ gosh. ]

[survivaltricks]

Yes?

What are you getting at?

[slobjection]

How'd you figure the kiss would calm him down...?

[survivaltricks]

[. . . a tiny little shrug]

Punching sure wasn't helping. He wouldn't have seen a kiss coming.

The shock, at the very least, would've been enough.

[slobjection]

Is that all it was...? To both of you?

[ trying to suss out whether or not akira has any feelings for akechi or just luna ]