6/6: Akechi

[randori]

[ Whenever Akechi gets up in the morning, even if it's something ridiculously early like 5 in the morning, he'll find Natsuo sitting out in the hall right across from Akechi's shared bedroom, half dozed off but startling awake when he hears a door open.

He yawns into the air, pushing off the ground with his arms rather than relying on his legs, somehow having managed to bang up both legs before the weekend was over. ]

You're awake, finally! I was waiting for you to get up!

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[doublecrows]

It is a king-sized bed, but-- [PERSONAL SPACE. . .] It isn't anything personal against Tenshouin, I just value my privacy.

[he steps back, gesturing for Natsuo to stand up so he can show him their swanky king-sized bed]

[randori]

[ Natsuo hops to his feet and trots on inside—-

immediately shuts his eyes ]

It's so white in here! How do you sleep!?

[doublecrows]

Fairly easily, actually.

[EICHI BED SHARING ASIDE]

Is something wrong with the color white?

[randori]

It's blinding! It's too perfect and too clean! And too easy to get dirty— my room's all red, so even if I bleed everywhere it won't matter!

[ No murdering in your room, Akechi. A pity. ]

[doublecrows]

[TIME TO MURDER IN NATSUO'S ROOM THEN???]

I would. . . hope that the goal would be to not bleed at all. Please don't do anything reckless like you did the other day, with your kneecap.

[this is like asking water not to be wet, isn't it]

[randori]

[ Murder in Natsuo's room and pin it on him tbh, that's how you play murder games, supposedly. ]

I've been being careful! It's all better now, see?

[ He lifts his knee up and gives his leg a little shake at demonstration. It's the wrong leg. He busted up both legs and can't tell the difference between what hurts and where. ]

[doublecrows]

[PROTECT NATSUO]

[Akechi remembers small details like that, so he's just going to be. kind of ??? THIS WHOLE CONVERSATION HAS BEEN ???]

Oh. . . and here I thought it was the other leg you had injured.

[randori]

[ ?? ???? oh.

Natsuo switches to the other leg, bringing his knee up and shaking his foot at Akechi's face. ]

I mean- both are fine! I can support my weight on one foot, so it means both are fine!

[ Never mind that it's not a lot of weight to begin with. ]

[doublecrows]

[HM]

Natsuo-san. . .

You do realize I'm a detective, right? And deductive reasoning is one of my strengths?

[randori]

[ ...ugh ]

Deduce this!

[ Pokes his foot forward to plant his heel on Akechi's sternum and tip him onto the bed. ]

[doublecrows]

[OH MY GOD WHY IS THIS HAPPENING]

[Akechi's athletic and pretty nimble, but even he doesn't see that coming, so he's going to be successfully shoved onto the bed thanks]

[randori]

Ha! I won! [ Natsuo breathes a laugh, like he can't believe that worked— but honestly, who would have expected that? nobody is that rude ]

[doublecrows]

[sits up, looking very undignified because the fall kind of mussed up his hair a bit? but he's quick to flatten it again and adjust his tie, trying to make sure he looks perfectly! crisp!! and put together, thanks]

Do you always kick someone in the chest whenever they're about to point out something mildly embarrassing about your person?

[randori]

No?! [ It's not an offended "NO??" but a sort of... guilty... one. It's a "yes" no. Maybe it's not exactly a kick, but the violent impulses he'd spent two years trying to curb never did get curbed. ]

I'm not embarrassed! Shut up!

[doublecrows]

You realize the only thing I was going to point out is that you made it obvious you injured both legs. . .

[akechi that is not shutting up]

[randori]

It's not that obvious!! [ Since he can't deny the other part of that sentence... ]

You said you're a detective, right?! It's 'cause you're smart and you're always looking for things and thinking about things, that's how you can tell! I bet normal people wouldn't be able to tell! You're just better than them!

[doublecrows]

[. . . . . . okay he'll accept this]

I suppose that's fair! My observational skills are my greatest strength.

[randori]

Is it really? So you suck at everything else?

[doublecrows]

[WOW]

[HE JUST]

[KEEPS HIS SMILE, ALTHOUGH IT IS STRAINED???]

Not everything, but there are things at which I am particularly awful. Eating spicy food, for instance.

[randori]

[ Natsuo laughs, because that's... that's really something. It makes Akechi seem a little more his age, a little more human. ]

Hehe, it hurts and makes your nose run, right? All you gotta do is eat it fast!

[ Show spicy food who's boss! (it's the food. the food is boss and will retaliate with heartburn) ]

[doublecrows]

If I eat too fast, then I completely miss out on the taste. Although making something too spicy completely drowns that out in the first place.

[you're brave, Natsuo]

[randori]

Hmm~ Not being able to taste something'd be a huge waste, huh? Then, just don't eat spicy stuff. Problem solved, and it's not a weakness anymore.

[doublecrows]

That's the solution I've embraced all this time. It's allowed me to indulge my sweet tooth.

[sparkle]

[randori]

Heh~ Me too! It's really rare to find a guy who likes sweet things, huh?

[doublecrows]

Is it? I hardly think that taste is something that should be separated by gender. I'm not ashamed of having a sweet tooth.