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[ Oh, that's actually pretty cute.. he really seems like he's enjoying it.. Riou can't be sure until he delivers the verdict though, so there's a vague sense of suspense as Rosho.. keeps not answering.

When he finally does Riou seems to relax a little and his lips pull into a satisfied smile. He doesn't smile super often, usually looking serious, but when he does there's a serious warmth to it. Nothing makes him happier than when someone truly enjoys his cooking. ~~And this is why MTC can't say no to him.~~ ]

I'm glad you like it. You took a while to answer, I thought I may have made a mistake.

[ Once he actually decides to stop stuffing his face before he finishes the entire first cup, Rosho finally gives his official assessment that isn't just him ravenously eating. ]

Ah, sorry about that! I didn't mean to make you worry. This stuff is seriously incredible! I've never had pudding this good before! Honestly, if you wanna offer me more, I should at least pay you. The quality's gotta be repaid, ya know!

[ There is no way he could accept this for free, as much as he'd actually like to, but Riou deserves to get something in return for providing him what is probably the best pudding he's ever had in his life. He scoops up some more, already disappointed to be reaching the bottom of the cup. It's going to be really hard to not eat the second cup but he should at least save it for tomorrow. ]

Do you want to moonlace then?

[ Totally platonically... Riou isn't going to charge him for it, but if they moonlace they both gain chroma, so he can't complain about that. He's very blunt in his offer though. ]

—huh? ...oh, that's right! That's... uh. Yeah...

[ Sometimes he tends to forget they make money through moonlacing. That's how Chroma works and all.

Riou's straight faces are so weird. Please emote, just a little?? ]

That's the most beneficial thing for the both of us, yeah? So... s-sure...

[ He tries to ease his embarrassment by taking another bite of pudding. Aah, it really is great. He wants the second cup so bad, but no, restraint! So he scoops out the remainder of what's left, finishes that up, then puts the cup along with the spoon on the table. He grabs the other two so he can take them to the fridge. ]

Let me put this away and we can do that. Um, would holding hands be okay...?

I would prefer to link arms. It would be less intimate and less likely to upset anyone.

[ Jyuto was very pleased with him for saying a bad thing about Rosho and not even.. that bad. More like an observation about his sense of fashion that Jyuto interpreted as an insult, but Riou doesn't really care about fashion so ??? As long as Jyuto is happy it's fine. But basically, he's choosing to be less intimate because he thinks it will make Jyuto happier, while Rosho can still feel like he's paying Riou without Riou feeling guilty for accepting payment when he really just likes it when people eat his cooking... Until he gets clarification on this, it's probably better not to do anything affectionate with Rosho.

People are so complicated. ]

[ The intimacy problem he can understand, but why would he be worried about upsetting him...? Unless it's not Rosho he's worried about upsetting.

They're from rival divisions, but aside from that unpleasant little issue Rosho took upon himself to fuel into a petty grudge over Riou's character for blaming Sasara for his stage fright, he doesn't have much of a problem with most of MTC, Riou especially. Their leader is another thing entirely. Riou knows Samatoki and Sasara have beef, so maybe he wants to respect that and not get too friendly with Rosho in relation. Maybe their group's agreed to be civil with rival groups but not get too chummy.

It's more than likely definitely not about him. It's about his teammates wishes. It sounds silly, because they're grown-ass men, but also... he gets it. The respect Riou must have for those people, even if he doesn't understand the extent. ]

Just so you know, I've held hands casually before around here, so I don't have a problem with that. But if that's how you feel then I won't try to change your mind.

[ He wonders though... if Riou simply being here is even okay. Rosho shuts the fridge once he puts the pudding cups away. ]

We'll go to the couch, it'll be easier that way. Follow me.

[ Nodding his head into the opposite room, he'll lead Riou to the couch where he'll take a seat first, offering up plenty of space beside him. ]

[ Riou heads to the couch after being invited. Rosho will realize that Riou apparently manspreads and just takes up a huge amount of space, sometimes to the point that Jyuto even asks him to scoot it. So Rosho will possibly have to tell this filthy manspreader to scoot over at some point.

At the very least, his response to it being how he feels yields a brief explanation: ]

I suspect Jyuto may harbor a grudge of some kind against you. Do you know why?

[ Jyuto called him a "little library grandma" and that doesn't feel kind. Riou likes the Dotsuitare Honpo duo though... ]

[ When he said take a seat on his couch he meant take a seat with him and leave enough room for him, Riou! Rosho plans to get him to stop that filthy manspreading in a moment, but first, secret intel is being shared. Rosho blinks in surprised, genuinely speechless for a moment.

Apparently his hunch was right. And he has no idea why. ]

I... didn't even know he didn't like me? I don't think I said anything wrong the first time I met him at his birthday party?

[ Their introduction went without hitch, he thought, unless he didn't speak to the guy enough or. Or.

Honestly he can't think of a single thing for this to make sense. Riou's teammate has a grudge on him. Him. Who has only been in the city for a handful of months. Whom he barely just met. (Okay he did rap at Jyuto's birthday party but Rosho didn't even do that well! He was also kind of drunk.) ]

Have you told him that you've been talking to me a lot? Or... does it have something to do with whatever happened between Sasara and Samatoki? Not that I was even involved in that to begin with, but I get being wary about me because Sasara's my partner.

[ Still petty as fuck. He thought Jyuto was smarter than that. He looks smarter than that. What the hell, he's literally done nothing wrong to have this guy not like him! He doesn't want to put his frustrations on Riou but this seriously kind of ticks him off to hear. ]

[ Riou is just big okay he has to manspread to be comfortable!!! ]

I don't know. It was a feeling I got. He didn't actually say he disliked you.

[ A beat. ] I thought it may be because I'm consorting with future enemies, but he has never complained about my conversations with other divisions.

[ Okay, so there's no need to jump to conclusions, maybe it's not a matter of Jyuto not liking him but he certainly seems to have some sort of negative opinion about him perhaps? This makes so little sense. Rosho is baffled. ]

Maybe it's not a problem with me, maybe it's a problem with him. I've done nothing wrong to that guy and I've been very civil.

[ Hmmm. Maybe. To be honest: ]

He is very competitive.

[ More like.. Riou has witnessed him bullying children before. And then helped him bully them because said children was kind of a shithead back and Riou always has Jyuto's back. But that's besides the point. He'll stick to calling it 'competitive.' ]

[ Rosho can only hum in understanding when he still doesn't remotely get it at all, but he has a feeling if he gave his honest thoughts, Riou would get pissed off. He can't insult his teammate in this situation, as juvenile as the scenario is. All of the teams are competitive when it comes down to it, he's seen how Riou gets in a rap battle, but it sounds like Jyuto is taking it to another extreme.

Someone competitive, who wants to be number one, has a tendency to follow a line of criteria. They have to be skilled, they have to be multi-talented.

They have to stand out.

Like a peacock, only the one with the most beautiful plumage gets a mate.

Yes, that's me. The guy in glasses.

Rosho can be incredibly stupid, but also, he's a goddamn teacher who deals with dumb, impressionable, petty teenagers constantly being pressured to do their best by society's standards to get the best grades and form the best future for themselves.

When you want to stand out on top, you need to make yourself look like you stand out too.

The guy in glasses.

He picked him out at the party, because he wore glasses. The one with glasses. ]

Hey. Out of all the division members that you've met... how many of them wear glasses?

[ Riou decidedly does not have as much internal monologuing as Rosho does. He just doesn't get it. He also doesn't have the context of the guy in glasses comment, though, he's just thinking that Jyuto doesn't like his fashion. Jyuto really seemed pleased when Riou commented on it and doubled-down.

Riou is looking at Rosho's outfit when he realizes he's been asked a question and turns his face up to look Rosho in the eyes. ]

No others.

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[ Hmm

Hmmmmmm

HMMMMMMMMMMMM

🤔

This requires more investigating, but Riou's started to bring him to a breakthrough with this little "dispute". ]

I see.

[ Rosho leans back into the couch, loops his arm into Riou's, then adjusts his glasses. His glasses his PARTNER GAVE HIM THAT HE IS ALLOWED TO WEAR REGARDLESS OF PETTY MEGANE HIERARCHICAL SQUABBLES. ]

I'd like to get back on track. About your weird cloning business.

Oh.

[ At least Riou seems fine with changing subjects. It's not like they're getting anywhere about Jyuto anyway. He just was curious. ]

What about it?

Is the clone a perfect copy? Like, does it act exactly like the person its a clone of? Speaks and behaves the same.

As far as I could tell in one hour's time, yes.

Damn it.

[ With no context this could mean anything, but obviously the only thing on his mind is: being with two Sasaras isn't worth it to deal with the same annoying behavior duplicated.

Maybe.

No, definitely not worth it. He knows he'd hate it.

And yet why is he asking anyway?? ]

Isn't the whole thing a little... uh, selfish?

Jyuto has advanced tastes. I'm not used to satisfying beyond "vanilla" needs, so I did it thinking it would be something he would enjoy.

[ So he doesn't think that is selfish, to be honest. He does look mildly confused about the cursing though. ]

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[ Did he really just tell him he cloned himself to fuck Jyuto with two Rious.

Yes he sure did. ]

...

[ Rebooting. ]

[ Riou waits for a moment. He tilts his head a centimeter to the side. Then finally: ]

Are you okay?

[ No. Not at all. Absolutely not. ]

Ah, uh... y-yeah...

[ NO ]

Do... do you, think that doing... that sort of, th-thing, would... be good, for a person that's... I-Iris?

Yes, we were all three Iris at the time.

[ He didn't share for a couple of days. He didn't do it with the intent to share, after all. He just thought it would be nice for other people to know. ]

[ Oh, that's right, he completely forgot that Riou is also Iris. It just doesn't seem to suit him at all. He only remembers Jyuto being Iris.

Three Iris, together? What is that even like?!

(No, no don't think about that. Besides, he's experienced sleeping with another Iris before and one instance wasn't particularly great while the other one was. Pretty good.) ]

Would... two Cordis, and one Iris... sound like a good idea, then?

I only have experience with one Cordis personally. I don't know whether that would make the effect stronger or divide your attentions.

[ He could just end up in a constant state of euphoria for a full hour, which wouldn't be a bad thing. ]

Try it. Every person's taste is different.

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