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[ 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.

Edited 2020-08-27 06:48 (UTC)

[ 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. ]

Edited 2020-08-27 09:22 (UTC)

[ 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.

[ This would be the moment to include more context, but no, he'd rather not. He'll leave that to the safety of his own convoluted pudding head. ]

I suppose that's all I can really do, is just... try it.

You would be surprised what you can unexpectedly enjoy.

[ He's encouraging him.. ]

Th-that's... uh, you... do got a point there. Yeah.

[ Looks at his entire sexual history on this godforsaken planet.

Looks at Sasara.

Stares into the sun. ]

And, I guess it's kinda easier for me to be more open-minded about this kinda stuff when I know how it is... during the Iris moon.

It will mean a lot to your partner if you do something outside of moons, too.

[ At least in Riou's experience. He doesn't know who rosho's partner is, but he sure he would be happy if someone as cranky as Rosho keeps coming back to them. ]

[ Rosho almost startles at the recommendation, mostly because he's so used to using the word "partner" to mean Sasara, he almost panics, thinking, "How did Riou figure it out?!"

(As ridiculously obvious as its been to everyone else, the torch these two idiots have been holding for each other.)

But no, he means something else. Still, he has a point, a big point, and Rosho can't help but think he's been awfully selfish... always thinking about things to help himself get through Iris moon when he hasn't ever done anything with Sasara during Cordis moon.

They're dating and haven't even had normal sex outside the moons yet!! ]

I... ya see, we're... involved... like, dating, so... we, I'm not used to doin' things like that... outside of moons and such.

[ Have they only slept together during the moons? Yes. God. He wilts, going quiet. ]

I'm not a very good boyfriend.

[ Riou ruminates on this for a moment, as if trying to decide the best way to go about it. He's always less sure about people and emotions than he is about more technical things, but this is important.

He puts a hand on Rosho's shoulder in solidarity when he decides what he wants to vocalize. ]

A bad boyfriend wouldn't feel guilty about it. You've established your target, now divise a strategy to complete your objective. If your aim is true, you won't miss.

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