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[ryuji]

I didn't say that you couldn't...

[chariotry]

You mentioned something about the third being your limit.

[ryuji]

... the fuck?

That's what you got outta that?

[chariotry]

Well, I don't intend to marry you.

1 of uhm.........3?

[ryuji]

[...]

[ryuji]

[Achilles...]

[ryuji]

Huh?

Who the HELL said anything about marriage???

[chariotry]

You did.

Rather, you implied it.

[ryuji]

I don't wanna marry anyone. Dude, I'm 17. That's like. The last goddamn thing on my mind.

Was askin' if you would... shit.

If you'd go on a date with me or something? I don't effin' know.

[chariotry]

What's a date?

[ryuji]

[Lightbulb goes off in Ryuji's head.

Okay. It makes sense now.]

You've never gone on one, have you?

[chariotry]

I wouldn't know since I don't even know what a date is.

So explain.

[ryuji]

You gotta agree to it to find out.

[chariotry]

[ Most people would be wary, but Achilles is a stupid jock who is like "BRING IT ON" in face of any challenge. Whatever it is, he can handle it. ]

Fine.

[ryuji]

[Achilles not knowing what it is actually... takes a ton of the pressure of it off. Ryuji can't be the official worst date if Achilles has ever had, if it's the only one he's ever had. Silver lining.

But, he wasn't being serious with him when he proposed it the first time. That sort of manipulation just isn't his style at all.]

You're just gonna jump right into it, huh.

It's like... a romantic hang out. Spending some time together to get to know each other, doin' something together- that sorta stuff. People from my time don't just suddenly start messin' around without it.

Well, I mean some do, but I don't really think I'm like that.

[HE AIN'T NO DAMN WHORE ACHILLES.]

[chariotry]

A romantic hang out? So this is... a ritual almost. Something you do before marriage, then. I think I get it.

You want that with me?


[ Oh shit. ]

[ryuji]

HUH? YOU KEEP JUMPIN' TO MARRIAGE AND I'M LIKE OVER HERE ABOUT IT ___ and you're over ___ here

It's just... somethin' people do to find out if they're compatible with each other. And to build trust and a relationship. Seriously. I am the worst person in the world to have to explain this to you.

[chariotry]

A relationship...

With me?

[ryuji]

I dunno! What I'm saying is... it'd be cool to find out if I did. Y'know?

[chariotry]

... You don't even know who I truly am, yet.

Think about what you're pursuing. I'm here and I exist, but only by magic.

There is no future that could exist between the two of us. That's why I live in the moment.

[ryuji]

[Wow. His face feels red hot, and his eyebrows scrunch upward. He... he knows this feeling. This is one that he's felt a bunch of times over, enough to know what a "no" looks like, even when it's worded like this.

It's... okay. He'll stand by his principles, anyway, and try to not take it too hard. A different, more naive Ryuji from a year ago would've probably argued harder, pursued the argument that you can't get to know a person unless you spend time with them, which was the whole purpose of asking the dude out on a date, but. Ah, well. He only wants one thing, right? Aren't most adults like this in the end, anyway?]

Mnn. I got it. I guess when it comes down to it, it wouldn't work out in the end anyway.

Hey, I'm gonna get going. COST assigned me a mission that I'm startin' from tomorrow and I can't mess this up.

Seeya 'round, Rider?

[chariotry]

Wait. I still agreed to that date, and I'm a man of my word.

Shall we make one out of the mission?

[ryuji]

[He laughs at himself when he sees the reply. It's not a chuckle that's filled with humor, but just moreso about how damn ironic it is. Sure, whatever.]

That ain't how a date works, but... sure, why not?

You can tag along.

[chariotry]

I'm sorry.

Tell me where you are and explain this mission to me.

[ryuji]

Huh? You sure you can resist your manly urges?

Same place as last time. This one's kinda weird. I don't really know how to tackle it.