I let you keep me busy 'cause I like you. And-- This. Whatever we got going on here.
[ Probably too much honesty for that blithe tone, but it's vague enough that Reki can either dismiss it or read into it as he sees fit. And that's another part of the problem. Kojiro surrounds himself with the kind of people who need to be taken care of, and he does a damn good job of taking care of them, and he never asks for anything in return, or even clues anyone in to his own wants and needs. Which, again, is fine. He doesn't do anything with the expectation of being repaid; he does it because it genuinely makes him happy to help his friends.
But when Reki frames it in a context like letting people walk all over him? That is enormously uncomfortable, and he can't really put his finger on why. Shelving that for now. ]
Works out for both of us, anyway.
[ Right. Win-win. But Reki's ankle finally registers as something more than an errant breeze, and when Kojiro smirks, his eyes go a little soft. Dreamy. And he is pointedly not shoving him or drawing away now, because there Reki goes, melting his heart again. ]
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[ Probably too much honesty for that blithe tone, but it's vague enough that Reki can either dismiss it or read into it as he sees fit. And that's another part of the problem. Kojiro surrounds himself with the kind of people who need to be taken care of, and he does a damn good job of taking care of them, and he never asks for anything in return, or even clues anyone in to his own wants and needs. Which, again, is fine. He doesn't do anything with the expectation of being repaid; he does it because it genuinely makes him happy to help his friends.
But when Reki frames it in a context like letting people walk all over him? That is enormously uncomfortable, and he can't really put his finger on why. Shelving that for now. ]
Works out for both of us, anyway.
[ Right. Win-win. But Reki's ankle finally registers as something more than an errant breeze, and when Kojiro smirks, his eyes go a little soft. Dreamy. And he is pointedly not shoving him or drawing away now, because there Reki goes, melting his heart again. ]