[it's the least Akira can do, in a situation like this one. when he isn't aware of anyone else in the mansion possessing an antidote. when he is pretty sure that tomorrow. . .]
[. . .]
[Akira's expression softens, the look in his eyes sympathetic]
I know.
[well. . . he didn't know. not exactly. but somehow? the confession makes sense, with what he knows about Chuuya and Dazai]
. . . I don't know why, after the way he's treated you.
[Even if Akira accepts the answer, Chuuya still feels like he needs to explain himself. Because. Yeah. Unhealthy relationships sure are a thing.[
I know- I know it's stupid. You'd think I would be happy to get rid of him. He's caused me so much trouble, I'd be justified in spitting on his grave. But I'm not.
[l o l people haven't been privy to what goes on behind closed doors]
Or. . . well. We don't when we start talking about personal things. We've agreed to a truce to share information about the mansion and the murders, but whenever I try to talk to him about what happened--
[he trails off]
Well. He pointed a gun at me the first day after the gun room in the basement opened.
At least do half of the work of corrupting him, Akira. You're a thief, I've been in gangs my whole life. Between us we can make him less focused on the law, maybe.
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Date: 2020-03-16 12:23 am (UTC)[. . .]
[Akira's expression softens, the look in his eyes sympathetic]
I know.
[well. . . he didn't know. not exactly. but somehow? the confession makes sense, with what he knows about Chuuya and Dazai]
. . . I don't know why, after the way he's treated you.
But I know that you would've.
[and he isn't judging]
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Date: 2020-03-16 01:03 am (UTC)I know- I know it's stupid. You'd think I would be happy to get rid of him. He's caused me so much trouble, I'd be justified in spitting on his grave. But I'm not.
[It's stupid and complicated and he hates it.]
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Date: 2020-03-16 01:46 am (UTC)It's complicated.
[Akira extends his injured leg out in front of him, the other folding across his thigh as he shifts to sit more comfortably on the floor]
. . . sometimes, it's not easy to hate the people you should hate.
[. . .]
By now. . . you know that I understand how that feels.
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Date: 2020-03-16 01:54 am (UTC)[Bros in unhealthy rivalries!]
You're talking about Akechi, huh? I always figured you two were like me and Dazai.
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Date: 2020-03-16 02:04 am (UTC)I am.
[it's given evenly, and with a slightly concerning follow-up]
He's tried to kill me at least twice before.
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Date: 2020-03-16 02:24 am (UTC)Are we talking like...directly? Or by manipulating others to do it?
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Date: 2020-03-16 02:29 am (UTC)Directly. Person-to-person. Face-to-face.
He's not a coward; he wouldn't manipulate someone to do it for him.
[he'd want to do it HIMSELF]
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Date: 2020-03-16 02:46 am (UTC)[At least Dazai wanted him to stay alive.]
How do you two get along after something like that?
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Date: 2020-03-16 03:09 pm (UTC)[l o l people haven't been privy to what goes on behind closed doors]
Or. . . well. We don't when we start talking about personal things. We've agreed to a truce to share information about the mansion and the murders, but whenever I try to talk to him about what happened--
[he trails off]
Well. He pointed a gun at me the first day after the gun room in the basement opened.
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Date: 2020-03-17 03:34 am (UTC)[Sorry Akira, you're his friend and he is very protective of his friends.]
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Date: 2020-03-17 03:38 am (UTC)No. We've been alone together plenty of times since coming here. He'll puff up threateningly whenever he feels cornered, but. . .
He won't hurt me.
[and that's something Akira believes wholeheartedly]
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Date: 2020-03-17 03:54 am (UTC)[Just like Akira has every right to worry about Dazai and Chuuya.]
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Date: 2020-03-18 12:04 am (UTC)Thanks.
. . . but I promise I have it handled. Okay?
[. . .]
In fact, the best thing Akechi could use right about now is a friend like you.
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Date: 2020-03-18 12:22 am (UTC)[D O U B T]
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Date: 2020-03-18 08:22 pm (UTC)[that is not what Akira meant but he is going to go along with it anyway]
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Date: 2020-03-19 01:26 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2020-03-20 06:27 pm (UTC)I think it'll be a tough job, but there's no one out there more suited for it than us.