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[ hi ryuji. he's healed! i don't know where they are, but he's probably still in his wet clothes and just wandering off, but he does at least decide now is not the time to be awkward.

(it's still awkward, but it's fine.)

he doesn't answer right away, but he summons takehaya susano-o again just to show that at least his persona's still there. so clearly everything's good? ]

[EVERYTHING IS NOT FUCKING GOOD BECAUSE YOSUKE ISN'T TALKING. Ryuji doesn't realize this right this moment, and so he sighs in relief when he sees Susano-o.]

Okay, you got him still, but what did it take, dude?

[Looks Yosuke over.]

Also, you're hella wet! C'mon, you need to change your clothes.

[ he doesn't answer (lol) but he does dismiss his persona before he just kind of leans against him again. he has healed, but i don't think that would totally make up for his sp so he's wet, tired, and mad.

can we go back to cat manor, that sounds nice. ]

[YOSUKE ISN'T TALKING!!!!!!!!! This is actually starting to worry him a little bit because Yosuke is a yapper. It's weird.]

Dude...?

[The lean against him sets off something a little different this time than being ass-deep in the middle of a Concept trying to eat everyone. All of the tension, the worry--no, it was deeper than worry--fear tumbles over, and he raises his arms, wet by damned, and loops them around Yosuke to hug the other boy. Like HUG.

He isn't sure why he does it. Just feels like something he should do.]

[ that's probably the right answer given he kind of stops walking and slumps facefirst into ryuji's chest. he lives here now. whether this is because he's exhausted, he's upset, he's still feeling clingy from before or a combination of all three, this is ryuji's problem now. ]

[Damn, okay.

He holds Yosuke in his arms, not really caring if he's getting wet because, okay, maybe they both need a hug. He gives Yosuke's shoulders a squeeze.

It's unnerving Yosuke hasn't said anything. The silence is strange.]

Took your voice, huh...?

[Look. He's dumb, but he's not entirely stupid.]

[ thanks, now he just kinda feels bad but once again ryuji is one of the only people to have an idea how his persona works and also why some of this might've tripped his wires.

but it does help that he seems to pick up what the problem is, so he nods.

"sorry, give me a sec." ]

It's cool.

[Yosuke can take whatever time needed, but Ryuji is going to loosen his arms and pull a bit back. He eases one arm around Yosuke's back, then starts leading the way to the manor again.

They can cuddle when they get there.]

Okay, we've really gotta get you some dry clothes. And you should probably rest. [Your SP, man.] I can bring us some, like, ramen or somethin'.

[ he's pretty easy to drag along because he doesn't actually want to stay out here in wet clothes and half-asleep, so he allows this and follows along.

"ramen..." why is that the only thought? food sounds good, that's why. he does try to stand upright so he's not applying more weight to ryuji but he also doesn't pull back.

he's alert enough to lead them back to his room at cat house, but he stops outside of the door and looks at ryuji like he's not sure if he wants to go make food now or come in and wait for yosuke or what. ]

[WHY IS THAT THE ONLY THOUGHT? But mood. Sometimes the only thought has to be ramen.

At the door, he blinks for a long moment at the glance Yosuke gives him, confuse. Then it dawns on him that maybe Yosuke wants some privacy or something.

Right! Haha...]

Oh, uh... I'll go grab the food, and you can change, and then you can eat some before you rest. I'll be back in, like, I dunno, five minutes. Yeah?

Just sit and wait for me if I'm not back yet.

[ he really does just stand here staring at ryuji like a moron, startling a little when ryuji finally speaks before he nods. right. okay. that sounds good. he shoots him a thumbs up to signal that this is fine before opening the door and slipping in to change.

whenever ryuji comes back, he will find that the bed's kind of unmade and there's a grey kitty curled up on a pillow half-asleep. there're a few random items scattered around the room itself, the closet half-open, and there's a guitar leaning against the wall by the bed along with a handful of random papers with what looks like sheet music books from the library.

he'll also find yosuke in different pajama pants and shirtless because he's running a hand over his side where hien bit him, checking to make sure he's in one piece before trying to wriggle into a loose t-shirt. he's not leaving the house, apparently. he does remove yu's watch though to gently set aside so it can dry, which is about when he notices ryuji's back.

slowly waves. sup. ]

[You good, buddy?

Ryuji lets Yosuke go in to change, and he detours back to gather up what he can of something warm and filling--more for Yosuke than himself, despite his unprecedented love for the noodle.

After a bit, he comes back with it ready in his arms. Ramen, drink, then the worry of it maybe not being enough, or the right kind and the resulting panic of loading up on snacks too. He looks idiotic stepping into the room and announcing himself.

And he almost drops all of it when the first thing he sees is topless Yosuke. Look. Memories simply come flooding back momentarily!!! His brain blips, Holy shit, and he quickly looks away, face red. Get it together, dude.]

Uh, yo. M'back. Got some stuff.

[MY GOD. Just gonna try to dodge messing up anything and put this stuff down somewhere for them. It's still so harrowing not having Yosuke to help him fill in the gaps of yapping. Is it weird to miss Yosuke's yapping? Yosuke's voice? Okay, let's not think about that too deeply.]

Got some ramen, some soda, more chips 'n stuff.

[ has yosuke hanamura been good a day in his life.

regardless, he hears the thoughts and he raises an eyebrow briefly, although he can't help but look very faintly amused. okay. listen. yes, he just got chomped by a friend, and yes he's ready to collapse if he's forced to keep standing and yes things are awkward... but it's still kinda nice to know the guy you made out with thinks you're kinda attractive. he tries to take pride in his appearance in general (thinks about elysium telling him he could use a face mask for his skin), so the payoff's a little nice.

but he's not going to make this more awkward than ryuji's ready for, so the t-shirt settles and he tilts his head a little while his eyes look over the food. the pavlovian response of hearing "chips" and looking faintly flustered is still a thing, as it turns out, but he looks mostly composed despite that. (probably because again, ready to collapse.)

he stares at ryuji silently, but after a few moments of concentration...

"thanks, dude. the nightstand's fine, that's close enough."

which is about the point his knees buckle and he just drops onto the bed. okay. as it turns out using his sp, getting his persona and therefore himself thrashed around like a maraca and also the general shock of losing a chunk of his flesh is a lot all at once. give him a second to pathetically drag himself up onto the bed a little further and curl up to make space for ryuji to sit. ]

[Shut up, shut up, shut up. The strange, almost instinctual feelings at least don't make him fly into an existential panic now. He is aware girls still flood him with idiotic, horny, teenage boy attraction, so... he can deal with the boy attraction too.

And, okay, so what if boys look good? He knew that already because Akira looks good. Dumbass. So what.

The goodies get dumped onto the nightstand carefully, but Yosuke's sudden flop to the bed startles him so bad. Yosuke?! Oh. Jesus Christ. He exhales a pent up breath.]

Dude.

[Don't fucking scare him. He thought you passed out, or something. He drags the nightstand around a bit for them and closer, mainly so Yosuke doesn't have to reach all the way. He flops down on the bed, too.]

Here. Eat something and then take a nap, man.

[ akira does look good, dumbass, how have you been sleeping on the opportunity? this is what yosuke's thinking about but hasn't told ryuji himself since the guy seems to be unsure what he's doing. it's okay. he can think about his situation with yu instead.

that's later though. for now he's shivering a little and grabbing one of the blankets he's got balled up somewhere because he's in dry clothes but water's still cold. he's also grabbing a notebook he's set out, flipping to a new page before scribbling on it. ]

You really think I'll be able to sleep after that, huh.

[ which is maybe the only sign that all of this freaked him the fuck out. nevertheless ryuji joins him on the bed and yosuke pauses for a moment, debating with himself before he decides this is now ryuji's problem. he will grab the ramen in a second, he's shifting so he can burrow himself back into the other boy's side again and faceplant for warmth. even if he's not looking, he does write. ]

Thanks though. I'll grab it in a minute.

It's gonna get cold, dude.

[It's the only half-assed protest he has in him. Yosuke promptly snuggles up into him, and--what's he gonna do really? Maybe he should have waited on the food, let Yosuke sleep first, then hauled some in.

It isn't like he wouldn't go get Yosuke more anyway, so who is he kidding?]

It was a lot of bullshit, but you gotta try. If it ain't me gettin' on your ass, it's gonna be someone else tellin' you the same thing.

[He takes the notebook from Yosuke and puts it on the boy's other side. Then he rolls toward Yosuke, pretty much rotating Yosuke like a grilling hotdog roller until he can just big spoon this idiot. He's slept with the other guys, and if no one thinks they don't all end up in a tangled pile.

The notebook is still in front of Yosuke at least.]

[ there's a noise that is meant to indicate "i know" or "i said in a minute" but he's too busy pushing his face into ryuji's ribs apparently. he doesn't get to stay there though because suddenly he's rotating, a short kind of squeak as they're flipped and he settling here. how the fuck he ended up as the little spoon is a mystery (it's not.) but he tenses for a short bit before he slowly relaxes. he may be bi, but he's still getting used to this.

granted, he hangs off of tsukasa all the time but maybe that's different. nevertheless he has to admit to himself he actually likes this. sometimes you belatedly realize you're an affectionate person and would be content having somebody to cuddle. okay, fine, it's another guy. who cares!! he doesn't pull very far away, but he grabs the notebook to scribble another message despite the fact his eyes are half-open. ]

Sorry for freaking you out, but I had to do something. I knew if he kept going he'd hurt somebody else and it'd be worse for him when he came back to himself.
But also that seriously sucked, what the hell.
Plus the river ALSO seriously sucks...

[Yosuke absolutely will not be conscious to eat this ramen in about ten minutes. And if he doesn't also pass the hell out, he will just sit up and eat both of them before lying down again and then passing out.

He reaches up to hold the edge of the notebook so he can read it as if that somehow helps, then drapes his arm back over Yosuke's side.]

I get it. Stop apologizin'.

[As if he wouldn't have done the same thing if not distracted by Yosuke's very similar flinging into danger.]

Didn't want you to have to do the river again, but you weren't the only one. Like a hundred people had to get in there 'cause of Shadowman and wherever everybody went.

[ it's either this or he falls asleep face first in the ramen. he might get up in a few minutes but this really isn't a compelling argument. it's even worse off when when ryuji drapes an arm back over him and yosuke moves, grabbing said-arm to lock around him more securely. if you're going to do this, do it right. ]

Yeah, no kidding. This last round was really bad.
Won's back at least, and so's Hien. Not entirely sure what Hien's missing, but be nice to Hak, okay?
Losing my voice isn't the worst thing to happen at least. It's just annoying.

[ "and it makes it much harder to talk to you." ]

Edited 2025-12-21 21:59 (UTC)

[Damn! Okay! He tucks his arm up against Yosuke's chest, feeling hot in the face. He didn't know you wanted to cuddle cuddle, sue him. Also, worse? Worse is Ryuji notching his face a little into the back of Yosuke's neck and shoulder at the hairline, making sure he can still see over to the notebook and what Yosuke is writing.

Not that it necessarily matters since Yosuke's thoughts reverberate to him, too.]

I know.

[This could be in response to either of those. He doesn't clarify. (Both!)]

Probably somethin' just as annoying as yours. I'm gonna go see how Hak is doin' later. I'm gonna be nice. I'm never not nice to that guy, even if he bit me and then tried kissin' me for no reason. Guess I should probably check on Shadowman, too. Ain't talked to him in a little while.

[ this is like 50% he's cold and tired and 50% he's pushing ryuji's buttons to see what he does and possibly make him insane. somewhere in there he also is in the middle of trying to come to terms with the idea maybe he would like to be held sometimes, damn. that's weird? that's not a manly response and he has to sort of process that. there are two wolves inside him, the one that objects to being labeled an omega and wants to be a guys guy and the other that could probably use a hug in general half the time.

except he is a little surprised when ryuji's face is in the back of his neck, skin growing warm while he thinks about how close they are despite the fact he literally caused this. it's fine. ]

It's probably not as bad as it was when he went in after eating the keys to the cage. That one was awful for him.
Didn't say you're never not nice, but you get it.

[ "should i bite you to make up for that, too?" slightly delirious thoughts. ]

Whenever you wanna go check on everybody it's fine. Probably not going anywhere for a while.

[YOSUKE. Christ. He's having enough of a hormonal boy crisis as it is, and now he has to figure out how he feels about YOU after you made him practice kissing on you!! It's fine. That is a problem for later Ryuji once they've rested.

There is a sigh of hot breath on the back of Yosuke's neck. Enjoy.]

I'll go when there's time.

[His face is warm against Yosuke's neck. His thoughts mumble a kind of, Great, now I'm gonna be thinkin' about him bitin' me, too. Thanks a lot! Speaking of, and speaking of a later Ryuji problem...]

Sorry I ain't... Forget it. Uh, I guess we should talk after you nap and eat. [Wait.] ...Well, ya can't really talk, but... just... Dammit, nevermind. You know what I mean.

[ sorry, this isn't his fault? (it's completely his fault.) things that are not his fault though: the shudder that runs through him when ryuji breathes on the back of his neck, and he curls around his arm a little tighter. he peels an eye open to look at the food on the table, and while he does kind of want it he's also comfortable like this.

he hears the thought bouncing around in his head though and it means he's also now thinking about actually biting him? this is a mess. that's for later, because he does think about what tobari said before he writes on the page again. ]

Been a week.

[ just. pointing out that they haven't talked in a while. ]

We should talk whenever you wanna talk. Can be now, can be after, I don't care. Sorry it has to be like this though, haha. What a pain.

[Dammit, he brain chastises him. This is the worst effin' time to bring this up, idiot. And it is! It was the worst time. Yosuke is exhausted, stunted by the river, and needs food and rest.]

Sorry, [he manages, feeling awkward. He's remembering what Edamura told him which, hilariously, was almost the exact same things Tobari told Yosuke.] I'm bein' selfish. I can't make you talk about all of that right now, dude. It ain't right.

[Another huff of warm air on Yosuke's neck, sorry buddy.]

Rest 'n eat first. I... uh... I ain't goin' nowhere. [Where's he gonna go with Yosuke wrapping up in his arm?] I'll be here when you wake up.

I ain't mad or nothin', for the record.

[In case even bringing all this up made Yosuke too nervous to pass out.]

[ his fingers tap on the back of ryuji's hand twice as if he's telling him to shut up with the apology. like yes, fine, they should maybe talk about this when yosuke can actually talk. on the other hand, this isn't helping given there's a quiet whine when another puff of air ghosts over him. damnit, stop thinking, yosuke.

his brain definitely feels a little sluggish like he's struggling to process what ryuji's saying, eyelids fluttering while he's writing on his page again. ]

I'm not either.

[ he didn't think either of them would be mad, but it's a lot to reframe. anyway their ramen is definitely going to get cold unless ryuji decides to eat it soon because yosuke's still writing something else. ]

I don't think it's selfish

[ well. ryuji gets to wonder what the rest of that thought is because yosuke does, actually, pass out in the middle of that sentence, growing slack against him even with the slight shivering because he really should've put on a hoodie. how long is ryuji actually going to stay there? abuses this icon because it's cute. ]

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