ROUND 7

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[motorcycle_noises]

[ You're so cute. ]

If it helps, you're probably slightly bigger.

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[filetofish]

I am bigger!

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[motorcycle_noises]

I know.

[ He'd been teasing, but his tone here is more sincere. ]

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[filetofish]

Good! Now you take point and I'll bring up the rear. Let's find some treasure!

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[motorcycle_noises]

You got it.

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[awakenerd]

You're both big AND pretty.

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[filetofish]

And you're cute. Let's move.

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[awakenerd]

Can't I at least be handsome?

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[filetofish]

You're both!

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[awakenerd]

Thanks?

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[filetofish]

You're welcome! Now go on so I can look at your butt while we walk.

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[awakenerd]

Crow!

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[filetofish]

Rean~♥

[ultimate weapon: real names]

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[awakenerd]

[He blushes redder. What the fuck that shouldn't be so effective. But he's laughing again.]

You're... So ridiculous. How do you even lighten the mood at a time like this?

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[filetofish]

I'm a man of many talents.

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[awakenerd]

If you make this a dirty joke I'm throwing you over my shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

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[motorcycle_noises]

[ There's a giggle from over here. ]

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[filetofish]

Yeah, yeah.

[He already made it a dirty joke, Rean!]

Let's get walkin', you cuties.

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[awakenerd]

Or maybe carry you like a cute bride...

[But he'll get walking.]

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[filetofish]

[And so they go! And crow's gonna be very good til they've made a couple of turns, but he's actually quietly wrapping a piano wire around one forearm in case he needs it, and then readying that sword...

He's waiting til there's a moment where Rean & Tatsuya are talking and then he's gonna stab Rean in the back. He's aiming for a quick, easy heart stab.]

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[awakenerd]

[The thing is, he's not expecting it. He's not. Even after the last time he wandered away with Crow in a game he's not expecting Crow to do this.

Because he trusts him.

He loves him.

He loves him and he trusts him and no part of Phoenix, from the moment he arrived in this game, ever seriously intended to fight, let alone fight Crow. So why would he believe Crow, who he knows loves him, would stab him?

He doesn't believe it. Even with the sword through his heart and the warmth at his back that belongs to only one person, he doesn't have to turn around to see who, because he's so intimately familiar with that warm presence, even now he's sort of disbelieving.

It hurts, a lot.

The sword hurts, too.

He stumbles, a faint sound of shock barely audible as he flings a hand out to catch on the wall. A confused what? forming on his lips with no breath to give it sound.

He tries to look over his shoulder, tries to see Crow's expression. There's a million things and nothing going through his mind right now, white noise and pain and fear and mostly, hurt. He's not even at the stage of feeling betrayed quite yet, too shocked, too genuinely, paralyzingly shocked.]

Why?

[Is the smallest, confused whisper.]

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[motorcycle_noises]

[ Tatsuya has suddenly realized the error of agreeing to take point.... no butts to look at. ]

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[filetofish]

[but you will have so much to look at soon--]

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[motorcycle_noises]

[ D-doki. ]

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[awakenerd]

[it true.]