It forces Ryuji's cheeks to tinge a different color, and goddamnit if those words don't get to him with the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. Funny how a few months ago, someone copping his style would've sent him full tilt, and now an earnest comment like that gets the dokis raring up to go like a Harley.
And in a way, it sort of makes up his mind, right here. About this whole Devil bullshit. Sure, someone with a silk tongue could probably swindle Ryuji out of everything he ever saved up, both in the realm of dollars and sense here, but even with everything that she had promised him, up to and including enough strength to protect the people he can't live without... just.
Fuck it.
He can do it on his own. He can handle it just fine as it is. It's probably one of those stupid teenager moments, when one person thinks they're actually Superman because they've got a heart to protect, but Ryuji is right there in it. Invincible, in a way, because he's got a matching jacket for armor and, well, Dave. It's more than just a good vibe. It's everything to him right now.
Ryuji watches him bite his lip and knows that it's because there's something he wants to follow up with that, but unfortunately, whether or not Dave was planning on letting loose into a joke, he's not going to get the chance. There comes a point where Ryuji just can't take it any more, and with a tug backwards to their linked hands.
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Really. Really. Fucking smooth.
It forces Ryuji's cheeks to tinge a different color, and goddamnit if those words don't get to him with the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow. Funny how a few months ago, someone copping his style would've sent him full tilt, and now an earnest comment like that gets the dokis raring up to go like a Harley.
And in a way, it sort of makes up his mind, right here. About this whole Devil bullshit. Sure, someone with a silk tongue could probably swindle Ryuji out of everything he ever saved up, both in the realm of dollars and sense here, but even with everything that she had promised him, up to and including enough strength to protect the people he can't live without... just.
Fuck it.
He can do it on his own. He can handle it just fine as it is. It's probably one of those stupid teenager moments, when one person thinks they're actually Superman because they've got a heart to protect, but Ryuji is right there in it. Invincible, in a way, because he's got a matching jacket for armor and, well, Dave. It's more than just a good vibe. It's everything to him right now.
Ryuji watches him bite his lip and knows that it's because there's something he wants to follow up with that, but unfortunately, whether or not Dave was planning on letting loose into a joke, he's not going to get the chance. There comes a point where Ryuji just can't take it any more, and with a tug backwards to their linked hands.
He goes right for it.]