[the sneaky little bastard, meanwhile, simply relaxes where he is, focusing on his senses, mentally following along as Ryuji approaches, like two points on a line moving to meet each other, or like two magnets that always follow the shortest trajectory right back to each other. it's a promise, one he can sense it in real time and in his entire being, as Ryuji walks to the Quad toward him, fulfilling it as he's done so many times already. he can't pinpoint an exact location, but everything about Ryuji is so seared into his mind that if he closes his eyes, he's pretty sure he can actually see him as he's making his way downtown, walking fast; faces pass, because he's home bound.]
[and that promise and this oath magic are one in the same, giving a firm tangibility to something he'd already known was a given — and there's a moment where he thinks to himself that he'd do pretty much anything to be as reliable and easy to depend on as Ryuji has been to him. to make sure that if Ryuji needs him, all he has to do is close his eyes for a moment, and have that sense of reassurance as Dave walks, running back to him at the drop of a hat. the same sort of comfort he's feeling right now.]
[he leans back against the tree trunk attached to the tree branch he's chilling out on, and smiles to himself. god, he loves that vulgar boy — and sensing that he's now in his immediate vicinity, and seeing that familiar silhouette, and then familiar face, looking around for him only amplifies it.]
[anyway, once Ryuji is close enough to the tree Dave's chilling out in, and if he doesn't look up in time, he's going to go ahead and drop the cowboy hat on his head. congrats, Ryuji, you've found him.]
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[the sneaky little bastard, meanwhile, simply relaxes where he is, focusing on his senses, mentally following along as Ryuji approaches, like two points on a line moving to meet each other, or like two magnets that always follow the shortest trajectory right back to each other. it's a promise, one he can sense it in real time and in his entire being, as Ryuji walks to the Quad toward him, fulfilling it as he's done so many times already. he can't pinpoint an exact location, but everything about Ryuji is so seared into his mind that if he closes his eyes, he's pretty sure he can actually see him as he's making his way downtown, walking fast; faces pass, because he's home bound.]
[and that promise and this oath magic are one in the same, giving a firm tangibility to something he'd already known was a given — and there's a moment where he thinks to himself that he'd do pretty much anything to be as reliable and easy to depend on as Ryuji has been to him. to make sure that if Ryuji needs him, all he has to do is close his eyes for a moment, and have that sense of reassurance as Dave walks, running back to him at the drop of a hat. the same sort of comfort he's feeling right now.]
[he leans back against the tree trunk attached to the tree branch he's chilling out on, and smiles to himself. god, he loves that vulgar boy — and sensing that he's now in his immediate vicinity, and seeing that familiar silhouette, and then familiar face, looking around for him only amplifies it.]
[anyway, once Ryuji is close enough to the tree Dave's chilling out in, and if he doesn't look up in time, he's going to go ahead and drop the cowboy hat on his head. congrats, Ryuji, you've found him.]