[ Shuichi's exasperated response is expected -- too familiar, even. It might even briefly let Ouma forget about the fact that this is just a new version of Shuichi and not the one in his memories he'd grown so...close (?) to. It was complicated. But they'd definitely been partners, in multiple weird senses of the word. There had been a mutual trust of some kind, which Ouma never gave out easily.
And now it's gone.
It's gone, but Ouma still feels at ease in a sense around Shuichi -- he's something that Ouma can potentially trust, even if it's a bitter realization that none of that is necessary or likely to come about in this situation.
He doesn't miss that city. But he misses something, and he definitely doesn't want to fixate on that mess of feelings too much. ]
Whatever! [ He concedes easily enough, like he never intended to do anything in the first place. ] If that's what you're into, it's none of my business...!
[ He says, like he's ever fucking minded his own business before.
His eyes linger on those two for a few seconds longer -- Miu, clearly flustered and fumbling over her words as Kaede seemed embarrassed (but not aversive, Ouma notes). His attention shifts to Shuichi quickly, and he looks at the other pointedly. Knowingly, perhaps, given that his leer returns to something teasing or mischievous again.
But it's simply because he knows a lie. Especially from Shuichi. ]
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And now it's gone.
It's gone, but Ouma still feels at ease in a sense around Shuichi -- he's something that Ouma can potentially trust, even if it's a bitter realization that none of that is necessary or likely to come about in this situation.
He doesn't miss that city. But he misses something, and he definitely doesn't want to fixate on that mess of feelings too much. ]
Whatever! [ He concedes easily enough, like he never intended to do anything in the first place. ] If that's what you're into, it's none of my business...!
[ He says, like he's ever fucking minded his own business before.
His eyes linger on those two for a few seconds longer -- Miu, clearly flustered and fumbling over her words as Kaede seemed embarrassed (but not aversive, Ouma notes). His attention shifts to Shuichi quickly, and he looks at the other pointedly. Knowingly, perhaps, given that his leer returns to something teasing or mischievous again.
But it's simply because he knows a lie. Especially from Shuichi. ]
Sooo, what did you forget, anyway?