[ Did you know, Akira is like the 5th person in this game to squish Ryoji's cheeks and they have all been cute, affectionate gestures until now. He puffs his cheeks in retaliation but the air just gets immediately let out under the relentless cleaning. ]
There's nothing we can do.
[ That would probably just make Akira angrier and drying more painful, so Ryoji squirms his way out of his grasp and slips behind him, pressing his forehead against the dry fabric of Akira's back so he doesn't have to force a smile, hands on Akira's shoulders to march him towards... Was it back to the lions? He'd forgotten what path he'd traced out on the map, but there were lions at every other stop. ]
It's not like I want to forget everything, but I don't know what I can do to ensure... anything. How to keep anyone. Maybe it's playing their game, filling out bingos to show we're invested, I don't know.
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There's nothing we can do.
[ That would probably just make Akira angrier and drying more painful, so Ryoji squirms his way out of his grasp and slips behind him, pressing his forehead against the dry fabric of Akira's back so he doesn't have to force a smile, hands on Akira's shoulders to march him towards... Was it back to the lions? He'd forgotten what path he'd traced out on the map, but there were lions at every other stop. ]
It's not like I want to forget everything, but I don't know what I can do to ensure... anything. How to keep anyone. Maybe it's playing their game, filling out bingos to show we're invested, I don't know.