kazuki catchall

[adorabrawler]

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[teenrebellion]

[ rolls his eyes. ]

I don't need encouragement. I'm not putting my life on pause just because it might end in a few weeks... again, I guess. It's just how things are back home.

[adorabrawler]

I know, I know, it's just—sometimes you sound like you've completely given up on things.

[teenrebellion]

[ shrugs. ]

There's nothing I can do about it, anyway. I'm not going to be the one to stop Adonis, and as long as they're out there, anyone can die at any moment. It'd be stupid to pretend otherwise.

[adorabrawler]

Guess so. Sorry. It's hard to know what to say about stuff like this..

[teenrebellion]

Well, you're twelve. It's not like I'm expecting you to have some great wise words to say about it or whatever.

[adorabrawler]

What's my age got to do with it?

[teenrebellion]

Nothing. I don't expect you to be wise at any age.

[adorabrawler]

You test me some days.

[teenrebellion]

The feeling's mutual.

[ he's teasing but also, ]

[adorabrawler]

Yeah? You gonna do something about it?

[teenrebellion]

Not really. What, you think I should?

[adorabrawler]

Do you... want to?

[teenrebellion]

If I did, I would.

[adorabrawler]

You hold back a lot more than most guys.

[teenrebellion]

[ squints at her like ??? ]

I guess guys your age are even stupider than usual, but...

[ he's eighteen what's he gonna do to a twelve year old ]

[adorabrawler]

Yeah, they're all pretty stupid.

[teenrebellion]

[ thinks about some of his friends back home. ]

...They don't always grow out of it.

[adorabrawler]

Even the adult men I know are stupid.

[teenrebellion]

Some of the guys I know are, too. [ ... ] Some of the guys here are.

[adorabrawler]

Really? I feel like most guys here are better than most.

[teenrebellion]

Depends. Almost all of them are still bad about acknowledging how they feel about things, though.

[adorabrawler]

I thought that was just Alex.

[teenrebellion]

[ snorts. ]

Definitely not just her.

[adorabrawler]

What about you?

[teenrebellion]

I'm pretty aware of how I feel about things.