but, at those words, vane can only laugh uneasily. because maybe it's exactly that childishness that he was hinting to. not that he says it aloud. instead he works on diffusing the situation. ] Aw, don't be like that, Ro! Besides, even the children know there's no "take backs"!
More importantly! Did you get any good ideas from it?
[ this is why rohankun doesn't deserve vanekun ....... ]
Yes. I've thought up a thrilling story about a young boy with skin that resembles fried chicken, and it's going to be about the struggles he faces growing up as an outcast in his society.
really!? that makes me real happy cause it means we're close, right?
i think helping in your own way is the only thing we can do sometimes i also didn't really help like the others i just hope i can do better and protect them from now on
People say there's a haunting beauty to them. Like it could lure you into anything... I'm sure you've heard legends of lights, or a song, doing the same, right?
[that stuff seems pretty universal]
I was thinking something more like. It's hell.
[he picks NOW to be blunt]
What about your planet? Tell me something about it - I'll drink if it's different.
[only a cursory effort extended to get their game back on track]
sounds pretty horrific, honestly?!? ] R-really? But while that sounds scary, I feel pretty bad for the little guy, you know? He didn't ask for fried chicken skin. Then again, no one asked for... [ fried chicken ice cream either...
and he's not even saying this out of displeasure or because he dislikes it (he's genuinely okay with it, after all).
but, he catches himself: ] A-ah, nothing. Either way, is it supposed to be like an emotional piece?
i feel like i heard my fair share of scary stories when i was little but you know? i always think that maybe they're lonely too and that there's a lot we don't understand about them or something like that, ahaha. is that weird to think?
hell? did you not like home?
[ ... ]
my home, huh? unlike here there were tons of small floating pieces of lands and different sky kingdoms we normally traveled by airship...
Of course. Feeling ostracized by the rest of the world is something numerous people can relate to, no matter how they look like. Not myself, of course, because I don't care what anyone thinks [ yeah somehow the actual weird guy can't relate!!! ], but I don't think there's anyone else who can safely say they've never felt that way at least once. The emotions involved will surely resound with many.
[
Then, after he takes a long sip of the tea and sets the cup down on the saucer: ] Also, I'm just kidding.
[ Now he doesn't mind writing that story though ... ]
good because i'm already blowing one up! ... invite no one else? man, you're the same as always huh? but okay, big brother vane will listen to your request!
[ but one day, he's going to teach rohan the pleasures of being in a group, or so vane thinks. ]
vane listens to that first part a little amazed, if just for the fact that it's coming from the guy who just licked the ice cream he gave him. but vane decisively opts on ... letting it go with a little hint of a smile tugging at his lips. probably enough of a telltale sign in and of itself. but, as emotional as this all gets and as much as he believes in rohan...
and starts responding while the other man is mid-sip: ] When you put it like that...
I think it could turn out to be a pretty good story. Especially for younge—
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