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[enfangs]

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[enfangs]

[white's heading back to his room, the reason for which might be obvious—he still has blood on his face from trial, though it's smudged now like he wiped it with his gloved hand without thinking.

he looks a little caught off-guard when mineo approaches him, but.]

I'm fine. [...] You?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he's quiet for a moment before he just reaches out to him.]

.... better now. In case you were worried.

Come on, let's get you cleaned up.

[enfangs]

... That was the idea. And I wasn't worried or anything...

[he doesn't make a move towards mineo, but he doesn't move away either, at least.]

[sengokus]

[the tsun edit....

but mineo is just going to pause for a moment. before huffing and just straight up catching white's wrist with his hand and pulling him over to his room]

... I'm waiting for Endorsi to come back, so come to my room for a bit, okay?

[enfangs]

[he lets himself be pulled along.]

... Sure.

[sengokus]

[he stops himself from asking for a whole two minutes as they head into the room

but then - ]

Have you seen her?

[enfangs]

... Earlier, yeah.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

Is there a point, to asking if she's okay?

[he.... hasn't seen her.

but he will guide white over to the bathroom, just so mineo can get a towel and dampen it in the sink]

[enfangs]

Probably not. [he rolls his shoulder.] She was hitting harder than usual.

[unsurprisingly, white and endorsi dealt with emotions by not touching them and instead tried to beat each other up.]

She's not going to want your sympathy, though.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . right.

he's just gonna beckon white over so mineo can take care of this fucking BLOOD on his HEAD]

.... I don't if I have sympathy.

[a beat]

I've kind of hated Mahito for a few weeks.

[enfangs]

[well, first, he's a little startled.]

... You don't have to.

[deal with. the blood.

but also—]

'Cause of the whole hating humans and feeding off their suffering, or whatever? Heard a little bit about that from Gojou before.

[sengokus]

It's just faster than you dunking your head in water? You should probably still take a shower, but I wanted to talk to you first.

[so he stole white away. :/

but regardless he's just gonna. huff out a breath at that.]

... yeah. That. Not knowing which day he'd end up changing his mind, and I'd wake up to Endorsi dead. Or when I'd have to shoot him myself because he came after me, and then deal with Endorsi hating me for that.

[enfangs]

[he means that he could do it himself because mineo doing it for him is very sweet and, like most kind gestures, white doesn't know what the fuck to do with that!

but he won't stop mineo at this point, since making a big deal out of it seems more awkward.]

... Yeah, I get that. I was kind of wondering if he'd ever try and do something. [a beat, as he smiles wryly.] Though the difference between people like you and people like me is that it was almost comforting.

[not because white wanted mahito to try and kill him, but...

at least when cruel people turn on you, you know why. you can blame it on them.

it's more terrifying for white to wonder when those who show him kindness will finally tire of it.]

[sengokus]

.... comforting?

[he - clearly doesn't get it. there's a furrow in his brow at that, irritated at the idea that there could be someone who could suddenly snap and take someone precious to him.

and yet he's expected to play nice with that person? honestly terrible.]

[enfangs]

[he shrugs.]

I'm used to being around people like him.

[he's not going to admit to any of his deeper sentiments, because mineo would inevitably get incredibly sappy about it, which he cannot deal with right now especially with mineo offering to wipe blood from his face.]

Just... unlike Endorsi, I kept my trust more closely guarded, I guess.

[did he like mahito? he doesn't know. he probably would've sided with gojou over him, despite talking to mahito far more. but he wouldn't say he ever hated him, either.]

[sengokus]

[yea he's just still wiping blood from white's face because why the fuck has he been going around like that.]

..... I'm glad that things are - changing, at least. That you're not stuck with people like him anymore... because even having to share a room with him for the past while has been hell.

[and mineo truly couldn't stand it, but he bit his tongue for endorsi and also partially for gojou]

And... I'm also glad that you more careful with your trust. You should be. It's precious.

[enfangs]

[because for better or for worse, blood doesn't bother him...

but yeah, he absolutely could not handle mineo being nice to him right now—wait fuck, it's happening? he can't even look away, so he just stiffens a little.]

... Well, it's more like I don't trust anyone either, so it's not that praiseworthy.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he shakes his head at that]

I think it's fine.

[but once the blood's clear off white's face, mineo will just go and get a clean towel and offer it out to him]

I think... that I, of all people, don't really get to lecture people on trust today.

[enfangs]

[he takes it.]

Don't think you're meant to believe in people here in the first place, honestly.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . ]

Probably not.

[he'll own that. his trust's been - battered pretty badly int he last day, actually.]

.... I really almost believed in Ming Yi-san for a second there. And... I guess now, I still kind of do.

[it's. very difficult.]

But... I guess it's just 'cause I want to believe, even if it's kinda stupid.

[enfangs]

Yeah, it is. It just gets you betrayed in the end.

[...

he edges back a bit, as he'd like to be further out of mineo's physical proximity before showing even a little vulnerability.]

... Though being stupid once in a while might be necessary. Living while expecting nothing from people gets depressing after a while too.

[sengokus]

[ . . . he looks thoughtful about that before he tilts his head]

... do you expect anything from me, White?

[enfangs]

[he freezes.]

What? Where is this coming from?

[sengokus]

Because.... you said that you don't expect anything from other people.

Is that still true here?

[enfangs]

[sir, do not ask him this when he is stuck in your bathroom with you?]

... I feel like answering that is a lose/lose situation for me!