mineo.

[enfangs]

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[sengokus]

I'm not a nerd! You're just bad at handling your own emotions!

[enfangs]

[LOOKS AWAY

as in. more than he was already looking away.]

Shut up! So what if I am...?

[sengokus]

[ . . . . he just huffs.]

.... so I can either leave you alone with them if you need time on your own -

Or I can sit with you while you deal with them. It's up to you.

[enfangs]

[...]

You can stay. I guess.

[sengokus]

[ . . . . mineo will just nod then and lean back against the bench, glancing over at white]

... we don't have to talk if you don't want to.

But if there's anything you want another person to hear, I'll be listening.

[enfangs]

... A little surprised you don't have anything better to do right now, to be honest.

[when mineo hunted him down for the lecture, white can't say this is how he expected the conversation to turn out. then again, considering the kind of person mineo is (and why, as white's unfortunately reminded, he developed dokis in the first place), maybe he should've.]

dw my notif

[sengokus]

[he blinks at that, tilting his head.]

.... had to go check on something else first, for the investigation. Ran into a dead end.

[because mineo does tend to focus on work first - even if he was mad at white, he had to follow a lead.

but.]

But what's wrong with letting you have all my attention when we're together?

[enfangs]

[...]

What was the lead?

[sengokus]

... trying to find who cursed Aoi-san and Shi-san. If that person did it to protect Law-san, that means Ashiya-san might've killed Omi-san. If they didn't.... they really might've been Omi-san's killer.

Or just a chaotic asshole.

Just wanna know what we're still dealing with, I guess.

[enfangs]

Right, that... Well, if they didn't 'fess up then, they're probably not going to now.

[sengokus]

..... probably not.

But I have to try.

[he's too stubborn for his own good]

[enfangs]

[a snort]

Yeah, I know.

Doubt I'll hear anything, but if I do, I'll let you know.

[sengokus]

[he just laughs a bit quietly]

Give yourself more credit.

I think you help a lot more than you realize.

[enfangs]

[that actually gets white to finally look at mineo, as he blinks in surprise.]

[sengokus]

[he blinks back]

... So like, a whole lot more than you realize.

You know that you probably have the best relationship with some Avatars out of all of us, right? So whatever hints they give you are really useful?

[enfangs]

Wait, what the fuck? Really? I'm not even doing anything.

[he just messages them going "i'm here, be graced with my presence"???]

[sengokus]

.... I don't know if you have to be doing anything - I know that you're trying to help, at least.

[and he tilts his head]

And I think... combining that wanting to help and what you can do to talk to people is a lot more powerful than you realize.

[enfangs]

[a beat.]

Think you just described yourself.

[1/2]

[sengokus]

[a beat]

Uh. Sort of, but I have police training.

[MINEO ACTUALLY THINKS HE'S PRETTY GOOD AT HIS JOB AND DECENT AT TRIALS]

[sengokus]

.... maybe in other stuff, I'd agree with you. But... this is one thing that I actually think... maybe I'm not bad at.

But you seem to doubt how much you do to help... and I think that's wrong.

[enfangs]

[...

well, now he's just going to shove mineo.]

Okay, that's enough with the pep talk.

[this is getting embarrassingly nice and white doesn't know how to handle it]

[sengokus]

[well he'll let himself get shoved, even if it makes him laugh]

Did it work?

[enfangs]

[he looks away, a tad red. ugh!!]

Shut up.

[sengokus]

[he laughs a little bit more at that before tilting his head]

... hey, I didn't confess anything back to you yet, did I?

[enfangs]

[IMMEDIATELY GETS UP FROM THE BENCH]

Well, would you look at the time, I should go beat up Endorsi now or something—!