Futureverse

[oneblackcat]

PSL with Athena. AKA That Game With Insane Amounts of Worldbuilding.

More here later, yada yada yada.

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[oneblackcat]

"...That's supposed to be my line," Omi quietly parries. Nagi showed less on the outside, but he was the one who'd been targeted. And as angry as Omi may still be, he isn't about to forget that; this isn't about him.

[cyberfly]

"..."

Nagi isn't sure what to say to that. It's relatively new, being the object of concern to people. Certainly not in the way Omi treats him. He doesn't look at him with pity.

"It's nothing new," he finally says. People like Gilmore have always existed. You just have to tolerate them for as long as you need to, and move on. But he also realizes that it's not something Omi has ever had to deal with.

"...but thanks."

[oneblackcat]

Just because it wasn't something new for Nagi doesn't make it right or okay. Maybe he's hoping to reassure Omi that he's used to it and it's no big deal. To Omi, that isn't an idea that makes him feel better. He shouldn't have had to deal with it enough to be used to it.

"...Does anyone else here talk to you like that?"

[cyberfly]

"...not lately." There might be a tone of gratitude there, because he does think that the kids in most part have left him alone because of his association with Naru, Omi, and Ken.

"Why, are you gonna beat them up for me?" he says with mild amusement.

[oneblackcat]

"Have you ever seen me hit someone?" Omi counters with some amusement of his own. "You know I don't fight with my fists."

The underlying message, of course, being No, but I might make sure they're sorry all the same.