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[flaredo]

"Heeey, you've reached Yang! Well, actually, you didn't reach far enough, 'cause I'm not here right now! But don't yang up! Just leave a message on this baby, and I'll get back to you soon enough, okay?"

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[flaredo]

Then let's get started!

[ SHE WILL BUILD A HORRIFYING MASTERPIECE. ]

[masakados]

Yep. [Serious face (battle mode) still in place he goes off to get to it.

HIS TOO WILL BE A MASTERPIECE OF HORROR. Made just for you, Yang.]

[flaredo]

[ It's fine, hers is already an alarming shade of green-- ]

[masakados]

[Oh that's cool his is kind of turning from what had been lurid red (?????) into... very appetizing brown.]

[flaredo]

[ Don't actually kill her, Naoki. ]

[masakados]

[HE WOULDN'T... it just, you know.

Will not be a fun ride for the tastebuds. When he's finished his masterpiece, he'll meet her at a table...]

[flaredo]

[ What greets him is green with bits of red... and hunks of... meat sticking out of the sides? And cute shit like gummy robots and less cute shit like potato chips. ]

You ready?

[masakados]

[It's hard to tell anymore what Naoki put in his... it's become an amalgamated but still somehow lumpy... mass. With sprinkles on it.]

Ready when you are. [LOOKING AT WHAT SHE'S MADE...]

[flaredo]

... [ Okay, fine, she's going to take a spoon, dig out a large chunk of it, and stick it in her mouth.

REMEMBER HER AS SHE LIVED.

Then again, most of Naoki's is wasabi and strawberry-flavored... ]

[masakados]

[HOPE YOU LIKE UNEXPECTEDLY SPICY and also umami-sweet???

And the aftertaste is probably... lovely...

Naoki's going to dive right in too, though after the first bite he coughs after he swallows, not sure how it's possible for these flavours to coexist. But no... he can do this...]

[flaredo]

[ Oh god it's spicy IT'S SPICY AND SWEET urgh--

But just like Naoki's determined to do this, so is Yang-- so she's just going to force this down as quickly as possible, making the most attractive faces in the meantime.

Like PAINED REGRET. ]

[masakados]

[Naoki's going at it too, swallowing painfully each mouthful WHY DID THEY DECIDE TO DO THIS--

But he chances a look up as he grimaces.

--haha, her face. No, don't laugh, he can laugh after, right now he needs to eat the rest of this...]

[flaredo]

[ Shut up, Naoki, we can't all look majestic while we're choking down terrible froyo combos.

But she's actually making it to the bottom of her cup... before her head hits the table.

UGH. ]

My tastebuds...

[masakados]

[Naoki struggles through the last bite... and drops the spoon into the cup, groaning and scrubbing his palm over his mouth.]

I think my mouth's actually aching...

[THAT WAS WRETCHED. He does crane his neck a little, peering into her cup.]

[flaredo]

[ EMPTY LIKE HER STOMACH WISHES IT COULD BE-- but she slowly lifts her head. ]

W-what's the verdict?

[masakados]

Looks like we're tied...

[Wearily, he turns his cup to show her. Nice and empty. Urgh.]

...does that mean we should both give a secret? 'Cause I'm not gonna do a rematch. [Once was enough!!]

[flaredo]

Yeah... you know what, let's go with that. [ THEY FOUGHT A HARD BATTLE. ]

[masakados]

But first... just one sec. [He'll stand up, walking over to the counter... and returning with two bottles of water.]

Here you go. [He's going to chug his right down...]

[flaredo]

You're a lifesaver! [ AND SHE'S DRINKING HALF OF THAT before she pauses to speak, coughing a little first. ]

So... who's going first?

[masakados]

Mmm-- [He frowns thoughtfully, his mind puzzling over what he could tell her. It stops on that thing, the one thing he needs to tell her... but not right now. That... will be later.]

You can decide, if you want. I'm fine either way.

[flaredo]

You first, then... my throat's still kind of burning.

[ Thanks, Naoki. ]

[masakados]

Okay. [He smiles at her, taking another swig from his bottle of water before thinking again for a minute. So many of the secrets he has are so dark, so maybe something mild?]

Then... this horn. [He cocks his head.] You know how most animals don't feel anything from their horns, right? I can actually get sensation from it. [It's weird but it wouldn't be the only weird thing.]

[flaredo]

... Really? Is it sensitive?

[ Because she's going to reach behind him to lightly touch it. ]

[masakados]

So--oort of, [his voice drags in a surprised sound 'cause he saw her reaching but nope there she goes touching. It doesn't cause the same shivery sense as touching his marks does, but he can feel her fingers.

It feels just as warm as the rest of him, even if it's definitely a horn.]

But not too much.

[flaredo]

I hadn't even thought about that-- but then again, I guess you wouldn't want people just grabbing it out of the blue.

[ Like she just did. ]