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Mako Lou

Uh... Hi. Just joined the police force. Um, I guess, leave a message if you want to connect.

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[browbeater]

You weren't kidding?!

[this is fast, but if they can still talk, they're still not going fast enough.]

I still think you're holding back or something!

[maybe he shouldn't challenge him.

but now that they've started, he knows the pace. And all he's gotta do... is speed up.]

[youraffection]

[ Oh. He should totally challenge him. Yosuke is ready for this challenge! ]

Oh yeah?? Think you can do better, old man?

[browbeater]

[he wasn't a winger for nothing.

Now that they're running, Mako takes off, like he's got something to prove. He's only, what, 5 years older? He hasn't even hit his peak yet, Yoosk.

But he's following the tradition of "if you can talk, you're not running fast enough."]

[youraffection]

Shit!

[ Okay, so he wasn't actually expecting that, but he isn't going to let that bum him out. So Yosuke picks up the pace, trying to see if he can catch up with Mako! ]

[maskreant]

[ why are you making this hard ]

i didn't know who else to ask...

even if you're single now, you must have had past relationships, right? experience and stuff.

[browbeater]

[They never agreed on an end point. All everyone knows is that there are two idiots, sprinting down the walking/running track. Mako is expertly dodging fellow (slower) runners, moms with baby strollers, dog walkers with unruly dogs... The memory is rusty, but it's still there, at least.

He keeps running until he's almost out of steam, conveniently at the mile marker. He slows, and then stops there, placing his hands behind his head to quickly try and catch his breath]

[browbeater]

that's true...

[because he's suspicious... and he doesn't know where to place Akira's intentions]

[maskreant]

so you're not interested in anyone right now?

[ HERE IT IS? ]

[browbeater]

that's a huge jump kurusu.

are you trying to get closer to me? or do you have a hidden motive?

[maskreant]

is it? i mean we're talking about confessing, relationships, etc. maybe you're just being paranoid.

but getting closer doesn't sound bad. you seem like a good friend to have.

[browbeater]

thanks.

[he stares at his phone for a moment... well, that was oddly charming, akira.]

fine, to your question earlier... idk. before we had a monster invasion, i was working nightshift. which isn't exactly a great time to meet people. and crushes aren't how all relationships start.

[#nailedit]

[standalonehuman]

OOC: Log here! http://recolle.dreamwidth.org/94367.html

[maskreant]

[ ARE YOU READY FOR THE LONGEST PREFACE OF YOUR LIFE? ]

you know from moving around a lot, i accepted that nothing lasts forever and i did really think that it wasn't worth investing into the short moments i had with people. they were all merely passing faces that i will never need to remember.

but i learned that's why you should. you'll never know where something will go, when people will disappear, and how long you have with them. crushes may not be how a relationship starts, but what's wrong with chasing it?

did someone pop up into your mind?

[browbeater]

[....that. was smooth. somehow he went from "not having this conversation" to "considering having this conversation."]

so, you moved a lot, and that's why you're looking for help on how to ask someone out.

[why didn't you just say so, Akira]

but that's not what i was getting at when i said that. you've never just asked someone you thought was cute for their number?

[maskreant]

[ you know what sure ]

i guess so, yeah.

hey, how someone goes about courting their crush is really none of my business, but you're right. does this mean you do have a crush on someone?

[browbeater]

[you know what. sure.

x2, or something]

i don't know about right now. maybe, i guess.

[maskreant]

[ Ann said the same exact thing—"it's not I actually like him or anything!" ]

you know what, i'll take that.

who is it?

text; 1/2

[openhanded]

Sap checked with frost, and lusty leaves quite gone,
Beauty o’er-snowed and bareness every where:

text; 2/2

[openhanded]

.............. oh
crud

not AGAIN

[browbeater]

[he was a pretty private person... but. Akira did share something about himself.]

i'd rather not say for now. like i said, could be nothing. and i don't think naming her is exactly relevant right now.

[maskreant]

i guess i'll leave my guesses behind for now and instead throw you some possible suitors.

what do you think of

[ he adds in the long pause as if he's THINKING and SCROLLING through the Retrospec direction, but he knows who: ]

Ann Takamaki?

[browbeater]

[that... was so specific, that his suspicions are back. so, now it's time to grill him.]

akira...
do you know ann?
is there a reason you're bringing her up?
was this entire conversation leading in this direction?

Re: text; 2/2

[browbeater]

is... is that a poem?

hi sorey

9/4

[mercurio]

i miss the rains down in africa

[openhanded]

uh

yes

I was s.. sending Mikleo sonnets again.

but um, hi Mako!