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[browbeater]

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]

pull the bandaid off

especially since, last i recall, you were bold enough to flirt with me. i think you can handle asking someone on a date.

[maskreant]

would it be too forward to just... i don't know? write them a letter? or is that too impersonal? people don't write a lot of letters these days, so i thought that would be kind of special. but i have a hard time conveying my actual feelings across all mediums.

also, can you really call that flirting when i was only telling the truth?

[browbeater]

what, why would you write a letter? you want to date them, not be pen pals.

don't write a letter. just go tell them.

... yeah. don't lie when you're flirting.

[maskreant]

fine, fine... i'll muster the courage to tell them in person. wish me luck.

speaking of which, are you single, Mister Lou?

[browbeater]

good luck, i think you'll be fine.

and me? uh, yeah. i am... that's part of why i think it's weird you came to me about something like this at all.

[maskreant]

woah, really?

i thought you would be taken.

[ he's working up to the main course right now. ]

[browbeater]

why?

[maskreant]

you seem like a good guy?

attractive?

also a cop?

[browbeater]

all true things, but you also seem like you're outgoing and fearless, and yet you're asking me how to ask your friend out.

also being a cop probably isn't in my favor, let's be honest

[maskreant]

do i come off like that? maybe i shouldn't have this kind of trouble, then...

it's a respectable job where you can help civilians. i think it's pretty favorable. plus some people like uniforms.

[browbeater]

eh... anyway, why are you even asking?? i still don't understand

[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]

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]

[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?

[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?