Finally Free

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Who: Kaito Watari and YOU! Open of all the people
Where: The Cancer District
Summary: Kaito is finally feeling better and he's out wandering the town, but mainly in the Cancer district. Backdated to the 20th.
Warning: X-treeeeeeeeeeeeeeeme silliness



It was a little warmer, and Kaito was feeling less sick, so clearly this was his chance to go outside and get some fresh air. Yes.

This was clearly the best time to window shop in the Cancer district instead of going to, let's say, somewhere more outdoorsy. Like a park. How about it, Kaito? Feel like going to a park?

...No? Just going to press your face against the glass and stare at all the cool shit?

Alright then!

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"Yes," Yamato replied, sounding somewhat disinterested. "I wondered what in common life could produce someone like you. I still don't have my answer."

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"And why do you think that is?"

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There was a brief, stumbling pause. It was clear Yamato was a bit wrong-footed by the question.

"I...don't know," he admitted after a pause, his tone stiff.

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"Exactly!" ...Kaito, what are you talking about?

"I think you'll have to figure out why you don't have the answer in the first place before you actually find the answer, you know?"

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"I don't have the answer because I was not raised to be a normal person," Yamato said sharply, a bit disgruntled over this strange riddle. What on earth was Kaito blathering about? "Unless there is something else I am missing."

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"No, you'd get it, even if you weren't a civy, I think." Saiduq totally got it, and he was from space!

"I mean, you know...maybe you've been looking in the wrong place."

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It was clear now that Yamato was becoming openly frustrated, although it was only shown by the slight twitch of his eyebrow.

"The wrong place?"

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"Yeah. Or maybe you're overlooking some things and you don't realize it, or you're thinking about it too hard."

He wasn't actually enjoying this, but it was kind of funny to see Yamato spin the gears of his mind into overdrive, looking for an answer somewhere it wasn't.

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The gears of his mind were spinning into overdrive - enough so that it felt like they were going to spontaneously combust. He couldn't see it. He couldn't see what Kaito was driving towards.

He didn't understand a damned thing.

...Yamato hadn't felt more stupid in his life than he did then.

Yamato started irritably shredding the empty sugar packets apart into tiny pieces, resting his elbows on the edge of the table as he glared at the wall. It wasn't all that obvious at first, but if Kaito looked long enough, it was clear that Yamato was...

Pouting.

"...why don't you just tell me the answer instead of teasing me..."

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"I'm not teasing you! Besides, if I told you, would you actually believe me or would you just write my answer off as 'circumstance' or 'an exception'?"

You seeing his point yet?

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"..." Yamato blinked, his gaze snapping back to Kaito. "Are you saying that it is something I must discover on my own?"

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"Well, I was...saying you probably wouldn't believe me, but yeah, it's usually better to puzzle this stuff out."

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That was true. Yamato believed more in his own deductions than someone else's anyway. Puzzle it out on his own... it seemed pointless.

"I doubt it would change my stance," Yamato said after a pause. "If I figure it out. I will only indulge in this to satisfy you."

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"Haha, seriously? Just for me, huh?"

You don't say...

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"Of course," Yamato said without hesitation. His previously cold expression thawed into something a little bit warmer. "Even if you are impossibly frustrating and unpredictable, I...don't mind indulging in your strangeness every so often."

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HE WONDERS WHY THAT IS.

HMMMMMMMMMMMMM.

"Man, I thought I would have annoyed the piss out of you by now."

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Yamato looked a bit bemused by the phrase, but otherwise let it slide.

"I won't lie. Sometimes you do annoy me to the point of insanity. You make up for it in other areas, though. It's quite fascinating..." And terrifying. Kaito held so much power over him.

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"Other areas, huh?"

Do tell.

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Yamato snorted. "Do you wish for me to sing your praises? My, I wouldn't want you to get an overinflated ego," he said, almost sounding coy as he rested his cheek on an upturned palm. "Best to remain humble, Kaito."

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"Pfft, it's not that. You just normally seem...picky."

And this is the guy who makes stupid-funny videos on NND...

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"I a picky. I have said it often. You defy my expectations at every turn, in both bad and good ways," Yamato said, a small huff escaping him as if he was disgruntled over something. "You're special, somehow."

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...Ah. This was probably the part that he was overlooking, huh?

"Not really. I'm just way too nice, is all."

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"You sell yourself a bit short," Yamato disagreed, idly pressing his finger against the rim of his cup, circling it idly. "I was only joking when I said you should be humble, Kaito."

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....Wow, Yamato, did he...realize how he was coming off?

"Heh, you know everyone said that I shouldn't joke about you liking me, but I guess that's not a joke, huh?"

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Yamato made a small, confused noise, tilting his head to the side slightly as he regarded Kaito thoughtfully.

"...no, it isn't," he admitted easily. He guessed he liked Kaito. He tolerated him a great deal to ignore his foolishness most of the time, in any case. Even if they disagreed on many things, he did enjoy talking to him - even if he found it frustrating that he was unable to sway him to his viewpoint. He was powerful. He was talented. A natural born leader. Reasonably handsome too, he supposed, if he took note of such things.