Also I wish Kanda was smart enough to be like "bc then it looks less suspicious" but he's not]
Because you like people.
[And there are other capable fighters here that would be fine company since they don't have to worry about fighting Akuma specifically (probably)... look he knows Lavi's also in serious mission mode but that doesn't mean he wouldn't want a distraction!!]
[the way i said we can end this one and im still tagging it,
Lavi blinks at this as if he's surprised that Kanda is saying such an obvious thing, and it takes another second for him to think about it whether it's obvious or not because he does very much like people, which is hard when he also dislikes people.
he has the answer ready in his mind. a coy look bordering on stupid, just enough to make Kanda wanna beat him up for it, and then the words 'but no one I like as much as you'. he's really tempted to go that route. he's so tempted.
instead, he opens his mouth and finds himself saying something different.]
[In a way, he'd expected the false response--the persona that irritates him the same way Allen's facade does. Lavi uses it so often, after all, and the imminent threat of a monster attack is such a normal thing for them that, even though these circumstances are different, he wouldn't have been surprised to hear that playful lilt.
So the fact that it doesn't come gives him pause. He looks over, pausing in buttoning up his coat.]
...I know.
[Lavi's paranoia is subtle, but Kanda thinks it might run even deeper than his own. And Kanda's never seen him hesitate to strike when it counts. Kanda will give him that much.]
[being an Exorcist and being a Bookman are so different, two causes that should be antithetical to their core, but there is one similarity. humanity. easy to slip into the habit of keeping every human at arms length, in case they turned out to be Akuma, he's been doing that his entire life.
well. not every human.
Lavi wanders on over and very annoyingly finishes buttoning up Kanda's coat for him,]
And I don't want to break up any fights tonight.
[and then he finishes the last button and ducks just in case Kanda takes a SWIPE at him for the audacity,]
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Also I wish Kanda was smart enough to be like "bc then it looks less suspicious" but he's not]
Because you like people.
[And there are other capable fighters here that would be fine company since they don't have to worry about fighting Akuma specifically (probably)... look he knows Lavi's also in serious mission mode but that doesn't mean he wouldn't want a distraction!!]
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Lavi blinks at this as if he's surprised that Kanda is saying such an obvious thing, and it takes another second for him to think about it whether it's obvious or not because he does very much like people, which is hard when he also dislikes people.
he has the answer ready in his mind. a coy look bordering on stupid, just enough to make Kanda wanna beat him up for it, and then the words 'but no one I like as much as you'. he's really tempted to go that route. he's so tempted.
instead, he opens his mouth and finds himself saying something different.]
I do. But I don't trust them.
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So the fact that it doesn't come gives him pause. He looks over, pausing in buttoning up his coat.]
...I know.
[Lavi's paranoia is subtle, but Kanda thinks it might run even deeper than his own. And Kanda's never seen him hesitate to strike when it counts. Kanda will give him that much.]
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well. not every human.
Lavi wanders on over and very annoyingly finishes buttoning up Kanda's coat for him,]
And I don't want to break up any fights tonight.
[and then he finishes the last button and ducks just in case Kanda takes a SWIPE at him for the audacity,]
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ALSO I'M FREEING US FROM THIS THREAD IT'S MEMSHARE AAAAAA]