A bark of laughter followed the rebuttal. “Yes, you do.” It was funny that Kosei even tried to deny that fact. It was woven into the bulk of their interactions with one another. Though, he supposed he vaguely understood that Kosei couldn’t always help that knee-jerk response when it was all he’d known for a long time. But that was the point of leaving, right? So Enzo wasn’t going to enable it.[break][break]

Particularly not when it could potentially disrupt his own personal air of apathy.[break][break]

Kosei’s shoulder nudged up against his and the corners of his mouth twitched upward for a few seconds before returning to well-placed neutrality. He rolled with the grumble and secondary nudge, a soft scoff slipping loose from his lips. “We’ll see about that.” There was a comfort that existed on the fringes of their association now. Enzo didn’t often indulge the feeling when it rose up, but he supposed it wasn’t so bad, tucked side by side if it got Kosei to simmer down a bit.[break][break]

And really, it was a feat that It was Kosei, not him, who broached that contact, subtle as it was. But Enzo found him to be more puppy-like in that regard than Kosei was probably willing to admit.[break][break]

Admittedly, the steady patter of rain had begun to make him drowsy. His eyes had fallen shut at some point, despite carrying on the conversation. “That’s not so bad, I guess,” he mused, marveling at the closeness of the other’s voice. Close enough to reduce their volume to mumbles and still be heard.[break][break]

Enzo’s eyes slivered open to look at him then, a tiny gleam of violet before they shut again. “Yeah, kind of a waste if we didn’t.” Funds were funds. Eventually the conversation drifted, and so did his consciousness. Somewhere along the line, he shifted inward in his slumber– curled toward better warmth.
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+ Kosei Kiryu | deserted island | 8 years ago!!

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