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Under normal circumstances, Kosei would have complained. He was prompt. It was an unfortunate side-effect of being in a military family. When something was planned at a specific time, he wanted to be there on time. Of course, being around Enzo for so long had bred some complacency and forgiveness for tardiness, but not enough to excuse it entirely. Right then, there was no way in hell he was going to complain or risk anything that might compromise whatever the hell was going on.
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So he gawked, like a fly-catcher, mouth open and eyes darting between the two. The kid was such a likeness for his partner that it was almost unsettling. It also made so much goddamn sense and he wanted to rub Enzo's face in it after so many years of dealing with jabs that he was the one to knock someone up. At least that someone had been his partner at the time, as terrible as she had been.
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"Enzo, just look at him." He didn't need to say anything more than that. The kid was his carbon copy, insolence included.
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Kosei...
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He held his hand up, other one hoisting Miu up for a better grip. "Nope, I'm staying out of this."
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Then Enzo invited the kid. Kosei gave him a look. "Yeah sure, come along." Miu was scowling not sure what to think of what was going on. She was perfectly inscrutable, but it was clear she didn't like anyone who took attention from her. "Daddy, whose that kid?"
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"Alright then, time to go." He prompted, spinning around.

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Despite every intent to remain in control, he couldn't help the ridiculous rush of blood to his face. It was just a kiss, hardly the worst that he'd done since they were kids. Though, he'd always suspected that a hideous part of him had come out with a touch of alcohol. He was lying to himself by saying he'd never been attracted to Enzo. The first second he'd seen him and that garrish, pain in the ass grin on his face — he'd known that vincenzo de luca was going to be a major problem for him.
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It would have been in his best interest to step back, play ignorant to everything unraveling between them. After all, he'd provoked this display of... he refused to say what chemical imbalance had led him to making this disastrous choice, but he suspected it came from within his pants rather than his brain.
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Perhaps that was why his next instinct was to follow up, to pursue this bait like a hungry dog untethered from the leash.
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"I’m the best thing that’s happened to you." Enzo was the antithesis of good things. He was unrivaled chaos and blunt knuckles and bloodied lips. He was the grit of asphalt seconds after a car crash. Fire on his skin and burning in his lungs like the drag of a cigarette. It would have been in Kosei's best interest to refute such a markedly false claim, but there was truth to it too. His life had also become markedly less boring after he'd met him.
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Kosei might not have been quite the "blushing maiden" that Enzo had teased him to be, but this didn't feel like any of the times before. It felt new, a part of it overwhelming and frightening in the way it made him want to repel away. At the same time it was like the strike of a match, lighting something he hadn't felt before.
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Fingers dug through the fabric of his shirt, into his hips. It felt very much the same as when they fought, with bloodied knuckles against sharp bone. Only this took a step into the territory that he'd secretly always wanted, even if he'd sooner die than admit it.
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Those words seemed to drag a response out of him that he felt somewhat embarrassed by, dry raspy sound that reverberated down his spine, silenced only by the sting of teeth in his lip. Of course, as usual, he had no fucking clue what Enzo was saying, but that was part of the thrill of it.
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His hand wrung into fabric with enough strength to tear. "Take it off, now."

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The kiss tasted like static electricity, like blood between his teeth and fury and angry and need that he never would have entertained before. Part of him was still reeling at his own actions, wondering if he could recover from this. Of course, there was no more saving face. He had been the one to act on them, which wasn't like him. Every thought was a mix of 'why the hell not' and the realization that he had so many reasons not to. Enzo wouldn't just forget this, he'd handed him a concealed weapon to use against him. Was this not the boldest example of need, which he had spent so long denying. From up on his high horse, feeling all noble and shit. Now, what was he? A fucking hyprocrite, but what else was new?
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Consequences aside, he was a shit liar. There was no way to convey falsely that he didn't enjoy this. Clearly, he was enjoying himself otherwise he would have shoved him away and told him this was a big fucking mistake. It was a mistake, but that was besides the point.
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To make matters worse, Enzo was the first to break it and he chased him. The reaction felt like lacquered honey, sweet and candied on his tongue. He scowled at that, "Shut up, I don't know what you're talking about." That night on Lavaridge, to be entirely honest he still couldn't remember what they had done. Though, just like that time, he showed his cards.
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As fucked up as it was, he enjoyed Enzo's pain. He liked the way he hissed under contact, skin flinching despite every attempt to hide the reactivity. Had he been a true sadist, he might have pushed his luck. Instead, he felt like he was a wave, crashing against him again as the wall braced their bodies.
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What he didn't ask was the most obvious question: Where the fuck did they go from there? The most amenable end would be to stop right then, maybe terminate their partnership entirely. This made their business messy and they had no room for making things messier. Regardless, he didn't stop as his hands slipped up beneath the hem of Enzo's shirt, drawing across lean muscle and seeking out bruised bone. "You're the fucking worst."

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Miu was growing restless, impatient. Most of the time, he didn't entertain her impatience, even if she got it from him. Right then, he was feeling pretty eager to get on as well, after all he was even more impatient and prompt than she was. Though their motivations were entirely different. Of course, they wouldn't make it far, as there were usually at least one or two distractions that kept Enzo from progressing. Most of the time, the goal was to get him out of the hotel before anything went awry. It wouldn't be the first time that plans were tossed aside because Enzo was unwilling to let go during work hours. In truth, Kosei should have felt proud of him, considering his work ethic was historically shite.
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He sighed as the concierge spoke up. It was like clockwork here. He half expected it by this point though Enzo always looked so surprised by the disruption to their plans. With a beleaguered glance, he looked down at his watch. Relax, it's not that big of a deal. Time anxiety aside, he wasn't gonna nag Enzo for something he couldn't control.
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As he glanced back up, he noticed the boy before maybe even Enzo did and was struck by deja vu so strong that it was like a weight in his stomach. His lips pinched, the thought simmering in the back of his head before it became quite clear. "Um Miu, why don't you give Enzo a break? You can ride on my shoulders." She didn't protest too much as that would mean she'd stand taller than anyone else in the room.
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He might have choked on the oxygen right then. Why did it feel like he'd seen this coming? "Uhhh Enzo...." Did it even need to be said that the punk walking up to them like they owned the place was the spitting image? No probably not. Enzo would remain in denial regardless. He'd just have to sit back and watch it play out.

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"Powerpoints are very erotic, thank you." He laughed, not really able to keep a straight face about that. It was a joke, but he already assumed that Enzo was not going to forget that and would rightfully continue to tease him on it. "You always wow me, you're full of stupid surprises." That wasn't always a positive thing, in their past.
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They still managed to get under one another's skin but their differences had softened since then. The qualities of Enzo he used to loathe were the same that he now had come to love, even if the idiot pushed his luck from time to time. Kosei was a stickler, though he'd managed to get... kind of better.
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He wound himself around the other, knowing when he was testing his own luck. It wasn't common for Enzo to get like this, moody and deflated. Of course, they both kept their vulnerabilities on very short leashes. Expecting Enzo to be okay with letting his off the leash, well... it wasn't entirely fair of him. Still, he pressed a kiss to those thinned lips again. Then, he paused, letting his forehead rest against the other man's.
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"Yes, it means I'll reenlist. For you, I guess. Or whatever." He smiled, shaking his head as he took a step back. "Goddamn we've gotten old. Turned into saps."

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He should slow down, back up. Rethink whatever the hell he was doing. Maybe if he could push the fury aside and clear his thoughts, he'd realize that none of this mattered. It was just like any other job. It wasn't the first and it likely wouldn't be the last time that Enzo did something brash and Kosei got pissed off about it.
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It wasn't like he was perfect, far from it. That was the thing he wished he could be, perfect. He strived for it so much that oftentimes it consumed him. Clearly, the two couldn't be any more different, but that didn't mean it was impossible. It should have leveled them out, but it only proved to be gas on the flame.
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"I don't need to be flexible, I just need to be precise." He scoffed, rolling his eyes. Kosei could tell that none of this was working. It wasn't like he was going to suddenly pull Enzo's head out of his ass. He wasn't going to change the other man. This was pointless bickering, but there was an inexplicable pull in that. Enzo was like a flame, a conflagration. It felt a little good to burn sometimes.
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"I'm a bore?" His lip peeled back into a snarl, a sour humor had slipped into his tone. "Okay, we're done talking."
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In hindsight, this was wholly unnecessary, yet the pain of it... Admittedly, it felt good. Kosei wasn't a sadistic bastard, but that howl matched with the shake of his limbs had a certain effect on him. His hand continued to grip at fabric, keeping the other steady as his eyes soaked in every trembling twist of pain that wracked the other's body. It wasn't right. It wasn't healthy and the weird twist in his gut wasn't either. "You, you're my problem." He pushed, just enough hold his steady. The glint in those eyes, sharp as knives, it translated into something off. He wasn't sure what he was doing, only that his other hand snatched the man's jaw with a bruising grip as he leaned forward and kissed him.

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Enzo had always been right about him. About who he was and what he was and what he wanted. Even the condescending dog comments couldn't be denied with the way he let orders control his life rather than take control of it for himself. Even right then, he felt like he was waiting for someone to tell him what to do. He never did quite develop that kind of will power and determination. Instead, he felt like he was floating aimlessly, waiting for someone to tell him he had value.
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Enzo had never really told him what he wanted and that was frustrating. The guy was a jackass, but he was his jackass. Even if he'd always hated that the other could see right through him all the goddamn time. "Of course, I am. Are you really surprised?" He chuckled at that. "By my side with more consistency would be enough of an argument." That made him laugh and melt and feel all the funny sort of way that usually would have been irresponsible for him to feel. "What a romantic. Such a way with words. Admittedly though a power point would be extremely attractive."
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Yet maybe he'd pushed too far, it wouldn't be the first time. It was too much to expect Enzo to be honest and open when he was the least vulnerable person in the world. Miu had made him better, but his nature was to fight between being emotional and closed off. It was confusing, Enzo often had to pay for that flaw in his character. Hot and cold.
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Enzo sulked.
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"You look like Miu after I limited her tv time." Kosei laughed, stepping towards him until the space between was diminished again. "Goddamn, if you don't make things difficult for me too." He sighed, hand slipping around his waist and pulling him in for a kiss. "I'll spare you your pride, even if this is fucking adorable."

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Maybe he should have just dropped it. In hindsight, nothing would get solved this way. They were simply too incompatible, clearly. There was obviously a huge mistake in them working together and he should just drop ship and either work by himself or with someone like him. They say that opposites attract, but Kosei couldn't possibly imagine that with an idiot like De Luca.
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That pain point didn't escape him. Admittedly, it felt good. Violence wasn't necessarily a natural thing for him, or at least he didn't think it was, but he wouldn't deny that it felt good. "If you really believed that then we wouldn't have had an issue." He couldn't keep the snarl out of his tone. Enzo just had this effect on him, in more ways than one.
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"The point is that if you hadn't been a goddamn idiot that wouldn't have mattered. Instead, things could have gone much worse." Just because it had worked out meant very little to Kosei. Many routine lessons had taught him that. There had been a time he might have said the same, but it hadn't been good enough. There was only one way to get things done and that was doing it right without relying on circumstance.
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This might have been gratuitous, but he wouldn't deny it felt good. He was petty and vengeful, in the end. He could play the good soldier, but he didn't forgive easily.
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"If that is all it takes to meet your standards, then you're a filthy fucking slob. I'm sick of it and I'm sick of you." He might have been a bit of a buzzkill, maybe an anal bastard that never let anything go, but at least he had standards. Had it gone worse and he'd been killed? Enzo wouldn't have have blinked twice before kicking his body aside, it was that simple. So why the hell should he give a shit about what happened to him?
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Then Enzo had to push back, of course. His teeth grit and that tenuous temper of his snapped.
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Without thinking, he took ahold of Enzo's collar and shoved him back into the wall behind him. His forearm pressed to the other man's throat, just enough to threaten the oxygen supply. "Here, let me help you with that." Taking the flat of his hand, he rammed it into Enzo's shoulder until there was a deafening pop.

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What was he asking for? Did he really want to know? Maybe, at least a little bit. Kosei had never thought himself the sentimental type and yet there he was making hopes he knew better than to cling to. At least, in the past, those hopes were dangerous. Things had certainly changed between them. There was something softer there that hadn't existed before. Of course, it helped that Enzo had to go and almost die, leaving Kosei realizing the extent of what he'd almost lost.
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I love you. They'd already reached a point of no return, even if it still felt like a sick game. The part of him that couldn't help but be skeptical, wanted there to be an underlying condition. As if that would prove all his worst thoughts true. Sometimes, he wondered if he craved that feeling of failure and loss, but he couldn't conceive that object permanence. That something or someone was there for him, rather than what he could give them.
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"The effort would be attractive, not gonna lie." He snorted, though told himself he wasn't budging. Not yet, at least. Maybe Enzo had already won. The bastard didn't have to try. Even when they debatably hated one another, it hadn't taken much to convince or persuade Kosei. Truly, he'd been an idiot (a horny one).
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"Maybe, maybe not." He replied, not letting himself be spurred by the other's sharper tone. Had he not already made up his mind? Maybe he was being difficult at this time, but he also wanted to be sure. This kind of work was where he excelled, bloodied and morally sullied. Proficient and quick, albeit distracted thanks to the idiot next to him. He hadn't felt quite right without the other. Kosei sighed then, especially at that addition. That admittedly sweet and unexpected addition of “It would be nice, if you were close," which made him smile.
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"Miss me that much, huh?"

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There were certain things that even someone like Kosei was willing to overlook and forgive. Not without grievances and barely suppressed sass, but he could still go without making a massive stink over it. Enzo somehow managed to tick every box, making it nearly impossible for him to forgive and forget. Truly, the bastard had a skill. Not in doing his job and doing it clean, but in managing to single-handedly fuck things up. In a way, Kosei could even overlook. However, it was the blatant fucking nonchalance, smarmy and shit-eating, that Kosei couldn't overlook. And that was, unfortunately, Enzo's specialty.
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It might have been a small pleasure that the other had managed to take a beating, if he too wasn't sporting and ugly bruise and busted lip from having to jump in to save his sorry ass. His hands had blood on them, dry and peeling flakes that seemed to stain every calloused line of his palms. It wasn't like he was opposed to getting dirty in jobs, but only when it was necessary. This, wasn't fucking necessary.
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Being sloppy wasn't acceptable for him, never had been and likely never would be. Even if his life was debatably a goddamn trashcan of bad decisions. Even if part of him wondered every goddamn day if he'd made a mistake by leaving the family, which was undoubtedly true. He'd fucked up and this was the cost, clearly. This was karma and he was stuck with the worst goddamn person imaginable because of it.
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Of course, Enzo thought he could slip away. He'd given him no reason to think otherwise. The silence was as much a weapon as any loud noise, he knew that from brutal experience. Unlike himself, however, Enzo had no shame.
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He reacted without thinking, hauling the other back by his collar. Enzo liked to play his games, call him a dog, but the real shit-eating dog in this situation was none other than Enzo himself. "The fuck do you think you're going?"
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Maybe he'd should have reacted earlier, when the wound was fresh. Instead, he'd let it fester.
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"What the hell was that?"

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"Yeah, I guess." He said, knowing the smile that slipped briefly across his face was telling enough about how he actually felt. A large part of him missed the old days. He missed the times he'd left behind, for a long time. It had been a source of constant regret and angst and second-thought. Yet, he'd felt he did it because it was what was best for Miu. Living life the way he was supposed to, straight-edge and all that. Sadly, Enzo didn't qualify. His mind had made it up for him. Though he often felt he couldn't blame it on his conditioning or his family anymore, he was too old for that. Even if old habits die hard and he was, for all intents, an old dog.
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"You were whining." He snickered, trying not to stare down at his hands. They had blood on them, but unlike his partner, he'd not bothered to wear gloves. That had been more his style, back then. For as straight-lace and clean as his childhood demanded, he'd liked getting dirty on the job. That hadn't changed. He was good at this.
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Enzo leaned on him and he let his arm slip to curl around his middle. Though Enzo would do a great deal more whining if he bloodied more of his suit, probably. "The fact you haven't insults me. At least show some effort, doofus." A wry laugh, but he knew exactly what the other was saying. Or not saying. The answer to this question is obvious. He was just being difficult. There was truth in that, but also meaning to his resistance. If he gave in, that meant all of this was for nothing.
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He'd wasted more than half a decade of his life. It was for pretend. He failed. That was a concept that was hard to swallow, even though he should be more than familiar with it by now.
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"I don't know." He muttered, "It would not be so easy for you if I told you to step away from rocket and your hotel to live as a civvie. So don't act like it should be a easy choice." Despite himself, there was a bite there. Regardless of the truth in his lack of purpose within the military.
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"Yeah, suppose I am." Probably even more so, but it was too late to go feeling sorry over it. Even if the guilt was still present. He'd not been petty, he'd been angry. And stupid, of course. Once again, going out of his way to prove nothing to nobody, hurting himself in the process. The comfort he felt, curled up against Enzo, shouldn't have been so natural. Even then, he curled up closer. His fingers drew between layers of clothing and sheet, lightly running over warm skin on the other man's lower back. Not really enticing anything, but simply enjoying the contact itself.
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"Yeah?" He was silent for a moment, half appreciating while also deprecating himself for not immediately realizing it. Enzo had done so much for them even after all that. "Weren't you mad?" It sounded dumb, but he was still genuinely curious. Would he have been the better man if the roles were reversed?
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"Hmph well you know me, more bark than bite." At least when Enzo was involved. Kosei was a man of big promises, but very little else. Usually, it was a source of disdain, but in this instance, he was thankful he'd not gone out of his way to do anything stupid in petty revenge over nothing.
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"No worry about that," He said, smiling as he reached forward to undo the other's tie for him.

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"I don't know, habit?" He said with a shrug, the slightest smug tilt to his lips though it diminish after that comment, "Righhhtt." Not that Kosei actually cared that much about his outfit. Even if he was a man of comfort over anything else, he admittedly rather enjoyed showing off for Enzo. Though he'd never actually admit to that.
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Though he couldn't have the abrupt snort that formed at the other man's response to his gambling. "Please, you're such a sore loser we'd be out here all night and you'd be poorer for it." That was a pot and kettle statement, of course. He was certainly no better about losing, especially with Enzo of all people.
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"Well shit, you win this round." As if to prove his own point. Lady luck did not love him.
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Despite it, he allowed Enzo to rip him away from the slot machines. Dinner did sound good. "I'll take the same." He said after a moment of consideration.

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