[ he watches kiyru for a moment, like he's trying to decide what he's getting at. he can tell there's more here, though. kiryu's quiet, doesn't play his emotions on his sleeve, but majima is getting good at reading them all the same. ]
Fuck, I don't know.
[ he sighs and drops his cigarette to stamp it out. ]
If you were looking into it, it must have been important. And your sister...
[ Just the place where your sister regained her sight and everything awful ever happened... Not to mention Kiryu and Majima seriously think Tachiabana might be behind the stuff that happened to Makoto. ]
Have you, maybe, remembered having a tattoo of a bat on your arm?
[Well, he considers it seriously. But honestly that doesn't sound like-- well it's not like "him", but...]
No, I don't know anything about that. I'm a little surprised that I'd have something like that. But I guess compared to potential vehicular homicide, I should be grateful it's only that much.
[ Kiryu nods. It's probably nothing, or it's something. It's too early to tell, and Kiryu really doesn't want Tachibana to get his ass kicked by Majima or something like that, but if he really is the one who hurt Makoto, then he would deserve it.
Kiryu just really wants to believe it might not be him. ]
I remembered you having that tattoo on your arm. And that I worked for you, back then.
[ he moves closer to kiryu, getting very up in his space. not angrily, just playful. he brings a gloved finger (yes, he's wearing gloves, he made one sound winter decision) up to tap kiryu's lips gently. ]
's just a kiss.
[ but then he pulls back just a bit - not far, he's definitely still past an acceptable close distance between two japanese men, but he tilts his head to the side, thinking for a moment. ]
Ah, but ya seem like you're tryin' ta confess somethin' ta me. You liked it, is that it?
[Kiryu was an employee of his? Well fitting that with the impressions he had before-- ah yes, now he's sure he must have been a wonderful, law-abiding citizen who did nothing wrong.
Except probably the exact opposite.]
I suppose it's good to know I wouldn't risk killing a person or two over just anyone. But my employee... I can't say I expected that.
[But who do you risk killing a person or two for?]
[ Good move getting up in Kiryu's space, Majima. Nothing reminds him of just how much he enjoys spending time with Majima like when he invades his space, to be honest. And Majima in gloves? It feels right.
At least Kiryu's not frowning anymore. He nods. ]
Yeah. It was kind of nice.
[ Kiryu wraps an arm around Majima's waist and pulls him close. This is some PDA levels of personal space right now. ]
It's different from how I feel about you. But I can't pretend I didn't like it.
[ oh... it's nice when kiryu returns his affection like this... a little weird to be doing that while talking about your crush on tachibana, i guess, but that's coming from a guy not wearing a shirt while theres snow so ]
[ Kiryu nods. Yeah, considering he was pretty obviously a yakuza, he can't imagine this is good news. But it's better than telling him he's dead, or that he might have sold his sister into slavery. ]
I was a real estate manager. Back then.
[ Does that help? He isn't sure. ]
Majima got my business card... it said I worked for Tachibana Real Estate.
[ He's doing it because he loves you so much, Majima. He can talk about other dudes, they don't hold a candle to you. Kiryu nods. Even if he did ask Tachibana out, or his weird crush actually went somewhere, it wouldn't change how Kiryu feels about Majima. ]
Yeah?
[ He's not judging him, obviously. Maybe they're more alike than they realize. It's not a bad thing! ]
[Well that is his name, he can say that much. But the rest seems odd. What kind of real estate business hires yakuza and gets involved in their fights? Realistically that doesn't seem like good business practices.]
It's not fair to you if you feel like you have to pretend you don't care about him.
Majima, I know what we have is... it's strong. Words don't really capture it. But I know that if you cared about Saejima, that wouldn't mean you care about me any less.
[ If Kiryu was any good with words he'd say "we're way too in love with each other" but, y'know. ]
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