for @doggonemad

[throughbamboo]

just bros being bros

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[doggonemad]

Can't really do much. Drugs ain't gonna do shit 'cept make it worse. Figure the best is, yanno . . . exposure therapy or somethin'. Like how my mind's screamin', but I also know it's you an' you ain't gonna hurt me unless I'm askin' for a punch to the face.

[throughbamboo]

[god, his bro has been fucking through it]

. . . yeah, I'd never hurt ya outside of a fight.

Is it helpin', lettin' you start stuff?

[doggonemad]

Somethin' like that, anyway. Helps ta know when it's comin'. That it's comin'.

[throughbamboo]

[he nods a little bit]

Seemed like it was somethin' like that.

[doggonemad]

Figured it was pretty obvious, at least t'you.

[throughbamboo]

Mmm, picked up on it the last time I got out. Was gonna ask, but -

[then y'know, he went back in]

[doggonemad]

. . . Yeah.

[throughbamboo]

[after a moment of silent thought, he briefly tightens his arm around him]

Makes this all the more meaningful, then.

[doggonemad]

I mean— it's you. I ain't gonna say "no" ta that, yanno? What, am I a fuckin' lunatic?

[ a beat. ]

Besides the usual.

[throughbamboo]

Yer a dumbass, not a lunatic.

Just 'cuz it's me, don't mean ya gotta. Ain't gonna change nothin'.

[doggonemad]

C'mon, don't ruin my image.

[ shrugs, then leans in a little bit. ]

I wanna.

[throughbamboo]

If it's just us 'm ruinin' it every chance I get.

[but his expression softens]

All right. 'M glad ya do.

[doggonemad]

I wanna be, like, big scary fuckin' yakuza out those doors.

An' then in here, I wanna just. I dunno.

[throughbamboo]

. . . just be this. Whatever this is.

[doggonemad]

. . .

S'just Goro.

[throughbamboo]

[he smiles a bit]

Then be Goro.

[doggonemad]

Tch. Yer the only person on the planet that wants that.

[throughbamboo]

[stop saying sad things]

Sucks to be the rest of the planet then, cuz I get ya all to myself.

[doggonemad]

. . .

You— ya can't just say shit like that.

[throughbamboo]

Yer accent's slippin'.

[doggonemad]

Fuck you!

[throughbamboo]

There ya go.

What's so wrong 'bout sayin' that?

[doggonemad]

Gets t'me.

[throughbamboo]

[ah. He nods a bit]

Got it. My bad, bro.

[doggonemad]

Good. This feelin' shit sucks.