for @doggonemad

[throughbamboo]

just bros being bros

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[doggonemad]

'Cause this shit's fuckin' me up.

[throughbamboo]

[he frowns at him]

That don't make you a shitshow, bro.

[doggonemad]

Agree ta disagree.

[throughbamboo]

[he gives him a long look, frowning deeper.

He grunts and takes a bite of ramen instead of arguing]

[doggonemad]

. . . or not.

[ sighs, looking down at his ramen and twirling the noodles onto his chopstick. ]

Fuck, bro. Didn't mean ta— I mean. This is nice.

[throughbamboo]

[he sighs as well, nudging his knee with his foot again]

Ya said agree ta disagree, so I was shuttin' up so I didn't argue us into a fight.

[doggonemad]

Yeah, I know.

[ slurps up the noodles. ]

I mean that though, this is nice. TV time with shitty old noodles.

[throughbamboo]

[he smiles a bit]

'M glad ya think so.

Ya deserve nice, bro.

[doggonemad]

[ opens his mouth, like he's going to refute that.

but he stops himself, considering Saejima for a moment.

and then lets it stand, turning back to slurp up more of his noodles instead. ]

[throughbamboo]

[good, that one he'll argue into the ground :(

He eats his own, pretending to let his attention drift to the gameshow on TV. But really, he's just watching Majima more subtly.

. . . as subtle as he can, anyway]

[doggonemad]

[ yeah, he notices. how can he not.

he speaks as he stares ahead at the tv. ]

Ask what ya wanna ask, bro.

[throughbamboo]

[he shakes his head a little]

Don't got anythin' to ask.

I care about ya, bro. 'M just tryin' to think of what else I can do for ya.

[doggonemad]

. . .

[ he shrugs a little bit. ]

This is pretty good.

[throughbamboo]

[he glances over]

Yeah?

[doggonemad]

[ meets his gaze, nodding. ]

Yeah.

[throughbamboo]

[he nods a bit, considering.

The corner of his mouth lifts]

I'll get us slightly less shitty ramen next time.

[doggonemad]

We can afford it. Make new traditions or somethin'.

[throughbamboo]

Ain't 'bout affordin' it.

But that'd be nice. We could use a couple'a new ones.

[doggonemad]

S'about us havin' some taste.

[throughbamboo]

Wow, it ain't that bad.

[doggonemad]

Shitshow, bro.

[throughbamboo]

[he points his chopsticks at him]

Agree ta disagree.

[doggonemad]

[ okay, that gets him to bark out a surprised little laugh. ]

[throughbamboo]

[he grins at that]

There it is.

[doggonemad]

Tryin' ta make me laugh, ya old fart?

[ sets his ramen down. he's eaten most of it, thankfully. ]