for @doggonemad

[throughbamboo]

just bros being bros

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[doggonemad]

That ain't our lives anymore, though.

[throughbamboo]

Yeah . . .

[thoughtful, just a touch uncertain, like - yeah, it actually isn't gonna be like that anymore, huh]

[doggonemad]

We can be whatever we want. We ain't gettin' fucked over by assholes now.

[throughbamboo]

. . . shit, that's weird.

[he'll say it]

[doggonemad]

I know. Took me a couple've years ta get used ta it. I was so fuckin' lost after Shimano died.

[throughbamboo]

[that's awful for so many more reasons now]

Yeah . . . I bet.

[doggonemad]

Let myself get fuckin' used an' then some by this turd when I got back into Tojo, just because I didn't know who the fuck I was without it. Took Kiryu-chan comin' back ta town like the goddamn human tornado he is ta really open my eyes.

[ as for who that turd was . . . well, that's not important. ]

[throughbamboo]

[he won't ask, but he will file that away for later]

Why ain't I surprised Kiryu was involved?

[doggonemad]

He did a good job of remindin' me who I was when ya weren't around ta do it.

[throughbamboo]

He's real good at that, ain't he.

'M glad he was here for ya, bro.

[doggonemad]

An' now yer here.

[throughbamboo]

Hopefully for good this time.

[doggonemad]

Fuckin' better be.

[ he is in the perfect position to (lightly) punch him in the chest. ]

I'm gonna be so pissed if ya ain't. Bastard.

[throughbamboo]

[a fake grunt at that]

Tell yer fancy counsel that.

I ain't goin' nowhere. Not by choice this time.

[doggonemad]

Good.

Dunno how I'd get any fuckin' sleep otherwise.

[throughbamboo]

Maybe I can get some decent sleep with ya around too.

[doggonemad]

Maybe.

[throughbamboo]

Maybe. Ain't gonna get any sleep if we keep talkin', though.

[doggonemad]

You tellin' me ta quit my yappin', bro?

[ but he does curl up against him — muscle memory from back in the day. ]

[throughbamboo]

I know better'n to ask for the impossible.

[he gets his other arm around him, holding him in much the same way]

[doggonemad]

Whatever. You'd be pissed if I couldn't yap.

[throughbamboo]

Y'know what they say about assumptions, bro.

[doggonemad]

Blah blah somethin' about asses.

[throughbamboo]

[he snorts softly]

Guess ya wouldn't mind bein' an ass.

[doggonemad]

You love my ass.