[The stank face he's making right now at those two sentences are something so legendarily Ryuji that it's practically about to jump out and smack Ren upside the head with it.]

What the...

[He doesn't know why the words "new and shiny" really fucking bother him, like he didn't vomit up how he felt to Ren enough times over the course of their friendship over the last year to make it stick... or something. So before he gets to dismissing the entire affair and offering to grab some grub, he pauses, looks over and does the deed of reminding him of something that's so incredibly important to him, on Earth as it is in Space Heaven.]

You know what we got isn't some fashion fad, right, dude? Like you said that, and I know you're jokin', 'cause you're hash-tag Joker. But no matter what happens, don't go forgetting what I told ya. My place is next to you.

And no one's gonna replace that.

[He'll say it again and again until he's blue in the face, because it's a cornerstone. Take that cornerstone out and the house tumbles.

But with the reminder out there in the open, he sighs, and nods.]

Yeah, let's go eat. All this talk is makin' me hungry for some meat.