[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.
[ It's probably because man that subconscious fear is coming to light. Ren thinks he was referring to kissing and couple-y stuff, but how it inflects his voice is a much higher percentage of you found someone else and you won't need me anymore than he'll ever admit. Whether because it had merit on its own based on his past experiences or because he's (willingly or not) conflating romantic interest with some invisible scale and he's terrified of being on the wrong side of it, knowing what he knows now that he's declared his interest.
It's pretty shameful to doubt Ryuji like that. Freaking irrational and Ren acknowledges it as much as he acknowledges that the vulnerability this has got him down to has a rare insecurity wheeling out of control. But Ryuji's assurances - the thing he's heard time and again and needs to hear right now, well. That train pulls into the station on schedule just fine.
Ren sighs out some of the guilt and anxiety and hopes that'll be the last he sees of this particular worry. Stop chipping away at the cornerstone, Amamiya. ]
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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.
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It's pretty shameful to doubt Ryuji like that. Freaking irrational and Ren acknowledges it as much as he acknowledges that the vulnerability this has got him down to has a rare insecurity wheeling out of control. But Ryuji's assurances - the thing he's heard time and again and needs to hear right now, well. That train pulls into the station on schedule just fine.
Ren sighs out some of the guilt and anxiety and hopes that'll be the last he sees of this particular worry. Stop chipping away at the cornerstone, Amamiya. ]
Yeah. Same goes for you, always.