noirges | TILL?????

[ they walk like this for a while before till speaks up. ]

Why are we still holding hands!?

[ laughs ]

You really didn’t read my letter.

[ he wrinkles his nose like OF COURSE he read everyone's letters ]

No way, I did. You sent a bunch...

[ he sighs, loud and exaggerated. ]

I just didn't think you'd keep it up this long.

[ smiles innocently ]

I want to hold your hand. Is that bad?

I didn’t get the time with you that everyone else did… so I wanted to try to catch up.

Like we didn't end up talking in letters the whole time anyway.

[ their epistolary friendship ]

But it's—...fine. [ it's affection week ] I do still owe you a meal.

Ah, but it takes so long... and it feels so far.

[ swings their hands even as they return to the cafe ]

Thank you for agreeing to spend time with me anyway, Till.

...You don't have to sound so sincere all the time!

[ he doesn't even know what he's complaining about. this is just very embarrassing. ]

We're just hanging out. It's no big deal. Eat your damn curry rice when we get it.

Ahaha, it's all I know how to do.

[ so no... he won't be stopping...

also he's not saying it out loud but

we're eating the same thing I had on the day I died? sure why not ]

[ no it's time to use our words ]

It's the only thing I know you enjoy!

[ only....... curry rice. their one meal together. my god. ]

What else do you even like?

I'm really not that hard to please.

[ unsurprisingly,, ]

Can we eat your favorite food, Till?

Not surprised you'd say that...

[ all it takes is meeting once ]

But I don't really have a favorite.

[ there is no mystery to yves being yves ]

Do you have flavors you prefer more than others? Sweet? Spicy? Tangy?

Um... [ this is too many options ] They're all fine?

[ he is both indecisive and ]

I kinda just ate whatever was being served at the cafeteria at school.

[ nondescript alien food ]

Hm… let’s just eat some stuff with variety that’s easy to share.

[ he will get a bunch of cute sandos… both sweet and savory yum ]

I’m learning a lot about schools in other places. What was it like? Did you enjoy it?

[ cute... he'll grab some melon sodas for them. they die of sugar overload. bluntly, ]

It was shit, and I'd burn it down if I could. But I made some good memories there.

[ his emotions about this are not tsundere bullshit—there's strong, genuine resentment, but also love and nostalgia. ]

You went to school with Lucas, right?

Ah...

[ the emotions surprise him, but there's also. some understanding. ]

... Monsieur Lucas was my teacher. He would travel to the different orphanages and give lessons. The other kids in the orphanage would treat me a bit roughly, but when he came, they would settle down and behave because he wouldn't let them be mean to me.

I'm really grateful for that.

[ this is basically the opposite of his experience so he blinks, surprised, but then frowns. ]

What, they bullied you? You should've beat them up back.

[ maybe he did... but yves seems nice. ]

[ they'll at least find a table to eat at, and yves just smiles vaguely and makes a gesture to the side of his face covered by the mask ]

I received a burn when I was younger that scared them...

I didn't want to do anything else that could make them think I was a monster. I wanted to be loved.

[ looks at his mask... but points at him with his stupid little sandwich. ]

You gotta stand up for yourself sometimes, or people'll just treat you like shit. What kinda love is that?

[ also sometimes you beat a guy up for years and he still loves you. not mutually exclusive. ]

[ eat his sandwich as he just looks at till so curiously.... the emotionshare is fond ]

I do have boundaries where it counts. I don't like being hurt either, and I don't think people like to hurt others.

[ so it's better to stop them sometimes.... ]

... but I think there's love in the way people defend me, even though they barely know me. And I do cherish that.

[ till u are so cute!! ]

[ AHHHHH shoves a sandwich in yves's stupid mouth ]

Stop being sappy! I'm speaking generally.

[ boundaries are good though ]

I just don't think it's worth trying to get everyone to like you.

[ LKAHWEGLKHAWEG

yves eats on instinct even though he's laughing around it. AAAAA. tries to swallow and then laughs ]

I don't know if I ever succeeded! But... I wanted to love them, anyway. That's all.

I still try to care as much as I can for everyone I meet... because you never know what their circumstances are. I don't want anyone to ever feel unlovable like I did.

[ he huffs and hands yves his drink so he doesn't choke to death LAUGHING. don't be CUTE. ]

You got a bleeding heart, Yves.

[ till is a tsundere but he's still not this soft... ]

Were people treating you okay over there? [ he assumes so, given their letters. ] I'll beat 'em up instead if they weren't.

[ TILL IS SOOOOO CUTE AND YVES IS SO ENDEARED............. ]

Are you my knight in shining armor, Till? Wow.

[ EVERYONE HERE IS SO ANNOYIIIIIINGGGGGGGGG

PUSHES ANOTHER SANDWICH INTO HIS FACE ]

Nevermind. Maybe I'll beat you up instead.

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