[ Daigo is pleased with his agreement, settling in comfortably in the lazy walk and the sunshine. Is it better than being un-alone? Or is it just the usual sense of having someone right next to him that he can't really interact with as himself. What version of himself is he supposed to show Mine? He's never entirely met Daigo, what if it turns out he doesn't really like that person? Would that be a relief? Set them free of the whole thing?
He puts out his cigarette as they approach the cafe, putting his cigarette butt into the appropriate bin or else he really will somehow summon Majima here to berate him. He dusts off his hands and gets the door. Inside, there's a counter top for ordering hot drinks and a selection of packaged donburi that can be picked from and warmed up. Simple. He picks coffee and the oyakodon, served back to him within a few moments and then taken over to a window seat the blow on the steam.
Daigo clings on to empty conversation a little longer: the weather, the baseball teams, whatever interesting car or tech news he might have been reading about. He tries not to make it too banal, hopes he's not torturing his subordinate.
Besides, he'll hate it more when Daigo looks at him with his studious attention and asks, ]
How are you?
[ And that itching feeling that he'll know if the subject is downplayed or ducked. ]
no subject
He puts out his cigarette as they approach the cafe, putting his cigarette butt into the appropriate bin or else he really will somehow summon Majima here to berate him. He dusts off his hands and gets the door. Inside, there's a counter top for ordering hot drinks and a selection of packaged donburi that can be picked from and warmed up. Simple. He picks coffee and the oyakodon, served back to him within a few moments and then taken over to a window seat the blow on the steam.
Daigo clings on to empty conversation a little longer: the weather, the baseball teams, whatever interesting car or tech news he might have been reading about. He tries not to make it too banal, hopes he's not torturing his subordinate.
Besides, he'll hate it more when Daigo looks at him with his studious attention and asks, ]
How are you?
[ And that itching feeling that he'll know if the subject is downplayed or ducked. ]