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font-size: 12px;">Akira's response comes much sooner than anticipated, and the words that greet him are even less expected.<br/>
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<i><span class="fixed-color" style="color:#9d0000">Yessir;)</span></i><br/>
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Akira's always been friendly, but that response is downright cheeky. If he didn't know better, he'd say it's flirty. Well, he is still relatively young and hot-blooded. He probably doesn't know how that might come across. Either that, or he just considers them close enough to tease. Does this make them friends? Is he overthinking this? Probably. He tucks his phone away, leaning his head into his hand and chuckling into his palm. He's not even sure what to say to that, so he'll just wait until he sees Akira later. Meanwhile, he might as well use this time to look over billing.<br/>
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He's halfway through his task when Akira's voice suddenly sounds at his side. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#600000">"No, you're not late at all, Akira,"</span> he assures, <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#600000">"I thought we'd be meeting much later, in full honesty."</span> Not wanting to come off as turning him away, he pats the seat beside him in a silent invitation for him to sit down. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#600000">"I'm afraid you might have to sit through some of my lecturing; we're still doing rehearsals."</span><br/>
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The bag of food draws a low chuckle out of him, and he takes it with little complaint. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#600000">"You spoil me,"</span> he teases, <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#600000">"I ought to hire you as my personal assistant at this rate."</span> For a while, he'd suspected Akira's caregiving was a way of earning his favor as his patron, but it swiftly became apparent that Akira is just a kind person in general. Normally he wouldn't be so open to accepting favors like this, but Akira is nearly as stubborn as him, so complaining would be pointless. Not to mention, he's grown rather fond of the man's companionship, and he'd hate to seem ungrateful and push him away.<br/>
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He helps him spread out the array of food between them and tries not to let it show how hungry he actually is now that there's food in front of him. <span class="fixed-color" style="color:#600000">"It smells delicious, where did you get it from?"</span> He goes immediately for the cup of onion soup, hesitating only for a moment when he realizes it might make his breath stink likes onions for their entire conversation. That would be mortifying, but he's already grabbed it, and it would be weird for him to suddenly go back on it. Whatever, he could always just read Akira's mind to make sure he isn't silently suffering. While he's at it, maybe he can find the motivation for the earlier text. If there even is one.<br/>
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<span class="fixed-color" style="color:#600000">"So, how much progress have you made on the novel since we last spoke?"</span><br/>
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