#bsqvad

"HEY, YOU!" Narumi shouted, hand slamming against the sturdy wall in the hallway just to be even louder about it all as he glared through his messy bangs at that all-too-familiarly aggravating back of a certain annoying Vice Captain's head.

admittedly, tanjiro had been barely awake when it was time for the medicine to come around having only just regained consciousness. still, he sat up as much as he could; propping himself up on a pillow.

"thank you." murmured softly, looking at the medicine. "what's this for...?" but he swallowed it anyway, chasing the medicine down with some water. "it's not going to make me tired again, is it...?" well, anymore tired than he already was. either way, he tried not to cause trouble when he was being treated at the butterfly mansion.

Normally, being called out to in public would be enough to make Kousuke's nerves stiffen up. Bad with strangers, public speaking, and anything unexpected at the best of times, this was the kind of thing liable to shake him up. However, Kousuke had seen this interaction coming over an hour ago, and had spent the entirety of the intervening minutes preparing for it. He'd even looked up the location of the agency being inquired about just so he could be helpful, and not present to the man asking a poor view of younger people, or people with country accents, or any other group he might belong to.

      “  I know that, I am not all that good right now,             but I really wanna try my best to become better, Maki-san.             Which is why, I-I am really grateful for your help.  “

Galo LOVED patrolling, honestly it was his favorite part of the day! It gave him the ability to walk around and talk to people, SEE people other than those within the agency he works for. It was NICE! He’s caught PLENTY of villains on his patrols, but more often than not he just enjoyed walking around!

TODAY must be a day where something INTERESTING happens! He isn’t sure what happened, but to see a MAN running away from a BALD GUY who was standing defensively in front of a woman clutching her purse?? SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING HE WANTED TO HELP WITH - !!

Despite the fact that he seems to be a BIT LATE to the party.

As Hoshina's appraisal of the little gift came up positive, Narumi found himself relaxing his posture and moving in for a peck on the cheek even if he did have to offer an eye roll at the shorter man's initial statement. There were certainly ways he could've snapped back a little there, but he could always be more difficult later. This was a special occasion, after all.

@bsqvad : “  Ha! Another case solved!  ” Ranpo exclaimed, clearly pleased with his own performance. The thrill of solving the case was short-lived, though. It wasn't very complicated, after all; hardly worth getting worked up about. As the excitement quickly wore off, the teenager tugged urgently on Fukuzawa's sleeve, looking up at the man with pleading eyes. “  Hey, I'm hungry. Can we get donuts? Pleaseeeeee? I did a good job, didn't I?  ”

Part of him saw this coming a mile away, but another part of the swordsman was still taken by surprise anyway at that look Ranpo tried so hard to weaponize against him. It's almost worked a couple of times because, unfortunately, the kid could look awfully cute despite how troublesome he could be but his stony expression would not move so much as a millimeter. To give Ranpo an inch would have the boy taking a mile as he was far too clever for his own good.

"Doing your job is the bare minimum of having a job to begin with which does not in itself necessitate praise. Besides, it's nearly time for dinner so you'll spoil your appetite for a proper meal if you fill your stomach with sweets." He scolded, resolved to stay firm in his position, but the more he considered the possibility of Ranpo complaining or continuing to look at him like that the more he found himself wavering, ultimately continuing with a sigh.

"It's you." Well this was certainly a surprise, not having expected at all to run into a familiar old face tonight. All he'd planned on doing was checking up on some commotion nearby to where he'd just handled his own target to make sure it had nothing to do with himself, but here he was now left a little speechless amidst the Thorn Princess' carnage- and what a display it was.

Seems they were both still a little too good at this.

"It's- uhh... been a while, hasn't it?" What was even the appropriate thing to say in a moment like this? Rei knew all too well he's never been very sociable, not that he's ever really had to be. He was raised to do two simple things: kill and succeed his father, and in all of that he never really learned how to carry a conversation.