Asgard: IC Inbox

[realmenknitplushies]

Yo, guys: you've reached Kanji Tatsumi. Leave me a message.

Comments

[realmenknitplushies]

[...Dammit, Yosuke.]

...go on...

[windbreak]

You spoken to Naoto in the past couple days? She wasn't picking up at all, and normally she's not that shy about saying she's busy... I wondered if it was just me.

[Because, okay, he might have given her one or two reasons to ignore just his calls by now.]

[realmenknitplushies]

[...And suddenly it's a good job that this is voice only - he's gone red at this end.]

N-no... I've been meanin' to call her, but... just, uh, haven't gotten to it...

[windbreak]

[Unfortunately, Yosuke can glean about as much as he needs to just from the stammering.] Whoa, you were meaning to? Did something happen?

[realmenknitplushies]

I - I just kinda asked her some stuff before the grey shit happened, but since then I haven't - I -

[Pull yourself together, man!]

- what does it matter to you?

[windbreak]

[By sheer dint of effort, he keeps his cracking up almost completely silent.] Heeey, don't get all worked up about it, I think it's cool! Gotta make good use of our time while we're young, right?

[realmenknitplushies]

Well...

[Yep, volume's going up.]

Y-yeah! I ain't gonna hold back! I ain't gonna... uh.

[windbreak]

You'll do great! I'm rooting for you, man. Let me know how it goes! ...Oh, and don't forget about tomorrow!

[It's unlikely that Kanji's head exploding at the other end of the line could physically knock Yosuke's bracelet off or anything similar, but rather than risk it, he hangs up as fast as his finger will let him.]

[realmenknitplushies]

[...He might still be able to hear his name being yelled from across the city.
Goddamnit.]