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[tsygan]

you know who it is. tell me what you want and fuck off.

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[tsygan]

( toji pinches his nose, and it scrunches up at the very same moment he swats at his hand — this is becoming a recurring theme! — but then he's tucking himself into him like he doesn't remember how to do anything else, sighing in the back of his throat like it might do him some good.

it won't. ) That mean you care about anythin' I kick up a fuss about?

( that ... endears him more than he's willing to admit presently, if it's true. )

I never used to give a shit. ( come on, alexei, use your words. you're getting there. ) About whether or not somebody's shit got messed up. But Yuri— ( he looks up at him then, raising his eyebrows. ) She's gotta care about you enough to put up with your bullshit, right? She deserves some respect.

I guess that … goes as far as her furniture. And lotion.

[revolts]

The fuck do you think caring means? [ toji asks, pinching cain's cheek for emphasis. ]

She's just stupid, [ he goes on to scoff. however harsh the words, there's no insult to them. just a bland statement of fact that's edging on fond. ] Doesn't know how to assert herself. Doesn't know how to ask to be treated right. Doesn't know she can and should have better. She'll figure it out someday, and in the meantime I've got a place to sleep and dinner now and then.

Girls like her got me through most my life.

[tsygan]

I will bite you. ( he grumbles half-heartedly, clicking his teeth at the very same time toji pinches his cheek, but there's no real bite behind it. if you keep reacting like this, you know he's just going to keep doing things that get on your nerves, right —

like he cares. it's kind of endearing if he's perfectly honest, but he's not about to be honest out loud.

he can sense fondness for what it is, he probably sounds much the same when he's talking about someone he's grown to like — will sound like that when he talks about you, old man — and so he doesn't say anything about the harshness of the words. he's never known toji to be anything but truthful when he's being serious. )

Takes a lot to learn shit like that. ( he says like he knows from experience, and it's anyone's guess if he actually does; there's never been a whole lot of speculation on how he thinks he deserves to be treated, or what he deserves in general, and if he's honest, again? yuri reminds him so much of abel with how kindhearted and open she is that it almost strikes a nerve, but maybe that's just another point of why he kicked up such a fuss. )

You get a place to crash and she gets a fucked up couch. ( he snorts, keeping his tone light. ) Great setup for you.