mukagen | omi-wan the househusband

[ Ohhhhhhh. Gojou mouths awe because while it's a simple dish— ]

I love spring rolls! Vietnamese cuisine in general is very fresh, too.

I make it after almost every Spring show.

Want me to make you some?

Yeah! That sounds great. One last meal before we head home tomorrow.

[ Gojou is just going to continue believing it works out and if it doesn't... They just all need to indulge more? No big deal. ]

Alright. Plan on it.

[He settles into Gojou's side.

...]

I'm glad we got to meet.

[ He laughs a good amount. It's this conversation again... But now with more weeks padded on. ]

Despite this place being what it is?

[ Omi laughs too. ]

It sounds insane to say, doesn't it?

[ He had to fight a sharknado. He was poisoned. So many people died. They were almost sacrifices to a unchained AI. ]

Despite everything... Yeah. I love you, Satoru.

From a regular, everyday civilian? It is insane.

[ He ruffles Omi's hair, wondering how this all could have happened... It reminds him of when he told Law that the future is for the living, but now he has to rethink that. What he doesn't need to think through is giving Omi another kiss. ]

I love you, too.

[ The hair ruffle makes him laugh, and he smiles into the kiss. This is something he'll miss.

He probably shouldn't be okay with everything that happened. All is well that ends well. Tomorrow will probably be fine?

The living are the ones who move forward. Being here has changed that thought a lot, huh? At least here, the dead come back. It's not really over when it seems like it should be. ]

If you can, keep in touch.

I'll try my best! Though you might need to pull most of the weight there. I can get pretty focused on my work and time passes by fast.

[ Yeah, he kind of loses track of time and forgets? Even if he likes someone, it just is like that for sorcerers. This is all if he gets out of the box or not. ]

... But if things don't work out, I don't want you to be hung up on me. Okay?

That's fine. Mankai can get busy, but it's not usually that bad.

[ If it's already established, he doesn't have a problem reaching out. ]

... It's going to take a while before I can move on, you know.

[ But he knows why Gojou is bringing that up now. ]

I know, but don't feel bad for moving on.

[ Gojou doesn't want Omi to be holding on for so long like he did with Nachi. While he lost his best friend, too, it's been a year since Suguru died.

Omi has been thinking about Nachi for so long, right? This isn't the type of curse he'd want to cast onto Omi. ]

We should stay positive, anyway. UWU brought us all here somehow, so it must be able to do more.

[ He entirely skips that first part. Eventually he'll be able to move on, but he takes years for that kind of thing. That's just the person he is. ]

It must have more power now, after feeding on everybody's indulgences for the last two months.

It has also been snacking on the Avatars every now and then when it initially said it would use them as backup.

[ It’s okay if they skip the original topic. He just wants to make sure Omi knows since he has the opportunity to tell him beforehand. ]

Must be really chubby now! I kind of want to see it.

Wonder what made it decide the Avatars were ready to use as snacks?

We saw it when Steven was doing the reprogramming... It was pretty big.

[ How does one judge fatness, when there's only one of it out there? ]