[based on your pcs how much did buzen fail at this request, yaywon
but regardless buzen will just nod - and start to guide rang in a direction to the closest exit.]
Okay. Don't talk to anybody that you don't want to. Except for me, I guess, sorry.
[stupid sword. but regardless he'll just help rang out of there because honestly, after everything he said - buzen also thinks that rang doesn't deserve to talk to everyone who accused him.]
there is still a fist of something ugly in his chest, and he knows if he looks at it closely it will be Grief. so buzen is a nice distraction, he eyes him as they leave then looks away,]
I meant just them, not you. [stupid tsundere] Or Matsui.
[flashbacks to being a little shit during the fight with d, begins to regret many decisions,]
I wish more people accused you to my face. I know that I was keeping it a secret to let Dee-san have a chance to say something, but man—I told Nahi-chan this, but some people really need to get punched to get their stuff together.
[he's really such a rough and tumble sword??? even though he's so gentle most days.]
... Mm, maybe I wouldn't have gone that far, but I at least could've fought with them a little... I'm getting really mad at people accusing you of things that you didn't do.
[there's something a little wry in buzen's smile, but he's nonetheless understanding. he even nods.]
Then don't take the fall for anyone else. I hate it when that happens. It pisses me off, when the person who's responsible gets to walk away and everyone else has to take on the consequences of their choices.
That's the worst of humanity, I think.
[and he says this with a fairly strong conviction, like he's seen it himself.]
I'm glad you walked out of there instead of Dee-san, Rang-san.
Even if you think a lot of people were hoping Dee-san would win, you should know I definitely wasn't one of them.
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[his eyebrows go up at the conviction he can hear in buzen's voice, because he thinks this is the first time he's heard buzen say something like that. no wonder, when he and d had been clear in their own dislike of humanity, it's enough to overshadow the rest.
it reminds him that buzen is a blade with a history, as uncertain as it may be at times.]
...I did ask D if he'd wanted you to erase him instead.
[he doesn't elaborate, not when the answer is obvious.]
I suppose that would have happened anyway, if the votes hadn't turned in our favor.
[his brows raise at that, wondering. him be the one to erase d? well.]
... It would have.
[he can at least confirm that much. though there is a slight flash of something guilty - not for d, but.]
... I'm sorry, Rang-san. It probably seems like I don't want to fight for you, when I do things like that. But... I don't want to fight in a way that makes us sacrifice others.
I'll do everything else I can for you, though. For as long as I can.
[rang looks surprised at the apology, like this hadn't occurred to him. it might do with the fact that he's really never seen buzen or matsui or d as people on his side, despite entering a team with them.
...will that change, now that he hates them all a little less?]
Everything else, huh?
[there's a beat where his gaze turns inward, like he's remembering certain conversations,]
...It's like what we talked about. I won't expect anything from you that goes against your nature. If it's you who has to erase, and you want to be caught -- I won't interfere. If Matsui is the one who has to, and you decide to erase him with your hands, then I won't step in either.
[even if it means he'll fcking die on the spot. can't wait for this cr to turn insane on rang's end so he changes his mind,]
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but regardless buzen will just nod - and start to guide rang in a direction to the closest exit.]
Okay. Don't talk to anybody that you don't want to. Except for me, I guess, sorry.
[stupid sword. but regardless he'll just help rang out of there because honestly, after everything he said - buzen also thinks that rang doesn't deserve to talk to everyone who accused him.]
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there is still a fist of something ugly in his chest, and he knows if he looks at it closely it will be Grief. so buzen is a nice distraction, he eyes him as they leave then looks away,]
I meant just them, not you. [stupid tsundere] Or Matsui.
[flashbacks to being a little shit during the fight with d, begins to regret many decisions,]
You heard everything. [it's not a question]
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[ . . . . honestly - ]
I wish more people accused you to my face. I know that I was keeping it a secret to let Dee-san have a chance to say something, but man—I told Nahi-chan this, but some people really need to get punched to get their stuff together.
[he's really such a rough and tumble sword??? even though he's so gentle most days.]
... Mm, maybe I wouldn't have gone that far, but I at least could've fought with them a little... I'm getting really mad at people accusing you of things that you didn't do.
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there's a beat of silence that feels like surprise, then]
It was pretty annoying. [rang this is literally your fault] But I could have told them that it was D. I only kept it a secret out of spite.
[but also to protect d's secret, but he doesn't feel like being soft about d at the moment, not with his big mad grudge]
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[said a little bit like it's obvious? god, buzen is so straightforward until he's not]
You don't even like humans. And even if everyone who accused you wasn't human, it's still annoying to be made the face of someone else's problem.
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rang like im never allowed to call buzen stupid again,]
...It didn't feel as good as I thought it would. I've only ever caused problems of my own, and never bothered to hide anyone else's.
[rang learning chara development in this and in this only,]
I've decided that I only like getting blamed for the murders I committed.
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Then don't take the fall for anyone else. I hate it when that happens. It pisses me off, when the person who's responsible gets to walk away and everyone else has to take on the consequences of their choices.
That's the worst of humanity, I think.
[and he says this with a fairly strong conviction, like he's seen it himself.]
I'm glad you walked out of there instead of Dee-san, Rang-san.
Even if you think a lot of people were hoping Dee-san would win, you should know I definitely wasn't one of them.
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it reminds him that buzen is a blade with a history, as uncertain as it may be at times.]
...I did ask D if he'd wanted you to erase him instead.
[he doesn't elaborate, not when the answer is obvious.]
I suppose that would have happened anyway, if the votes hadn't turned in our favor.
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... It would have.
[he can at least confirm that much. though there is a slight flash of something guilty - not for d, but.]
... I'm sorry, Rang-san. It probably seems like I don't want to fight for you, when I do things like that. But... I don't want to fight in a way that makes us sacrifice others.
I'll do everything else I can for you, though. For as long as I can.
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...will that change, now that he hates them all a little less?]
Everything else, huh?
[there's a beat where his gaze turns inward, like he's remembering certain conversations,]
...It's like what we talked about. I won't expect anything from you that goes against your nature. If it's you who has to erase, and you want to be caught -- I won't interfere. If Matsui is the one who has to, and you decide to erase him with your hands, then I won't step in either.
[even if it means he'll fcking die on the spot. can't wait for this cr to turn insane on rang's end so he changes his mind,]