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"You've reached Tadashi Hamada. Sorry I missed you, but leave a message and I'll call you back as soon as I can."

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From:

akito

日本語は話せますか

(trans: do you know how to speak japanese? )

From:

anewangle

はい。私が書くより話すのが優れています。

(trans: Yes. I am better at speaking than writing.)

From:

akito

I'm going to teach Hiro some Japanese...
But if I offer to teach Hiro it is rude not to ask you too!
Though I should say it was not me offering with Hiro as much as telling him.
I can help you improve your Japanese if you are interested though! I am good at languages.

From:

anewangle

Hiro needs to branch out more anyway! :)

It's very nice of you to offer! I haven't had formal lessons since I my father taught me when I was little, so I'm pretty rusty.

From:

akito

[ because, thinking on it, it might be better to ask Hiro's brother-brother instead of Caesar... ]

I have a question for you!
If it's okay to ask?

From:

anewangle

Sure! What's up?

From:

akito

[ it takes a while for him to respond. not because he doesn't know what to say, but more that he doesn't know how to say it: ]

Is it okay if I like Hiro how you like Caesar?

From:

anewangle

[Hope Akito doesn't mind if it takes Tadashi a little bit to text back too, because he needs a minute to process what he just read. Definitely wasn't expecting that, nor is he sure how Hiro would feel about this news. Not that he's going to tell him or anything. That'd be hella rude.

At the same time, he doesn't want to shut Akito down or make the poor kid feel weird about it, so...]

There's never anything wrong with liking someone.

Edited Date: 2015-11-19 05:11 am (UTC)

From:

akito

[ Hiro is the most clueless, but Akito is happy with how things are right now. It was just bothering him - worrying that maybe he isn't a good enough person to feel that way... So Tadashi's reassurance is a relief. ]

Even if the person isn't good enough?

Also I should say...
I am happy with just being his friend!
But having a big brother now...
It seemed like it would be important to tell you.
I've tried before to tell Hiro-kun before but

He's Hiro-kun ne?
Which is why he makes my heart happy
Even if sometimes he makes my brain frustrated.

From:

anewangle

The only way the person wouldn't be good enough is if they didn't respect the other person's feelings as well, but that's definitely not the case here.

[So don't talk like that, small friend. :( Also, not really surprising that Hiro didn't notice Akito's attempts to spill the beans. He can be pretty oblivious when it comes to the feels. Maybe he'll grow out of it one day, maybe he won't. Even Tadashi's not sure about that one yet.]

He makes my brain frustrated sometimes, too, but when you care about someone you accept the whole package. Whatever the case, you're a very important friend for him.

From:

akito

I'm happy I'm an important friend to him.
He reminds me of home you know?
So if I ever feel homesick I just visit him and feel better.

[ and a short delay before he adds: ]

If anything ever happens and you go back to sleep
Or Caesar or Caesar's brother...
Or even if nothing happens
Me and Agito will always do our best to keep Hiro safe!
So you never have to worry about what happens if you aren't around, O.K.?
We will always protect him when there's danger.

From:

anewangle

[And another delay on Tadashi's end, because that's something Tadashi can't help but think about now and then. His situation is unique to that of most residents of Nautilus. Tadashi going back to Sleep wouldn't just be going home. Not for him, and definitely not for Hiro.]

I really appreciate that. It's hard not to worry about Hiro sometimes, but it's a relief to know there will always be people here for him.

From:

akito

He is the kind of person it's impossible not to care about.
Even Agito wants to keep him safe
Even though Hiro frustrates him so much he wants to kick his face in sometimes.
But that's just how Agito gets when he cares about people.

I'm glad that it's a relief to you though!

From:

pineapplesalmon

Hey there, handsome. Whatcha doing?

[This is not a booty call. Caesar knows where he can find that. This is Caesar being silly while waiting for code to compile.

Also he may or may not be texting this from across the room. In his defense, it is a pretty big room. But this is mostly to amuse Tadashi.]

From:

anewangle

[Caesar, you giant nerd. Never mind that Tadashi would be a big fat fibber if he tried to claim he's never indulged in the across-the-room-text. And while in much smaller rooms, too.

Throwing a grin over his shoulder before replying.]

Safety protocols. Super exciting things happening over here.

From:

pineapplesalmon

[Takes a nerd to know a nerd, nerd. Caesar smirks over his computer screen before texting back.]

Safety protocols? Sounds more like you're trying to prevent anything exciting from happening.

From:

anewangle

I guess that depends on your opinion on safety. I, for one, am all about not immediately crashing a flying motorcycle while traveling at interstate speeds.

From:

pineapplesalmon

[Caesar chuckles a bit.]

Ah, in that case, go ahead. That's the kind of excitement that I suggest avoiding.

From:

anewangle

I thought you might agree.

I assume you have something more entertaining going on over there?

From:

pineapplesalmon

I'm going through the very exciting logs of Cog's last couple of days. Did you know he averages about sixteen hours of 'sleep'?

From:

anewangle

Well you did model half of him after a cat.

From:

pineapplesalmon

I'm starting to wonder if he's actually 75% cat.

From:

anewangle

Man, what happened to your calculations there?

From:

pineapplesalmon

I'm unsure. You know how i overcomplicate the simple stuff.

From:

anewangle

Yeah, Mr. Let's-change-the-atomic-structure-of-the-walls.

Edited Date: 2016-04-02 12:26 am (UTC)

From:

pineapplesalmon

[Caesar lets out a laugh.]

You're never going to let me live that down, are you?

From:

anewangle

[Spinning slowly in his chair and looking just a little smug.]

Nope.

From:

pineapplesalmon

[Oh, smug, are you? Caesar is going to grin very, very wide. Tadashi knows this smile.]

As if you're one to talk. You change my anatomical structure all the time!

[Yup, Tadashi sure does know that smile.]