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[protegge]

guido mista

hey hey, buongiorno what's up! leave me a message and i'll get back to you when i'm not asleep or whatever.

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[protegge]

[It was just . . . something. Something went wrong, or has been wrong, or something. Mista isn't that smart, but he's not dumb either. Something's fishy.]

[He sighs and crosses his arms over his chest.]

Look, going out didn't help, so talk to me and see if that helps. Or do something, but--I'm worried about you, man. You're not usually like this. You know I'm not gonna leave it alone, either.

[sotenbori]

[majima knows mista well enough to know he means it, that he's not going to let it go. and that means it's going to be more of a problem if he says nothing, more of a burden. the easiest thing for both of them is probably to tell him and move on.

majima sighs, too - it's a weird position to be in, but it's easy to see how they got here.]

Thank you, for worrying about me. [that seems like an important place to start.] Ya don't have to do that, I'm just your boss, and... [and it doesn't have to be your problem] It's not something anyone can fix -- today's a, I don't know, callin' it an anniversary seems wrong, I guess but it's an important date. My brother got arrested three years ago, today. He's in for life.

[it's why he'd pulled mista out of that fight to start with, because his bleeding heart can't really take watching kids make the same fucking mistakes he and his brother did. mistakes that had completely ruined his brother's life. he'd give his ten times over if it would undo that. if he could save him.]

[protegge]

[Mista's lip twitches, edging towards a frown; the way his arms are set relaxes, too, but only a little. He wants to say don't thank me, I wouldn't be here if I didn't give a shit-- but there's no time. Then it's moving on to bigger, worse things.]

[His heart sinks.]

Man . . . Come on. Why didn't--

[He sighs, and lets his arms fall to his side.]

You could've told me. Now I feel like a dick for not realizing something was wrong before. I'm sorry, man. That's bullshit.

[sotenbori]

Nah, don't say that!

[the last thing he wants is for mista to feel bad, that was the whole point -- he was trying to protect him from taking on any extra problems that weren't his own.]

I didn't want to worry ya, is all.

[protegge]

It worries me you don't talk to anybody about it.

[Maybe he's a little hurt, too. He misses having something like a family, and Majima's pretty close to it. He knows that's an unfair to think, but he wishes Majima felt like he could talk about that shit with him.]

Did you talk to Kaz about it? Or just--talk around it.

[sotenbori]

[ majima gets the distinct sense that he fucked up somehow, but he doesn't know how, when he'd been trying sohard here ]

I mean, I mentioned it ta him, I guess. It wasn't anythin' special.

[protegge]

[Mista gives him a pinched, worried sort of look. Then he throws an arm around Majima's shoulder, his expression serious.]

You don't gotta talk to me. But this thing American guys do where they pretend they don't get upset about shit, it's bullshit. You know I know that.

Talk to somebody. Or worst case I can be distracting. I'm good at that. But I'm good at talking, too.

[sotenbori]

[majima does listen to what he says. he's pretty reserved. it's not just an american guys thing, it's about responsibility of actions. specifically his own.]

I appreciate the offer. I've never really been great at solvin' problems by talking.

[protegge]

So distraction's it, then?

[You can't just expect him to not be helpful, Majima. He'll break out in hives.]

[sotenbori]

Yeah, sounds good to me.

[ yes, he gets that mista helping him is a way of helping mista. #nailedit ]