CATCH ALL FOR KOHAKU

[justonezero]

How did this happen, we just don't know

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[justonezero]

Whoa!

[He tilts his head back even with the hand there. He's getting so many headpats these days.]

Hi Kohaku!

[dolleyed]

[ It's his own fault for having a head that's so very pat-able. ]

How're you holding up?

[ Might as well do the checking in before the scolding. ]

[justonezero]

Pretty good, I guess? I'm still alive.

[That's

A low bar.]

[dolleyed]

[ And here's where the nosedive into scolding comes early. ]

So if that's a good thing, what was up with your stupid idea of volunteering, huh?

[justonezero]

[Ah, the scoldings begin anew! He doesn't seem that bothered, though.]

I want to be careful with my life since I have only one, but... if trading my life could save someone else's instead, I don't really mind it.

[dolleyed]

And you don't care at all who the other person is?

[ All of this is awfully hypocritical to come from the one who suggested volunteers in the first place, but he'd really done it under the assumption that nobody would be weird enough to jump on that chance. ]

[justonezero]

Not really! The lives of other people are precious treasures. If a garbage life like mine could be used to to save theirs, isn't that the best possible use for it?

[dolleyed]

[ How.... how can this child be so UTTERLY INCOMPREHENSIBLE at all times.... ]

Hate to break it to you, but most people are garbage in this world.

[justonezero]

I don't believe that at all!

[Whoa. Instant response.]

[dolleyed]

[ Kohaku wants to argue that this is bullshit since he knows Yoshi has been tormented by others (in admittedly light ways by Kohaku's standards) but he also knows Yoshi won't accept that argument at all. It's deeply frustrating. ]

There's killers literally right in our group, wake the fuck up.

[justonezero]

That just means they're their own hero.

We just happen to be their "enemies."

[Yoshi what the hell.]

[dolleyed]

They're selfish pieces of shit, that's what it is.

[ And Kohaku himself is probably the same - he's certainly killed before, just for himself, just because he could and it was easier. It's not been heroic. ]

We're their enemies, blah blah blah. They're our enemies as well. They live for themselves, so there's no goddamn reason you can't do that, too.

[justonezero]

But I like doing things for others.

[Why would he need to live for himself when he's perfectly happy living for others?]

[dolleyed]

[ Kohaku just grabs him by the shoulders now, IT IS TIME FOR SOME SHAKING. ]

Like dying? You like dying, huh?!

[justonezero]

[He doesn't flinch at all, staring up at Kohaku with the same smile as always.]

I mean... if someone decided I was their "enemy..."

If it made someone happy to carry out their justice defeating me...

Well, that's probably okay too.

[dolleyed]

[ That smile... He's never minded it before, he knows a lot of people with ominous smiles, but right now, it gives him an unpleasant shiver down his spine. He actually lets go now, stepping back. ]

... living like a doll isn't suitable for a human being.

[justonezero]

A doll? That's a new one!

[He gives a laugh even as Kohaku releases him, steps back. Like he doesn't realize why.

Maybe he sincerely doesn't.]

I'm happy devoting myself to others. That's all there is to it!

[dolleyed]

[ Okay, this is too much. This is just. Way too much. ]

Then at least see to it that you can be happy a little longer, fucking hell!

[ Aaaand he's storming off. ]

[justonezero]

[There he goooooes...

The one week curse strikes again!]