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I wish the weather would stop changing so dramatically. It's giving me a headache... literally. I know some places can get unseasonably warm, but this is ridiculous.

[text, private to Minato:]

Hey, I need you to do me a favor. Can you take Miki out for an afternoon this week? Keep her busy for me?

[text, private to Shinjiro:]

We need to make sure Miki has a good Christmas this year. I have a plan, but I need your help.

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[Of course he does.

It's still a stupid idea. And Shinjiro should be telling him its a shitty idea, like most of Aki's ideas usually are—all a very suspicious shade of brown—except he knows full well how things will go. Because it's how things always go, like life subsisted off patterns while arguments were as scripted as fate was supposed to be. And even if he told Aki he wanted no part in it, the moron would still go ahead with his idea anyway, and probably do a half-assed job of it, because what does Aki know about getting into someone's apartment anyways? And how to leave things alone and learn that it's better to search a room with your eyes rather than stumble around, hoping to trip over something to punch and get some kind of heaven-sent epiphany out of it.

So he might as well let Aki be a stupid older brother while he can. Miki deserves an idiot more than she ever deserved a hero, because that's what she would have had if he hadn't died. Or if she hadn't. Meanwhile, he can stand around and make sure he doesn't break something.]

When?

Edited 2012-12-11 09:29 (UTC)

[If nothing else, he means well. His fatal flaw, of course, is trying to look at everything in the most straightforward way possible -- which often is not the best. Good luck getting him to admit that anytime soon, though.]

Minato's going to get her out of the house for an afternoon in the next couple of days. I'll let you know when. I've been casing the joint.

[Someone is proud.

And has been watching mobster movies.]

[...]

You asked Minato to take her out?

[He's starting to sound like a damn parrot.]

Yeah. He'll keep her busy for a little while.

[What are you worried about, Shinji? Minato's a great friend! Akihiko can trust him, right? I mean, you don't touch your friends' little sisters, so everything should be fine.]

[The important things Aki doesn't realize are like rugs that lie under his feet unnoticed, ready to be pulled right out from underneath him.

Not that he's all that worried about Minato—who else would Aki have asked, anyway? Minako would have gotten suspicious before Aki told her everything anyway, and Mitsuru doesn't exactly have a lot in common with Miki, besides her motorcycle, maybe.

...But the things he's guessed at that Aki hasn't.

Shinjiro's pretty sure Aki just set up his sister on a half-date, at the very least.

The "friend's little sister" clause also doesn't really hold up that well over time.]

You tell him to at least try and keep her from locking the door when he takes her out?

You don't think that's too obvious? She might suspect something.

How else do you plan on getting in?

There's an empty apartment a few doors down from hers. I can go across the balconies easy.

No.

I'll be fine.

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