[He grins, shaking his head.] I'm happy to cook for us and leave you easy things to reheat so we don't have any accidents.
[He goes crosseyed looking at Goro's fingers, just grinning.] I did-- I burn like a lobster. [He considered briefly letting himself burn to see if it would somehow lure Yusuke here, but-- it's best that no one else wind up here accused of crimes they may or may not have committed.]
[He follows Akechi's fingers with his eyes as he withdraws them, seeming a little stunned by the question.] Oh, I... [It's not that he's surprised, really-- Akechi didn't seem the type to manage non-monogamous dealings of any sort, given how he rarely gave the other Thieves the time of day, but the notion of telling Sumire... It feels Big, somehow, and Akira knows it's because Goro wants to lay claim, to make it exclusive, and the phrasing that Sumire is infatuated... It's going to hurt her, especially since for her, it comes before she's told him how she feels.]
[He stares at his hands a beat.] ...infatuated makes it sound creepy. She confessed, at the end of January, and I turned her down, but... Our timelines are weird, she hasn't gotten there yet. [He looks back up, making pointed eye contact with Goro.] You want me to tell her we're together? Exclusively?
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[He goes crosseyed looking at Goro's fingers, just grinning.] I did-- I burn like a lobster. [He considered briefly letting himself burn to see if it would somehow lure Yusuke here, but-- it's best that no one else wind up here accused of crimes they may or may not have committed.]
[He follows Akechi's fingers with his eyes as he withdraws them, seeming a little stunned by the question.] Oh, I... [It's not that he's surprised, really-- Akechi didn't seem the type to manage non-monogamous dealings of any sort, given how he rarely gave the other Thieves the time of day, but the notion of telling Sumire... It feels Big, somehow, and Akira knows it's because Goro wants to lay claim, to make it exclusive, and the phrasing that Sumire is infatuated... It's going to hurt her, especially since for her, it comes before she's told him how she feels.]
[He stares at his hands a beat.] ...infatuated makes it sound creepy. She confessed, at the end of January, and I turned her down, but... Our timelines are weird, she hasn't gotten there yet. [He looks back up, making pointed eye contact with Goro.] You want me to tell her we're together? Exclusively?