It was Aoba’s turn for a secret little smile then, though really, it was only secret so far as no one looked at him. And then it wasn’t secret at all, really, because Declan glanced at him and Aoba glanced away, still smiling. Aoba wasn’t blushing this time around, at least. He just thought it was oddly cute, how charmed Declan seemed to him to be by Ren, and was grateful his little companion was willing to humor him on this.
He may not have thought of Ren as so solidly human as Declan did, but Ren was still his friend and partner. If Ren hadn’t been willing, Aoba wouldn’t have forced him. Tried begging him, maybe, but not forced.
And on Ren’s part, it helped that Declan and Ghost were much, much more palatable company than Yoshie and Clara. On that note, when Ghost came zipping over, Ren looked up with interest that was all his own.
“I was going to ask you about that, in fact,” he said, while a half-distracted Aoba reached for that satchel of mysteries and pulled it onto his own lap. (He didn’t open it just yet, but smoothed his fingers over the exterior, wondering again what had caught their host’s eyes.) “Now that my capacity is increased I wanted to ask you for the additional information you were unable to include along with the maps I accepted before. I’m ready to collaborate in any ways necessary.”
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He may not have thought of Ren as so solidly human as Declan did, but Ren was still his friend and partner. If Ren hadn’t been willing, Aoba wouldn’t have forced him. Tried begging him, maybe, but not forced.
And on Ren’s part, it helped that Declan and Ghost were much, much more palatable company than Yoshie and Clara. On that note, when Ghost came zipping over, Ren looked up with interest that was all his own.
“I was going to ask you about that, in fact,” he said, while a half-distracted Aoba reached for that satchel of mysteries and pulled it onto his own lap. (He didn’t open it just yet, but smoothed his fingers over the exterior, wondering again what had caught their host’s eyes.) “Now that my capacity is increased I wanted to ask you for the additional information you were unable to include along with the maps I accepted before. I’m ready to collaborate in any ways necessary.”