A/N: Written for the Mega Prompts Challenge, #493 – talk.
Tries a Talk
'So it's like…' Ryouma doesn't even bother continuing. Ren's eyes have glazed over again. He's got his headphones in. He's nodding his head to the beat.
Then again, it's easier to talk about certain things when nobody's listening. And this was a nice loophole to get around the whole "talk to someone" command.
Though he doesn't think Taiki-san will be too happy with him when he finds out.
Then again, it was Taiki-san. That guy is nice to a fault. So he won't be mad either.
And Ryouma has been an idiot to consider Ren for a serious discussion.
He takes a deep breath. 'So…it's like…'
Okay, so maybe it's more can't than won't at play there.
Take three. Another deep breath. 'It's…'
He kicks a stone. Ren looks at him and pulls an earbud out. 'Were you saying something?' Perfectly casually, as if he hadn't heard anything before.
Ryouma wants to be Tagiru suddenly, because it wouldn't be weird at all if he starts bashing his head on a pole. And it probably won't cost him brain cells either.
Which is silly, because hadn't he just been thinking how he didn't want anyone hearing him?
'No,' he says. 'I wasn't saying anything at all.'
He thinks he's fooled Ren because the other puts his headphones back in and doesn't watch him again.
But he knows Ren's more perceptive than he looks, and it's probably Ren who's fooling him into thinking he hasn't noticed.
But Ryouma isn't ready to talk yet. Or Ren just isn't the right person to talk to for this.
