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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Setting his glass down, Chuya took in a soft breath as he looked at the other male. How to do this without breaking the others heart, Chuya did not sign up for things like this, he did not ask for people to randomly develop feelings for him. "Listen, Tachihara…" he started slowly, looking at the other male, whom he noticed seemed to be a bit more mellowed down now that they were on a slightly serious topic, and that made Chuya feel a bit uncomfortable./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Even though he felt like the cruelest person in the world as he watched Tachihara smile. "It's alright, Chuya. I just wanted to tell you how I felt, it wouldn't have felt right if I didn't tell you at least." He said in a soft tone, and Chuya felt like he was the biggest ass in the universe now./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Setting his glass down, Chuya took in a soft breath as he looked at the other male. How to do this without breaking the others heart, Chuya did not sign up for things like this, he did not ask for people to randomly develop feelings for him. "Listen, Tachihara…" he started slowly, looking at the other male, whom he noticed seemed to be a bit more mellowed down now that they were on a slightly serious topic, and that made Chuya feel a bit uncomfortable./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"Even though he felt like the cruelest person in the world as he watched Tachihara smile. "It's alright, Chuya. I just wanted to tell you how I felt, it wouldn't have felt right if I didn't tell you at least." He said in a soft tone, and Chuya felt like he was the biggest ass in the universe now./p
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p style="border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 15.12px; font-family: 'Lucida Grande', 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'GNU Unifont', Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif; vertical-align: baseline; list-style: none; margin: 1.286em auto; padding: 0px; line-height: 1.5; color: #2a2a2a;"He was not at all happy when he showed up for work, leaving Mori to believe that he did not have a good night. Which wasn't far from the truth, and he wouldn't indulge the other in the reasoning's, he simply took his mission and went on his way. The mission was a success at least, maybe a bit messy, but at least it was done, and Chuya was certainly feeling a tiny bit better, even if he subordinates were a little unnerved by what had just happened, and maybe a bit confused seeing as things progressed so fast, but it was done, and Chuya was content to just go home, maybe drink some more. No, more than likely drink some more. And that's exactly what he did./p