"What the hell is this?"
Josuke leaned at the newspaper, sitting in the couch as he took his rest from the investigative work that he has. Only him and Shido were currently in the house, as the others had prior work to do. The teenager eye him with curiosity, as he placed the full coffee mug at the coffee table, with Josuke lowering the newspaper and smiling at him.
"Ah, thanks," Josuke grabbed the coffee mug with his right hand, his left hand holding the paper, "Nothing beats homemade brew. Say, where did you get the beans anyway?"
"Well," Shido scratched his chin, "I think there was that sale recently from a store I frequent. I forgot what the brand was."
"Bummer," he sipped from the mug again, "Pretty sure my wife would love this blend."
Josuke placed the mug on the coffee table, as his eyes read every single letter on the newspaper. He whistled.
"Oh wow, looks like the author got a tantrum again."
"Which author, though?" Shido said, as he prepared the desserts in the counter.
"From Day to Spirit," Josuke continued, flipping the page, "Says here that he swore someone's name so much because of 'an ending change'."
"Really, how so?"
"Uh," he leaned, "Interview says that 'volume 19 wasn't going to be the end', and he said that he retracts his statement back then. I see, no wonder he deleted the foreword."
Josuke slammed his fist into his palm in realization, before looking back at the paper, "But he does say that he's glad to make the story flexible."
"Well, it is flexible in the first place," Shido replied, searching the cupboard above the counter, "Didn't he say that he was deviating from the main source?"
"Yeah, but he does want to stay true anyway," Josuke whistled, "He's not a fan of copy-pasting anyway."
"Also, Josuke," Shido placed the ingredients on the counter, "Doesn't it feel weird when the story's like… similar to what we do?"
"You think he's that intuitive enough, Shido?" Josuke raised his brow, "'sides, he doesn't look like a Stand user to me. If there's someone I know who would, that would be Rohan-sensei."
"I'm just worried that he might know what we've been doing," Shido replied, "Kotori wouldn't like that at all."
"Sheesh, that's just easy," he waved at him, "Though I feel bad for doing something like that though. Unless there's a time when he's going to use our names, that's going to be the point. Get your head over it, Shido."
"Sorry," he leaned on the counter, "It's just that everything's stressing me out lately."
"How can you be so stressed out when you have, like, Tohka? I mean, I heard from Jolyne you had another date with her."
"That's not the point, even though it's de-stressing me," Shido fussed, "Plus, it feels like this is going to be endless because there might be a lot of Spirits in the world."
"…You should stop overthinking, Shido."
"…Sorry."
"You kids these days," Josuke said, as he flipped another page on his newspaper.
"Oh, and look at this. Says here that the Q&A is still up and running until a new chapter is released. You got any questions about the story, Shido?"
"Nah. I think I'll pass."
"Yeah, sure. How about I start writing mine down...?"
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