Warnings: Does this look familiar? (Spoilers for a certain char? Um, but not very clear.)
Pairings: Joshua/Neku
Rating: PG, language.
Notes: This is an expansion of that drabble from last week, CAT Power? Yeah. I thought I had written more than just those few sentences, and it turns out I totally had. This is honestly a much-improved version, but if anyone doesn't feel like repeating the theme and skips it, I totally understand.
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Neku waves enthusiastically, flailing and jumping and overall, acting like a total idiot when Joshua finally shows up for the weekly Hachiko meet.
"Happy to see me?" Joshua teases, smirking in the same infuriating fashion that Neku remembers all-too-well from their week together.
Neku grins. "Nah, Shiki's coming up behind you."
Joshua reaches out with his extra sense--it's weaker in the RG, but he can still hear Shiki's Song in the crowd behind him, far enough that Neku probably can't actually see her. "I'm wounded, Neku," Joshua tells him, playing along by clutching at his chest. "Wounded."
Neku smirks, then darts forward to plant a kiss on the corner of Joshua's mouth. "Yeah, I missed you, too, asshole," he grumbles.
"Oh?" Joshua says, smirking again, because it makes him look like he knows what's going on. "And what was that for, Neku, dear?"
Neku shrugs, then pauses for a moment to wave at Shiki for real. "It's this thing I've been working on lately, actually. My motto?" he offers. Joshua raises an eyebrow. "I'm trying to enjoy every moment with all I've got, and I've kind of wanted to do that since Day 7 of our Game." The last part comes out in a mumble, and Joshua doesn't miss the fact that Neku is suddenly finding the ground terribly exciting to look at.
"You aren't deterred by our little showdown?" Joshua asks.
Neku waves it off. "Well, bleeding out on concrete again really sucked, but it has been a while, and I saw Sota and Nao walking down the street, they're doing great, by the way, so I am kinda working toward maybe not hating you for everything as much."
"Mm, I'm glad," Joshua tells him, taking a spot next to Neku as Shiki approaches.
