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[policedefective]

It becomes easier.

[Take it from him, the 'master' assassin.]

It's quite liberating, I must agree. You already know that back home I had to keep a clean image for most of the time, disgusted how people treated me as long as I was a TV star, their admiration fleeting and compared to when they were looking down on me for so long as an unwanted, orphaned child.

[...]

I like it, you know. The danger. You being dangerous.

[le_mat]

...

where are you at?

[ he can't maintain this over text, not anymore ]

phone tag so still text

[policedefective]

[It takes a full twenty seconds before Akechi replies, having to briefly put the phone down before things got too...indecent. Maybe it's the elegant simplicity of the reply to his words that gets his own imagination going. The thought frightens him at how he doesn't seem all that worried anymore ]

Why? Are you going to finally try to kill me? I've been bored.

[With Akechi that could mean so many things. Layers upon layers of meanings. He gives the name of a club he's been to once every week at the very least (with Akira alway welcomed to join him), explaining perhaps why he was suddenly wanting to discussing luxury. Then, he adds;]

Of course I could leave and go somewhere else, if you'd like.

[le_mat]

[Going to the club is tempting. Showing up without warning and ambushing Akechi. But right now, after talking even a little about this hate inside him... he's feeling a little too raw for that. He doesn't want to, for once, play a game]

come home?

[A question, not a demand]

[policedefective]

[Come home... it's strange. He never really had considered it as such until now. It was more like an apartment, a place to sleep during most days.

His right hand idly claws at the table before he realizes it, and he quickly pays for his drinks before getting up and typing as he exits the venue. It must have looked bizarre to the humans passing by him to see him move with such a purpose, his face oddly a little more redder than usual, a small wisp of smoke escaping his lips.]

ok

[Now that is unusual for him to type, but 'very well' or 'understood' would have taken more time and somehow Goro doesn't seem to think he has much of it. He holds his communication device tightly before a gust of wind propels him into the air with a speed and violence that mimicked his own mind. Anticipation, fear, longing all at once. It's a rather deadly cocktail for someone like him, nothing like what the brightly colored alcoholic drinks could have even provided him, but just as deadly in such large doses all the same.

He arrives with such speed that he doesn't bother to enter the front door, using his shadow form to sneak in between the cracks of his window. Wither Akira is in Goro's room or his own, the goblin turns back into his monster form, a little more hungry for his efforts. The spikes on his elbows which he usually carefully pulls inward to order to give himself a more human appearance are now unconsciously pushed outwards, giving him a princely look. Whatever happened, he'd need to...hunt after this. This being...well, he isn't quite sure yet, his eyes looking at the room to see if Akira is there or not before taking a step on the hardwood floor to announce his presence.]

[le_mat]

[And it says a lot that while Akira was not in the room itself he was lingering nearby, his ears perking the moment he hears Akechi's foot falls. He turns, looking in the open doorway, eyes bright cherry-blood red]

...that was fast.

[His tone lacks any humor, just honest almost breathy surprise. Looks like they are both pretty tuned up]

[policedefective]

[He's still gasping for his breath as he looks up and his eyes dart to Akira's own. It's hard to miss them, considering how bright they are. A smile creeps up to his face as he grins with his pointed teeth - a strong sense of pride at Akira's words.]

Well...we can't all be so lucky to have teleportation powers, so I do my best to make up for it.

[le_mat]

[He steps into the room, closing the door behind him and leaning against it. His stance is relaxed and at ease, but his gold-dipped tail was twitching like a hunting cat's]

Well, it's a little flattering. Or was the club that boring?

[policedefective]

[He watches him with interest, before Goro realizes that he might have sounded...overzealous?]

I...you asked?

[He can't even come up with a proper excuse.]

[le_mat]

[It makes him grin, showing off his fangs]

I did. That didn't mean you had to do it.

[He blushes and starts fiddling with one of his curls]

I'm... glad you did.

[policedefective]

[Normally Akechi would see the blushing as a sign of weakness, but right now it feels oddly...tender? Is that the word he was searching for?

Shit. He hates this. He hates how Akira makes him feel emotions that he thought had been dead and buried for years.]

Whatever.

[Sadly he can't talk adoringly for long. This is Goro Akechi, after all. He stands near the window, wishing he had something to fiddle with.]

[le_mat]

[He can feel a stalemate starting to build between them, a wall of awkwardness and uncertainty.

But Akechi came. And in a hurry too. And it wasn't like Akira had indicated some kind of emergency either. It's enough to make him bold, and he pushes off the door to approach]

I mean it though. I'm glad you came. I... wanted to see you face to face.

[policedefective]

[Now this is something he understands more. Confrontation. Rivalry. The push to bring the worst out in each other.]

Why, did you forget how I look already? Or was it the talk of luxury?

[He is, after all wearing a rather damper outfit, complete with a golden chain pinning both sides in a clasp that could easily remind Akira of the same one Loki used to have.]

[le_mat]

I just like looking at you.

[So blunt]

All the talk DID get my attention though, yeah.

[policedefective]

[So blunt! Akechi can't quite say it the same.]

So you like the danger as well, then.

[His eyes narrow a bit as he says that. Waiting. Anticipating.]

[le_mat]

[He comes closer, making them almost toe to toe, reaching up to trace his claws along Akechi's shoulder]

You know that. I've always been weak to risk.

[policedefective]

[It IS nice that they are toe to toe (or hoof to claw) now, instead of Akira towering over him. At the slight touch, there's smoke exiting his mouth. It's honestly more for show than anything else. Akira is immune to fire now, after all.]

I suppose I like being reminded about it. Maybe that's why you're a luxury to me.

[le_mat]

The luxury of someone that can keep up with you? Who wants that thrill?

[He doesn't say 'who isn't scared of you' because that's not true. What is danger without fear? Not worth anything at all. The excitement comes from knowing it and coming back anyway]

[policedefective]

Well if you're not up to the task, I could just leave again...

[An empty threat amd they both know it.]

But...isn't what defines luxury something that you normally can't have? Without this world, we never would have met.

[le_mat]

[That makes him smile. Another victory that he isn't Ren. That Akechi doesn't think of him as Ren.

At this point he's known him longer than he knew the Akechi from his own reality. The one he had destroyed so much for. He can't say he wouldn't do the same thing for him. Maybe worse. No, he HAS done worse already.

His tail swishes happily.]

That's true. Here there's only the one me and the one you that matters, right?

[policedefective]

That's right.

[He watches the tail swish back and forth before locking eyes with him again.]

You truely are one of a kind. I don't think I've been bored with you just yet.

[There's almost a soft purr to his voice now. It's a side of himself that Goro didn't realize he had.]

[le_mat]

[Oh that sound gets him- he's never heard anything like it, unsure if it's the goblin in him or if this was always part of Akechi. His eyes practically glow]

Well, then I better makes sure to keep being... interesting.

[His own voice drops even lower then it usually is at the last word]

[policedefective]

[Wow, that's um....

..um...

...okay, now that's a whole new level of being confused for Akechi that just reared its head. It sounds powerful and commanding, and makes him respect Akira more. It's not something he's heard Ren do either, almost as if it was for him exclusively.

Or maybe his imagination is taking over again. He needs to prove himself before he feels weak.

Suddenly without a word, he grabs Akira by both his shoulders and attempts switch their places so he can pin his rival to the wall.]

[le_mat]

[And Akira lets him, grinning like a fool as his back hits the wall, panting slightly]

Going to kill me?

[policedefective]

[It is satisfying to hear the thwack as Akira's back hit the wall. He looks at his rival with his head slightly tilted, clearly both enjoying this, but also unhinged, much like when he was the Black Mask. There's loud pauses in his breathing as he talks.]

That depends if you want me to. It has been a while, hasn't it?