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[Really, local media? Really?]

Why would anyone write something like that? Who cares about that kind of thing, anyway? Shouldn't the media be focusing on something more important? Something that actually matters?

... and are there really people out there looking at my-- watching me run?

Cut it out.

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It's a shitty teen magazine. What'd you expect?

And don't you have a lot of girls followin' you around and worshipping the ground you walk on back home?

Yeah, I couldn't get them to leave me alone. Never understood why they couldn't go find something better to do. It was annoying. Junpei was jealous, though. Whatever.

You should've offered to share.

[Okay. It's a little bit funny. Sorry, bro.

The baby dolphins were still better.]

Share? What are you--

[... damn it, Shinji!]

That's not funny! ... he could have had them all. I don't like girls like that.

[~~You mean you like girls at all?~~]

They just like you, is all.

[For some asinine reason.]

...It is pretty hopeless, though. I'm sure they'll give up sometime.

There's no reason for them to like me. They don't know anything about me. Not really.

[He pauses.]

Well, yeah, it's hopeless. I'm not interested in anyone who goes after a guy they hardly know.

Just what you look like. And they like that just fine.

[Obviously. But he'll stop teasing him now; he's suffered enough.]

But fair enough, I guess.

[Not that Aki isn't making that requirement hard from his side. But whatever, he guesses. Aki can do whatever the hell he wants. He's just narrowed down his personal playing field to a girl that's already taken and Mitsuru, is all. So Mitsuru and eternal bachelorhood. Well then. There's not a damn thing wrong with staying single.

Might be the smartest thing, really.]

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I've got other things to worry about, anyway.

[Like spending time with his sister, continually trying to mend the rift between himself and Shinjiro, and making sure Mitsuru's all right -- the presence of her father still has her a little bit shaken. When would he have time for a girlfriend?]

... I was thinking about going to check out those baby dolphins.

[PRIORITIES.]

[Well, that was the weirdest damn subject change he's witnessed in a while.]

...You want to see the dolphins.

Yeah. Why not? I bet they're pretty cute.

[Of course they're cute.

And that's the goddam problem.

There are many things Shinjiro can see himself saying at some point or another; however, "Of course they are; baby dolphins are adorable, you moron, ain't no betting about it" is not one of them.

But shit, he finally completely agrees with Aki on something. It's been awhile.]

...So you want to go down to the river later then?

[His voice brightens considerably.]

Sounds good to me! When should we meet?

Don't care.

But mornings would be quieter.

Let's go tomorrow morning, then. Maybe get some breakfast afterwards?

If you want. [which is as much of a "yeah, I'd like to" as anything.] I know a place.

[He speaks Shinji's language pretty well. He gets it.]

Great. I'll buy, okay?

Fine by me.

You still gonna run?

You bet. Usually done by quarter to seven.

Might have to switch around your routine if you don't wanna be watched all the goddamn time.

[That's some dedication though, to wake up before seven just to watch someone run. Waste of sleep, honestly.]

7:30 fine then?

Yeah, I'm thinking about changing the route up, at least.

7:30's perfect. We'll walk down to the river together?

[There's an unseen, verbal nod.]

Works well enough.

[A brief, almost contemplative pause.]

You still run with Minato?

Yeah, a few mornings a week. We usually have breakfast afterwards.

[It's the closest thing to a relationship he has. 8D]

Plus it makes it easier to keep an eye on him. But I'll be running by myself tomorrow. Why?

[ He pauses then, because he probably shouldn't should care who anyone hangs out with in their spare time—it ain't any of his goddamn business—but the delay and the inner debate are brief.

He does lock out the post, however. Not like she needs to see this, anyway. Or anyone.]

You should ask Minako to run with you sometime.

Might even persuade of few of those fans of yours to take their eyes off your ass.

Do you think she'd like to?

[Admittedly, he really has been wanting to spend more time with Minako. Even though it's no one's fault, he feels bad about the fact that they have difference memories. He talked about it with Mitsuru some while they were Christmas shopping, about how it must have been difficult for both of the Arisato siblings, not to mention Miki, to see versions of their friends who didn't remember them.

Thinking about all of this timeline stuff really gave him a headache.]

Alright, then. I'll ask her if she'd like to go with me sometime.

She'd go running with you sometimes. [Willingly. You didn't get up that goddamn early if you didn't enjoy something.] And you're still Aki the last time I checked.

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