── `` TESSO

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀龙 ៸៸ 𝑳𝑰𝑼𝑴𝑨𝑵𝑮'𝑺 𝑪𝑯𝑨𝑵𝑻 .ᐟ 》 🏮

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

鐵爪 ┊𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐌𝐀𝐒𝐊. ━ ˎˊ-

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

@madd0gmjm [ The liumang bursts into laughter. ]

As if! Think Higashi would burst a blood vessel if I tried gettin' close with his bro like that.

Nah, me and Detective Dumbass over there are brothers!

—— Not blood related. Though it'd explain his good looks.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

Uh... did I accidentally jus' start some shit?

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

@madd0gmjm I getcha.

Wasn't sure if them boys were all friends with bens' when I first started hangin' round. Eventually figured was jus' their sense of humor — Asked kyodai 'bout it one night while drinkin'.

Don't mean I get it... But, ain't my place to, yanno.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

And whoever the Boss man brings home.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

Happy pride month t' the Boss.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

@taaboyuki Why you got yakuza on yer tail again, anyways?

Saw that sharp-lookin' fella in the snake suit hangin' 'round yer place a couple times while spyin' on ya.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

@madd0gmjm That's just how they are, man.

No harm meant by it.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

@taaboyuki Ain't that just you and Kaito-san.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

Nah, ain't worried about pigeons. They're pretty sweet when ya feed 'em.

But they would make for good spies...

[城崎 🍡 @dorayakimaniac]

They are, but they seemed to be your only concern. What stops me from feeding pigeons? Nothing.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

Is geese not birds?

[城崎 🍡 @dorayakimaniac]

Oh, so now you're saying "birds" and not "geese"?

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

Who else'd he be talkin' about?

Though, you ain't all that wrong...
I bet he was practicing. Or, at least putting into words how he feels before telling ya.

Somethin' like that, it's big. And he wants to do right by ya, Majima-san.

[＊ᅠᅠ -` 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐈𝐌𝐀 ᵎᵎ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ @madd0gmjm]

haw?!

… … … first i hear about it.
sure ya ain’t misunderstood?

he’s indecisive, and a lil’ bit of a
chicken when it comes t’ stuff
that big - wouldn’t jus’ lob it into
th’ air all willy-nilly.

could’a been ‘fessin’ up t’
someone else.
whoever he talked to…

weren’t me.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

Oh yeah?

Some sorta stray whisperer, huh. What's stoppin' ya from making alliances with birds too.

[城崎 🍡 @dorayakimaniac]

Why would I be... No. I'm in cahoots with stray cats and dogs.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

I think it was, and that yer secretly in cahoots with th' geese.

[城崎 🍡 @dorayakimaniac]

[Snort.]

Maybe you were out at the wrong time. Just you wait.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

Whoops. That was my bad, man.

Thought my kyodai was confessing his feelings for ya, talking like that. Guess I jumped ahead to the after party!

[＊ᅠᅠ -` 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐈𝐌𝐀 ᵎᵎ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ @madd0gmjm]

˗ˏˋ⁉️ˎˊ˗

hell’s wrong with’cha?! ain’t
nobody’s celebratin’ anythin’!

‘less i missed it ‘cause i was busy
rantin’ at m’ kid. in which case,
point me t’ where th’ party at!!

…i need a drink.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

[ Pulls the confetti canon prematurely. 🎉 Pop! ]

... Wait, what'd you say?

[＊ᅠᅠ -` 𝐌𝐀𝐉𝐈𝐌𝐀 ᵎᵎ ᅠᅠᅠᅠ @madd0gmjm]

huh…? i’m confused. *💧

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

Could do if it's a police dog.

Luckily, can't say I've passed by any fowl behavior while in town. Not yet, at least.

[城崎 🍡 @dorayakimaniac]

Yes! Yes, this is actually accurate. A very familiar feeling.

Except you can't exactly call the cops on the geese.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

Hearin' kyodai profess his love for an old man wasn't on my bingo card while in Kamurocho.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

They're honorary gangsters.
Crossing a gaggle of geese is the same as passin' by a group of punks on the street.

[城崎 🍡 @dorayakimaniac]

I feel like geese are spiritually from Kamurocho, so maybe I could give that approach a try.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

I like t' think if ya show respect to them, they'll show it back. A way of communicating without words.

Or, you'll at least be less likely to get yer ass bit by an angry bird if ya back off a bit.

[城崎 🍡 @dorayakimaniac]

I'm with you on that. Everyone deserves respect.

...Even geese, when they behave.

[── `` TESSO @ofironclaws]

Absolutely.
But, that's what growin' up in the underworld entails, don't it? Imagine it was no pristine childhood for you and your folks, neither.

Alla' that power and influence gotta come with a price. And it's always the innocent ones who pay.

[𝐉𝐨𝐨𝐧-𝐠𝐢 𝐇𝐚𝐧 @the0ryofbeauty]

I suppose. Still a bit grim, wouldn't you say?