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Housesitting the Inn [Colin]
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Post by ryouta on Aug 19, 2017 12:24:04 GMT
"...This is awkward," Ryouta muttered. His partner might be cheerful, but around a certain Impmon, the Dracomon stayed silent. There was a time where he was about to extend a hand and tap him on the shoulder, but the Dracomon was too worried and changed his mind, then resumed his job. In the inn's dining hall, the muscular just-today-turned-seventeen years old currently is eating the cake he just whipped out.
"....At times I can't help but to want to push him, but something like this is way too delicate," he muttered.
This all goes back several minutes ago. Koharu who has gone to a mission related to lemonade had to stay in Terminus for unknown reason. Him being still a bit sore from the last fight (and hell, still kind of bandaged) was told to housesit. However... he's not alone. To his surprise, the trio is also here. And that was the beginning of the awkwardness that honestly he can cut with knife.
"Shiiiiin...." Ryouta, unable to hold himself, made a slow vertical cutting motion with his knife. Too bad the atmosphere is still thick with awkwardness. At least the boy just muttered that under his breath though. "...Oh bother."
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Aug 19, 2017 12:59:28 GMT
Bellamy felt rather crestfallen when Ryu seemed to be so distant from him from their meeting here at the inn once more. He had hoped that they could possibly begin to make amends when he had heard that Koharu had left the inn in their care, but, when nothing was said in their first time together since that eventful day, well, it pretty much made the Impmon's fears and bad feelings be justified.
'He probably thinks that I'm still a bumbling incompetent fool that's only lusting after Coronamon' he thought bitterly as he turned his back on the Dracomon. Whatever. Bellamy was growing stronger by the day and he convinced himself that he didn't give a stuff about what Ryu thought of him. Let this stupid Dracomon blame him for the battle against the Groundramon going bad, whatever.
Colin and Luke meanwhile exchanged worried glances as they saw the result of the tense meeting. Both of them could tell the Impmon was taking all this very badly, although, the last words exchanged between Bellamy and Ryu were very harsh and bitter. Ryu saying that Bellamy was too egotistical, lusty and overall disappointing to be worthy, which had made Bellamy so upset that he immediately wanted to resign from PROFIT. They thought that it was very unfair of Ryu to say that, but then again, this was when the Dracomon was himself upset that his partner was near death, so they for one didn't hold a grudge. However, it seemed Bellamy hadn't got over it.
While there was little that they could do with the digimon, they turned their attention to Ryouta. "Happy birthday!" they cheered as Ryouta cut the cake, hoping that they could make this moment cheerful for him at least, although, with the tension between their partners, it would be superficial at most. Nonetheless, they still wanted the older boy to celebrate properly.
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Post by ryouta on Aug 19, 2017 13:10:24 GMT
"Hey, thanks,wanna get the first cut?" Ryouta joked. "Just kidding. But go on ahead and cut your own portion. No one else gonna come anyway. It's my decision to make it private to begin with. Though I'm sure Hikaru will be quite upset that he cannot play his a thousand swan suffering."
Ryouta shook his head to clear off the thoughts though. Last year he wasn't kidding that it was a thousand swan's suffering. It was enough to make Ryouta grit his teeth and hoped that it won't shatter.
"...Jokes aside, how are you guys? Heard from Hikaru you got your Ultimate stage? Just a step more, huh? Geez... and how long was it when you guys are just three newbies on station? Eight months? Less? Somehow it brings tears to my eyes," Ryouta faked crying, but eventually just chuckled. He, however, in consideration for the two immediately wrote something on the paper while still talking.
The writing reads I think Ryu want to make up with Bellamy, but he's too worried that he's very hurt about his words... and might got too upset about it. He's seriously thinking how to made up with him, but unfortunately, in this form he lacked the courage. He have vented some steam by fighting with Coronamon some times before, but with Bellamy... he's aware that he crossed the line way too much. Fighting doesn't seem to be the right answer. I kinda want to help him, but... if we helps, not sure if it's going to go smooth.
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Aug 19, 2017 13:32:15 GMT
"Thanks very much" Colin said, slicing pieces of cake from the delicious smelling dessert. Colin was feeling rather hungry so he gave himself a large piece, while Luke settled for a smaller one.
"Heh, I never actually heard Hikaru play that song, is it as bad as it sounds?" Colin asked, chuckling. Bellamy meanwhile heard them talking and felt a little better about hearing Hikaru by name. The Impmon still thought of that Dorumon as one of his best friends.
"Yeah, we have reached the Ultimate stage" Luke said, cheerfully. "I evolve to a Magnamon variation called Fulminomon, and Bellamy evolves to an armored Beelzemon form".
As they spoke, Colin and Luke read the paper, then sighed. They really wanted to have this meeting be a healing experience. They found it hard to disagree that Ryu went too far in scolding Bellamy that day. But they didn't think that Bellamy absolutely despised the Dracomon afterward. He just needed something of a prompt to get things back on track.
"I think we can have this settled if we supervise it. I promise we'll hold Bellamy back if he starts getting irrational, but, yes, I think if we want them to talk to each other again, they need to sort this out" Colin wrote quickly. He hoped that Ryouta could understand it, he couldn't write much in kanji and therefore made his writing in katakana.
"Bellamy really admires Ryu, and that really stung him that day. But I think it's all a misunderstanding and I think he'll be alright if they straighten things out between them". Colin paused, then wrote a little more. "Although best not mention taking it out on Coronamon, I don't know what he'd do if that happened... Bellamy's actually got a son with him now".
Colin slid the paper back toward Ryouta subtly. Meanwhile Luke turned and called to his brother.
"Hey Bells, want a slice of cake too?" he asked, cheerfully. Bellamy turned around, looking interested.
"...guess so" he said, artificially sounding aloof, but approached the table for a piece.
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Post by ryouta on Aug 19, 2017 13:41:53 GMT
"It was on his early days... but I dare say that it sounds worse now. It's hard to imagine how when he improves his other song, this one literally sounds like thousand swans screaming in terror," Ryouta commented. "Wanna hear?" he whipped out what looked like a recorder from digital world. He offered it along with two piece earphones. At the same time, he smiled mischievously. "Ah yeah, fair warning... there's no interlude. So do it only at your own risk."
...should they do, let's just say that they'd feel like they're one facing a thousand swans that about to have their neck cut. Hikaru wasn't kidding around.
Ryouta of course wrote his answer as quickly. I heard, but only heard. I dunno from who, but I heard from Hikaru. He said that he won't touch Bellamy anymore, so... oh, and I heard he got a son too. So that's double factor. Yuuki was still thinking how the hell that is possible from just cuddling though (LOL). At any rate, it wasn't anything... extreme. Marshal and Coronamon came to us asking pointer for fighting. Admittedly, we just tried his attacks and fight back, but...
...I guess it's better to hear the rest from him. Don't tell Bells just yet, unless he already know...
Ryouta instead of letting Bellamy get one, pulled Ryu by the tail, swiftly get a piece of the cake, put it on a paper plate and hand it to him. His eyes as he done all of this looked so intent on saying "Don't you dare eat it, give it to Bellamy."
"...Yikes," Ryu muttered, but otherwise just faced the Impmon and handed him the cake. "...Um... here... you go?"
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Aug 19, 2017 13:56:00 GMT
Colin glanced at the recorder, bit his lip, then gave a shrug. He wasn't one to decline a challenge. "Eh, can't be worse than the time Bellamy sang a Bad Romance parody at the Caritas" he joked, then listened to the noise from it.
"Oh my god..." Luke said, his blue eyes watering. "How could someone as sweet as Hikaru make a noise that's just so monstrous?"
"...suddenly I seem to have lost my appetite" Colin said, although he would obviously recover once the cacophony faded from immediate memory.
The silent written exchange continued as well. "Yeah, I got no idea how it happened either... I know how humans make kids but Bellamy doesn't have those parts, neither does Coronamon. I guess I'll just settle with the explanation "A wizard did it". Yeah, I don't think Bellamy knows yet, so, we won't pry further about that".
Then as Bellamy approached for a slice, Ryouta seemed to convince Ryu to give him a piece. Bellamy, having missed the forced gesture, seemed surprised for Ryu to offer him a piece. The Impmon didn't know what to say at first, but, supposing that scoffing at it would make Colin and Luke displeased, so he instead attempted to act gracefully.
"Uh... thanks" he said, accepting the piece. Colin and Luke watched with apprehension, hoping for the best that this might lead to reconciliation after all.
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Post by ryouta on Aug 19, 2017 14:14:49 GMT
"Oh, I haven't told you the background of that story, huh? See, the thing is... It was when he first played the bagpipe. Yuuki just had to push it and say 'that sounded like a hundred swan being squeezed'. Then he immediately looked offended... the night afterward we swore that the hundred swan changed into a thousand swan. There was happened to be a battle and the enemy fell right from the sky, to him who's playing the thing. He just continued until the opponent scream in frustration and immediately waved a white flag. It was kinda hilarious. Oh, let's not forget that he's actually oblivious that the enemy just fell from him playing. It was a Megadramon. Poor guy, really. By the way, this is just six minutes. Poor dude need to hear it for thirty. Imagine his suffering."
"From there," Ryu suddenly quipped "we decided to call it 'Suffering of Thousand Swans'. Mostly nowadays he's just joking if he said he's playing that song though. He usually would play either Butter-fly or Brave Heart, whichever fits his mood. Usually the former though."
Ryouta's stare once again reminds him that he's running away from the issue... He took a deep breath and looked at Bellamy.
"...Bells, um... can we talk...?"
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Aug 20, 2017 14:04:35 GMT
Despite the somewhat sombre atmosphere in the inn, Colin found himself bursting into laughter as Ryouta told the story of the thousand swans. He could picture it in his mind, a jolly little Dorumon in full Scottish garb playing the bagpipes that awfully and causing a Megadramon to fall from the sky in agony. Even Luke snickered a little.
"When we first met Hikaru he played a song called Believer for us" Luke said, continuing the story. Then it seemed that Ryu and Bellamy were brought face to face so that they would hopefully finally sort things out.
Ryu asked him if they could talk. Bellamy nodded right away, thinking this would be most desirable. "Okay, sure" he said automatically, although immediately after, he was a little nervous about exactly what they would talk about. Would this conversation result in healing and forgiveness? Or more scolding and criticism? Well, so far Ryu had been pretty nice to him this day, so he didn't think it'd be the latter.
"So, uh, should we get a room...?" he asked, then realized that there could be smut detected in his words. "Er, not that I want to do that, I'm pretty committed to Coronamon now..." he trailed off, looking away, realizing that fact seemed to have made Ryu angry at him in the first place. Man this was such a mess, he hoped that somehow it could be unraveled.
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Post by ryouta on Aug 20, 2017 14:49:01 GMT
"Huh, never heard of that one," Ryouta admitted. "Guess I should ask him to play that for me later." The boy keep looking at his partner as he talked, wondering where the situation would goes to. The Dracomon indeed looked nervous, but the moment that the Impmon consented and said that they should got a room, the Dracomon was about to say yes... until he suddenly broke into confession that he's committed to Coronamon.
"PFU--!!"
"BFFFT!!"
Both the Digimon and the human almost burst out in laughter. Ryu especially, is shaking trying to hold his laughter, face completely red from it. Ryouta meanwhile taps the table loudly, trying to calm himself down. That was utterly hilarious. The Dracomon raises a hand, then a finger, running behind the counter and laughed his ass off. Ryouta who heard it also laughed his ass off finally.
After good five minutes, the dragon was back, wiping his tears from the laughter. "OK, OK, that was almost a direct invitation, should I take it? Just kidding, Penny would kill me. Anyway... where were we?"
At least it's a nice ice breaker.
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Aug 25, 2017 10:51:17 GMT
Bellamy's green eyes widened with shock as Ryu and Ryouta suddenly laughed at what he said. He backed away a bit as the laughter seemed to grow incontrollable, but, he saw behind them that Luke was giggling a little too, which was pretty much the only thing that was stopping him turning his back and bailing out of this situation. It made him reailize that he was interpreting his feelings all the wrong way and should just take this lightly.
"Okay... I don't want to bonk with you, I already have a son and boyfriend" he said to Ryu. But as they moved to a place with more privacy, he turned and held a serious expression on his face.
"So, Ryu..." Bellamy said, his voice far more serious than he would normally hold with others in his acquaintance. "What do you really think of me?"
Here Bellamy was prepared for the worst, that Ryu would think that he was an incompetent bumbling horny dickhead that was no use to anyone. And he was prepared to dispute those allegations as well. But, first, he had to hear these things said by Ryu, and he was secretly hoping that the dragon digimon he so idolized didn't really think that he was such a failure.
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Post by ryouta on Aug 25, 2017 11:16:03 GMT
"Bonk--Pffffft---" once again, Ryu giggled uncontrollably, but luckily this time serious enough to able to stop it on time. He followed Bellamy to the more private room, but honestly... he was surprised that Bellamy was the first to ask. What is this, he's not mad?
"...Before that... sorry, can I evolve? I... Don't feel right in this form."
If allowed, Ryu would stick his head out to tell Ryouta and returned back in Slayerdramon form. The huge dragon walked back in and sat crosslegged... but before anything could happened, he suddenly bowed down his head, really really lowly. To do that in his upper form... he's serious, he's really serious. Normally, Ryu in his upper form have really huge ego, Slayerdramon is not an exception, albeit to more controlled degree than Wingdramon that is a pure ball of ego and pride.
"...I've gone too far, I'm sorry. I know not even sorry is enough... but I have gone too far. I let my emotion get better of me, and it... gone too far. All I can think back then was... if only they wait... if only they picked another way to let the evolution to happen, Aniki won't get hurt like this... It was honestly unfair, and you have every rights to be angry of me.
Bells, let me tell you, I have nearly gotten aniki to a really awful situation. Two years ago, there was a battle with a Deva, Sandiramon. I think I've told you this, but I can't do anything. So I trained, trained and trained... the real reason of that loss was first due to overwhelming ability differences between us, and at the same time, our lack of cooperation. Only me and my friend who I met some night after my birth could team up well... the rest was.... it was frankly a mess I admit. That's why, when that happened, I only can remember that scene...
What made it worse was the comment that it all ends well."
"I just cannot accept it..." his hand balled into a fist. "I cannot accept that sort of comment... what sort of comment is that when my partner is in critical state? And Coronamon blamed my partner for trying to save his fellow teammates under guess that everything will go well? What sort of comment is that when he's in the emergency room and it's waved off as all in all, it works? My anger just peaked so much that I wanted to just explode... but when it all recede, I was being unfair to you. I didn't criticize your action but instead the very being that you treasured. It's no different than me personally attacking you... it was too unfair."
Once again, he lowered his head. But after several moments he looked directly at his eyes and speaks frankly. "Back to your question... it's not true what I said back then, but there are some true parts... You often get clouded by emotions and is quick to anger... this is your fatal flaw. However... you're also loyal, very loyal. I have seen your loyalty... I've seen your way to defend your friends too. You're slightly perverted, but what's wrong with it? Few dirty jokes can make the world goes round.
I've heard from Hikaru how you've reached your Ultimate form... and although I'm not there, I only can think "wow, they grew up so fast"... I might sound tooting my own horn, but I thought... 'Hey, I trained them! Wow, I trained some golden eggs!'... but we never really trained all that much together huh?" he chuckled bitterly, but then smiled. "....Still, you are amazing. You're the bravest of you three. Kinda daredevil, but I'm not the one to talk... But when I said you disappointed me... it's not true... it's mostly my emotions speaking... so, once again, sorry."
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Aug 30, 2017 12:42:42 GMT
Bellamy supposed he saw the humour in the situation and chuckled as well. Heh, he should honestly be a bit more careful in his words if he wasn't going to have something like this happen again.
"Yeah, you can evolve... I might do that too" Bellamy said. He would quietly go through the motions with Colin to convince him to be able to talk with the other digimon in his Mega form, at least, to show him how serious he was. There was a certain immaturity about him as Impmon that he didn't want to ruin this conversation. Therefore, the digimon that spoke to Ryu would be the Beelzemon, clad with white digizoid armor over his normal outfit. The Virus attribute Mega level regarded his counterpart patiently, listening to what he had to say once they were in the privacy of their room.
Seeing Ryu this apologetic... it instantly healed any negative feelings that Bellamy might have had with him. In fact his mouth was left slightly open by the lengths of this act.
"Oh god..." Bellamy breathed as he heard these words. Ordinarily he would have told him that it wasn't such a big deal, that Ryu was speaking from distress from his partner being put in peril, but, he knew deep down from his maturity gained at being at the Ultimate level that saying that would be a lie.
Many things had gone wrong that day. And the fact that when they had first seen each other in this inn that had resulted in such animosity meant that bad decisions had been made on all accounts. But, the facts were plain. Ryouta was still alive. Ryu still had all of his powers. Those horrible things Ryu had said to him that day had dealt lasting damage to their relationship. But, right now, Ryu was apologizing sincerely for them. And so, only now did Bellamy find it within himself to truly forgive him.
"I accept your apology, Ryu" he said, simply, but reached up to the Slayerdramon's shoulder. "Thank you... you saying this means a lot to me".
Supposing that it would only be fair that he would add his own regret to what had happened, even if he had just been a freshly evolved Perfect level proven way out of his skills, Bellamy spoke back. "I'm sorry for the mistakes I made that day too" he said. "I won't fail anyone like that again" he promised.
He listened to Ryu's story about the Sandiramon. He sighed, nodding with understanding. If only they had learned more about how to fight alongside each other, if only they had learned to work with each other's powers in such a situation.
"Yeah... it's terrible" the Beelzemon replied. "I'd just evolved to Perfect, I thought I could handle whatever problem was in front of us, and... I guess I wasn't, really" he admitted, looking down.
He listened to Ryu's criticisms, accepting them, since he had asked for them. He was glad that Ryu didn't outright hate him, although he supposed it would have been stupid to think that was the case. But the remark that he was quick to anger was a confirmation that Bellamy wanted to change.
"I see, yeah" he agreed. The rest was all praise and positive words that made Bellamy so happy that he smiled as Ryu finished.
"Thanks... so much for sayin' that" he said. "I... honestly don't know what to say now, heh. Other than... well, that feelin' I had for you when you trained Luke and I to evolve to Rookie level when we first met, I'm... really glad and proud to have met you, Ryu. You're a really cool digimon, and... now that I know how much you want Luke and I to succeed, I swear I'll try harder in future".
There were things he couldn't change of course, like light-hearted banter on the battlefield to prevent himself from freezing up from the pressure and failing. But, he would make sure to take the utmost care of any humans present, that he would use his judgement better, and that he'd listen carefully to instructions without any additional cockiness.
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Post by ryouta on Sept 5, 2017 4:10:31 GMT
Even Bellamy evolved, but not that Ryu mind. He wondered if Bellamy thought he'll ask him for duel or something? That's not the way though. At least when he showed his sincerity, Bellamy seem to accepted it more readily. He nodded. "Your forgiveness ease my heart---or is what my friend would said and I'm just copying him, heh! But it's true that it's been in my mind for some times, though... I admit I was... avoiding you, avoiding you like a plague because I'm afraid that you'll just look at me in disdain... I know I screwed up, and I was scolded by Kon-chan, but... at the same time, she doesn't gave me the push to meet you. She said it'll be hypocrite if she only scolded me and told me to meet you already... because fi she's in the same situation, then she said she would've lashed a lot worse..."
Ryu hung his head in shame. "...I understand, Bellamy. I've been there too... but at the same time, I guess my emotion was too cloudy... and maybe I put a really high expectation that was borderline unfair on you, just because I trained you. A dragon's pride is annoying, but it's like a second nature," Ryu admitted.
The thought that Bellamy thought that Ryu would say all vile things made him a bit perplexed though.
"What, you think I'd say that you're some horny uncontrollable ball of hot gas? Nah. I'll just tell you one secret. Hikaru is asexual as fuck, and he was also aromantic, but when he met this one Gabumon, he started to have a feeling. It was a battle-like situation, and honestly, Hikaru thought that it wasn't the time. He's not going to make a move or anything. Despite everything... those two still haven't moved forward, so I told Hikaru 'Yo dude, if you keep stalling, you'll get crazy. Hook that guy and just face it, even soldiers need someone to return home to. It's a positive thing'... Let's just say that night he's not tooting his bagpipe and... well,... stuff happened..." Ryu chuckled. "...Yuuki woke up with eyebags later though..."
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Post by Colin, Luke & Bellamy on Sept 5, 2017 13:45:55 GMT
"Yeah... admittedly I probably would've done that" Bellamy said, the Beelzemon scratching the back of his head. "But... well... I've talked with Luke about it a little sometimes. Every time I say your name he right away tells me that you don't really hate me, and, I guess eventually it hammered through enough for me to talk to you like this?" he chuckled, then looked at his feet.
"Luke's... honestly the best brother I could've ever hoped for" he admitted. "Heh... when we were growing up this past year I always called him somethin' like "bunny-boy" or "thunderbutt". I should've just called him "Aniki", since, he's always there for me when I mess up".
Bellamy's feelings for Luke had been simmering away for some time now. And with the raw feelings of this moment in the room, he felt like he could share them with Ryu. This was the truth he had come to accept. Bellamy would be nothing without Luke. Yeah they had their sibling rivalry moments, but, when the cards were down and the attacks were flying, Bellamy tended to rely on his brother for instructions. He knew the stakes now, and Luke had seen his outburst when he wanted to resign from PROFIT for failing to defeat Groundramon.
Since that day, Luke had treated him a little nicer, he noticed. Sometimes asking how he was feeling, sometimes cuddling him instead of Colin as the three of them slept together, it was very kind, and, he guessed that all this time, Luke had assumed the role of the elder, more mature brother. After all, the Elecmon kept his thoughts and emotions more reserved, while Bellamy wore his on his chest. Quite literally in fact, since the face on his chest as Impmon was said to change expressions according to Bellamy's true mood.
So, the reason why Ryu felt these feelings was because he saw him and Luke as his own work? "Yeah..." Bellamy said, accepting that view. "I guess you might need to learn to see the flaws in your work then, eh?" he grinned. "Although I don't know what dragon's pride is, I don't know much dragons".
Bellamy grinned a little at the talk of Hikaru. "Yeah... I really kinda admire Hikaru, I love hearin' him talk dirty" he admitted. Even if he was bonded to Coronamon, he had still met Hikaru first. As Ryu finished his story, Bellamy was laughing.
"Hoo boy!" he exclaimed. "Poor Yuuki...". But he was glad that Ryu wasn't so much annoyed at him for letting his feelings for another digimon externalise themselves.
"So, uh..." Bellamy felt the need to say something else. "Do you wanna maybe catch up with me, Luke and Colin tonight once we've finished our inn duties? We might watch some DVD's or somethin' if that's okay" he suggested.
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Post by ryouta on Sept 5, 2017 17:30:15 GMT
"...Sorry there. I know it's some sort of trauma, but... maan, I don't hate you... I'm afraid that you're the one that hates me. My prideful side tried to justify that you did wrong so I don't need to apologize, but to hell with that obviously. I'm in the one wrong so I need to apologize. No matter how small my fault is, I need to apologize if it means it can erase any bad blood."
The talk about Luke was touching. Ryu can't help but to grin at it somehow, to be happy for Bellamy. "If you're shy, that's no prob. I'm sure he understood if you shy and all, but yeah... If you want to appreciate him, how about giving him some stuff he like? It doesn't have to be special occasion or anything, I mean... as long as you sincerely wishes to please him, I'm sure your feeling will reach him."
So Bellamy don't know that much dragon? Ryu taps the side of his jaws in thought. "...Well, a dragon's pride is... a dragon's pride? I mean, dragon Digimons tends to be prideful. Hikaru is kinda of an exception though. He's more to... how to say, funny? Kon-chan and Warg hid it better than me, but they're quite prideful. Kon-chan especially."
Hikaru, talk dirty? Oh my. Ryu grinned wider as it's seem Bellamy is as equally amused with the story.
"Heh, well, if you want to catch up then it's fine with me. Me and Aniki is not busy today, so we're thinking to rest up and all. Watching DVD might be something nice."
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