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“Heh, these steak dinners must be pretty famous back there,” He couldn’t help but tease, now beginning to grow ever more curious about them.  While ramen was definitely his favorite, steak was probably a close second.  No way that steak could ever be bad!

“He’s gone now, so no worries,” He shrugged his shoulders, simply wanting to leave it at that.  Talking about his dad would only mean acknowledging the bastard and as far as he was concerned, the man was better off forgotten.  “Choosing your family, huh? I think I can agree with that - maybe it’s silly but I always thought of my friends as being kind of like my family,” He admitted, his face softening at the mention of this lonely old woman.  “…I think it’d be nice to have a new grandma - I never really had one and this old lady sounds nice enough.  I guess I don’t see the harm in humorin’ her if what she really wants is just companionship.  She seems kind of lonely.”

Maybe if it were coming from someone else - like a classmate perhaps, he might have found that to be rather pretentious or snobbish.  However, Yosuke didn’t seem like he was bragging or flaunting anything, he was just stating a fact and Ryuji could respect that.  “I mean if you can afford it, then go get yourself some fancy stuff,” He chuckled, one brow furrowing in confusion at the steak dinner part, wondering if this was a common occurrence, maybe.  “Well, uh, save one of those steak dinners for me sometime, yeah?” He joked, nudging his friend gently.

“Couldn’t hurt to,” He shrugged his shoulders, not wanting to overstep his boundaries.  “My Ma’s definitely the closest person in my life - probably my best friend, come to think of it,” He admitted with a slightly self deprecating chuckle.  “…As for my old man, as far as I’m concerned - he’s not my dad at all.  My life’s better off without him and I want to leave it at that,”

“Heh, that’s a memory you don’t soon forget, huh?” He had taken quite some time to get to that point.  Asking his Ma for money had always felt like something that was out of the question and he’d always been too young to get a job, but he did recall the small money awards that he would win from local sports competition.  His Ma had been kind enough to let him hold onto a great deal of his own money and spend it on what he wanted to.  “However rich your family is, it still feels good to buy something for yourself,” He agreed.  “I bet putting on those clothes for the first time must have felt awesome - same with the headphones.”

“Your parents sound pretty cool in my opinion - a little stern maybe, but there’s always worse, yeah?”

“It was Fang actually. My, err, ex-shadow? I am not really sure what he’s considered any more besides well himself. Still he’s managed to become an amazing cook actually. I honestly don’t know how he does it.” 

“Man, you’d be right about that,” Unwrapping the headphones, he handed them back to Yosuke with an appreciative smile and nod of his head.  “Earbuds would probably be easier for sharing but something about them just makes me feel a bit weird,” He admitted - earbuds just seemed so tiny and small…! “How long have you had your pair for?”

Gift from Sora @magicianrankup

Sora approached Mage with a wary smile and a plate of sugar cookies. “I know you said you didn’t want any gift but I still wanted to give you something. So, I hope some sugar cookies would be okay? I didn’t make them by the way. I had someone who can bake make them for me.”

Sora blinked. He… Forgot? Now that was something he’s never herd before. His vampiric nature was very hard to forget about. Usually it was his defining feature. Maybe it was cause he didn’t talk to Mage very often. Though hearing he had forgot was kind a nice. He was going to ignore the pain in his head that caused his to wince at that thought. 

“Actually I can go out into the sun as long as I am wearing this.” He points to the gem hanging from the necklace he never takes off. “I just have a lot of time on my hands. So I’m trying to keep busy.” 

He chuckled and nodded. Had he told Mage about his situation? Suppose he should say something. “Thanks Mage. Hearing that actually means a lot to me. You can summon outside the tv world? I can only do that if I’m in these things called Merge Points back in my world. Though no longer being able to summon Jiraiya has kind a sucked. Makes it very hard to get the materials I need for making.” 

@magicianrankup​​ sent - “Yo Ryuji! You like music, right? You’re cool.” What kind of punk didn’t? Even if Ryuji was pretty nice for a delinquent. Just like Kanji. Yosuke handed his headphones over. “Check this song out. It’s amazing.”

“Ah yeah, I like listening to music,” He was hardly a music buff but he could appreciate a good tune every now and then.  Truth be told, Yosuke already had him at ‘cool’.  “Thanks, man.” Holding the headphones up to his hear, he bobbed his head up and down as he listened to the song, his body intuitively responding to the catchy beat and tune of the song.  Lowering the headphones ever so slightly, he turned to his companion.  “What song is this? I definitely want to download it now!”

Sora shrugged his shoulders. “It’s something for me to do outside my part time job and seeing Fool, along with my other mates. Besides I am actually pretty good at it.” 

He chuckles slightly. “You don’t have to worry. Wood is the only thing that is as dangerous as the sun to me. Besides even if I do manage to accidentally hurt myself it’ll heal instantly. So there is really no need to worry.”