Archive of Our Own ^beta

makoto: He doesn’t seem too concerned

ann: yeah :/

akira: I can ask him if you want

ryuji: for real? hell yeah dude

makoto: Ask... Akechi?

akira: yeah
akira: might be funny

ann: that's never a good reason

ryuji: hard disagree

makoto: Wouldn't it be difficult to get into contact with him?

ann: ? he's at leblanc literally all the time

ryuji: wayyyyy too much if you ask me
ryuji: youve gotta start kickin him out earlier dude im tired of waitin around for him to leave when its thirty minutes past closing

akira: just come in, he doesn't bite

ryuji: YES HE DOES!!!
ryuji: have you seen the way he looks at me

akira: he's had his rabies shot

ann: he looks at you fine
ann: akira.

makoto: Wait a minute
makoto: Are you saying that you know Akechi Goro personally? That he knows where you live?

ann: it's a long story

akira: I antagonised him on live television once and he invited me to hang out after
akira: jazz hands

ann: it's a short story

ryuji: kiras been giving us weekly “how incredibly wrong and stupid akechi thinks we are” updates ever since
ryuji: the guys an insufferable prick

akira: not true
akira: last week he commended us for not leaving fingerprints on our calling cards

makoto: That's…

ann: they dust those for fingerprints?

akira: he called me intriguing too

makoto: Good for you?
makoto: Wait, “us”? Does he also know who we are?

ann: no!

akira: he doesn't

ann: because there is no us.

akira: *he commended the phantom thieves. who we are not and never have been and never will be probably

ryuji: definitely

ann: sorry we should've caught you up by now, i can't believe we forgot

makoto: I'm just surprised

makoto: I understand that you've all been at this longer than I have, but isn't that somewhat... dangerous?
makoto: What if he's just using you for information

ryuji: eh its fine akiras the most tight lipped out of all us

ann: not that the bar is high

ryuji: well he aint found us out yet

makoto: ...I still feel keeping our distance would be best, but you are my seniors here

akira: pause
akira: morgana has something he would like to contribute

ryuji: cats dont get an opinion

ann: shut up ryuji

akira: he says
akira: hmckmgxnrz+kxykhckkRKZTFHTXJXGJ

ann: thanks morgana!

ryuji: dumb effing cat

akira: upvote

yusuke: what a truly captivating selection of characters...
yusuke: such elegance...

ryuji: dude. for real

akira: YUSUKE!

yusuke: hello

ann: hi!!!

akira: where have you been…

yusuke: I have been working on a piece for one of my classes. at current, I am taking a break
yusuke: Morgana's message has refreshed my well of inspiration, however, and I find myself desperate to return to my paints

ryuji: ...dude

makoto: Hello, Yusuke

yusuke: what was the topic of discussion before I joined?

akira: how much I love you yusuke

ryuji: shut up :/

ann: don't be homophobic ryuji

yusuke: I can't imagine such a topic could last so long

akira: that's a show of just how much I love you

yusuke: I see! very well
yusuke: my appreciation for your kindness is more than I am capable of expressing through mere words

akira: ♡♡♡♡

makoto: We were just talking about Akechi

yusuke: oh?

ryuji: dont you also think theres just somethin off abt 'im yusuke

yusuke: hm... I have yet had the pleasure of making his acquaintance but he seems perfectly amicable from Akira’s accounts
yusuke: I would like to meet him myself one day

ryuji: goddammit

akira: nods

ryuji: thats not fucking fair akiras biased as hell

akira: frowns

yusuke: are you not also biased?

ryuji: man for real
ryuji: makoto you agree with me right

makoto: ...no?

ryuji: you said you dont want us hangin out with 'im

makoto: Because he's a detective? I have met him, but it was only the once and first impressions aren't everything
makoto: From what my sister has told me, he’s high maintenance but otherwise just like any normal high school student

ryuji: hes definitely high something

ann: that's rich coming from you ryuji

ryuji: for the last time im not an effin delinquent

ann: really? then dye your hair back :/

ryuji: the hell? no way

ann: i'm soo over the girls in class saying we’re related

ryuji: how is that my fault??

yusuke: Shujin's rumour mill truly never ceases... how unsettling

akira: for real

ann: i was blonde first!

makoto: I... don't think that's what really matters here

ryuji: yeah!
ryuji: besides its not like we look anything like each other

yusuke: if I may

ann: i do NOT want to hear it

yusuke: ah, very well

makoto: Right, well
makoto: It sounds like you're already good friends with him Akira

ryuji: allegedly

ann: i like to think we’re also friends

ryuji: nooo effin way
ryuji: dude literally only cares about akira and im not convinced its not just because he wants a coffee discount
ryuji: he shows up to leblanc right before closing and sits with the same cup of coffee for an hour and akira never kicks him out for it

makoto: I... see

akira: he does other things
akira: we played chess together

ann: not! the point!
ann: he could be shy!! or awkward!!

ryuji: hes on tv all the time! we met him at a tv station!!

ann: whatever

makoto: Well, they do say to keep you enemies closer than you friends

ryuji: i only tolerate 'im cause akira totally has the hots

akira: I have to bribe morgana
akira: wait

ann: oh my god ryuji

ryuji: what! you think the way he talks is mesmerising or some shit
ryuji: i still dont see what you see in the guy

makoto: The… hots?

akira: that's libel

ann: he means we're pretty sure akira's got the biggest crush going

akira: ANN.

ann: i'm just making sure we're all on the same page!

makoto: Oh
makoto: On...
makoto: Akechi Goro?

akira: no.

ann: yeah
ann: i mean, don't get me wrong hes not my type or anything either
ann: but i can toootally see the appeal

ryuji: really? i think hes kinda an ass

ann: really? we couldn't tell.

ryuji: jesus woman fine

ann: YOU started it!

akira: where has yusuke gone, i need my emotional support artist

ryuji: yusuke would be agreeing with us dude

akira: no he wouldn’t, he’d say something delightful and profound about the beauty of finding love in unlikely, dangerous circumstances

makoto: You have a crush on… Akechi Goro?

ryuji: is there a problem or somethin

akira: I don't have a "crush"

ann: you've definitely got SOMETHING

makoto: I promise, I take no issue with Akira liking boys
makoto: Just with liking Akechi

ryuji: because you also think hes a dick right??

makoto: I suppose shouldn't be so quick to judge, however

ryuji: FOR REAL

ann: yeah!! the heart wants what the heart wants

akira: I don't like him

ryuji: dont start dude you JUST said you were finding love

akira: it was ametaphor
akira: I like him a normal amount

ryuji: man which is it

ann: the number of pictures you have saved say otherwise

akira: I refuse to speak without my lawyer present

makoto: Who's your lawyer?

akira: morgana
akira: and he can't type

ryuji: morgana would ALSO be agreeing with us dude

ann: ...wherever you are, morgana is too
ann: you're working at leblanc tonight, right? anyone up for a coffee date

akira: ...

ryuji: isnt it tuesday? wont akechi be there?

ann: we can just hang out until closing
ann: or! we could ask him what he thinks of akira!

akira: you're all banned