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Denji ([personal profile] digestate) wrote in [community profile] windfall2023-09-23 05:22 pm

what i desire most, what i fear most



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[personal profile] lifesapping 2024-01-13 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
[The info that there's food at movie theaters is kind of new to him - he knew there was popcorn, of course, but candy? That sounds good. He, himself, has never once been able to be sneaky, considering the searchlight on his head, but he doesn't deter Denji from any of his ideas about doing so, nor his ideas to go to a cafe, a bowling alley, or a karaoke joint. It sounds like a lot in one night, is the thing, but as Aki sets down their breakfast at the table (along with three jars of different jam for Denji's toast) he says, "Just go on the weekend, if you're going to make such a big plan out of it. But go through the proper avenues this time. Don't break him out or whatever."]

The weekend... [He's been out on the weekend a few times, but it's mostly been for work.] I guess I can do that. They won't care if I'm with him?

["You get a lot of leeway, apparently," Aki answers, handing over Angel's breakfast next before finally sitting down with his own. "Since no one thinks you'd go that far." Angel nods at this in agreement. Where, exactly, would he even go?]
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[personal profile] lifesapping 2024-01-14 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
[Wants to go far...? Aki frowns, truthfully unaware if that's the case. He never works outside the city, after all, and decides to simpy say, "He can't leave the city proper." Kind of a white lie, but in any case, he isn't fond of the idea of them going further than the confines of Tokyo, itself. Angel watches as Denji creates his toast, vague interest in his expression, but he ends up eating his meal plain. "After the stunt you pulled not that long ago, I don't think anyone wants to give you leeway to go too far, either. And not with a devil."]

[Not that Angel is liable to kill him or try and use his body to trade for a pet of some kind, but still. Denji doesn't make the best decisions when it comes to this sort of thing, so it's good he seems to have bitten the halo of a very un-problematic devil in this case. Kind of like he's re-proving that he can handle himself - though this is like assigning him to petsit a turtle. How much trouble can they get into?]

I don't like traveling. I didn't like being on a plane. [It was weird, not being attached to the ground.] Trains are weird, too. But cars are okay. [He pauses, thinking as he presses his thumb through the center of his toast.] But I hate walking the most of all.
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[personal profile] lifesapping 2024-01-15 01:28 am (UTC)(link)
The train, huh...

[He really doesn't like the trains. They feel weird to stand on. The floor not moving while the world outside does... Angel continues tearing up his toast and surreptitiusly sticking some of the bits in his mouth as Aki tells Denji, "You have your own money, you can pay your own fare."]

[He looks up when Denji asks after his food, looking down at it. It's true he hasn't wolfed it down like he apparently did, half of it still on his face, but he still slowly nods his head, pressing another bite into his mouth with the edge of his thumb.]

I'm eating it.

["Just go get more, yourself, if you're still hungry," Aki tells him. Angel has never left food on his plate before even if it takes him an hour to eat. Asking for his food is pointless - he'd never give it up. When Aki tells Denji that, however, Angel does look up.]

Can you get me more, too? [And Aki quickly says, "What you have is plenty." Because Angel will eat their pantry dry if given the okay. He clicks his tongue, going back to slowly eating the breakfast still in front of him, muttering,] Cheapskate.
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[personal profile] lifesapping 2024-01-15 05:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Aki is focused on the TV now, watching the weather report like it's a drama or something. It means Angel, dusting his hands off over his emptied plate (When did it empty? He definitely had a good portion left when Denji got up), looks up briefly in vague annoyance when nudged, follows the point, and reaches beneath the table to take the two slices. Here he was wondering how he was going to convince Aki to get him dinner tonight, and he's already supplied with more human food. This apartment isn't so bad.]

This... would be good with blood. [He chomps into the center of it after mumbling that and, like summoned by the word, Power is there demanding her food (it's literally on the table) and did she hear they were serving blood? (Aki tells her they certainly aren't) before she looks at Angel pointedly. Asks if he brought an offering to the household. He looks down at himself briefly, still dressed in her socks and her pants, then shakes his head.]

Next time. [Power doesn't seem pleased with this pseudo-promise but begins eatin despite it. Aki finally turns his head and, upon seeing toast still on Angel's plate... does nothing, because he doesn't clock it as unusual. Because he takes forever to eat. With the bathroom free, he gets to his feet to use the bathroom now that it's open, calling over his shoulder, "Don't leave without me today."]

[Angel turns to look at the TV, now a lady news anchor discussing something political that he isn't that interested in. Taxes and stuff, he bets. Leaning over, he sees the remote near Denji and reaches out to try and grab it. He never watches this thing - surely there must be something more interesting on.]
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[personal profile] lifesapping 2024-01-16 06:59 am (UTC)(link)
[What does that mean, turn...? He actually wants to watch a news report? Angel turns his head back around to look at the screen, to try and see what it is Denji is interested in. The lady on the screen is discussing something about the diet moving forward with an economic reform that changes tax laws regarding government purchases... Huh? He turns back around when asked what he wants to watch instead, and for a moment he's honestly starting to worry that this is what all televised media is like. Is this what movies are like, too? He had assumed not, but Denji actually seems like he's watching this.]

I don't know... But this isn't interesting at all.

[He folds over his last piece of toast, the bread crinkling before he lifts it and pushes the whole thing into his mouth at once. Chews in thought, then swallows before he answers.]

What kinds of movies are there to go see?
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[personal profile] lifesapping 2024-01-17 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[Angel looks each time Denji points to the screen with so much elation, but every time he assumes he missed it or isn't looking at the right thing. Eventually he gives up, letting Denji ogle the screen while he stares down at the smaller one on the table. He hears the bathroom door open as Aki comes out, crossing the room to his bedroom, and when he comes out with his shirt half-buttoned Angel waves him over. He motions to the phone.]

I don't want to pick. You pick for me, human.

[Aki looks down at it, flicks through the choices. He's kind of used to making decisions for Angel for things he doesn't actually seem to care about. Thinking is too much effort for a dumbass devil, he always figured. After a brief examination of the titles, he says, "I heard that drama movie is depressing, so you should see the kaiju one." (Truthfully, he thinks Angel won't enjoy any of them, but a depressing movie will make Angel a pain in the ass and Denji will probably like the kaiju one. ...And he doesn't even know what the cartoon one is.)]

Okay. That one. [And he pushes the phone back over to Denji. Easy peasy.]
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[personal profile] damngun 2024-01-17 05:57 am (UTC)(link)

[Angel wonders, for a second, who he would invite - if this is Denji's way of asking to bring Aki or Power or... or who. Beam? He isn't sure. However, before he can answer, Aki clicks his tongue, his eyes on the news while he finishes buttoning his shirt.]

You two, go and get dressed. [Said to Power and Denji.] It looks like there was activity in Shinjuku. We should get to the bureau early, in case they need us down there.

[And so Aki starts herding the two of them like cattle, shooing them to go get dressed and finish washing up. Angel only has his clothes from the night before, so he changes into those and dumps the ones he was lent in a pile on the floor while watching the same news anchor who Denji seemed fond of, like he's still trying to figure it out. Aki is fine with this since he's out of the way and quickly washes the dishes while reminding Power to get her tie and Denji to button his shirt properly, matching the buttons to the right holes, no not like that, do it again, start from the top. Once everyone is finally out the door, herded outside and down the street toward the train, he nudges Denji briefly, not really whispering so much as speaking quietly so Angel doesn't pay attention to it.]

I'll give you money for concessions this weekend, but you have to be careful with him. You need to make sure other people don't bother him, or try and approach him. People don't always think of him as a devil. Understood?

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[personal profile] damngun 2024-01-18 03:50 am (UTC)(link)

[Denji brushes him off like he's not saying anything of substance. Aki's brow goes tight and, before he can get too far away, he reaches out and grabs him by the shoulder, halting him from getting too far.]

I'm dead serious, Denji.

[Briefly his eyes flit to Angel and Power, Angel who has briefly looked over his shoulder at the tense motion, Power who didn't even notice it. He's so annoyingly observant.]

...Look. [His voice still low, he lets go of him before he can complain.] He's one of the most dangerous devils in the bureau. The only reason he isn't chained up in a cell is because he does those things. Pokes holes in bread and can't pick out a movie. But he can kill a human faster than anyone else. [And before Denji can make a snarky remark, he adds,] You included.

[Even if the idea that his touch may not work on a functional immortal like Denji, he still has a gigantic arsenal to finish the job with.]

At the end of the day, your job is protecting people, not killing devils. You get that?

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[personal profile] damngun 2024-01-19 01:03 am (UTC)(link)

[Aki seriously doubts it, at this point. Denji still underestimates people - and considering he thinks Angel is no big deal to him, he thinks he would definitely fail to expect what he would bring in a fight. But he doesn't say that, instead only offering him a, "Sure you would" roll of the eyes. And joining them...]

I'm trying to give you a chance to show you've grown up a little, here. Since your first outing with a devil. [You know, the one where Aki had to save his sorry ass from a leech devil.] I don't -

[But over his shoulder, Angel calls out: "I don't want to go with him." Aki looks at him, but he's facing forward again, not looking in their direction. Just how much of that was he able to hear...? Devils are awful.]

...And I don't want to go with you two. [A win win, apparently.]

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[personal profile] lifesapping 2024-01-19 06:14 am (UTC)(link)
[Aki starts to tell him Angel does just fine on trains, that he's more than capable of keeping away from people and they've ridden the express line during rush hour a couple times without issue... But also, it's probably better not to risk it. Better to keep him on the straight and narrow.]

[He lets him off after that, just with a note to hold onto his button so he can sew it back on tonight. If his shirt survives the day, anyway. Once they're at the bureau and Aki is looking over incoming reports to see if help is needed in Shibuya, he's interrupted by the dangerously sweet sound of the boss calling him, looking into the office with that usual unreadable smile on her face before asking Aki if she can talk to him privately for a minute.]

[God, he's so fucked. He takes in a brief but steadying breath before following her out, the pleasure of talking to her mixing in a slurry with the dread of the anticipated dressing down over what Denji and Angel pulled.]

[Not that any of that filters down to them. The week goes by normally enough. He doesn't scold either of them and Makima doesn't talk to either of them about what happened either. It's not that it's been brushed under the rug, just... handled. He already made them both feel bad about it (he guesses) and redirected their problem-causing to a sanctioned hang-out session on the weekend, which is sent through the proper channels and approved easily. Mostly because it's Angel and mostly because Aki is the one putting his seal on it. So, by the time Saturday arrives, Angel is sitting in the garden out front, watching clouds roll across the sky. Still in uniform. He doesn't own any other clothes.]

[Truthfully, he's not that excited. He doesn't want to do something he knows he's not going to enjoy. Denji is probably going to end up being too touchy and close to him and some random human is going to end up freaking out and it's just going to be a mess of a day.]

[But Makima said something about popcorn. That he'll probably like it with butter, so he should make sure to order it like that. For some reason he's thinking about that.]
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[personal profile] lifesapping 2024-01-21 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[The sudden loud shout irks him just a bit, like a pinch to the side. Angel lowers his head to watch Denji approach, not bothering to get up until he's actually over there. The longer he can stay sitting, the better.]

Previews? [What, for other movies? He's never been to a movie, but he remembers hearing humans talk about seeing advertisements for other movies before them. Discussing which ones they want to see.] It's not like I'm going to see any of them.

[But he does get up, stretching his arms up high before dropping them with a sigh.] Okay, let's get it over with...

[Like he wasn't the one who literally requested this.]
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[personal profile] lifesapping 2024-01-22 07:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Be judgy... Considering the conversations he was just thinking about, that surprisingly tracks.]

[Angel follows Denji to the cab and naturally things get sticky from here. Denji didn't do the routine, he realizes. Aki Hayakawa alwasy approaches the driver at his window and shows his badge and explains who Angel is - what he is - and gives off an air of authority and control while doing so. Sometimes the driver still puts up a fuss and he'll narrow his eyes, click his tongue, mutter something about how they're going to be late. Kind of like what Denji's doing, but more dignified, less pointed. Sometimes that works. Sometimes the threat of not helping out the greater good convinces a taxi driver to let a devil in the back seat. But other times they'll curse him out, tell him like hell they'll let that thing in their cab. Speed off as Aki stands there looking vaguely annoyed. But never at Angel, himself.]

Um... [He pats in his jacket, trying to find that little identification paper he'd used last time in the convenience store. When he pulls it out, the driver tenses, like he's about to unveil a weapon.] I'm from Public Safety. We're going to a movie.

[If it's supposed to convince him, it barely does, the driver now looking at Denji like, Why are you bringing a devil to a movie theater? Angel slides the paper back in his pocket, like he just accomplished whatever he was trying to do with that.]

He wants to see the previews, so he's antsy about it. [Like Denji is the issue, here.]
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[personal profile] lifesapping 2024-01-24 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Oh, okay. So it really does work best with human ID. The car jerks forward and Angel jostles in his seat. This would definitely be the kind of situation that would make someone pee, so it's safe to say the driver doesn't think that of Denji.]

[The seatbelt digs into his back when they make a harsh turn and he glances at Denji, watches him pull his own on while ordering him to wear his. But he doesn't like to wear them. His wings don't stretch out enough if they're blocked by the seatbelt and the flat of the fabric feels uncomfortable on his feathers. Plus...]

I heard car accidents are a common way of dying.

[So wouldn't that be nice, to die in a car accident right now. Sure, the driver might die, too, but Denji would probably be okay. Again he jostles to the other side and pushes a hand into the cushion between them, trying to stay upright.]

[Maybe this is what it's like an amusement park rides? He's seen those on big posters downtown. People always look so happy riding them.]

Have you ever been on a roller coaster?

[They jerk to a stop at a red light, the driver tapping impatiently on the wheel until it turns green and he can sprint forward again. Because the devil in the back seat started talking about car accidents and roller coasters and that's got to be a bad combo.]

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