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[ He's gonna fight everyone in this building. ]

What're you gonna do?

[hoasen]

[She looks so determined with this but--]

Tell them you're my guest. It's fine, the others invite guests all the time too.

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Ah. [ He looks a little stumped. ] Thought you were gonna beat 'em up for fighting with one of your guests or somethin'.

[hoasen]

[She shakes her head. Wow, not everything is fixed with fists!]

We're going to have to be living with each other, so like I will respect them, they will respect me.

[Though there was something in the tone of her voice that implies she didn't mean this gently, despite her soft voice.]

[coasts]

[ That's pretty badass. Vietnam doesn't only deserve respect, but she demands it from people. She certainly doesn't look like the type of person to act that way, so it's a pleasant surprise. ]

If they don't?

[hoasen]

[Mostly because she hasn't a need to be authoritative, but considering her work, the usual habits are all still there. Sometimes, for good reason.]

I'm not going to force it out of them. But it doesn't mean I have to be nice to them, no?

[Basically, She Will Remember This. Generally she is a nice enough person that others are nice to her, so she hasn't had a chance to show that she's in fact, selectively so. She's forgiving, at least. She tugs him along with her to get to her building, where the elevator is.]

[coasts]

[ Samatoki lets himself be tugged. He follows immediately, anyway. It's not like he has anywhere else to be. ]

Can't imagine you not being nice to someone.

[ Vietnam is pure in his eyes.. ]

[hoasen]

[She laughs into her hand before she shakes her head, pressing the elevator button.]

Well, I try my best to be nice to everyone, since it's not like I know them! But if anyone hurts you...

[SHE'LL BEAT THEM UP.]

Also, which floor? [Her room, or the rooftop? As the doors open and she leads him in.]

[coasts]

I can take care of myself.

[ It's nothing against her! Samatoki is a prideful man, though. He's the person people come to when they're hurt. He also likes getting into messes, though, so getting hurt himself is a huge possibility. Still, something he can handle. He's a badass, after all. ]

Put your stuff at your place, first.

[hoasen]

I don't doubt it. You took care of me.

[See, she believes in him! But still, she wouldn't hold back unless he told her to (and he has to convince her). He may be a badass and a, quote, "bad boy", but seriously.]

Okay. <small.[And she presses the button, the doors close and they zoom off to the fifth floor.]

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[ The ride up is quick, and Samatoki is silent through it all. It's once the doors open that he speaks, more of a curious question than anything. ]

I smoke, by the way.

[ He smokes a lot. He smells like nicotine sometimes... Vietnam would have noticed it, but he just wanted to tell her, anyway. ]

[hoasen]

[As they step out, she looks at him over her shoulder. It's true, she did notice this, because she practically tasted it, if not smelled it permeating from him.

But here's the kicker:]

Ah yes, I absolutely do not recommend it. Bad human, it will kill you. [Wait, that's not the kicker, this is:] I know how to smoke.

[Wait, why isn't she explaining more? The truth is, she learnt how to to calm her nerves when she needed to keep steady when sniping.]

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[ "Bad human", she says. Samatoki's expression turns wry, but he continues to follow her. It sounds like he's being scolded, but he doesn't take it seriously. He laughs at it, confident that he isn't going to change this habit of his. ]

Did you like it?

[hoasen]

[Good thing he's laughing at it, because she's mildly jesting. While she would hope he wouldn't, it's so knee deep in culture that she's used to it. She turns a corner, and starts to open the door, revealing her apartment styled like a beach pad.]

I don't mind it. If you ever need someone to casually smoke with you, I suppose I can allow it.

[Making it sound like she hates it! She doesn't mind for real, as she can see the appeal. Besides, she won't admit it, but he looks hot when he smokes. Still, bad human!]

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Not somethin' I'm gonna promote. [ Basically, he's not gonna turn you into a smoker, Vietnam. If she doesn't mind it though, then that means it's fine if his house smells like smoke or if he smells like it. He's not that stinky, at least. ]

Nice place. You like the beach?

[hoasen]

Then I'll remain smoke-free. [HE'S CUTE. He's a bad boy but he's so good to others? Stop this she can't stand it. But also it was why she didn't mind his house at all. Honestly, a lot of people back home smoked that one does end up getting used to it, for better or worse.]

I do, it's warm back home and my home is on the coast of the mainland.

[Eyes his username.]

So we have a lot of beaches as well as mountains.

[coasts]

Yokohama's the same. Riou lives in a tent in the mountains.

[ He grumbles, a little uncomfortable at the fact. ]

Did he say anythin' about that?

[hoasen]

The coast! So I guess we're both bound by water.

[She was about to take his bags to put them temporarily in the refrigerator for them to keep until he leaves, and she gives him most dead look.]

...I knew he lived in the mountains but not in a tent? I had assumed it was cabin the whole time!

[coasts]

[ Riou's a freak. Both good and bad connotations... ]

Yeah, he likes to stay in the wild.

[ He's pretty wild himself, that Riou. ]

Managed to convince him to actually stay in the city here.

[hoasen]

[Taking notes.]

I gathered, but I didn't think him to be...I don't know, Bear Grylls. [Amy: SLAPS KNEE.]

So that's why he's living next to you?

[coasts]

What?

[ Who the fuck is Bear Grylls ]

He'd eat a bear if he could catch one.

[hoasen]

Oh, just a man who seems to be the ultimate survivalist on television. He has a whole series about him surviving in the wilds! Like the ultimate real survivor! Survival cooking and survival climbing [Look it was the closest thing to rhyming--] and so forth. I think he used to be in the army.

[This is the worst tag I've written all day.]

I'm not sure if he ever fought a bear. But you're all from Japan, no? I thought they did eat bears there.

[WORST TAG I'VE WRITTEN ALL DAY.]

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[ Samatoki stays silent and his expression grows serious, as if something important is happening. His attention is full on Vietnam, and when he speaks next, it's like he's delivering bad news. ]

............... don't ever give Riou more ideas.

[hoasen]

[This was potentially the most serious thing she has ever heard coming from him. It's almost like the whole world was going to explode and he had to face it.]

...W-will...he actually make a television show.

[She freezes on the spot, just after putting all the items into the refrigerator and closing it.

It looks like Samatoki is due in for a stress reliever, before Riou takes matters into his own hands.]

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[ THIS IS VERY STRESSFUL, VIETNAM........ he's stressed out right now just thinking about it ]

He can have a show all he likes. It's the new shit he's gonna try and do that's a problem.

[ Do you know who Riou's gonna test his new toenail soup out on????? SAMATOKI. ]