aubins | DOUMAN

Jasmine. It's quite aromatic, I think. Very soothing.

[Here, have a cup!]

[ he will accept, and have a sip!

and then he'll look at douman over the rim of his cup. ]

Feeling better after yesterday?

Yes, I am. Thank you for asking. How are you, after all those events?

[Their tone is light, smooth. Yeah, it doesn't seem like they're too broken up about anything that just happened.]

I have a headache.

[ which, honestly? that's a mood, yuri. ]

Was yesterday the culmination of a lot of things, or just the big, obvious thing that happened in the trial? [ because you sure did slap a serial killer, douman. ]

Hopefully the tea will help!

[They say, cheerfully.]

Mmm, well, what Fukuda did during the trial irritated me immensely. But when we talked later...I knew that I wouldn't be able to see the man the same way again. How sad.

[ douman, you seem remarkably unbothered by this. ]

I imagine learning details behind why someone enjoys drilling holes into people and blaming them when they die of massive blood loss probably does put a dampener on a friendship.

[ siiiiip.

oh the tea is quite good, yes. ]

Hahaha, that is a rather solid reason to discontinue being friends!

[And a sip of their tea.]

He really just dug his own grave at the end, there. All the delusions in the world couldn't save him.

... Maybe I'm happier not knowing. I didn't know him that much anyway, and it seems an odd time to start wondering about it now.

...

We all have our secrets, Yuri. But some are much darker than others. He was one such example. Its not like we can go back and change what he did, regardless.

I am aware everyone carries secrets, Douman.

[ ... ]

Do you think he would've started on people here, eventually?

He told me he wouldn't have drilled a hole in someone's head unless someone asked for it, but...

It's hard to say.

...

Either way, we won't know now. The issue has become a non-issue.

[ after a moment, and some sipping of tea, he makes a little motion with his hand. ]

Hand, if you don't mind.

...?

[A curious look, but they hand their hand over.]

[ how are his nailsies looking? yuri is examining lust's artwork. ]

[Not too bad, actually! They still have the same designs as they did last time, though with a little wear as typical as one would expect of wearing a manicure for a couple of weeks.]

[ lovely. ]

Lust gave me nail polish, if you're interested.

Oh, did they? What color is it?

They said it was the basics. Top coat, black, some purples, blues and greens.

I like all of those, but hmmm...maybe black and purple?

You are a [ clown ] man of excellent colour taste, Douman.

[ shocking. ]

If you want them to redoing, but don't want to to bother Lust, give me a call. Provided you don't mind I'm still learning myself.

Oh? You could do it! What a nice service.

[A smile.]

I'd be happy to ask for your skills.

It's a big of a two way street. I'm getting practice in this way as well.

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Then I'm more than happy to provide service in the form of me!

[ douman your phrasing. it makes yuri laugh though. ]

Then I'm happy to accept. When you feel you need a redo, let me know. I don't want to put Lust's hard work out to rest too soon.

[A nod.]

But of course. Lust's work is quite nice, but I want to see your work, too.

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