come out of hiding, i'm right here beside you

[barehands]

[A while after the execution has ended, everyone will find a simple note slipped under their door.]

If you don't want to be alone after everything that's happening, some of us will be in the dining room. Even if you decide not to come, please remember that you aren't alone here.

[The note isn't signed, but the handwriting is feminine and neat.

For anyone who decides to come, there's a good array of food laid out on the table. There are some small and simple cakes, cookies, and pastries, a healthy amount of okonomiyaki, okayu, and other Japanese dishes (with a focus on rice and eggs), along with curry. In addition, there are pancakes, and a large pot of soup. It looks like a few people collaborated to make enough food for everyone here.

Just like the meal they shared together earlier in the week, the candles from the storage room lend a more peaceful light than the fluorescent lights above.]

Comments

[armamenta]

I don't usually bother with friends anyway.

[And by that he means he has no friends.]

[cadmiums]

I think I know why you have Wesker on your profile now, you two are similar. Why don't you two be friends?

[ Everyone should have friends!!!!!!!!!]

[armamenta]

We aren't friends.

[i mean they share a room together and they don't understand why people throw parties and they're pretty similar but!! they're not friends!!]

[cadmiums]

But I see you both talking to each other a lot. [ Wait.] Doesn't that mean you're basically friends already?

[armamenta]

We only talk because there's nothing else to do here.

[and sometimes we fight with knives like sane people??]

We're not friends though, don't get the wrong idea.

[cadmiums]

[ He smiles.] You sound a little like someone I know.

[ Makoto isn't so blunt about it and his reasons are different, but he still sees the parallels.] I guess you don't have to call him a friend if you want, but it's important to have bonds with others.

Will you let me be your friend, Krauser?

[armamenta]

...What.

[The flattest "what". He is so lost right now, Ryoji. He's not even mad, just very, very confused.]

I just told you I don't do friends.

[cadmiums]

Ah my mistake, your "friend". [ Because saying it with airquotes solves everything???]

[armamenta]

[THAT'S NOT ANY BETTER, YOU KNOW]

I don't mind if you want to talk to me, but you don't need to go around calling yourself my friend.

[...]

Or "friend".

[you'd ruin his image??? oh my god ryoji please he is a badass who doesn't make friends with teenagers]

[cadmiums]

If you don't mind me talking to you, that's OK for now! [ He will consider this a victory and is way too cheerful about this?

Congrats on your friend, Krauser.]

[armamenta]

[...why does he feel like he's made a terrible mistake...???]

Don't let it go to your head, kid.