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[khajidont]

Jaime's cell phone is more or less plugged riiiight into his brain, so he tends to pick up like 99% of the time! If not, however...

"Hey, Jaime here! Leave a message, and I'll get back to you ASAP."

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[khajidont]

I wouldn't say that you need one but you sure need to realize that we actually care about you even when we're not actually with you. You're not like the Schrodinger's Friend we know that you exist when you're not around us

Do you think that what your friends doing lately is important?

[dormition]

[There's this moment when the double standard truly crosses his brain and Minato's not sure what to make of it. He has to sort of come at it sideways, and he's still unsure.]

Well, I know they care about me, but... I'd rather they didn't worry about me. If what they're doing is bothering them or important to them or is something I'm responsible for, I'd like to know, but I don't need help with anything.

[At least he thinks he doesn't-- ever. Which is the only reason Minato can find to bring it up. Sharing important events just to bond isn't something he's cottoned onto as something to participate in himself.]

[khajidont]

It's not about whether or not we can help you though we'll do that too if you need it. It's just about catching up. We want to hear about what's important to you too and I know that it's not like nothing's important to you

[khajidont]

Let's give it a try. Hey Minato how was your day?

[dormition]

[He's flummoxed for a second, staring at the text, before he puts a response together.]

It was okay. Americans have a lot of vacation so I worked a little longer today than normal, and practiced my English on break. One of the new imPorts is my coworker now. And I promised Ken-kun that I would go shoe shopping with him, because he liked the clothes I picked out for Shinjiro-san.

[A beat and then he proves he still has his snarky sense of humor by adding,] My friend that I text too much told me I should answer more completely, so I used more words this time.

[khajidont]

Man your friend sounds so smart! I bet he's cool too

[...okay, moving on.]

So what clothes did you pick out for Shinji anyway?

[dormition]

He's actually a dork, but I like him.

If you've seen him lately, probably whatever he was wearing. Akihiko-san wanted him to get summer clothes but Shinjiro-senpai isn't really a 'summer'.

[khajidont]

How is someone not a summer?

Actually how is someone a summer in the first place?

[dormition]

You don't know a lot about fashion, do you?

[khajidont]

I know some!

I didn't know that fashion was something you're that into though. Besides working there I mean.

[...definitely using this to make Minato talk more about himself. Protag vs. protag, bring it on.]

[dormition]

I'm not, but I have had seven girlfriends, Jaime-kun. I buy them presents.

[We'll see just how many personal statements he actually gets out of Minato... Personal preferences are still a new thing for him. He has some but until recently they were mostly things like, people that stay in my personal space are annoying and engineer boots are comfortable.]

[khajidont]

Okay but knowing about this stuff doesn't just come out of nowhere. Besides it's not like Shinji's your boyfriend

how'd you learn all this stuff?

[dormition]

The internet. I learned about it so I'd make sure they'd like the presents I got. It just doesn't usually come up very much. I mostly used to wear my uniform.