The Old College Try

[mansbestend]

Sender: Denji
To: Everyone
Subject: i write in the book and people read this???


OK so

I had a genius idea and wanna test sumthin

someone come swing at me. one guy and one girl. kick my ass if you want.

then we go eat or whatever after. i dunno.

Comments

[sos_pilot]

... Hugs it is!

[ And he's not getting a say in it. She yoinks him by the hand to bring him in for a snuggle, buuut there is a height difference, so he might be forcibly bent downwards. ]

[mansbestend]

[Oof, yep, he has to bend down a bit. But he's more confused than in any discomfort.]

O-oi...! It's not a thing I gotta worry about anymore! I work, have a roof over my head and I eat plenty now!

Just gotta work on the rest of 'normal life' stuff, though.

[sos_pilot]

Don't care, hugging anyway. It's the mom instinct. If any children have been sad in any capacity, the hugs are automatic.

[ She pats his back, maybe taking more comfort in this than he is. ]

[mansbestend]

...friggin' mom instinct...

[Well, he... couldn't argue with that. After a while, he lowered to his knees to make it easier and hugged back. The more he thought about it, the more he realized he needed it. No wonder Pochita said what he had... hugs really were kinda nice, huh?]

...thanks.

[sos_pilot]

[ Awww. That made it all worth it. After a good, long, warm squeeze, she began to pull back. ]

You're welcome. And now... onward, to noodles! Our hearts are full, now let's fill our stomachs!

[mansbestend]

[His eyes stung. Thankfully she pulled back before he could process or even really fathom why.]

Yeah, noodle time! It ain't far from here. C'mon.

[And leading the way meant he could take deep breaths of the cool air and calm himself back down. Della was a pretty cool person and a badass mom. He could really only hope the boys knew that.]

This is an extra-noodle kinda day. Maybe with some extra gochujang, make it extra fiery!