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[PROTAGONIST MOD ACTIVATE.]

stuff huh...

Wanna come over to Lupin to talk about it? I'll make coffee.

Curry too if you're hungry.

Or we can talk here if you feel more comfortable talking about

your stuff

Here.

[A pause. He really needed to think about this. Maybe it was embarrassing, but... damn it, he had to be a big boy!]

Fuck it. Texting might make me take stuff back, so I may as well face it head-on like a man!

I'm coming over. Coffee sounds good.

[Kanji what is this all about Ren is...worried...now.]

I'll brew up a fresh batch of my best mix.

[By the time Kanji shows up, Ren meets him outside, and brings him to his office where they can be together and talk alone since the cafe is open. It doesn't seem it gets all that much use apart from papers on the desk and a few black cat nicknames here and there.

He sets the coffee cups on each side and invites him to take a seat if he wants.]

[He knows the best route and had been there before. Hell... it was one of his most frequented chill-out spots. But today was one of worry, because Kanji had to be super vague like that.

He accepted the offer to have a seat, and reached for his coffee cup.]

Thanks again for seein' me. I mean, I-I won't be long in case you're super busy...!

[So vague that even Ren was wondering what this was all about. Why is he so nervous?]

Kanji, you're a friend. I'll take all the time I need. I have others helping me.

[Hmmm...]

Take a deep breath if you need to.

[Right, reaching out for help. That was a tough lesson, and he wondered if Ren had a hard time learning stuff like that, too.

But rather than take a deep breath, he took a drink. Of course it was absolutely above-and-beyond, and he wanted a chocolate croissant to go with it. He fully understood what people meant when they said 'smooth' to describe coffee. He just thought it was bitter bean water for years.]

S-so okay: You're cool. Really cool. You've been here a while and I got no doubt you have it all down when it comes to bein'- bein'...

[Geeeeeestures vaguely forward.]

...Sexy. I wanna try to be... that.

[Is it weird to feel like your persona, deep in your soul, even wants to sink into the floor and burst into flames?]

There's a birthday comin' up. I wanna get it right.

[Briefly, Ren's breathing nearly stops, wondering if Kanji had a change of heart and was on the cusp of asking him out and...

oh phew

Even if he was a little bit disappointed.]

[But wait, did his ears fail him, or did Kanji ask one(1) Ren Amamiya about how to be sexy?]

[It is flattering that he thinks he's good at being sexy. Even if he's never really seen him being sexy, all things considered.

A far cry from when he arrived in the school in Tokyo and everyone avoided him because of what they assumed he had done. Now people were coming up to him and asking tips on how to be good.

He had an idea who's birthday this was for too.]

[A smile began to creep up on his lips. The type of grin that could foretell great fortune, or something, far, far worse.]

So you want to impress Naoto by being sexy...

[He doesn't really want an acknowledgement. Merely stating facts.]

[...And then he locks the doors to his office with a simple press of a button.

As a Phantom Thief, he's obviously prepared if anyone wanted to rob his place with a few little things of his own.

Or in this case making sure that his ~~prey~~ friend wasn't going to back out or try to run away to a life of regret and unsexiness.]

Sure. I can help.

[Says the man who just locked him in. Kanji might notice that Ren suddenly went from 'overall pleasent boy' to 'look at me the wrong way and you might be able to escape with your life'.]

[With an admittedly extremely fancy flourish, he dramatically removes his glasses, performing a sort of reverse Souji, where the softness of his face becomes a lot less predominant, revealing the trickster in all of his two-eyed glory, making him more look like a troublemaker than the owner of a coffee store.]

I have a few secrets I might be able to share. When is Naoto's birthday?

[The smile formed and he was ready for the jokes and the chiding. Kanji'd been in this spot before, and his tongue pressed a mark into the roof of his mouth, prepped for the remark...

But then he felt a foreboding, a tingle up his neck that had the hair standing on end. He heard something click and wondered if maybe he shouldn't have asked. He... was only kind of sure Ren wasn't about to try and mug him with a look like that, but he was about a quarter of the way of calling out Takeji Zaiten. He didn't think he possibly needed to have a fight today.

"Sure. I can help."

...His heart slammed into his ribs twice, then slowly settled. Okay, but why- why the friggin' lock, though? Did he not believe he could keep sitting here when it came to talking openly about his relationship?

But note to self: Ren Amamiya was more than a little scary. Kanji cleared his throat and took his next drink as smoothly as possible, not letting the adrenaline make him rattle. He'd been in tougher spots.]

The 27th. All I got's her present and the cake worked out, but I feel like I can kick it up a little. I wanna sorta have that... flair... that little extra somethin'!

[Yes it was extreme - but then again, that's what Ren was in a way. Overkill behind a pair of fake glasses.

Thankfully the locks was so that no one would be able to come in.

Mostly.

He runs a hand on his chin in thought.]

That's plenty of time to prepare the mission, then.

[And Ren was all about that flare and he could smell blood in the water really well. The circumstances seemed pretty great in retrospect for Kanji to come to him. After all, Ren had a relationship (amoung others) with the second detective prince. Thankfully Naoto had not been a murderer. And probably not attempted to kill Kanji.]

Has Naoto ever talked to you about what she thinks is... sexy? Or something she really likes doing?

[A special emphasis on the word.]

Or maybe what YOU think is sexy.

[He leans in with one hand on his chin, his eyes moving rapidly as he bats his eyelashes at him.]

[Mission!? ...Yeah, that gave it the proper kick! This was a mission! Kanji had pumped himself up on the term so much that he wasn't completely deflated on Ren's emphasis on 'sexy'.

But what she finds sexy? Or what he finds in kind...? He had to think about that.]

Uhhh, sh-she's big on takin' charge! Whenever she reaches a new testing phase for her project, she wants to test... test 'em out. On me.

Oh man, or when she goes full Iris and she uses the tentacles to-.... a-anyway...

[He set his mug down. Stick to the basics. But he had the basics at hand right now, didn't he? He scratched the back of his head and looked everywhere but at ~~nasty crime boy~~ Ren.]

She just... turns into this whole other wild side of her when she's at the reins. I think whatever I do, it's gotta involve just handing her the keys, if that makes sense.

[Oh this was a lot of information he was finding out about the other detective prince. Wow, how this reminded him about Akechi. Well apart from the fact that Akechi was a little shit and Naoto seemed more like what he expected. Only, you know privy to information that would make most people blush.

Except Ren keeps it professional.]

I volunteered to test out a few things but I didn't know she used you like a guinea pig. [There's a...fondness to his voice for some reason?] I had a doctor help me out back home. I tested her off-the-counter medicines so she could sell me some. [See? He's a perfectly normal boy.

Also tentacle hentai. Nothing wrong with that.]

Well sure it's her birthday, but you have to like that too. [Ren is not going to give him bad advice if Kanji is miserable with Naoto taking complete control and is just doing it as a present and to be ~sexy~ so to speak.] Personally I like a little of the give and take.

[He strokes his chin in thought.]

Has she made comments about how you look? During a moon? I hope it's not too much to ask if she has a preference.

Oh, I love a change-up, believe me! She just gets shy, I think. It's weird, 'cause I figured I'd be the one to be like that, y'know?

[But knowing deep down she was like that was so... refreshing. It's part of why he fell for her. They both had things to hide and the fact that she was so open and vulnerable with him as he was in kind was something he wanted to fuckin'... write about, or... or draw, but how do you explain to your girlfriend that he only drew secret porn because he felt inspired rather than 'wow, Kanji's a creep'?]

How I look...? How I... look...

[A long draw from his cup. She'd called him handsome, she'd insisted he didn't look strange or scary many times when he doubted himself. But there was one thing, wasn't there?]

Oh! My Sanguis form! It's kinduva mix of dragon and my old wolf form. I always get pet and she pats my belly, and... when I go real wild, she-...

...sheeeee likes it.

No one really reveals their entire life in public. It makes sense.

[Secret porn? Kanji you sly dog.

Regardless if Ren's own thoughts; data gathering complete. Now to prepare an optimal course for his request. He taps his chin briefly before reaching a conclusion;]

Sounds like she already thinks you're pretty sexy.

[A little dose of making sure Kanji understands that part first; he wouldn't be a good protagonist without giving out zen-like advice, helping the person speaking figure out things for themselves. Of course this is also Ren, he's got horrible ideas.]

However if you want to turn it up a notch what you really need is self confidence. I'm pretty good at it myself. [Sure it's a brag, but that's what Kanji came here for.] It's all you need to make yourself look good in anything. Then part of it is just acting if you don't feel you have that confidence and it will just come naturally.

[There's that mischievous smile again.]

I could show you if you want.

[TASTEFUL NUDES, okay!? He calls 'em tasteful nudes! Art school people do that, don't they? And his work involves fewer lobsters to boot. Yet despite this, he still had to brighten up and blush when he heard what in retrospect would be obvious: Naoto wouldn't be waking up together in bed with him if he wasn't at least kinda-sorta-maybe-a-little-sexy.

But he wanted to turn it up a notch. Yes. This right here! ...Self-confidence. Shit. But acting it when you don't feel you have it? He yelled a lot, swung his chair at things. That was confidence. But... but he needed a different confidence.]

Er, show me? ...How're ya gonna show me...?

[Yes of course. Tasteful nudes. :) Look he has one of his best friends painting him nude and he's fine with it, heck the portrait may be stashed somewhere in the office if he looks around.]

Well...[the cheeky grin goes into something a little more apologetic?]...I have a few ideas of doing that. Have you visited the Wear Wolf shop lately?

[He sat back, living securely in a world where he was unaware of the presence of booty on canvas.]

Yeah, I get stuff from there sometimes. It's how I got my... uh, dog? I think he's a dog.

But he puts new stuff out sometimes. I try to check 'em out.

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