"Kureha, please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Pretty please?"

"No. Why the hell do I need to come?"

"Come on, it'll be fun."

"What's so fun with suffocating myself around a bunch of nerds who don't even know a deodorant exists?"

Yuzuru massaging his temple. It's not like he doesn't understand the problem. He himself can't stand the strong odor of so many visitors in each event he attends. But then he doesn't really have the right to complain. He can only ward them off a little with the spray he brought himself.

"Besides," Kureha continues, "What's to see in such an event?"

"Me?"

"I see you almost every day."

"But I'm cosplaying."

"I helped you build your costumes."

"But I put on proper makeup."

"I took your costume test's pictures."

"......Senpai will be there too."

"Ergh, why do you think I want to see him?"

"I don't know, to support him?"

"He got his fans and that creepy fiance to do that."

"Don't say that. He surely feels happy if you come to see him."

"No matter what you said, I won't go."

"Even if I said you can do anything you wish to me if you promise to come."

Kureha made a pause, long ones, as his eyes on Yuzuru.

"Don't offer something you can't fulfill."

"Have I ever do that?"

"Do you want me to make a list?"

"....Okay, sorry. Look, I just want you to be there. An event like that is always tiring us and not everything went as planned. To have you near me is like my mental support."

Kureha fell silent again. Whenever Yuzuru says thing along the line, he doesn't have the heart to refuse. But he really, really, really hate that kind of event. Nerds will gather in that place, acting all mighty despite them are mostly trash in society. Not to mention the harassment they did to the guests and exhibitors, and other things in the list which actually enough to send them to jail. He can't stand them, and his patience always runs thin whenever he is close to them.

"So.... You really don't want to come?"

"....."

"Well, it can't be helped, then."

Yuzuru smiles as usual, and it irks Kureha whenever Yuzuru hides his feeling beneath that fake, disgusting smile. He can't get mad at Yuzuru right now since he is the cause. He is the one forced Yuzuru to put on that face.

"Yuzu."

"Mm?"

"......Lend me one of your masks."

Yuzuru's eyes widened.

"Sure! Which one do you want to wear??"

"Normal ones. I'm out if I can still smell them even with the mask on."

Yuzuru nods fast. Even if Kureha won't stay until the event is over, at least he still come to see him. Even that much is more than enough to make him feel happy.

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