Friends or more? || @evokcr
“Long day, I take it?” Shinji asked.
Well, any day was a potentially long one with them. They were all three of them a massive bundle of triggers, trauma, and any number of varying unfortunate energy levels from one day to the next. But-- that was why they worked, even now. They understood each other in ways that other people couldn’t. Some might say that they were the least well adjusted of those who had survived Gekkokan High and what happened there but... at least they were surviving.
And-- most times they were happy. Shinjiro wasn’t very good at offering affection. Sometimes he’d sit alone and read or get lost in his head for long periods of time. Even before Minako had come back and his and Akihiko’s worlds had had to change drastically yet again, it would be hard for anyone to tell that he was dating somebody.
Now though, there was a sense of unity that he realized that they had lost, likely all those years ago.
Though he rarely initiated it, Shinji was more than happy to give in when Mina or Aki wanted well. Anything. His joy was in giving them their heart’s desires, and so it took not even a slight bit of effort to scoot over and open his arms to her.
“C’mere, babe.” Everything else could wait.