@system0n continued from here.
Even as the words had spilled from his lips, he was surprised at just how much he'd meant them - after all, they'd only been roommates for a little while, it was quite a big leap to say something like you'd always be there for someone and that they would always have you. Hell, Yosuke could very easily rebut that Ryuji couldn't make any promises or scoff at it - even though he sensed Yosuke was far too kind to actually do so. Likewise, he could have very well just been saying it without meaning it - a lot of people said things without really meaning them - promising to be your side or promising to stay in touch, only to drift apart when the going got tough - it was one thing to let someone vent to you every so often and it was entirely another thing to promise you'd always be there for someone as for better or for worse, the other person could end up taking that promise very seriously and end up incredibly hurt had he not entirely meant what he was saying.
Though, thing was...he had meant what he was saying, crazily enough. Soppy and corny words didn't come naturally to him and had it been the other way around, he might have been skeptical at such a promise, sincere and heartfelt as it may have seemed. People in his experience...didn't tend to stick around for the long haul, but with Yosuke, he...felt - or rather, he hoped, that he was different. "You get me too, man - I know I can always talk to you," He acknowledges this with a nod. "I know you've got my back as well and would listen to me if I was in trouble," This much he knew for a fact, even if he couldn't say it.
"Heh, well now that you've gone and given me permission to," He gives a playful toothy grin at this, trying not to flush at how close Yosuke was, feeling his hand on his shoulder. "Maybe I'm such a chill roommate 'cause I got paired up with a pretty damn great roomie, myself," He couldn't exactly go giving himself all of the credit here - though Yosuke's kind words did bring an ever increasing flush to his cheeks. "Maybe with another roommate I would've been an absolute bastard..." He says it half jokingly but given his own volatile and emotional nature, it very well could have been true. "I'd say I'm the lucky one - from the first time I stepped into that dorm room, I really felt at home and welcomed with you - if I'm chill and awesome, it's 'cause of you, man..."
Really, the more he spoke the more he realized that he wasn't just saying these things for the sake of saying them - he'd never been a guy to just blindly pay lip service but he'd also tried to avoid being overly complimentary and flowery, lest it come off as insincere or fake - two things he personally hated - but...the more he said, the more it all just seemed to spill out from him, naturally. He did mean all of this, he was grateful for Yosuke, he was lucky to have him, Yosuke was...someone important to him, someone that he was beginning to realize...gave him little smiles and butterflies in his stomach, even if he didn't entirely understand why just yet. He just knew that he...wanted to be around Yosuke, as much as he could, as long as...Yosuke would let him be by his side.
"U-Uh, yeah right, some grub...!" Jerking his head up and down quickly, his eyes widen as he realizes just how late it probably is. "Uh, well Big Bang Burger is open all night, yeah...? Unless you want to go somewhere else...!"
