He didn't think of it that way. Something terrible could've happened, and then there was nobody here to keep the color in place, or to bring it back.]
...Mm.
[Minato's quiet for a moment, tucking his hands back into his pockets now that the dishes are done. It's something to think about, at least; he'd like to believe in the best, but he knows when optimism doesn't have any place there. So really...he doesn't know what to say to that.]
Maybe it was something like that.
... Well. Thank you, Ichinose-san. For the dinner, and...for granting a wish for me. Thank you for thinking of me.
[When he closes the cabinet and turns to Minato, it's with a thin smile.]
It's all I can do, right? [There's nothing else he could help with. He can't bring Minato's friend back, he can't solve the answers to this place, and he can't bring them home. All he can do is this dinner.
But if that's something, why wouldn't he have done it? At least he's not tsunning about it.]
[Guren says that as if somehow, it's the least he can do, the bare minimum, but of course Minato doesn't see it that way. He's already told Guren that the act of making a meal for someone else is big to him, but...now he adds, softly:]
You shouldn't underestimate the way that you help people here. Just by being yourself, I mean.
[But! He doesn't really need a response to that; instead, he nods once simply, straightening, and finally moves towards the door.]
It was definitely nice. I'll get out of your hair now, but--thanks again, Ichinose-san.
[Just by being himself... He's not so sure about that. He wants to insist that Minato isn't in his hair, too, but that would be too open. Too revealing. He has a tough image to keep up! Get out of his hair, don't enter without knocking, strict things like that.]
Yeah, yeah. I'll see you later, Minato. [At least it hasn't been Mina-chan for a while.]
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He didn't think of it that way. Something terrible could've happened, and then there was nobody here to keep the color in place, or to bring it back.]
...Mm.
[Minato's quiet for a moment, tucking his hands back into his pockets now that the dishes are done. It's something to think about, at least; he'd like to believe in the best, but he knows when optimism doesn't have any place there. So really...he doesn't know what to say to that.]
Maybe it was something like that.
... Well. Thank you, Ichinose-san. For the dinner, and...for granting a wish for me. Thank you for thinking of me.
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It's all I can do, right? [There's nothing else he could help with. He can't bring Minato's friend back, he can't solve the answers to this place, and he can't bring them home. All he can do is this dinner.
But if that's something, why wouldn't he have done it? At least he's not tsunning about it.]
It was nice.
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[Guren says that as if somehow, it's the least he can do, the bare minimum, but of course Minato doesn't see it that way. He's already told Guren that the act of making a meal for someone else is big to him, but...now he adds, softly:]
You shouldn't underestimate the way that you help people here. Just by being yourself, I mean.
[But! He doesn't really need a response to that; instead, he nods once simply, straightening, and finally moves towards the door.]
It was definitely nice. I'll get out of your hair now, but--thanks again, Ichinose-san.
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Yeah, yeah. I'll see you later, Minato. [At least it hasn't been Mina-chan for a while.]