Mean Sisyphus? Yeah. I dunno what the point he's tryin' to show us is though. Maybe to prove that if you hear it a million times even "Africa" starts to suck?

[ Well good goddamn time to die I guess. he doesn't want to live in a world where that's true, so maybe the station will resurrect Ren without his memory of this dumb, bad, double plus ungood week and that'll be that.

It was mainly for Ryuji's sake (at first) that Ren wanted to work harder at making good with their neighbors down the hall. Having failed to prove himself a bigger threat to justify Ren's initial distrust, the instinct hasn't dissipated, but laid down its hackles for a considered wariness further in the vein of waiting and seeing. Akira on the other hand had always been an almost endearing presence that was inexplicably tied to Asuka, and his kinship with Ryuji laden with the same sort of mischief Ren shared with him too.

Ren's gaze skitters away. Akira isn't a bad guy. Does that mean he wants to spill his guys again? Not particularly. ]

S'pretty bad when cheesy love songs can poke a sore spot, heh.

[ In spite of himself another tear, two roll down his cheeks and prompt Ren to dither, but never forget. ]

You don't have to - why d'you want to help me?