[ he feels a pang of satisfaction when she steps back, though it's a sort of hollow victory in the sense that a mouse backing away from a lion is just obvious. but where death is a very real threat for her, jailtime is equally a very real threat for ruiji, who has definitely recently set a foot into full-blown adulthood, meaning his stints in juvie are actual literal child's play compared to prison. so there is slightly more strain to his smug little sneer when he responds. ]
I got all the space I want right now. [ not. he's not particularly wide or anything, but he's obscenely tall enough that the bottom leaves of this gd tree are already resting on top of his head. there is a steady stream of rainfall that keeps slipping down right between his eyes that's definitely gonna bug him sooner rather than later. ] And you get to live. Sounds nice, right?
his sordid wannabe shoujo life... don't look
I got all the space I want right now. [ not. he's not particularly wide or anything, but he's obscenely tall enough that the bottom leaves of this gd tree are already resting on top of his head. there is a steady stream of rainfall that keeps slipping down right between his eyes that's definitely gonna bug him sooner rather than later. ] And you get to live. Sounds nice, right?