the thing is, if reigen hadn't mentioned anything, he might have gotten away with it. ruiji was close enough that a swift punch like that would have definitely debilitated him enough to at least get him out of reigen's personal space. but with a warning like that, ruiji was able to jerk his head back just enough that the man's knuckles graze his throat, and while that still manages to get a choke out of him, it's not nearly shocking enough to get him to back off entirely. he does release reigen at least...
but that only frees ruiji's own fists up to meet reigen squarely in the gut. when the man doubles over, ruiji takes hold of the back of his collar to shove reigen back down on the ground completely, just so he can sit right on the back of the man's chest, pinning him. ]
I thought doctors were supposed to be smart, huh??
[ there is an eerie calm to ruiji's voice as he leans down. ]
Now you just made me mad. [ the chirping is, if possible getting even louder. at least he knows now where the phone is, so he shoves his hand down the pocket and retrieves it himself and — ah. passcode.
he grabs hold of reigen's hair and holds his head back just so the man can look at his phone. ]
Unlock it! Make me a fucking account and shut those crickets up!
ah... rip reigen
he was incredibly stupid, but he had guts.
the thing is, if reigen hadn't mentioned anything, he might have gotten away with it. ruiji was close enough that a swift punch like that would have definitely debilitated him enough to at least get him out of reigen's personal space. but with a warning like that, ruiji was able to jerk his head back just enough that the man's knuckles graze his throat, and while that still manages to get a choke out of him, it's not nearly shocking enough to get him to back off entirely. he does release reigen at least...
but that only frees ruiji's own fists up to meet reigen squarely in the gut. when the man doubles over, ruiji takes hold of the back of his collar to shove reigen back down on the ground completely, just so he can sit right on the back of the man's chest, pinning him. ]
I thought doctors were supposed to be smart, huh??
[ there is an eerie calm to ruiji's voice as he leans down. ]
Now you just made me mad. [ the chirping is, if possible getting even louder. at least he knows now where the phone is, so he shoves his hand down the pocket and retrieves it himself and — ah. passcode.
he grabs hold of reigen's hair and holds his head back just so the man can look at his phone. ]
Unlock it! Make me a fucking account and shut those crickets up!