@ferrociously.

[pricelesstears]

[ Jouno has not been in a good mood for days. Tetcho is avoiding him to the point of refusing to sleep in the same bed with him, and work has been anything but kind to him. While the Hunting Dogs could certainly operate with a limited number of operatives, being down one and with a potential traitor in another meant they had to at least start looking. Jouno has recruited before -- Tachihara himself is proof of that -- so he's been in charge of the effort, and thankfully, it'd been enough to bury himself in to not deal with whatever had been going on with his boyfriend.

If Tetcho could even be considered that anymore. Could you date someone who would barely even speak to you?

It's all besides the point for now, though. They, as a group, had more pressing concerns -- namely the mysterious doctor and figuring out what to do with her -- but that's what this meeting with Tachihara is for. It's easily disguised as regular drinking after work, and really, it's not a total lie. Jouno does have every intention of getting incredibly drunk. ]

Whiskey, please.

[ He'll wait until Tachihara has ordered and the waitress has left before speaking again. ]

I reached out to a contact of mine about Doctor Takemi. I have yet to hear back, but he should provide us with valuable insight.

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[pricelesstears]

I hope not. A second time, and we really will have to kill you.

[ Is that admitting they'd decided not to? Maybe. ]

You're one of us, Tachihara-kun.

[ferrociously]

I was prepared for the possibility.

[He wants to believe that means they won't. He knows he still has a way to go before he's fully clear, because Jouno and Teruko don't forgive easily, but he also knows Jouno wouldn't say that if he didn't mean it.]

It's really good to be back.

[pricelesstears]

You're a good soldier, Tachihara-kun.

[ At least this topic is a little lighter, feels a little less like something Jouno has failed at. ]

We're glad to have you back, too.

[ferrociously]

That means a lot, Jouno-san.

[It really does. All he wants is to make them proud.]

But since we don't have much time, we should do it now, right?

[before Jouno gets too drunk.]

[pricelesstears]

Yes, but we should probably not do so here.

[ A shame. He'd wanted to drink a little more.

He will at least finish off the glass that he had. ]

[ferrociously]

[Tachihara has barely touched his beer, so he'll just leave it. He'll wait for Jouno - a little worried that he's too drunk, that he'll hurt him more than he means to - and then head out of the bar.]

If we're gonna say we were training, you should probably give me a few extra bruises, too.