"Bit too fucking late for that, don't you think, Iwasaki?"

"...oh for God's sake you're not—"

"Isn't it funny? Both twins. You gotta be feeling pretty hot right now, huh, Iwasaki?"

"...you...?"

"Hey, you know what, I didn't sign up for being in this particular genre of manga, either."

"What are you talking about."

He crushes his cigarette into the ashtray he brought with him that's resting on the railing and puts both hands up. "I suck! I am a slut, and I'm irresponsible, and I'm kind of a jerk, and I'm really not trying to be liked, so could you guys maybe forget about it?"

"Like it's so fucking easy, Iwasaki. You got any idea what it's been like at school? Maybe you and Akira are used to it, but—"

"You never really get used to it, nii-san," Akira murmurs. "You just grow a thick skin and don't let it get to you."

He shuts his mouth and looks at Akira.

"What? It's true. Like, alright, you're straight-passing enough even I didn't know—"

"I'm not gay!"

"Uh."

"...maybe I'm bi," he says, weakly.

"Whatever. Call yourself what you want. I didn't get the benefit, so, so what, you think I asked for all of that shit? I guess Yutaka did—"

"I really, really did."

"—and I gotta admire that, right?" he says, looking at Yutaka. "That you were saying fuck you to everyone else, even though your dad is who he is, and if people were giving me a hard time about it, well, Iwasaki didn't give a fuck. Iwasaki didn't think it was wrong. Because it's not! But if I was ever brave or if it ever looked that I was okay, it was because of you. So, yeah, of course I like you, you jerk."

Aaaaahahahahah fuck what the fuuuuuuck

Toshiki folds his arms. "Well, I'm not sharing."

"Guys, no, hold on, stop, are you listening to yourselves—"

"Nii-san, you really are an idiot. He's rejecting both of us. There's not gonna be any sharing because there's not gonna be any having."

Toshiki unfolds his arms and slumps in place like someone cut his puppet strings. "I'm not an idiot. I know. I knew. I just, just—"

"Hoped? Wished? Yeah."

He looks up at his twin again. "So why did you come out here?"

"Well if you were gonna shoot your shot I might as well shoot mine."