claude

[rippled]

my bf

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[rippled]

[ .......

this is terrible... ]

I want something in exchange...

[midway]

Do you think you deserve something?

[ Hmmm. ]

[rippled]

[ how do you respond to this...

in the end, being shameless wins out. ]

Yes.

[midway]

[ Okay, he can respect the confidence. ]

What do you want then?

[rippled]

[ they have no idea.

they just hold their hand out. ]

[midway]

[ takes their hand? ]

[rippled]

[ they are holding hands. ]

I hadn't thought of something yet.

[midway]

[ cute ]

Want to know my real name?

[rippled]

[ they blink, surprised. this was not a trade they were expecting. ]

... yes.

[midway]

It's Khalid.

[ unpronounceable by whites ]

[rippled]

Khalid...

[ they just repeat it. ]

Is this meant to be a secret?

[midway]

It was, when I left Almyra for Fódlan. They're not particularly kind to foreigners.

But here it doesn't really matter, I guess.

[rippled]

[ huh... the idea of having to abandon your identity is more than a little depressing.

they will just examine claude's hand. ]

I see. You have many surprises.

[midway]

Is that a good thing?

[ Also looks at his hand. ]

[rippled]

You are very private.

[ claude... never talks about himself... thoughtshare carried so much. ]

[midway]

[ LMAO ]

I don't like people knowing things about me.

[rippled]

Do you want to be dark and mysterious?

[midway]

Exactly. Don't you think it's cool and alluring?

[rippled]

Yes. You are very cool and alluring, Khalid.

[ ... ]

Well, I understand the sentiment. I tried not to talk about myself too much but this place is too pesky with all those weird effects.

[ memshare really came in with a steel chair ]

[midway]

[ Whoa. It's weird to hear that name again after three years... ]

Because you're so famous and didn't want to inspire awe?

[rippled]

Everyone should be awestruck when they see me.

[ OKAY.

... ]

To them, I am just a figure from their distant history. As soon as Uhura learned who I was, he immediately knew my whole life story without me having to tell him anything else. It's a strange feeling.

[midway]

Ah, I see.

[ That makes sense. ]

It is uncomfortable to have so little control over what people know about you, and what they think of you.

[rippled]

That is something I was already used to since youth. It is just in a... much larger scale now.

[ which is something else to get used to. ]

But the majority of the people here aren't Japanese, at least.

[midway]

The perils of fame... I suppose I'll wait to hear your story in your own words then.

[rippled]

You have to tell me something in exchange. I am not cheap.