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B-But... [What are you, my mom?! is what he wants to say. But he knows from experience that those particular words invite more hostility. So okay, let her be Pseudo-Mom for now. (He feels guilty enough that she may as well fill in the role. At least it is someone besides his brother or himself trying to play at it.)

Still, he squares his shoulders and tries to look at anything but her.]

Do I have to...? Can't I just - send him a text or something? [He knows the answer but he will still try his luck.]

You're lucky I'm not making it have to be a video call. No, you cannot just send him a text.

[Argeus help her, she will handle this behavior.]

[There's no way out of this, is there? Rin holds up his shoulders for a few minutes longer, as if he were coming to a terrible decision. It wasn't fair... Why should he apologize? It was just a prank! ...so, then, why did Alice have to go and strike a chord? (and why did she have to be right about everything else?)

The fight slowly ebbs out of him and his shoulders slump in correspondence.]

...Was he really hurt that bad?

... It's unlikely to be permanent, but you can't just go hurting people because it's 'funny'. Not only is it incredibly rude, but I don't want that behavior to go any further.

[... She likes him too much for that.]

...I wasn't tryin' to hurt him. [He hadn't heard of anyone being seriously hurt by wasabi. Maybe Kaneki had a weak constitution? Or worse, he really did have an allergy and only realized it after the fact.]

[Before he allows himself any second thoughts, he take out his phone and leaves a message to that "young man". After he's done so, Rin doesn't bother to hide how shamefaced he is.]

Sorry Alice.

[She listens carefully, and then puts a 'hand' on top of his head, the psychic energy settling down. ]

It's okay. I just don't want anyone to get hurt. His friend sounded very upset. ... I may have carried things a bit too far. I'm sorry.

[She's still learning about this kind of stuff, after all.]

[His friend? ...Probably Maka. Most likely Maka.

Oh shit he's going to have to talk to Maka too, isn't he. He probably should have thought of that beforehand. OOPS.

At least for the moment, Alice wasn't angry. That was one crisis averted. ...But it was weird to have her pat his head like he was a little kid. Nice, but weird.]

You don't have to apologize for anything. [he tries to move away from the head patting and ruffles his hair to get rid of the feeling.]

[... Oh. He doesn't like that... she'll try to remember that.]

I just... don't want you to get into trouble, Rin. I think you're a very special young man, and I don't want anything bad to happen to you.

[The sad thing is that he does like them. The action just reminds him of someone important, someone he can't see anymore. The whole situation seems familiar as well. He doesn't try to piece the similarities together. Rin goes on being a little more standoffish, a little less sentimental.]

'm not gonna get into real serious trouble. I can handle it. ...Thanks though. [not many people said he was special and here comes a pokemon who says it like it's no big deal.]

All right. ... Just come to me if you ever need help, okay?

[She smiles at him and turns to bustle over the stove. Tea makes things better, right?]

[Was it really an odd thing to say? Maybe. Maybe just a little. Rin isn't sure how to feel so he goes for the next best thing. He walks over to Alice to watch her work around the kitchen.]

...Wha'cha makin'?

Tea.

[It makes her trainer feel better, so maybe it'll help Rin, too.]

[Her trainer is an old man OF COURSE HE LIKES TEA. Rin just happens to like anything made for him. He hovers a little closer to her. He's never seen her make tea before.]

What kinda tea?

Greenleaf tea.

[It's either that or lemon tea, usually.]

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