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Dice opens his eyes slowly, senses returning to him one by one. Ramuda's intense fluorescent lights that hang above him have been unusually turned to a dimmer setting, and he feels something fluffy under his head - a soft, pink pillow. There's a similarly textured blanket draped over him loosely, but he must've moved around quite a bit as he slept on the couch - it currently seems to be acting as a rug more than serving its actual purpose.
Hunger gnaws at his insides, so he moves to get up, but the moment he does, pain shoots through his right leg. Dice flinches. Ah, yeah. The fracture… he earned himself that after carelessly falling right into one of Rio's traps.
"Oh, Dai~su~ stay there, okaaay? You can't get up yet, silly!" comes a familiar playful voice, and when Dice looks down to the source of it, Ramuda's beaming at him from the end of the couch, a bright blue marker in his hand. "Cause I'm not finished yet~ oh, and cause you kiiinda can’t walk right now."
"Not finished?" Dice asks, clearing his throat from the rough clutches of sleep. “Whatcha doin’?”
“Coloring your hair, silly!” Ramuda grins, and that’s when Dice notices a tickling sensation. He tilts his head, and focuses on what Ramuda’s up to.
The cast that covers his leg is now decorated with cutesy little doodles - candies, coins, all sorts of different fruits, and the piece Ramuda’s working on right now - a drawing of Fling Posse, all holding hands.
“Aw,” says Dice, almost involuntarily, “that’s adorable, man.”
“Glad ya think so, Daisu~! Y’know, it’s hard, cause a cast isn’t really the best material to draw on…” He giggles a little, pushing a fallen strand of hair out of his face. And while Dice can usually sense a touch of deception in Ramuda’s laughter, it sounds so real, so genuine.. so sweet and joyful.
It makes Dice’s face heat up a little.
Ramuda’s… really cute.
“Anyway, need something? I can grab you a snack, if you want!” offers Ramuda, seemingly not noticing Dice’s blush.
“Ah, yeah.. A snack would be great. Please,” he quickly adds the last word, eyes full of hope. And Ramuda bounces to his feet, heading off to go and find him something as he hums a little tune.
Dice... is really lucky.
Despite having undergone the misfortune of tripping into a military trap, despite always being just one symbol away from hitting the jackpot, despite having lost most of his clothing, personal belongings, money, nearly even his life..
He has his Posse.
And that means more to him than any amount of money could.