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2015-11-05
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A Conversation with Asami Ryuichi

Summary:

Asami explains why he won't play nice while I'm writing.

Excuse me? I don't have time to play. And if you want nice, you should have asked Akihito.

As i was saying, Asami explains why the next chapter of "Checklist" won't have The Talk.

You shouldn't make a promise if you can't deliver.

The one who didn't deliver was you...

I'm not the one who made the promise. Besides, I have my reasons.

Let's hear them.

Notes:

Just a bit of crack to explain why the next chapter of "Checklist" will be slow, and why the Talk will be a bit delayed.

Chapter 1

Notes:

(See the end of the chapter for notes.)

Chapter Text

Alright, so we're going to pick up with Asami right as Akihito takes the checklist from him...

No.

What do you mean no? Where do you want to start?

Don't you want to know why I got up an hour after I went to bed?

I already know. So you could play a prank on Akihito and provide some much needed levity to this story.

Would I need to eat breakfast if I was just playing a prank?

No... So what were you up to?

Well, there was this whole incident where these bad guys wanted to get Akihito, remember?

Sure. By the way, you're sounding more like Akihito than Asami right now.

Whatever.

You're still doing it. Hearing Akihito-speak in that sultry voice is disturbing.

Fine. If the incident were resolved, we would go back home to the penthouse, right?

Sure...

Obviously it's not resolved yet. The readers will want to know what kind of danger Akihito is in, and what I'm doing about it!

They say they really just want to hear about the Talk.

Well, I can't focus on the Talk until I know my Akihito is safe.

Fine. Tell me about it.

[insert 2000 words of what happened after Operation Candy Crush until 7am here]

Um, could I have the short version, please?

That was the short version! This is more serious than Hong Kong, and you want the short version?

Well, it was an awful lot of telling instead of showing...

Do you want the short version or the 5-chapter long version?

Okay, fine, we can keep the short version. Why are you making this so complicated?

It's not my fault. I live inside your brain.

Oh, no. You're not putting this one on me. I totally wanted you to start with the Talk, remember?

You're the one who made me breakfast an hour after I went to bed! I had to be doing something. I'm the king of Tokyo's underworld. Exactly what did you expect me to be doing?

Playing pranks on Akihito...

And what else?

Fine. You're right. This is important. But when the readers are disappointed and think that I pulled another bait-and-switch on them, I'm going to tell them it's all your fault.

Whatever.

Stop sounding like Aki already!

 

Notes:

So yeah, I already have 2000 words of what Asami was up to while Aki was sleeping. And from what he's whispered about what's coming up, the Talk is not going to happen this chapter. I won't make any suggestions about when it will happen, at this point. But it will happen, I promise.

If you're interested in the 5-chapter long (rough approximation, and probably a slight exaggeration) version, let me know. Unless there's a strong desire to have the long version, I'm going to keep the short version so that the emphasis of this story can be on their relationship rather than what's going on outside. (Ahem, did you hear that Asami? I heard. But this is important to the relationship. Aki's right, you really can't admit when you're wrong, can you? No.)