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❛  it's up to you whether we're friends or lovers!  ❜ / claire. never sent something so fast in my life.

Normal people don't just say things like that!

He's lucky enough not to let that little comment slip, but it's definitely thought with the utmost sincerity. If his face weren't already red before, it definitely would be now.

"Normally, you ask a guy about that sorta thing before takin' him on dates, Claire." He has to say this through a clenched jaw, tight with embarrassment. Honestly, it's bad enough that Claire had handled this whole thing the way he did in the first place, but even when he's just blatantly saying stupid things like this---

---I still like him, for some reason!

It's the kind of frustrating dilemma that makes Firo really want to shove his head into the nearest cushion and scream.

"Wouldja just---you'd think with how observant you are sometimes you'd be able to tell that sorta thing," Firo complains, using his grumbling as a convenient excuse to not have to answer right away. "...Look, I don't not wanna be l--- t... together, alright? I mean---augh, listen, I wouldn't... mind... that sorta thing, just..."

the slash! / accepting.

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𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐔𝐃𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐘, 𝐁𝐋𝐎𝐎𝐃𝐘 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐀𝐈𝐑 . (   a  collection  of  sentence  starters  from baccano! volumes 6 & 7 — the slash . )

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈 .

❛  i may be a child, but... i'm not here to play around, you know.  ❜

❛  do you really think an excuse like that will work? ❜

❛ if i told you to kill someone, could you kill them?   ❜

❛  unfortunately, i am not kind.  ❜

❛  you're like a fantastically, magnificently crazed angel.  ❜

❛  that blade is your compañero — your partner.  ❜

❛  as a favor to this wacky young guy who believed in my skills and asked me to, i came here to kill you!  ❜

❛  i want to wait here a little longer, just a little longer.  ❜

❛  calm down, please... are you all right? what on earth happened here?  ❜

❛  i don't think i deserve that vengeful glare you're giving me.  ❜

❛  here i went to all that trouble to save you, and you don't grateful at all.  ❜

❛  that glare you're giving me is far, far more real than the earlier one. that's not just hate. that's real anger, mixed with the fear of losing something.  ❜

❛  you lack concentration. you're neglecting your training; that's why these things happen.  ❜

❛  i wonder.... if this is a sort of karma laid down for us immortals. ❜

❛  show a little gratitude, would you?  ❜

❛  in other words, you're a failure.  ❜

❛  you exist just to get exploited.  ❜

❛  you wanted to know whether, just maybe, you would find joy in stealing and destroying what others had built up.  ❜

❛  and? how was it? how did it feel to steal what they worked so hard to create?  ❜

❛  is it even possible to get over the past or give up emotions by yourself?  ❜

❛  people have the power to get rid of sorrow and pain by themselves.  ❜

❛  no wonder he managed to steal my heart with such panache before i even noticed!  ❜

❛  long story short... they're our sacrificial pawns.  ❜

❛  do you believe in ties that can never be cut, no matter how badly people are wounded or how much pain they're in?  ❜

❛  i want to believe there are things that will never, ever break, no matter how much pain someone takes, or how badly they're wounded.  ❜

❛  someday, i'm sure somebody will hurt and break me too, you know? i'm prepared for that.  ❜

❛  the folks behind me are my friends, and you can just ignore them.  ❜

❛  i'll get right to the point — do you people want to become immortal?  ❜

❛  i think this is probably going to hurt a lot, so i'll apologize now! i'm sorry!  ❜

❛  why did ____ start saying complicated stuff all of a sudden?  ❜

𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐈𝐈 .

❛ you never put your life on the line, so there's no way you could know how i feel! ❜

❛  i wanted to find a new friend in this new town.  ❜

❛  those guys were planning to get rid of you fellas from the very beginning.  ❜

❛  if i wasn't telling you this stuff, you'd have been on your way to the afterlife before you even knew what hit you.  ❜

❛  she don't look like it, but she's a monster who's killed lots of people.  ❜

❛  she's got nothing to do with this.  ❜

❛  whatever happens to you, it's no skin of my nose.  ❜

❛  we're a band of psychotic weirdos.  ❜

❛  it's okay. don't you worry about a thing. i'm here.  ❜

❛  i won't let 'em lay a finger on your friends.  ❜

❛  i hate troublesome stuff. let's just be direct here.  ❜

❛  no matter what you're planning, now that i'm here, there won't be any problems. ❜

❛  no matter what a snot-nosed kid like you tries to hide from me, i seriously doubt it could damage my life.  ❜

❛  so if you want to use me, you just go right ahead. because i'm gonna use you right back.  ❜

❛  long story short — i can do anything.  ❜

❛  i don't really have to explain this situation, do i?  ❜

❛  see, right now, i seriously have no idea what to do.  ❜

❛  that twisted bastard loves watching people suffer.  ❜

❛  the death of a good friend. in life, that sorrow is a wall everyone must overcome someday. you can't stay sad forever.  ❜

❛  the state of your brain makes me sadder than anything.  ❜

❛  what am i to you?  ❜

❛  no matter how many friends i make after this, i seriously doubt i could make a better friend than you.  ❜

❛  if i disobeyed ____, would you kill me?  ❜

❛  in a way, ____ deserves respect for having raised you to be this twisted.  ❜

❛  you're curious about that group, aren't you?  ❜

❛  you're a 'friend' i can't manage to shake.  ❜

❛  it's a little late to worry about the impression we're making on people, you know?  ❜

❛  you're trying to finish this job up with a bang and boost your confidence.  ❜

❛  although i don't get 'feelings', i do kinda understand 'emotions'.  ❜

❛  didn't you ever think i might be tricking you?  ❜

❛  right now, we'll cling to any power that will keep us alive.  ❜

❛  as long as you're alive, you can make a comback.  ❜

❛  i mean, compared with me, 99.99999 percent of the world is weak.  ❜

❛  someday i'm going to cut you down, too.  ❜

❛  i was just surprised. that's incredible. you can be proud of that. i'm almost never surprised.   ❜

❛  if it were fine, they wouldn't have gotten kidnapped in the first place, right?  ❜

❛  how do you want me to answer that?  ❜

❛  i keep myself from knowing the future.  ❜

❛  i told you i l'd learned all sorts of things about you, remember? i know everything about you.  ❜

❛  tell me of the world you wish for, of all the malice you hold toward this world.  ❜

❛  welcome to dreamland — but it's nightmares only.  ❜

❛  i'll be your hostage.  ❜

❛  i apologize for temping you.  ❜

❛  even empty bravado is impressive when you take it that far.  ❜

❛  i was the one who should have died, so... i'm paying for that.  ❜

❛  looks like you underestimated us.  ❜

❛  nature can be so whimsical. that's why i love it.  ❜

❛ i bet you didn't think i was watching the scenery reflected in your eyes, did you? ❜

❛  god might actually love you.  ❜

❛  there's no god anywhere in the world. the only one's inside me.  ❜

❛  i get to retire from being a loser a lot faster than you losers.  ❜

❛  i couldn't... think of any way to protect ____ other than killing. that's all it was.  ❜

❛  you're a bigger scumbag than i thought you were.  ❜

❛ i think the world's pretty small — but that does mean it's pretty deep, doesn't it? ❜

❛  i'm sorry. please take your anger out on me.   ❜

❛  when i look at you, i think i can sense family ties, just a little... i'm going to use them, though... i'm sorry.  ❜

❛  right now, i think i almost understand what you're feeling.  ❜

❛  i've had folks say they'd curse me more than a hundred times.  ❜

❛  it's up to you whether we're friends or lovers!  ❜

❛  i didn't come here to listen to you whine.  ❜

❛  you remembered my name. although i don't remember ever telling you what it was...  ❜

❛  do you intend to bury my life in tedium?  ❜

❛  if i were to sum up your existence in one word, it would be — cheater.  ❜

❛  those words are true, but not the whole truth. isn't that right?  ❜

❛  if we're discussing jails, i've been in one for several centuries already.  ❜

❛  i wouldn't make too light of humans if i were you.  ❜

❛  that information doesn't make me the least bit happy.  ❜

❛  i'm someone neither god nor the government will forgive.  ❜

❛  being nameless is good enough.  ❜

❛  ...well, no matter.  ❜

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sorry to everyone who follows me over here and not my multi that i never write firo

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" what’re you holding your hand out for? "

Firo retracts his hand with speed he's never utilized outside of a fight.

"...No reason."

He can't help the barrage of angry, negative thoughts that bombard him. Rationally, it's not like Luck had directly said he hadn't wanted to hold hands or anything, but Firo's tendency to catastrophize isn't doing him any favors.

Obviously he doesn't want to hold hands with me just like that. Hahaha. He's way too cool of a guy to just hold hands. Obviously. Alright, well, as long as I can play it off well, he'll forget about it.

He coughs awkwardly, looking anywhere but at Luck. "So, uh, how's---uh, how's everything lately?"

spy x family. / accepting.

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" never mind all that. let's just get dinner. "

I guess Luck's not always immune to impulses like that either.

Firo can't help but smile a little fondly, taking a second to just look at Luck like he finds something new to appreciate every time he does.

He never really imagined he'd find someone giving up on cooking a little cute, but it's probably because Luck so rarely throws in the towel when it comes to anything. The fact that it's over something so little just makes Firo feel like laughing a little. That said, he'd given up way before Luck had, so he's not really in the best position.

"Fine by me," Firo says, just the tiniest bit wryly. "Better than watchin' you get frustrated over a saucepan for an hour."

spy x family. / accepting.

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“ if i die, i’m gonna haunt you forever. ” / ladd

"Don't say that."

Firo's sure he looks disturbed. He feels pretty disturbed.

It's not the sentiment itself that freaks Firo out. He doesn't actually believe in ghosts or haunting or any of that stuff, so it's not like he has a reason to be freaked out by the idea of being haunted. It's just, even the thought of Ladd being there, haunting him forever...

Yeesh.

Sure, he doesn't believe in ghosts or anything, but what if?

"... Seriously. Never say that again."

spy x family. / accepting.

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got a carrd now

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“ i’m okay, everything’s super. ” / maiza

Said like a real liar.

Granted, Firo probably wouldn't have known to pay attention to that sort of thing before now, since he hadn't actually given Maiza more than a passing thought when they talked to eachother.

Of course, now that he's more well-informed, he does feel a little bad for writing Maiza off as the kind of lame one. Sure, he's definitely still lame, but... Anyway, he just feels bad. If he'd have known Maiza was having such an awful time pretty much constantly, he probably wouldn't have written Maiza off in the first place.

But that was probably the point, all things considered.

...

Well, at least I won't make that mistake again.

"... Right, sure."

Okay, I can think things like that pretty convincingly, but I don't know squat about actually comforting people. Why'd I sign myself up for this?

"Okay, Maiza, you're a terrible liar. Honestly, I'm not sure how I didn't see it before now." He breaks, rooting himself in place from where he'd been about to physically back himself out of the conversation. "I mean, if you can talk about things to anyone it should be us, right? Well, I mean, I'm probably not really your first or second choice or anything, but it's not like I'd go around makin' fun of 'ya for it."

spy x family. / accepting.

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to do: i want to be more active on here. will make firo a carrd soon.

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“ haha, i just wanted to see the look on your face! ” / czes

"Agh, come on."

Firo pointedly doesn't make eye contact, trying hard not to look like he's just swallowed a lemon. Getting teased normally is already bad enough---he's never liked being the butt of the joke, coming out of it more embarrassed than most people seem to.

It's even worse when it's Czes, of all people. Firo knows logically he's a couple centuries old, but that barely makes a difference at all when he still looks like a kid.

"Go easy on me, Czes. I already hear enough 'a that kinda thing from Pezzo and Randy." He's less annoyed when it's Czes, though; it's honestly difficult to stay all that mad at him, especially when he's at least way less persistent about it all.

If I had to deal with those two at home, I think I'd die or something.

"Anyway, if you're gonna be like that, at least find somethin' else to tease me about. I don't want Ennis hearin' that sorta stuff!"

spy x family. / accepting.

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bet you thought i forgot about this blog. well i did

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𝐒𝐏𝐘 𝐗 𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒 : taken from miscellaneous issues of the spy x family manga. feel free to change anything as needed!

“ you really are awful, you know that? ”

“ hey, don't go! i'll be serious about this! ”

“ revenge can't heal your pain. ”

“ never mind all that. let's just get dinner. ”

“ trying to steal someone's food? that's not like you. ”

“ don't expect me to be here when you get back. ”

“ being a liar does seem pretty rough. ”

“ i even cried a little bit... ”

“ but my grand adventure has just begun! ”

“ so uncool.... what a drag. ”

“ when you're not having fun, you drag me down too. ”

“ no hitting, [name!]. don't do it! ”

“ oops, guess i took that a little too far. ”

“ i think i should probably punch him again. ”

“ i might need to hit him... ”

“ i don't need this kind of pressure. ”

“ you're going to pay me back with cake? ”

“ why was i asleep on the sofa anyway? ”

“ yeah, i’m kind of busy doing nothing. sorry. ”

“ i’m okay, everything’s super. ”

“ [name], that was incredible! you’re incredible! ”

“ every day is a new chance to learn. ”

“ the truth is, i didn’t want to tell you. ”

“ does that mean i’m getting canned? ”

“ i can’t believe it’s morning and i didn’t think of a single plan. ”

“ that’s enough of your weird lies. ”

“ haha, i just wanted to see the look on your face! ”

“ i’m free today, so i came to have fun with you! ”

“ we don’t need to battle at all. ”

“ what’re you holding your hand out for? ”

“ yikes. scared the bajeebies outta me! ”

“ if i die, i’m gonna haunt you forever. ”

“ i can’t believe everyone saw me like that. ”

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sometimes i remember this blog exists if you can believe it

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i really appreciate how firo after randomly getting shot having not even made it to the person shooting him in an attempt to disarm him is like "uh not to be weird but can you maybe tell the people here with me we had a huge badass fight before you shot me? thanks" i really appreciate that as a trait

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i kno meechi just posted the full image but this firo SCREAMS "just started presenting as a guy and is wearing some of keith's old clothes that definitely dont fit him right"

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you're safe. there's nothing to be afraid of. / bam lets go

"Yeah, I've heard that one a million times."

To an ordinary person, they might sound like comforting words. To Firo, who's been involved in more intense and dangerous situations involving someone trying to make him feel comfortable than he can count on one hand, the words immediately begin to set off alarms in his mind.

It might be different if he knew Raine a little better---if it were someone like Maiza, he'd probably be able to take that kind of thing at face value, since he at least knows Maiza's looking out for him. But he's never been very good at reading intent from others ( hell, he let a couple people who kidnapped him sleep in his home once ), so constant suspicion has become a little necessary.

"I dunno what you're gearin' up for here, but you can cut the safe-and-welcome crap right now. I'm a camorrista. We don't really do that kinda thing." He's doing his best to ignore Isaac and Miria further back in the restaurant setting up their dominos again.

He can't keep back the sigh that follows as he continues talking. "Look, if you're gonna make some kinda point, it doesn't make a difference whether you do it before or after the fluff."

the children of red peak. / accepting.

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my favorite part about any main story baccano novel after drug and the dominos is that firo's conflict every single time is the exact same and it's people trying to kidnap his roommate and hold her for ransom