[ Because you asked him to call you Link!!!! He hasn't called Kanda "Yu" even once! But he likes his name, too! Allen is just a Very Good Boy and respects people's boundaries!!!!!!!! ]
Li? Li is cute, too. Oh, but if it's too weird, I can keep calling you Link! Sorry, I don't want you to feel like you have to grant me special name permissions or something - I was mostly teasing you about that.
You're still you to me, no matter what I call you!
You're alright! So long as I can see you're trying, that's good enough for me. Besides, I have full faith in you! You're always so diligent with the things you do!
[ And, for what it's worth, Allen's heart also has the flutters when Link says his name like that. He knows it's silly to be so embarrassed by such a small thing, but... ]
But I will if you do. And you'll have plenty of time to adjust! It seems, no matter where we end up, our paths keep tangling together. I am glad we get to walk it together.
[Link feels...lucky, that he met Allen the way he did, even if the circumstances have been less than ideal. Most people would detest him, hate him even, for being positioned to guard him when Allen is very much smart enough to know that Link's job has been to keep an eye on him as much as protect him. Too watch for signs of the Fourteenth on Central's command. But now...
Well. They're friends. And Link doesn't have very many of those.]
Not bribery. Just consider it a little incentive, mm? The more you learn, the more I get to use you as my taste-tester for all of my new recipes. Doesn't that sound fair?
I just think that I was very hands-on with learning stuff, is all. Paperwork and memorizing stuff is... harder, I think? I'm not good at it. I know there's really not a better way to learn literacy, though.
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missinglink) wrote2026-03-08 10:39 pm
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...Do you not?
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What do you MEAAAAAAAN you've never called him Howard! Not even once!!
Link sort of stares past Allen for a moment.]
I...
[...]
I guess I've never thought about it. Even the others always called me Li.
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Li? Li is cute, too. Oh, but if it's too weird, I can keep calling you Link! Sorry, I don't want you to feel like you have to grant me special name permissions or something - I was mostly teasing you about that.
You're still you to me, no matter what I call you!
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Link lifts a hand and kindof smudges it over his mouth, glancing away for just a moment.
He can feel his face and neck getting hot, but it’s a feeling that passes pretty quickly.
Strange.]
It isn’t weird. Link…or Li. You can call me both.
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After his swallows, he smiles at Link again, warmly. ]
Brilliant, then, Li! You'll remember to call me Allen, won't you?
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I might slip up, so you’ll just have to remind me…Allen.
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You're alright! So long as I can see you're trying, that's good enough for me. Besides, I have full faith in you! You're always so diligent with the things you do!
[ And, for what it's worth, Allen's heart also has the flutters when Link says his name like that. He knows it's silly to be so embarrassed by such a small thing, but... ]
But I will if you do. And you'll have plenty of time to adjust! It seems, no matter where we end up, our paths keep tangling together. I am glad we get to walk it together.
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Well. They're friends. And Link doesn't have very many of those.]
Even if I assign you homework to do?
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[ He’s pouting now as he stuffs his face more— ]
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If you do well, I will bake you any flavor pie you'd like.
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[ Will it work? Yes. Absolutely. But it’s still cruel— ]
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You sly dog. You’ve cornered me…
[ Bumps his shoulder to Link teasingly. ]
I’ll do it. I might be asking you for help. Some of this stuff you showed me still doesn’t make sense.
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[ Link think. Link think who his mentor is and say that again— ]
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Well...a rather inattentive one, at the very least.
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[He doesn't want it to feel like he's back with the Order TOO much.]
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I will, don't worry.
Anyway, that's for later. Right now I want you to finish all of that so I don't have to throw anything away, okay?
[As if Allen has ever not cleaned his plate in his whole life.]
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