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“Oh, you’re here?” Rohan observed sullenly opening the door ever so slightly, side-eyeing to see if any others accompanied you. It was never just you, it was always Koichi, Josuke, or Okuyasu. Any one of one came with some sort assortment of various friends coming to either annoy or accompany him to visit him… in reality just annoy him, nonetheless.
He opened the door even wider to slip himself out of the house just enough, and with that an air of awkwardness came up. It was very suspicious when one of the Morioh-cho teens came to him by themselves, the wariness is warranted especially with your oddball group of friends. Last time it happened Josuke robbed him of his own money, and his house burned down.
“Yea! Heyo, Rohan!” With a gulp of breath you started, waving cheerfully and smiling brightly, “I just wanted to-”
“I don’t give out handouts, so if you’ll excuse me-” he stated a matter of factly as he readied to close his door.
“No wait! Hold up!” jamming your foot between the door you exclaimed, looking pleadingly up to him, “I just want to talk about Pink Dark Boy!”
“...Excuse me?”
“Yea! Look Rohan,” you shuttered in pain, just a lot, shaking the stinging sensation off your foot. You then reached, and rummaged into your bag then pulled out the first three volumes of Pink Dark Boy.
“Hmph, so you’ve finally realized how genius my manga is,” he boasted opening up the door wide to you, motioning you to enter.
“Come and sit,” then gestured to his living room couch indicating to sit beside him.
“I can do you for an autograph, but I cannot give you any insight to where my ideas are headed, I want to be fair to my audience.”
“Yea, Yea that’s totally fair! I just wanted to show you something.” You started rummaging through your book bag as he started signing at his manga that you brought.
“Y’know Rohan I never really thought about your artistic talents in real sort of way, just y'know like in a creepy friend way. Like when ya eat spiders or how you look so methodically at me pushing down my cuticles, or how you sorta make an awkward environment to draw out reactions from me. I know you’ve used me as a reference! I saw those new manga panels… Hah”
He gave a deadpan look.
“But, I gave it a chance because why wouldn't I want to support a friend, and I totally love your pink dark boy series now! I like it so much, it's so great, and it's from you, and so I thought you might like this because... I sorta made fanart of your manga.” It finally looks like you managed to get a hold on something inside your bookbag.
“Oh!” Rohan actually felt a little surprised. He’d get his monthly hefty bag of fanmail, but they never had any fan art, maybe it was because they felt their art was going to be inferior to his. Well that might’ve been true, he’d absolutely write back to give pointers when he had the extra time.
“Well then show it then. I hope you got the details right” He had pepped up his tone of voice. He actually seemed happy.
“Ya, I’m a little shy, just don't tear me to pieces, okay?” Your face getting a bit hot, while you presented the sheet of paper turnt over on its back.
“Nonsense for a fan,” A motion started, “and a… friend,” the mid motion began, “I believe you have thickened skin for this type of critsimi-”
The most heinous, and exaggerate scowl was blessed upon you in an instant. All his happiness was drained in a moment of a turn of a sheet of paper.
“This is absolute shit, and so are you.”