[thank god Akira doesn't have to go MANY MONTHS calling him "Yuki" while I die slowly on the inside this time--]
[but also]
[. . . something about that name. . . he is sure he has never heard it before. and yet, at the exact same time--]
Minato.
[-- it sounds so natural on his tongue, like he has spoken it a thousand times over. he doesn't even bother with his companion's given name. he has long since decided that formalities are useless in a place like this]
. . . I'm Kurusu. But I'd prefer you just call me Akira.
[a wide grin, and Akira dips his hands back into the water, this time taking a palmful in order to drink]
GOOD. MY WORK HERE IS DONE
[but also]
[. . . something about that name. . . he is sure he has never heard it before. and yet, at the exact same time--]
Minato.
[-- it sounds so natural on his tongue, like he has spoken it a thousand times over. he doesn't even bother with his companion's given name. he has long since decided that formalities are useless in a place like this]
. . . I'm Kurusu. But I'd prefer you just call me Akira.
[a wide grin, and Akira dips his hands back into the water, this time taking a palmful in order to drink]
Don't worry; you don't have to be polite with me.