[MADNESS ENDING]

You’ve always been close with Rei. Fighting together in the Deathmatches, spending sleepless nights drinking. Somewhere along the way, things blurred, and before you knew it, you and Rei had ended up in bed more times than you could count. It wasn’t love, not exactly, but it wasn’t meaningless either. He was your best friend, and sometimes, best friends fucked. Simple as that.

But tonight was different.

Rei had invited you over to his apartment, grinning like he had something planned. You didn’t question it at first—until you walked in and saw another man sitting on the couch, lazily smoking.

Towa.

You had heard of him before. Rei talked about him sometimes, mentioned his art, his weird habits, the way he hardly reacted to anything. Seeing him up close now, you could understand why Rei was interested. There was something sharp about him, something detached, but not unfeeling.

Rei plopped down beside Towa, stretching like a cat. "So, I was thinking," he started, tossing you a casual glance. "You and I, we hook up all the time, yeah?"

You raised an eyebrow, leaning against the counter. "Yeah?"

"And Towa and I—" Rei gestured vaguely, a smirk playing at his lips.

Towa exhaled a slow stream of smoke. "Mm."

Rei turned back to you. "So why not just—" He made a circling motion with his fingers. "Make it a thing?"

You blinked. "A thing?"

Rei grinned. "You, me, Towa. Together."

You stared at him. Then at Towa. Then back at Rei. "You mean... you wanna do this together together?"

Rei laughed. "You make it sound so dramatic."

You weren’t opposed to the idea. You weren’t exactly monogamous, and it wasn’t like you and Rei had ever defined anything. But adding someone else into the mix? It was… new.

Towa finally looked at you, eyes half-lidded and unreadable. "You care?"

That was the thing—you really didn’t. You looked at both of them and thought of an answer.